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 [...]

What had been a pedestrian Indy Racing League round at Infineon Raceway came alive in the final laps when runaway leader Dario Franchitti clashed with team mate Marco Andretti.
That let rival Scott Dixon in to snatch the win and the lead of the championship in dramatic style.
Franchitti clung on to take third after strong support [...]

The IRL race at Kentucky had a lot in common with the last round at Michigan - Tony Kanaan won, and Dario Franchitti had a huge shunt.
Kanaan’s victory from pole position means the Brazilian has a realistic shot at the title with three rounds remaining. He beat Scott Dixon across the line by 1.7s - [...]

The final open wheeled race at Michigan will be remembered for a spate of crashes, above all a violent incident on lap 145.
Championship leader Dario Franchitti and fellow Briton Dan Wheldon made contact at 220mph on the back straight, causing Franchitti’s car to fly into the air.
It landed on title rival Scott Dixon’s car and [...]

Scott Dixon won his third consecutive IRL race and closed to within 24 points of championship leader Dario Franchitti with five rounds remaining.
The New Zealander moved to the front in a processional race at the Mid Ohio road course by playing a canny strategic game. But Franchitti minimised the damage by following him home second.

This year’s IndyCar race at Michigan will be the last at the superspeedway for the foreseeable future.
Michigan will hold two NASCAR events next year but failed to find a suitable slot for an IRL race.
The IndyCar series expanded its roster of road courses this year while the rival Champ Car World Series moved entirely to [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]