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Sep 07
Tuesday

Double Top-10 for Team Target at Kentucky Speedway

Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR) SPARTA, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2010) – Team Target earned two top-10 finishes at Kentucky Speedway in Round 15 of the IZOD IndyCar Series Saturday night with Dario Franchitti placing fifth and Scott Dixon finishing seventh. Franchitti lined-up 11th on the grid and made his way to the top-five by just lap 62. After fuel mileage called for a late race pit-stop on Lap 196, he would come out of the pits in the fifth position where he would ultimately finish. Dixon started from the fourth position and ran in the top-three for the majority of the event. The turning point for the team came during a green flag pit-stop on lap 154, where the Target team dropped from third to 10th ... FULL STORY »

Panther Racing Puts Both Dan Wheldon, Ed Carpenter on Kentucky Speedway Podium

Panther Racing "National Guard Driver Wheldon Dominates Meijer Indy 300, Loses Race to Team Penske Fuel Strategy" SPARTA, Kentucky - (September 5, 2010) – A dominant performance Saturday night in the Meijer Indy 300 by Panther Racing drivers Dan Wheldon and Ed ... FULL STORY »

Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves Claims Victory at Kentucky for Second Win of the Season

Team Penske SPARTA, Ky. (September 4, 2010) – Team Penske’s gamble came up a winner Saturday as Helio Castroneves and his crew used a clever fuel strategy to win the Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Castroneves’ No. 3 car team turned around ... FULL STORY »

Vitor Meira / A.J. Foyt Racing IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Post Race Report

Vitor Meira SPARTA, KY Sep 4— Hope was dashed against the walls of Kentucky Speedway Saturday night. Vitor Meira’s run for another strong finish in the ABC Supply car ended when he tangled with Simona De Silvestro while lapping her in the ... FULL STORY »

Magic Mileage Number Brings Helio Castroneves a Kentucky Indy 300 Victory

Helio Castroneves SPARTA, Ky. – A magic fuel number contrived by veteran Team Penske Race Strategist Tim Cindric helped Helio Castroneves rebound from an early-race pit stop error and emerge with a 13.1597 second “Kentucky Indy 300” victory over race pole award ... FULL STORY »

Top-10 for Conquest Racing’s Bertrand Baguette at Kentucky Speedway

Conquest Racing "Tomas Scheckter crosses finish line in 14th" Sparta, KY (September 4, 2010) – After an outstanding performance in qualifying yesterday, Conquest Racing was looking for more of the same in tonight’s Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway and while the results ... FULL STORY »

Graham Rahal Advances Five Positions Under The Lights At Kentucky Speedway; Sarah Fisher Out Early With Gearbox Issues

Sarah Fisher Racing SPARTA, KY (Sept. 4, 2010)- Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) driver Graham Rahal finished in the 20th position in tonight's Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Rahal started the race in the 25th spot and was able to advance five positions ... FULL STORY »



Andretti Autosport
Andretti Autosport IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Speedway Post Race Notes & Quotes
Posted 09.05.10
ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT IZOD INDYCAR SERIES NOTES AND QUOTES, POST-RACE KENTUCKY INDY 300 MARCO ANDRETTI, #26 TEAM MEIJER CAR - Finished the race in 6th place "The Meijer car wasn't as strong in traffic as we needed it to be. I wasn't able to ...FULL STORY »
IZOD IndyCar® Series
Ed Carpenter Wheels to First Career IZOD IndyCar® Series Pole at Kentucky Speedway
Posted 09.03.10
SPARTA, Ky. - Ed Carpenter continued his IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Speedway success by earning his first career series pole award with a two-lap 217.933-mph (48.8958 seconds) average. The Panther Racing driver sliced his No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka machine through 19 mph winds gusting to 26 mph and will make ...FULL STORY »
Team Penske
Team Penske Looks To Get Back On Track And Defend Title Saturday Night At Kentucky Speedway
Posted 09.02.10
Drivers: Helio Castroneves (No. 3 Team Penske), Ryan Briscoe (No. 6 Team Penske) and Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske) Race: Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky (1.5-mile oval) When: Qualifying – Friday, September 3 at 1:30 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. ET on Versus) Race (200 laps) – ...FULL STORY »
Kentucky Speedway
Indy Car Racing Luminary Rick Mears Named “Kentucky Indy 300” Grand Marshal
Posted 09.01.10
SPARTA, Ky. - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner and Team Penske Advisor Rick Mears will be the grand marshal for the IZOD IndyCar Series 200th event and give 27 drivers the command to fire their engines for the Sept. 4 “Kentucky Indy 300” at Kentucky Speedway. The open-wheel racing luminary serves as ...FULL STORY »
Dario Franchitti wins the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in the IZOD IndyCar Series (Photo Credit: Firestone Racing Photo)
Dario Franchitti Takes Thriller At Chicagoland
Posted 08.29.10
In the largest IZOD IndyCar Series field, outside the traditional 33 starters in the Indianapolis 500 since 1997 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway, Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti won Saturday night’s PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in a thrilling match against Panther Racing’s ...FULL STORY »
Conquest Racing
Bertrand Baguette continues to impress for Conquest Racing
Posted 08.29.10
Joliet, IL (August 29, 2010) – Conquest Racing’s Bertrand Baguette continued his season-long progression Saturday night placing 12th at Chicagoland Speedway while Tomas Scheckter had a short-lived debut with his new team at the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300. Baguette was taking part in only his fifth oval ...FULL STORY »
Vitor Meira
Vitor Meira / A.J. Foyt Racing Chicagoland Post Race Report
Posted 08.29.10
JOLIET, IL Aug 28— Nobody does high-speed, wheel-to-wheel racing better than the drivers of the IZOD IndyCar Series and they proved it again Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway. In a wild and crazy night of three abreast, pedal-to-the-metal racing, Vitor Meira and the ABC Supply crew’s night was wilder and crazier ...FULL STORY »
Team Penske
After Strong Run, Team Penske Endures Tough Finish at Chicagoland Speedway
Posted 08.29.10
JOLIET, Ill. (August 28, 2010) – Team Penske’s strong effort turned into a disappointing finish Saturday night in the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. All three Team Penske cars started up front and both IZOD IndyCar Series championship leader Will Power and polesitter Ryan ...FULL STORY »
IZOD IndyCar® Series
IZOD IndyCar Series PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 Starting Lineup
Posted 08.27.10
JOLIET, Ill. - Results of qualifying Friday for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.52-mile Chicagoland Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed: 1.  (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 216.346 2.  (10) Dario Franchitti, ...FULL STORY »


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