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  • Opinion: Why we wish IndyCar would come to Britain

    So there we were, sat high up in the grandstands at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire, watching touring cars whizzing round part of the banking and onto the infield section, thinking to ourselves ‘we want to see this oval used properly’. Champ Car came to Britain – isn’t it about time the IndyCar Series…

    Archive, IndyCar Series, Opinion
    IndyCar Series, Rockingham Motor Speedway

  • The top step: UK race-winners in 2010

    British open wheel race-winners this season October Craig Dolby Superleague Formula, Beijing, China October 10th, 2010 No points were awarded for Superleague’s Beijing races as the track failed to gain the required FIA Grade 2 status, but that didn’t stop Dolby from taking his first-ever street circuit win. Second in the opening stint after being…

    Archive, Uncategorized

  • IndyCar: ‘This one’s for Mom’, says victorious Hunter-Reay

    Ryan Hunter-Reay may carry the colours of the Indy Racing League’s title sponsor Izod on his car and race suit, but he doesn’t have the funding to run the full season for them. A confident win at Long Beach could go some way towards changing that.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Clarke, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Firestone Indy Lights, IndyCar Series, James Winslow, Justin Wilson, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, Pippa Mann, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Stefan Wilson, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  • IndyCar: Business as usual as Power takes Long Beach pole

    Will Power shrugged off his defeat in Alabama to take a third consecutive pole position and lead a Team Penske charge in qualifying for the Long Beach IndyCar race this weekend.

    Archive, Firestone Indy Lights, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Clarke, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Firestone Indy Lights, Grand Prix of Long Beach, IndyCar Series, James Winslow, Justin Wilson, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, Pippa Mann, Stefan Wilson

  • IndyCar: Castroneves breaks Power’s winning streak

    A Team Penske car won at the IRL’s first visit to the Barber Motorsport Park in Alabama, but it was the veteran Helio Castroneves who drove it, and not the victor of the first two races Will Power.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves, Justin Wilson, Mike Conway

  • IndyCar: Power surge continues with Alabama pole

    Mike Conway scored his best-ever IndyCar qualifying result to earn a front-row start at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama later today – but he will line up beside the seemingly-unstoppable Will Power who is on pole.

    Archive, Firestone Indy Lights, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Clarke, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, James Winslow, JK Vernay, Justin Wilson, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, Pippa Mann, Stefan Wilson, Will Power

  • Martin Plowman on America: “I’m going flat out or I’m going home”

    Two years ago, things were looking bleak for Martin Plowman. With very limited options for the 2008 season, he feared his career was losing momentum. Not so these days, where he’s rapidly becoming a fixture on the American open-wheel circuit. He talks to BritsOnPole.

    Archive, Firestone Indy Lights, IndyCar Series
    Firestone Indy Lights, Indianapolis 500, IndyCar Series, Martin Plowman, Nicole Pollard

  • IndyCar: Power continues to lead the way

    Will Power continued his impressive early season form in the IndyCar Series as he followed his victory in Sao Paulo with a pole position in St Petersburg.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, IndyCar Series, James Winslow, Justin Wilson, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, Pippa Mann, Stefan Wilson, Will Power

  • IndyCar: Field wide open in St Pete – but Power looks strong

    The IndyCar Series holds its first North American race of the season this weekend, returning from its wild Brazilian season opener to the street course in St Petersburg, Florida, where last year Ryan Briscoe took victory.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Alex Lloyd, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Justin Wilson, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, Sarah Fisher

  • All-Star League 2009 final standings

    Scotland’s Dario Franchitti pipped England’s Jenson Button to the title of top British driver of 2009 in the BritsOnPole.com All-Star League. Superleague’s Craig Dolby and the Star Mazda Championship’s Adam Christodoulou flew the flag for the less fashionable corners of open-wheel racing against the aristocracy of Formula One and the IndyCar Racing League. The top…

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