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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.
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IRL: Briscoe leads home 1-2 for Team Penske
Team Penske stamped their mark on the Honda Indy 200 by scoring a 1-2 in both qualifying and the race itself – but the luckless Justin Wilson came away with nothing despite a racy afternoon in the field’s fastest car.
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IRL: Dixon singing in the rain at Nashville
Scott Dixon was handed victory when weather forced an early end to the Firestone Indy 200 at a rain-soaked Nashville Superspeedway – but it was all a lucky mistake.
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IRL: Threat to Manning’s drive recedes with podium
There were two ways AJ Foyt could have reacted to Darren Manning’s second place at Watkins Glen – pleasure at the podium, or disgust at the under-fire Yorkshireman’s failure to hold on for the win. Happily for Manning, the team boss and veteran racer seems a pretty satisfied man.
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IRL: “We were golden”, says Manning
The cats fell away leaving the mice to play in the Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen, as the midfield teams dominated the results and the championship leaders had a weekend to forget.
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IRL: Hunter-Reay and Manning upset the form book
Ryan Hunter-Reay and Darren Manning showed you don’t need to be a well-funded multi-car outfit to nail an IndyCar race by taking first and second ahead of the more fancied teams in the Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
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IRL: Wilson to start second at the Glen
A last-gasp effort by Ryan Briscoe cost Justin Wilson pole position as the Indy Racing League returned to road-course racing at Watkins Glen after weeks of endless ovals.
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Driveless Franchitti can take his pick of American racing series
It’s alright for some – while several IndyCar teams struggle for sponsorship or dream in vain of adding a second car, Chip Ganassi would apparently only need to snap his fingers to put Dario Franchitti into a funded race seat.
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IRL: It’s been agony, says Howard as he returns to racing
Jay Howard, the rookie driver dropped by Roth Racing in the run-up to the Indianapolis 500, will return to action next weekend at Watkins Glen.
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IRL: TK wins in crash-filled Richmond
Tony Kanaan took his first victory of the season by surviving a demolition derby at the Richmond International Raceway that wiped out more than half the field.