IRL: Aussie Briscoe rules as season finally ends
Almost two months after Scott Dixon wrapped up the 2008 IndyCar championship in Chicago, the series has run its final race of the season - a non-points holiday jaunt to Surfers Paradise in Australia.
IRL: Helio wins a thriller - but Dixon takes title
Scott Dixon lost the Indy 300 to Helio Castroneves by the second closest margin in IRL history - but his runner-up spot was easily enough to crown him champion in a thrilling final race of the season.
IRL: Could Panther see a British invasion?
The tantalising prospect of an all-British line-up at the IRL’s Panther Racing team was floated by Dan Wheldon and team boss John Barnes at the pair’s first interview since the announcement of the Englishman’s move there.
IRL: Wheldon out, Franchitti in at Ganassi for 2009
Reigning IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti is to return to the series next year, driving for former rival Target Chip Ganassi Racing at the expense of Dan Wheldon who moves to Panther Racing.
IRL: Dan Wheldon “tickled to death” by Lauren Bohlander
You wouldn’t guess from this slapstick interview that Dan Wheldon recently survived a scare that might have seen him dropped by his team, Target Chip Ganassi, and has just slipped to fourth in the championship.
IRL: Castroneves dancing on air after win
After seven second places, a season full of frustrations and a trailer fire that destroyed his first-choice car, Helio Castroneves finally managed to take the chequered flag first and win an IndyCar Series race.
IRL: Team Penske blaze a trail at Infineon
Not even the destruction of their first-choice race cars in a fire could stop Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe from seizing the front row in qualifying for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County.
IRL: Castroneves unlucky in Kentucky
Scott Dixon’s seemingly-unstoppable march to this year’s IRL championship continued in Kentucky with a last lap overtake of the luckless Helio Castroneves to take victory in the Meijer Indy 300.
IRL: Podium for Wilson as Dixon marches on
Scott Dixon stretched his championship lead by beating closest challenger Helio Castroneves into second place in the Rexall Edmonton Indy - while Justin Wilson flew the flag for the ex-Champ Car drivers by taking third.
IRL: Penske pair dominate Edmonton qualifying
On a circuit where the ex-Champ Car teams were expected to have the edge, it was the traditional IRL powerhouse of Team Penske that locked out the front row in qualifying for the Rexall Edmonton Indy.
