IndyCar News and Notes

Penske Racing will have the same three-driver lineup for 2012, but one of the teams will still look a little different. Today the team announced that the previously named number six car of Ryan Briscoe, will now go with the famous Penske number two. They didn’t stop there though, also naming Jonathan Diuguid as the…

IndyCar Begins Busy Off-Season

The 2012 Indianapolis 500 will have a different look and sound than what we have seen in the past decade. Testing began today with Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti taking laps on the legendary 2.5 mile venue. Kanaan is participating in the Chevrolet engine development program this week at IMS. Franchitti will be testing the…

Andretti Autosport Begins Driver Search

As the IZOD INDYCAR Series continues to cope with the loss of Dan Wheldon and trying to move forward, so does Michael Andretti’s team. Wheldon had just signed to drive for Andretti Autosport for the 2012 season, just one day before his tragic death at Las Vegas. There never really was a backup plan, because they had been…

Remembering Dan, The Man

The cliché has been heard all around us the past 24 hours. While it is true that race car drivers know the risks before they get into the car, we are never actually prepared when they never return. Dan Wheldon got into his car for the final time on Sunday, all smiles of course. The…

Dan Wheldon: 1978 – 2011

The season-ending IZOD IndyCar Series race at Las Vegas did not go the way anyone wanted it to. Mayhem struck just 11 laps into the event, as 15 cars were involved in one of the scariest looking crashes in the history of the sport. Tragically, Dan Wheldon lost his life in the accident. The 2005…