Blockbuster driver Marco Andretti scored his third podium finish of the 2008 season with a third-place result at Sunday’s running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway. It was Andretti’s best finish since a third-place result at the Indianapolis 500.
Less than 20 laps into the race, Andretti was running third, five [...]

The IndyCar Racing circuit took last weekend off.
Marco Andretti called it a ”much needed break.”
No wonder.
After encountering controversy and a disappointing third-place finish at last month’s Indy 500, the 21-year-old Nazareth native had late crashes at Milwaukee and Texas.
The crash at Texas came with five laps to go and Andretti fighting for second place with [...]

Andretti will be joined on the front row by another young IndyCar Series star — Rahal, who posted a four-lap average of 167.654 mph (1:27.1796) in the No. 06 Hole in the Wall Camps Honda-powered car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing.
“We lost the right-rear shock, it was fading the entire session and then went completely south in [...]

Dr. Indy has been considering some of the scenarios that could play out for the 2009 IndyCar season regarding who will be in what ride, and I keep coming back to one key domino that needs to fall before all of the other rides fall in place. That domino is named Tony Stewart. [...]

On one of the hottest days in race history, Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third. The margin of victory was 0.0635 seconds, the second-closest finish in the history of the [...]

No surprise that Downtown’s newest eatery, a Brazilian steakhouse called Fogo de Chao, is a hit with the race car drivers. Saturday night, you could find Vitor Meira, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti and Danica Patrick chowing down.
Rubicon Racing owner Jason Priestley of “90210″ fame also had dinner there the same night. The place only opened [...]

Dixon edged Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Dan Wheldon, who turned in the second-fastest time trial for the May 25 race at an average 226.110 miles an hour.
Ryan Briscoe of Penske racing will join Dixon and Wheldon on the front row.
Helio Castroneves, Danica Patrick and Tony Kanaan make up the second row. Marco [...]

Andretti Leads Opening Day - Honda Report Andretti Green Racing’s Marco Andretti was the only driver to break into the 226 mph speed range Tuesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and led the opening day as practice began for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Teammate Tony Kanaan was second-quickest [...]

FASTEST SPEEDS OF THE DAY:
Pos. Car Name Speed
1. 26 Marco Andretti 226.599 mph
2. 11 Tony Kanaan 225.269 mph
3. 9 Scott Dixon 225.011 mph
4. 6 Ryan Briscoe 224.804 mph
5. 10 Dan Wheldon 224.727 mph
Andretti, who posted the best lap of the day at 226.599 - more than 1.3 m.p.h. than his teammate Kanaan, was one of [...]

INDIANA JONES - Or should we say Indianapolis Jones.
Blockbuster & Lucasfilm Team Up With Andretti Green Racing to Bring Indiana Jones to Indianapolis 500
INDIANA JONES™ is embarking on a daring new adventure, thanks to an alliance between Andretti Green Racing, Blockbuster Inc. and Lucasfilm Ltd. At a Hollywood BLOCKBUSTER® store this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. [...]

Almost a year to the day since he last visited Victory Circle, Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dan Wheldon took advantage of teammate Scott Dixon’s misfortune to win Sunday’s Road Runner Turbo Indy 300, his second consecutive victory at Kansas Speedway and his first IndyCar Series win since last year’s race here.
Dixon started from the pole [...]

Honda rubbish Barrichello’s IRL link
Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry has dismissed speculation that Rubens Barrichello may quit Formula One for the IRL in a swap deal with IndyCar Series front-runner Marco Andretti.
The Brazilian, who is set to become Formula One’s most experienced driver of all time, was reported in the US press to be considering [...]

A german newspaper report, picked up by f1sa.com & crash.net discusses the possibility of Current F1 Honda Driver and Former 2nd Fiddle at Ferrari - Ruebens Barrichello & Marco Andretti switching seats in 2009. Barrichello’s current contract with the F1 team Honda, owned by the Japanese marque that also equips Andretti Green with [...]

Driver Career Wins Last Win
Dan Wheldon 13 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 - Kansas Speedway
Helio Castroneves 12 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 - St. Petersburg
Tony Kanaan 12 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 - Belle Isle
Scott Dixon 11 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
Buddy Rice 3 Sun, 01 [...]

Driver Career Wins Last Win
Dan Wheldon 13 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 - Kansas Speedway
Helio Castroneves 12 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 - St. Petersburg
Tony Kanaan [...]