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The IndyCar opener in Sao Paulo was billed as a Brazilian Party with no less than five native Brazilians in the starting field, it wasn’t to be though as Australian Will Power crashed the party.

Qualifying for the Sao Paulo 300 IndyCar Series race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, it has been moved to Sunday morning at 8:30.

Graham Rahal became the youngest driver to capture an IndyCar Series pole position, as he notched the top qualifying time for the season-opening Grand Prix of St Petersburg.

Ulrich Baretzky, Audi Sport’s head of engine technology, told Racecar Engineering magazine that his company is interested in joining the IndyCar Series in 2011.

The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 IndyCar Series schedule due to difficult economic times in the Motor City.

Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage unveiled a $2 million capital improvement project for the auto racing facility today that will transform the upper half of the backstretch area into a lavish motorcoach area known as Burnout Alley.

There are various reports out of Australia claiming Craig Gore, co-owner of Team Australia with Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser, is about to pack up and leave IndyCar and possibly auto racing in all its forms.

Possibly the strongest open-wheel field ever assembled for the streets of Surfers Paradise has been confirmed for next week’s Nikon Indy 300, October 23-26.
A total of 24 drivers - including three former Gold Coast race winners, 10 2008 IndyCar Series race winners, five Indy 500 champions and the famous racing families of Rahal, Andretti and [...]

Tony Stewart
“Paul Newman was a phenomenal individual who made a profound impact throughout his life. His acting skills are well-known, but equally impressive was his desire to give back and help those who just didn’t get the same shake out of life that we did.
“I got to know him through our time helping build Victory [...]

Although not officially announced, it appears that IndyCar officials are at least talking publicly about part of that future… and it is said it will use turbos.

Team Penske’s preparations for this weekend’s IndyCar Series round at Infineon Raceway has been hit by a truck fire en route to California.
Having earlier this week expressed its confidence at chasing a solid result at Infineon Raceway, Team Penske will have to overcome a major setback to keep Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe on track.
Traveling [...]

Except for the rain, the owner of New Hampshire Motor Speedway generally liked what he saw during the NASCAR track’s first Sprint Cup weekend since he took over.
Bruton Smith, whose Speedway Motorsports Inc., bought the track last fall for $340 million, is still working on plans for its future.
But, while SMI also recently bought Kentucky [...]

Honda has confirmed that Danica Patrick will get a test in one of its Formula One cars later this year, fuelling speculation that the American is also to be given a race chance in the top flight in the not-too-distant future.
Patrick currently sits sixth in the IndyCar Series point standings following her breakthrough victory at [...]

I’m sure this will come over the objections of the NASCAR media who have slobbered all over themselves at the thought of a Tin-Top version of Danica-mania but, it ain’t happening!
Danica told the Daily Star: “First I want to contend for the IndyCar championship and then we’ll see what opportunities arise.”
“During my three years in [...]