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  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, IndyCar Series, Justin Wilson, Scott Dixon, videos

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, IndyCar Series, Justin Wilson, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Team Penske, Tony Kanaan, videos

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Justin Wilson, Marco Andretti, Meijer Indy 300, Sarah Fisher, Scott Dixon, videos, Vitor Meira

  • 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.

    Archive, Uncategorized
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Justin Wilson, Oriol Servia, Paul Tracy, Rexall Edmonton Indy, Scott Dixon, videos

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, IndyCar Series, Jay Howard, Justin Wilson, Rexall Edmonton Indy, Ryan Briscoe, Team Penske, videos

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, Honda Indy 200, IndyCar Series, Justin Wilson, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Darren Manning, Firestone Indy 200, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Jay Howard, Justin Wilson, Marty Roth, Nashville Superspeedway, Scott Dixon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Tony Kanaan

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen, Dan Wheldon, Darren Manning, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Jay Howard, Justin Wilson, Ryan Briscoe

  • 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.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti, Richmond International Raceway, SunTrust Indy Challenge, Tony Kanaan, videos

  • IRL: Wheldon celebrates his birthday with Iowa win

    Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday with a winning fuel strategy gamble in the Iowa Corn Indy 250, then donated his winnings to disaster relief in the flood-hit state.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Hideki Mutoh, Iowa Corn Indy 250, Tony Kanaan, videos

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