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Doesn't Anybody Want This Trophy?
A rain delay pushed the completion of the California 500 - and the crowning of the CART 2000 Season Champion - back one day, but the delay didn't deter Gil de Ferran from outlasting the other contenders to earn the Vanderbilt Cup and his first title.
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Penske's Back
Marlboro Team Penske will return to the Brickyard for the 85th Indianapolis 500. Owner Roger Penske will enter two cars for the 2001 race.
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California Here We Come!
The Championship Auto Racing Teams head for the track at Fontana, California to settle the CART/Fed-Ex Championship for 2000, with Gil de Ferran, Adrian Fernandez, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack at the top of the points chart.,The Championship Auto Racing Teams head for the track at Fontana, California to settle the CART/Fed-Ex Championship for 2000, with Gil de Ferran, Adrian Fernandez, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack at the top of the points chart.
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Could CART Become Too Popular?
The CART season is over -- and it was one of the best in recent memory -- but NASCAR devotees and those who pass judgement only at the bottom line still don't give the USA's premier open wheel series proper respect.
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Debacle Down Under
A fan goes looking for information on the CART race Down Under in Limboland, lamenting the decision of the powers-that-be choosing not to tape-delay the next-to-last race of the season. Worse, the race begins with a lap one debacle which scrambles the championship points chase and makes the season finale at Fontana critical.,A fan goes looking for information on the CART race Down Under in Limboland, lamenting the decision of the powers-that-be choosing not to tape-delay the next-to-last race of the season. Worse, the race begins with a lap one debacle which scrambles the championship points chase and makes the season finale at Fontana critical.
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Farm Team?
Mutterings in the press and paddock accuse Chip Ganassi, a guy with four consecutive CART championships in his pocket, of running a farm team for F-1. Looking at his selection of drivers for the 2001 season, you have to wonder a bit.
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Goodbye Oldsmobile, Thanks for the Rocket 88 Ride
It's a quiet week in the racing off-season and so word that General Motors will pull the plug on the venerable Oldsmobile name spurs talk among auto enthusiasts around the world. What effect the decision will have on the Indy Racing League, for which Olds provides engines under the Aurora badge, is not yet known.
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Presidents: USA 0, CART 1
CART winding up its tour and heading into the off-season doesn't stop rumors, news and views from racing around the Internet. Fans were delighted last week to learn of the return of Alex Zanardi, a former champion with a win-to-start ratio of 1 to 3.4 ... but veteran media watchers were at odds over the appointment of Joseph Heitzler as the new president of the racing series.
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Taking a Spin Through Rumor Town
Everyone comes equipped with a nose ... and with an opinion. It's off-season for the Cart/FedEx Series. What do we have better to do than take a spin around the Internet?
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The Blue Light Special
Thinking about internationalism in auto racing, a fan wonders how a Lincoln Navigator-driving Brazilian who likes his fish hot from a George Foreman grille ends up driving an English chassis powered by a Japanese motor owned by a famous American film star and sponsored by a discount store chain.
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Two More for <i>The Captain</i>
The Championship Auto Racing Teams visit Laguna Seca Raceway, and Marlboro Team Penske comes away with another one-two finish, dominating qualifying and the race despite some grumbling from anonymous drivers following Patrick Carpentier's spectacular Friday over-the-wall tumble.
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Who Is This Guy Anyway?
A brief look at Gil de Ferran, winner of the 2000 CART Series Championship, taking the prize in his first year with Team Penske.
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"Give Me Two of What Roger Ordered."
A review of The CART - FedEx Racing Series visit to the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course, where Team Penske ran away with the race while a fog of rumors swirled around other teams and drivers.
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'09 Indianapolis 500 Preview
With the '09 Indianapolis 500 shaping up to be one of most hotly contested in recent years, '07 Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti emerges as the favorite.
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It's Official! Team Penske Back Home Again in Indiana.
Team Penske uses CART's Winter Sneak Peek to announce a return to competition at the storied Indy 500. The 10 time winners join Team Target/Chip Ganassi to become the second CART team to compete at the Brickyard under the new Indy Racing League formula.
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Pocono Double Play for Penske
A review of the Penn 500 sponsored by AOL.
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Slouching Toward Nazareth
A short discussion of the history and characteristics of the Nazareth Speedway in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, with speculation about the prospects of Target-Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske.
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"Send in the Clowns!"
Max Papis works some magical strategy to come away with a win at Laguna Seca, but everyone's talking about Paul Tracy talking himself into a major fine or Honda leaving CART in a huff over engine changes.
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2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers
The 2008 Sprint Cup Driver List
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Andretti/Green Sweep Nazareth
The Andretti Green team swept the top three spots, setting a record in the IRL Series' 100th event.
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Thanks. I Needed That.
A fan's review of the Championship Auto Racing Team series race at Houston, Texas, complete with thoughts on the 2000 series championship, driver changes, rumors around the circuit and news from the Internet about CART racing.
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2007 Indy Racing League Preview
The 2007 Indy Racing League season kicks off Saturday evening at the Homestead-Miami Speedway for the XM Satellite Radio 300.
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88th Indy Pole Position Set
The pole for the 2004 Indianaolis 500 was won by substitute driver Buddy Rice!
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California Testin'
The Championship Auto Racing Teams have a late summer off-week, but several teams take advantage of the down time to test at California's Laguna Seca Raceway where Team Penkse's Helio Castroneves sets the fast time -- a track record, in fact.
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CART Commitment
Team Target-Chip Ganassi smiled at the reception they received at the Indy 500, and the remaining CART teams were pleased -- and proud of the Ganassi victory. Now there's talk more participants in the senior series will sign up for the Indy 500 in 2001.
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Dan Wheldon - Hunting for the Crown
Dan Wheldon is the IRL's latest media attraction.
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Danica - Watch Your Back
There are some exciting up-and-coming female stars in the racing world!
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Going Backwards
Sad but true, the 2006 IRL schedule has been cut down to 14 events.
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Indy Racing League Season Review
The 2006 Indy Car Series season began with tragedy, as the untimely death of Rahal-Letterman driver Paul Dana at Homestead-Miami marred the opening weekend.
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IRL - 2005 Top Five
The top five finishers in the 2005 IRL season.
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Teamwork
An overview of the Championship Auto Racing Team series race at Vancouver, British Columbia, where Paul Tracy and Dario Franchitti finished one-two for Team Kool Green.
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The Little Engine That Could
CART race fans suffered through another hum-drum street course race seemingly run in a no-passing zone while the real excitement is generated by a heated battle over changing the series' engine specs.
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"Say It Ain't So, Joe!"
Is CART collapsing? A series of bad decisions, late decisions, and protested decisions has left the series with no engine providers for the 2003 season other than a Ford-Cosworth spec offering.
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Waiting Game
Okay, I'm jealous. The straight-line NHRA hot rods burned rubber at Pomona over the weekend. The email lists and Web sites buzz with the countdown numbers for the Daytona 500. But we CART/FedEx Series fans are stuck in the groundhog's hole, waiting for the March open wheel opener down in Mexico.
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All I Want for Christmas Is a New Team Engineer
The holidays are over, and the teams again are setting their sights on the CART season opener at Monterey, Mexico. It's more than two months away, but it's not too early for Team Players to add one of racing's best engineers to its staff.
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Are We Really Going Racing Again?
The CART/Fedex Series heads to Texas for a first-time appearance at Bruton Smith's Texas Motorspeedway, a fast 1.5 mile oval. This same weekend Sylvester Stallone's new movie about the adventures of the CART series -- DRIVEN! -- will open.
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Forty Days to Monterey!
Checking the latest news as teams test, drivers practice, and fans gear up for the start of the 2001 CART season.
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More on the Engine That Could
We're still nearly two weeks from the next race in the CART/FedEx series, and so we're left to speculate on engines, the IRL and why CART may no longer be the premier auto racing series in the USA.
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Mr. Miller Has Left the Building
Robin Miller, a veteran auto racing reporter, left his long-term employer, the Indianapolis <i>Star</i>, under circumstances no one has been able to decipher. The news stirred talk among fans because Miller, love him or hate him, knew how to get people's engines wound to the maximum rpm.
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Parading Through The Streets of Long Beach
The CART/FedEx Racing Series ends a long lay-off with a parade through the streets of Long Beach. The race draws celebrities, a hundred thousand fans, but the lack of passing zones turned it into a parade.
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The Teams, The People, The Cars
A brief run-down of who's driving what in the upcoming season, including observations about who's gone where to drive what and links to each team's Web site.
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Zanardi Tests, Fans Await New Season
The CART/Fed-Ex racing season doesn't begin until March, but, with former series champion Alex Zanardi testing in Florida, a fan can while away cold winter nights by doing a little 'Net Racing.
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Rumors - 2001 IRL Team and Driver Changes
Rumors are abundant in the Indy Racing League arena, as teams and drivers begin to make plans for the 2001 season. Find out who's rumored to be going where next season.
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2009 IndyCar Season Preview
A shrinking sponsor list, a new TV partner and a shuffled driver lineup present fresh hurdles as a new season dawns.
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88th Indy 500 Preparations
Preparations are underway for the 2004 Indy 500 as teams test the new IRL 3.0 liter engine.
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Brack is Back
Kenny Brack is back in his old ride with Rahal/Letterman, setting the top speed for this season's Indy 500.
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Fernandez Switches, is Rahal Next?
Adrian Fernandez has switched from Champ Car to the IRL and it's rumored that Bobby Rahal is nipping at his heels.
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Homestead-Miami Testing
Homestead-Miami testing, Franchitti's back in the saddle, and the 2003 Driver of the Year awards.
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Hornish Closes In
Sam Hornish Jr. has joined the top stars for the chance to win another IndyCar title on October 12th.
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Landing at Cleveland
A review of the CART/Fed-Ex Racing Series visit to Cleveland for the 9th race of the 2000 Season. Moreno takes the win and pads his championship points lead.
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