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Castroneves takes vital victory to stay in title hunt (Indy Car)

Helio Castroneves headed a Penske one-two at Infineon Raceway to breathe life into his championship effort. He ended a 29-race streak without a win after scoring seven second places so far this year.
It came just days after Penske lost both their original race cars when one of their transporters cost fire. Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe [...]

Ex-Champ Car drivers shine at Edmonton (Indy Car)

The former Champ Car drivers in the Indy Racing League have enjoyed their best qualifying session of the year at Edmonton. It’s the only time the IRL regulars and the ‘transition teams’ will compete together at an ex-Champ Car venue this year.
Penske duo Ryan Brisco and Helio Castroneves locked out the front row but seven [...]

Ryan Briscoe takes second win of 2008 at Mid-Ohio (Indy Car)

Ryan Briscoe won for Penske at Mid-Ohio in a hectic race that started on a wet track.
Briscoe started second alongside Helio Castroneves but dropped back early on as Justin Wilson and Scott Dixon passed him.
But with a few laps the drivers were switxhing to slick tyres and the two that changed earliest - Vitor Meira [...]

IRL Detroit: Title rivals in controversial clash

A controversial collision between title rivals Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti overshadowed Tony Kanaan’s win in the IRL race at Michigan.
Dixon was knocked into a spin by a slowing Buddy Rice on the penultimate lap and appeared to deliberately steer his car into Franchitti’s.
Franchitti managed to limp home sixth to take a three point lead [...]

IRL Nashville: Two in a row for Dixon

Scott Dixon won his second consecutive race of 2007 - and once again it was championship leader Dario Franchitti who followed him across the line.
The rain-delayed race suffered a brief interruption due to further rain but it was a largely incident-free event.

IRL Watkins Glen: Dixon’s hat trick

Scott Dixon completed a hat-trick of IRL victories at Watkins Glen with a measured and tactically shrewd drive.
But there were unpleasant scenes after the race as a confrontation between Tony Kanaan and Sam Hornish sparked a pit lane brawl.
It began after the pair twice made contact during the race.

IRL Richmond: Dominant Dario doubles up

Dario Franchitti held the Richmond round in a stranglehold for the start. He led all bar nine laps at the short oval to win the second race in a week and stretch his championship advantage.
It was a far more low-key race after the dramas of the Iowa encounter last week. But the Penske drivers were [...]

IRL Iowa: Franchitti triumps through chaos

Indy Car’s first race at Iowa was a spectacular with most of the leading drivers eliminated in big crashes.
Dan Wheldon, Sam Hornish, Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan were among those whose races were ruined or ended.
It left Dario Franchitti to take his second win of the year - and a 51 point lead in the [...]

IRL: Crushing win for Wheldon

Dan Wheldon got his 2007 Indy Car title campaign off to the best possible start with an utterly dominating win at Miami-Homestead.
Only a fumbled pit stop by the Ganassi team that briefly dropped him to ninth threatened to spoil his day. But the ease with which Wheldon breezed ahead of the others and back into [...]

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