IndyCar racing already has something that NASCAR craves, a major female draw, and now it appears there may also be a nice rivalry brewing among the girls in the IZOD-sponsored series. Simona De Silvestro will be confirmed as a full-time driver for Keith Wiggins’ Stargate Worlds/HVM team on Tuesday to join Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher [...]
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Conquest Racing Signs Romancini
Conquest Racing continues its tradition of progressing the careers of gifted young drivers by signing driver Mario Romancini as a full-time entrant for the Izod IndyCar Series in 2010. The 22-year-old Brazilian rookie will be graduating from the Firestone Indy Lights series where he drove for the RLR/Andersen Racing team. “We are thrilled to announce we [...]
Sato Joins IndyCar Program
February 18th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Formula 1 - News/Rumors, IndyCar, Other Racing Series - News/Rumors Takuma Sato has given up his quest to return to F1 and has signed with KV Racing Technology for a full season in the Indy Racing League. Sato has not raced since the Super Aguri team closed in the middle of the 2008 season, although he later tested for Scuderia Toro Rosso. He appeared at [...]
Nuts And Bolts 2
Some news bits from the world of IndyCar and Indy Lights: Mutoh trains with Matsui in Japan: In Indianapolis, it’s not uncommon to find an IZOD IndyCar Series driver working out alongside another professional athlete as they train at sports performance centers in preparation for the 2010 season. So it made sense that Hideki Mutoh [...]
Vision Racing Suspends Operations
There will be one less race team on the IndyCar cicuit as Robin Miller at SPEED TV is reporting that Tony George, founder of the Indy Racing League, has met with his team and informed them that Vision Racing was suspending operations. George lost sponsorship from John Menard a few months ago, but lept the [...]
IndyCar Close To Hiring CEO
He’s never been in pit row nor has he dwelled in management on any racing circuit. But he has been the big fish in the small pond that is the Professional Bull Riders Association. Robin Miller of SPEED TV is reporting that the IndyCar series is very close to hiring Randy Bernard, the current PBRA head [...]
24 Hours Of Daytona: Series Round 1 Preview
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26. 2010) – Champions from GRAND-AM, NASCAR, IndyCar and international motorsports headline a star-studded lineup for the 48th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, set for Jan. 30-31 at Daytona International Speedway. The event kicks off the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 – and [...]
Nuts And Bolts
Some news flashes from the world of IndyCar and Indy Lights: IZOD commercials seen by almost 100 million viewers: IZOD IndyCar Series commercial spots during the NFC and AFC Championship Game broadcasts Jan. 24 were seen by almost 100 million viewers. That’s a lot of eyeballs as IZOD continued its promotional TV campaign of the [...]
