WHAT A SHAME!!!!
Owner Ganassi can’t find sponsor for his third team
Dario Franchitti’s rookie Sprint Cup season came to an abrupt halt Tuesday, leaving his racing future uncertain.
Co-owner Chip Ganassi ceased the operation of the Williamson County driver’s No. 40 race team effective immediately Tuesday because of a lack of sponsorship.
“If I keep going I run [...]

Sarah Fisher Racing wants $635. The IndyCar team staged a photo opportunity on Primary Election Day providing caps and other props to the campaign.
This is just a part of Hillary Clinton’s record campaign debt of $22 million with at least 17 unpaid bills in Indiana.
Markey’s Audio Visual supplied sound services at an April 23 Hillary [...]

Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday in the best way possible for an IndyCar driver, by winning Sunday’s Iowa Corn 250 with a calculated gamble on fuel strategy, followed by a determined drive to the checkers.
Wheldon, who ran in the lead pack all day, was one of three front-runners who elected [...]

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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As I prepare for Richmond I have a question for our readers.
Did you like the photo sequences from Indy that were posted on the site?
I would like to know so that I can prepare for Richmond at the end of the month.
Thanks,
Dr. Indy
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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, [...]

Roger Penske said there is nothing to a rumor that he is interested in buying Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
“Chip’s been a friend of mine for a long time, and I think that all came out of a comment, ‘How can we work together to get better?’ ” Penske said. (espn.com)
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The Mid-Atlantic region awoke this morning to the news that one of our own, Jim McKay, had passed. Mr. McKay was from Baltimore and was 86.
I have often thought, and now I write, that it took an entire network launched in 1979 - ESPN - to replace the importance of what Jim [...]

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. [...]

Huge Liquidation Auction of Champ Car World Series, LLC By Order of US Bankruptcy Court.

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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 [...]

Well, at least part of Dr. Indy on the left of the picture along with the Kiwi’s just outside Victory Lane.
(indystar.com Photo: Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
Dr. Indy’s & Brother Indy’s photos of the 500 will be posted over the next few days.
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Great Video complete with milk chugging.
Love the word association on Latin or Ballroom, Chip Ganassi and Controversy.
This is a follow-up to the front row video from last week. Girls Boxing, Mud Wrestling?
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TRACY TO TEST CRAFTSMAN TRUCK WITH GERMAIN RACING
“The Germain Racing team is a championship team that is committed to winning, so it humbles me to be able to take part in a test and share a Toyota Tundra with Todd Bodine. He is one of the best in the business and I’m looking forward [...]

Indianapolis back in high gear after drama of this 500 - Detroit Free Press
The buzz is back at Indy.
Not quite like in the A.J. Foyt and Rick Mears glory days. But it was there, nevertheless, on Sunday, when a crowd of more than 300,000 watched Scott Dixon win his first Indianapolis 500.
Indy 500: Memories aplenty [...]