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Carpenter and Fisher teams to merge for 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season
[CFH Racing PR] A merger was announced today between Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing to form a multi-car organization for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series. The team will be known as CFH Racing.
National Guard to end motorsport sponsorship programs after 2014
The National Guard will end its IndyCar and NASCAR sponsorship programs after the 2014 season according to Military Times.
Scott Dixon gives Chevrolet IndyCar V6 first victory at Mid-Ohio
Scott Dixon scored an impressive win today at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to give the Chevrolet IndyCar V6 engine its first win at the storied track.
Dixon posts historic last-to-first run to victory at Mid-Ohio
[Source: INDYCAR press release] * LEXINGTON, Ohio (Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014) – Scott Dixon tied Al Unser Jr. for sixth on the all-time Indy car win list with a dramatic last-to-first Verizon IndyCar Series win Sunday in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. The win was the 34th of Dixon’s career and his fifth win […]
Bourdais claims pole for Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
[INDYCAR PR] Sebastien Bourdais earned his second Verizon P1 Award of the season after posting the quickest lap of the Firestone Fast Six shootout on his final lap, which secured the pole position for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.
INDYCAR wrist and hand injury prevention systems undergo further testing
[INDYCAR PR] INDYCAR continues testing and evaluation of three mechanisms that either independently or in unison could be utilized to reduce the incidence of Verizon IndyCar Series driver hand and wrist injuries.
Foyt, RLL penalized following Toronto double-header
[INDYCAR PR] INDYCAR announced post-event infractions involving Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and AJ Foyt Racing from the Honda Indy Toronto 2 in T.O., which was held July 20 at Exhibition Place in Toronto.
Conway tire gamble pays off with victory in IndyCar race 2 in Toronto
[INDYCAR PR] Mike Conway earned his second Verizon IndyCar Series victory of the season by holding off Tony Kanaan over a three-lap sprint to the finish in the second race of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader.
Bourdais claims race 1 of single-day IndyCar doubleheader in Toronto
[INDYCAR PR] Sebastien Bourdais, driving the No. 11 Hydroxycut KVSH Racing Chevrolet, claimed his 32nd career Indy car win in Race 1 of the Honda Indy Toronto by 3.3408 seconds over Verizon IndyCar Series championship front-runner Helio Castroneves.
Rain postponement forces single-day IndyCar doubleheader in Toronto
[INDYCAR PR] The July 19 opening round of the Honda Indy Toronto was postponed to July 20 because of a rain-slicked 1.755-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit, creating a unique same-day doubleheader.
Bourdais claims Verizon P1 Award for Honda Indy Toronto race 1
[INDYCAR PR] Nearly seven years had passed since Sebastien Bourdais claimed his last Indy car pole. That streak, covering 54 starts for the four-time CART champion, ended July 19 as the driver of the No. 11 Hydroxycut KVSH Racing car earned the Verizon P1 Award for Race 1 of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader.
Hunter-Reay claims second consecutive ESPY for Best Driver
[INDYCAR PR] Ryan Hunter-Reay, who won the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500, received the ESPY Award as Best Driver for the second consecutive year on July 16 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. He became the first Indy car driver to repeat as the award’s winner.