News By Topic: Indy Racing League

Shane Lewis Fontana Preview Notes

Mar 30, 2005

Shane Shots - Notes on Shane Lewis Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series - Daytona Prototype Class Grand American 400 - California Speedway, Fontana Calif. - March 31- April 3, 2005 No.3 PAP-PARTS / OZEXE Southard Motorsports BMW-Riley Daytona Prototype birthplace: Lancaster, Calif. current residence: Jupiter, Fla. he ... Continue reading

Jon Herb Scores First IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series Victory in "Phoenix 100"

Mar 24, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2005 JON HERB SCORES FIRST IRL MENARDS INFINITI PRO SERIES VICTORY IN "PHOENIX 100"; RACE TELEVISED THIS THURSDAY - Leads points heading into historic first street race in St. Petersburg - RACE STATS: Series: IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series (ladder series to the IRL IndyCar Series) Track ... Continue reading

Race Ramblings March 21, 2005 From Wayne Cloth

Mar 21, 2005

Hey there! Busy, busy weekend in the world of racing! Was in Gainesville on Saturday for the Mac Tools Gatornationals, and the weather was perfect. Took my nine year-old son to his first NHRA National, introduced him to some pretty cool folks, and scared the heck out of him . . . had him at around 1300 ft when Top Fuel ... Continue reading

CARPENTIER MISSES QUALIFYING AT PHOENIX

Mar 19, 2005

Friday Qualifying Report on the IndyCar Series at Phoenix CARPENTIER MISSES QUALIFYING AT PHOENIX Avondale, Arizona, Friday, March 18, 2005 - Patrick Carpentier missed the only qualifying session for Round 2 of the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar® Series schedule following an accident during the second practice sessio ... Continue reading

Jimmy Kite Opens Truck Career at Home

Mar 18, 2005

Jimmy Kite Opens Truck Career at Home HAMPTON, Ga., March 17, 2005 - Jimmy Kite grew-up in Stockbridge, Ga., less than 30-minutes from the Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS). Even while pursuing his own open wheel racing career in everything from quarter-midgets to IndyCars, he hasn't missed a NASCAR Nextel Cup race at the t ... Continue reading

CARPENTIER EAGER TO RACE ON THE PHOENIX ONE-MILE OVAL

Mar 17, 2005

Round Two of the IndyCar Series at Phoenix CARPENTIER EAGER TO RACE ON THE PHOENIX ONE-MILE OVAL Avondale, Arizona, Thursday, March 17, 2005 - Patrick Carpentier always enjoyed racing on short one-mile oval tracks during his Champ Car career which spanned eight seasons. During that period, he set lap records that still ... Continue reading

ESPN2 offers in-car views of Indy race

Mar 11, 2005

Mar 11, 2005 Broadcast Engineering reported that on March 6 sports channel ESPN2 offered viewers a slightly different look at the IndyCar Series season-opening race: a live telecast using in-car cameras. The coverage was a simulcast of ESPN’s coverage of the Toyota Indy 300 from the Homestead-Miami Speedway, only ... Continue reading

New GM Racing Director Addresses Media

Mar 9, 2005

Mark Kent answers media questions as new director of GM Racing MICHAEL GARDNER, MANAGER, MOTORSPORTS, HERITAGE AND PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS "Mark is not a stranger to the motorsports scene. In the late eighties and early nineties he held engineering and program management positions for our IMSA GTU and SCCA Trans-Am ... Continue reading

Dan Wheldon/Honda Wins Toyota 200; Accident Ends Chevy's Run in Miami IRL Race

Mar 6, 2005

Contact: Rick Voegelin GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing ACCIDENT ENDS SHECKTER’S CHARGE IN IRL SEASON-OPENING RACE MIAMI, March 6, 2005 – Tomas Scheckter was on a mission at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the first race of the 2005 IRL IndyCar Series. Starting on the pole in ... Continue reading

Chevy and Scheckter Win Miami IRL Pole

Mar 5, 2005

Contact: Rick Voegelin GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing CHEVY AND SCHECKTER ON POLE FOR IRL SEASON-OPENER MIAMI, March 5, 2005 – Chevrolet, Tomas Scheckter and Panther Racing are back on top. Scheckter put his Chevy-powered Pennzoil Dallara on the pole for Sunday’s season ... Continue reading

TOUGH DAY FOR CARPENTIER AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI

Mar 4, 2005

A photo of Patrick Carpentier will be sent today to e-mail subscribers First Day of Practice at Homestead TOUGH DAY FOR CARPENTIER AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI Homestead, Florida, Friday, March 4, 2005 - Patrick Carpentier found the going pretty rough on his first day in the Indy Racing League IndyCar® Series. Carpentier finish ... Continue reading

Chevrolet IRL Preview: Chevy Focuses on Panther Racing

Mar 2, 2005

Contact: Rick Voegelin (831) 761-2201 rickvoegelin@compuserve.com CHEVROLET FOCUSES IRL PROGRAM ON PANTHER RACING Chevy Indy V-8 Powers Scheckter and Enge in IRL Season Opener HOMESTEAD, Fla. – You hit more bull's-eyes with a rifle than with a shotgun. That’s the strategy that GM Racing is pursuing in the 2 ... Continue reading

Remy to Sponsor Paul Dana in the Ethanol Hemelgarn Indy Racing League Entry

Feb 24, 2005

ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 24 -- Remy International, Inc., today announced it has signed a three-year associate sponsorship agreement with driver Paul Dana for the #91 Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing entry in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, starting with the 2005 season. When the green flag flies for the opening race at Home ... Continue reading

Sixth-Generation Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500

Feb 8, 2005

For Immediate Release: Sixth-Generation Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500 Pace car unveiled on national TV morning show NEW YORK - This morning, during the national broadcast of Fox & Friends, Chevrolet unveiled a new 2005 Corvette that will pace NASCAR's most prestigious event -- the Daytona 500 -- on Feb. 20. Dale Ear ... Continue reading

Former Indy Car Owner Dies at 75

Feb 8, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS February 7, 2005; The AP reported that former car owner John Zink Jr., whose 13 Champ Car victories included two Indianapolis 500 titles, has died at 75. Zink, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame last May, died Saturday at a hospital in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., the Indianapolis Motor Sp ... Continue reading