IndyCar News

Helio Castroneves and Team Penske have won the Indianapolis 500 Pit Stop Challenge for the third consecutive time, after the Brazilian's crew edged that of Marco Andretti by 7.962secs to 9.456secs in the final.

Lauren George will officially assume the role of Firestone Indy Lights team owner at Vision Racing with effect from this weekend's Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, having been handed the opportunity to take charge from her 18th birthday earlier this month.

Alliance Motorsports has signed veteran Mike Potekhen to drive its #24 eFusjon Energy Club entry in this week's Firestone Freedom 100 at Indianapolis, just days after confirming the new partnership itself.

Alex Tagliani will race in next weekend's Indianapolis 500 despite failing to qualify for the race on Bump Day, after his Conquest Racing team opted to place the Canadian in temporary team-mate Bruno Junqueira's car.

While Alex Lloyd does play guitar, the next logical step to the mushrooming attention lavished on his pink racesuit and helmet and the similarly-liveried #99 HER Chip Ganassi Racing/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car at the Indianapolis 500 is the launch of a related website.

The Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team has been working overtime to repair both the primary and back-up cars entered for this year's Indianapolis 500 in Robert Doornbos' name.

There will be no missing Alex Lloyd as the Briton attempts to make his second IndyCar start - and second at the Indianapolis 500 - this month, after he turned out for his refresher in the bright pink HER-backed #99 Dallara.

Conquest Racing's new relationship with the Rubicon Sports Agency has yielded a first sponsorship announcement in the run-up to this year's Indianapolis 500, preparations for which get underway at the Brickyard today [Tuesday].

The Indy Racing League has indefinitely suspended driver Sean Guthrie and Guthrie Meyer Racing co-owner Jim Guthrie for their actions during the Kansas Lottery 100 last weekend [26 April].

IndyCar owner-driver Sarah Fisher has picked up a second major sponsorship deal in a week, having successfully concluded negotiations with Direct Supply to back her Indianapolis 500 campaign and selected other IRL events in 2009..

Danica Patrick will be sporting a new livery on her Andretti Green Racing entry for both the Indianapolis 500 and the remainder of the 2009 IndyCar Series campaign after the Boost Mobile replaced partner Motorola as the main backer of the #7 Dallara.

Sarah Fisher Racing has revealed that its relationship with Dollar General has improved to the point where it will now feature at six rounds of the IndyCar Series instead of four.

Dillon Battistini's return to the Firestone Indy Lights Series ended with a trip to the wall, and a local hospital, following a heavy crash that ensured that the Kansas Lottery 100 finished under caution, but the Briton thankfully escaped any serious injury.

Jonathan Summerton and Junior Strous will be among those Atlantic Series converts preparing themselves for an oval race debut at Kansas Speedway this weekend, but also hoping that their inexperience does not impact to harshly on their Firestone Indy Lights championship positions.

Former series champion Wade Cunningham returned to the top of the timesheets in an Indy Lights qualifying session for the first time in two years as he guided one of the many Sam Schmidt Motorsport entries to pole position for the Kansas Lottery 100.

Graham Rahal won his second career IndyCar pole in three races, and his first on an oval, to edge rookie Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team-mate Robert Doornbos by three-tenths of a second at the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway.

American Le Mans Series regular Primetime Race Group has decided to spread its motorsport involvement into the open-wheel categories, and will join the Cooper Tires-backed Atlantic Championship with a two-car effort from round two of the series.

Vision Racing has revealed that it will partner People's Liberation Inc when the #21 Dallara takes to the grid with William Rast branding in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this weekend.

Former Indianapolis 500 polewinner Scott Sharp will take a break from his sportscar duties with Patron Highcroft Racing to return to the blue riband IndyCar Series event this May, bringing Tequila Patron backing to a second Panther Racing entry.

Seven-time NASCAR title winner Richard Petty has revealed that he is to lodge an entry into the Indianapolis 500 for the first time, fielding the #43 Window World Dallara for John Andretti.

If Graham Rahal could race on the streets of St Petersburg every weekend, he probably would, after setting a second record in as many visits to the Florida venue on Saturday.

JR Hildebrand celebrated his move to the reigning champion AFS/Andretti Green Racing team by clinching his first Firestone Indy Lights pole in qualifying for race one of the Grand Prix of St Petersburg double-header.

IndyCar tyre supplier Firestone will introduce an element of strategy to the series road and street course events by supplying an 'alternate tyre concept' at all seven such rounds in 2009.

European 'exile' Charlie Kimball has revealed that he is to return to racing in his homeland this season, after inking a deal to join the burgeoning Firestone Indy Lights series with Team PBIR.