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Pagenaud takes IndyCar race at Belle Isle
ReutersPagenaud takes IndyCar race at Belle Isle Detroit -- Welcome back, Honda. A day after Mike Conway dominated the first Detroit race at Belle Isle Park, Simon Pagenaud gave the engine manufacturer a second consecutive weekend race win. Honda did...Tags: Auto Racing, Tony Stewart, Open-Wheel Racing, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Pagenaud wins at Detroit
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Pagenaud wins at Detroit DETROIT -- Welcome back, Honda. A day after Mike Conway dominated the first Detroit race at Belle Isle Park, Simon Pagenaud gave the engine manufacturer a second consecutive weekend race win. Honda did...Tags: Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Indianapolis 500, Car Tires, Team Barracuda - BHA
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Hildebrand out as Panther Racing driver
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Hildebrand out as Panther Racing driver IndyCar series driver J.R. Hildebrand lost his ride with Panther Racing. The two parties parted ways on Thursday, with the team calling it a mutual agreement, after Hildebrand crashed in Turn 1...Tags: Auto Racing, Penske Racing, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, IndyCar Series
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Californian JR Hildebrand loses ride in IndyCar racing series
JR Hildebrand, who came within a few hundred yards of winning the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie in 2011, lost his ride with the Panther Racing team after another accident in this year's Indy 500. In its announcement Thursday, Panther said it parted...
Tags: Auto Racing, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, IndyCar Series
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JR Hildebrand seeks a new Indianapolis 500 story to tell
It was two years ago that IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand made a career-defining move at the Brickyard. But it's not the one you think. Hildebrand, a rookie from Sausalito, Calif., entered the last turn of the last lap of the Indianapolis 500....
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Four-time club could be enlarged at Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS — More than two decades have passed since Rick Mears became the last driver to win the Indianapolis 500 four times. Now, Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti hope to join that elite fraternity, which also includes A.J. Foyt and Al...
Tags: Auto Racing, Penske Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Indianapolis 500, Danica Patrick
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Late cautions prevent Marco Andretti from making a move
Add Graham Rahal and Dario Franchitti to the long list of out-of-my-control factors contributing to what everyone but the Andretti family refers to as the "Andretti curse" at the Indianapolis 500. Without ever making contact with another car, first...
Tags: Auto Racing, Michael Andretti, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, Mario Andretti
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Graham Rahal carries hopes of ending foreign domination of Indy 500
The Kansas City StarAt one time, Graham Rahal was considered the great American hope for open-wheel racing. In his very first IndyCar race, Rahal, at 19 years old, became the youngest driver to win a major American open-wheel event when he won the 2008 Grand Prix of St....Tags: Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Indianapolis 500, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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Best race: Grand Prix, Indy 500, Coke 600?
The thrills are in Indy George Diaz, Orlando Sentinel Indianapolis 500, without question. The Grand Prix of Monaco isn't relevant enough for a U.S. audience, and the Coke 600 stands in peril of becoming a boring encore to the spectacle in Indy. It...Tags: Auto Racing, Kevin Harvick, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, Benadryl (drug)
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New buzz around IndyCar Series and a new oval on the way
The IndyCar Series has had a pretty bumpy ride over the last few years with a dwindling fan base, low TV ratings, the death of rising star Dan Wheldon and more recently, a management fiasco. But IndyCar may be turning the corner. “We're in a...
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Ed Carpenter reflects on Dan Wheldon a year after his death
INDIANAPOLIS - With a nearly empty shop behind him, time can fly by pretty quickly during the Izod IndyCar Series off-season. For Ed Carpenter, that feeling encompasses a year. "It seems like the year went by pretty quick," said Carpenter on Tuesday,...
Tags: Auto Racing, Human Interest, Indianapolis 500, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Open-Wheel Racing
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A Tribute To Dan Wheldon, One Year Later
INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of IndyCar driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon at the Izod IndyCar Series World Championship in Las Vegas. Various tributes have poured in over the past year...
Tags: Auto Racing, Indianapolis 500, Open-Wheel Racing, Andretti Autosport, Danica Patrick
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