The worst kept secret in the IRL is now official. Mr. McMahon Tony George has named Paul Tracy to the WWE Smackdown Roster Vision/Walker Racing ride. The #22 entry will be sponsored by Subway, which Brother Indy sees as an audition for the title sponsorship role in ‘09. Is this what [...]

Ryan Hunter-Reay doesn’t have time to waste.
No time for praise, no time for learning curves. Not for the 27-year-old driver in IndyCar racing who has been dreaming of this moment since terrorizing his Boca Raton neighborhood in the red go-kart that got him voted off the streets when he was 8.
The Indianapolis 500’s Rookie of [...]

To many, Ryan Briscoe is known as the guy who crashed into Danica Patrick on pit row at the Indianapolis 500. IndyCar Series fans know better.
In the weeks following the well-publicized collision that knocked Patrick out at the Brickyard, Briscoe has emerged as a contender for the IRL title. He broke through with his first [...]

FYI, got a call today from Richmond International Raceway asking if I had my tickets for the upcoming IndyCar race.
Not bad for an ISC owned track that has its bread and butter in Nascar.
Way to go RIR! Thanks for the call and keep up the good work.
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Six racing helmets belonging to drivers like Danica Patrick and Helio Castroneves were taken. Dan Wheldon’s helmet that he wore in last year’s win at Homestead is also gone.
Also on the list of stolen goods are four IBM laptop computers, two DVD players, two Xbox systems and some high-end watches.
“They somehow got into our trailer, [...]

Deal may be shopped to other networks to gauge interest.
Indianapolis Business Journal Reports Sources close to both sides said ABC/ESPN pays the IRL about $10 million annually, but getting that kind of guaranteed cash beyond 2009 could be difficult.
While ABC/ESPN is likely to ask for a discounted or restructured revenue-sharing deal, IRL officials are [...]

Reaction to the Champ Car Auction Today: “It’s a sad event,” said Ben Johnston, a collector from Atlanta. “I hate to see the demise of Champ Car, but I think there’s definitely more interest in open wheel racing than there’s been in recent years.”
Prices were even too much for one of the IRL teams. [...]

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. [...]

ABC Earns 4.5 Fast National For Indy 500 Coverage, Up 4.7% Over ‘07
Dixon’s Indy 500 Win Earns ABC 4.5 Fast Nat’l, A 4.7% Increase Over Last Year’s Race The 92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, which featured IRL driver Scott Dixon winning his first race at the Brickyard, earned a 4.5 fast national Nielsen rating on [...]

The OH-FER list shows the number of IndyCar Races that a driver has started without winning a race.
Vitor Meira OH-FER 81
Ed Carpenter OH-FER 70
A.J. Foyt IV OH-FER 70
Darren Manning OH-FER 46
Ryan Briscoe OH-FER 24
The Rest of the Pack:
Races Without a Win
Marty Roth 13
Ryan Hunter-Reay 11 :-} (None in IRL [...]

The Rexall Edmonton Indy (5 p.m. ET, ESPN) will follow the July 20 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance. It will be the first IndyCar Series event held in Canada. (indycar.com)
Now, what about getting the IndyCars out to the un-tapped market of the Pacific Northwest and the road course at Portland International [...]

“Jack, you just dont know what Indy means..”
Little Al deals with it on a whole different level, But Brother Indy can relate to that statement. The process and sacrifices it takes to get to Indy in May every year is different for all of us, but the reward is great. For me It starts in [...]

In Tuesday’s edition of the Washington Times, Tim Lemke wrote extensively about the generally positive buzz about Indy Car racing leading up to the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. That story takes a broad look at the Indy Racing League. Some of the sponsorship tie-ins are pretty intriguing.

Dan Wheldon: As a member of the Target/Chip Ganassi [...]

Quoted in USA Today today - Robby Gordon stated - Unification “clears up a little confusion,” Gordon says. “But they have a little process over there of building stars again. Obviously, Danica (Patrick) is a star. Marco Andretti has tons of opportunity. With Scott Dixon and (Helio) Castroneves, they’ve got good racers. But the public [...]

Dr. Indy found the following commentary in the Enid Oklahoma News. Wait til you read the end…
“The field is set for what might just be the most important race in the history of the Indianapolis 500.
The race, billed as “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing,” isn’t any longer, at least as far as most racing [...]