News By Topic: Indy Racing League

INDY RACING: Infiniti thrilled to see ranks grow at Texas

Sep 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS - The Infiniti Gang is growing in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series. Robbie Buhl and Eddie Cheever Jr. have been the drivers this season to use the Infiniti engine in season-long Indy Racing Northern Light Series competition, but an Infiniti also will power Greg Ray and Indy Racing ne ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Infiniti to Power Four Entrants in Indy Racing Finale at Texas

Sep 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 Johnny Herbert and Greg Ray Join Infiniti Lineup- GARDENA, Calif.-- Formula One veteran Johnny Herbert and 1999 Indy Racing champion Greg Ray will join Infiniti regulars Robbie Buhl and Eddie Cheever Jr. in driving the Infiniti Indy 35A V8 engine in the Indy Racing season finale at Texas Motor Speedwa ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Foyt picks Greg Ray for Infiniti ride at Texas

Sep 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas - 1999 Indy Racing champion Greg Ray will return to the Indy Racing Northern Light Series at the Chevy 500 on Sept. 16 at Texas Motor Speedway, driving an Infiniti-powered car owned by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt. Ray, from Plano, Texas, will drive the No. 11 A.J. Foy ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Sharp, Buhl reach 221 mph at first Michigan test

Sep 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 BROOKLYN, Mich. - Scott Sharp and Robbie Buhl each turned laps of 221 mph during a Firestone tire test Sept. 5 at Michigan International Speedway, the first laps turned by an Indy Racing League car on the 2-mile oval. The Indy Racing Northern Light Series will compete at MIS for the first time July 28 ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Phoenix International Raceway to have new scoring tower for NASCAR weekend

Sep 6, 2001

September 6, 2001 Phoenix, AZ * Phoenix International Raceway has announced that an all new, state-of-the-art lighted scoring tower is now under construction at the "Desert Jewel" and will be finished in time for the track's four-race NASCAR Weekend, October 25-28, 2001. A new tower became necessary when the old tower ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Herbert to make Indy Racing debut at Texas

Sep 6, 2001

September 6, 2001 Ray plans return at Texas with Infiniti power FORT WORTH, Texas - Former Formula One race winner and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Johnny Herbert will make his Indy Racing Northern Light Series debut at the Chevy 500 on Sept. 16 at Texas Motor Speedway. Herbert, a native of Brentwood, England, will drive th ... Continue reading

US F2000 alumni becomes youngest major open wheel series champion

Sep 5, 2001

September 5, 2001 FAIRFIELD, N.J. (September 4, 2001)—This past weekend U.S. F2000 alumni Sam Hornish Jr. captured the Indy Racing Northern Light Series championship. In winning the championship at the age of 22, Hornish Jr. becomes the youngest-ever driver to win a major open-wheel championship. With one race re ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Plenty on the line in Chevy 500 season finale at Texas

Sep 5, 2001

September 5, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001 - With Sam Hornish Jr. clinching the Northern Light Cup on Sept. 2 at Chicago, all of the attention at the Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway will turn to the race on the track instead of the statistics. That only seems fitting. ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: J. Lazier wins at Chicago; Hornish clinches Northern Light Cup

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 JOLIET, Ill. - It was a day of firsts Sept. 2 at Chicagoland Speedway, as Jaques Lazier earned his first career Indy Racing Northern Light Series victory in the Delphi Indy 300, and Sam Hornish Jr. clinched the Northern Light Cup as series champion with a runner-up finish. Lazier, who started from the ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series Standings

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 1. Sam Hornish Jr. 451* 2. Buddy Lazier 385 3. Scott Sharp 315 4. ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Delphi Indy 300 Post Race Quotes, Chicagoland

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 SAM HORNISH JR. (#4 Pennzoil Panther Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone): "The Pennzoil Panther guys, this team man, they've been great all year in the pits. It's been a great run this year. The Pennzoil Panther guys put me in an awesome car all year long. They gave me flawless cars every time when we went ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Cheever Takes Third With Infiniti Power at Chicago

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 Joliet, Ill. (Sept. 2, 2001) -- Eddie Cheever Jr. and Robbie Buhl showed the strength of the Infiniti engine in the Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway today, with Cheever placing third in the race and Buhl leading 32 laps, and turning the fastest race lap, before retiring early with a gearbox fai ... Continue reading

INDY RACING: Delphi Indy 300 Race Results, Chicagoland

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 JOLIET, Ill. - Results Sunday from the Delphi Indy 300 Indy Racing Northern Light Series event at Chicagoland Speedway, with finishing position, starting position (in parentheses), driver, chassis-engine, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won: 1. (1) Jaques Lazier, Dallara-Oldsmobile, 200, ... Continue reading

CART: Moreno adds to list of 2001 winners at Vancouver

Sep 3, 2001

September 3, 2001 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (September 2, 2001) - Roberto Moreno of Patrick Racing became the 10th different winner in 14 completed FedEx Championship Series events this season when he captured Sunday's Molson Indy Vancouver before a crowd of 65,385 at Concord Pacific Place. With time running out on t ... Continue reading

INDY RACING, ABC, and ESPN extend exclusive TV deal through 2007

Sep 2, 2001

September 2, 2001 INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001 - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indy Racing League, ABC and ESPN, Inc. have agreed to terms that would extend and expand their partnership through 2007, it was announced today. Under terms of the agreement, the three partners are committed to telecast and pro ... Continue reading