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Drivers get speeds above 220 mph in practice for Indianapolis 500
Now in their sixth day of practice, drivers preparing for the Indianapolis 500 are turning laps in excess of 220 mph at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Memorial Day weekend classic is May 26, and qualifying to set the 33-car field is this weekend....
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing, Memorial Day
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Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney are up by one shot at Quail Hollow
Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, minus much separation from the rest of the field. Mickelson hit a shot out-of-bounds on the 15th hole and hit another shot that struck a spectator in the...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Joey Logano, NASCAR, Nick Watney, Game
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Helio Castroneves hopes this is his year
Helio Castroneves has won the Indianapolis 500 three times, earned 27 career victories overall and he even placed first in the "Dancing with the Stars" contest one year. But there's one thing missing from the veteran driver's resume: an IndyCar...
Tags: Human Interest, Penske Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Autosport, Indianapolis 500
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Hunter-Reay, Conway and Power top Long Beach Grand Prix practice
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Mike Conway and Will Power -- winners of the last three Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach races -- topped the speed charts in Friday afternoon's practice for the 39th annual running of the street race Sunday. Hunter-Reay, the reigning...
Tags: Penske Racing, Justin Wilson, Andretti Autosport, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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Long Beach has special meaning for Ryan Hunter-Reay
Ryan Hunter-Reay was born in Texas and now lives in Florida, but the reigning IndyCar champion traces many key moments of his life — the highs and the lows — to Southern California. Hunter-Reay lived in Dana Point when his IndyCar career was...
Tags: Human Interest, Penske Racing, NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Jimmie Johnson
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Dario Franchitti wins pole position for Long Beach Grand Prix
Trying to bounce back from his miserable start to the season, Dario Franchitti won the pole position for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Franchitti, a four-time champion in the Izod IndyCar Series and winner of the Long Beach race in 2009, turned...
Tags: Penske Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Autosport, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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Takuma Sato makes history in winning Long Beach Grand Prix
Takuma Sato won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese driver in history to win an IndyCar series race. Sato, 36, drives for the team of legendary racer A.J. Foyt, and this was the team's first victory in more than...
Tags: Indianapolis 500, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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Drivers battle back after accidents at Grand Prix of Long Beach
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was a tough day at the office for several of IndyCar's leading drivers. Two-time champion Scott Dixon, reigning champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Helio Castroneves were involved in minor accidents Sunday. Castroneves...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Penske Racing, Andretti Autosport, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Auto Racing
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Takuma Sato makes history with victory at Long Beach Grand Prix
Long gone are the days when A.J. Foyt, now 78, was making history as one of the world's most famous race-car drivers. But that didn't mean Foyt was done making history as a team owner. Takuma Sato, whom Foyt hired this year for his IndyCar race team,...
Tags: Japan, Dale Coyne Racing, Penske Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing
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Simona De Silvestro seeks to make her mark in Long Beach Grand Prix
Simona De Silvestro holds out her hands to show there's hardly a sign that they were seriously burned in a racing crash two years ago. "I wish I had a cool scar because it was really miserable," De Silvestro joked in reference to her car catching fire,...
Tags: Danica Patrick, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Auto Racing, Sports, Open-Wheel Racing
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Long Beach Grand Prix to tighten security after Boston explosions
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, a racing festival that typically draws more than 170,000 spectators over three days, is tightening security for this weekend's event in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions. Officials "will be working in...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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IndyCar season set to open with St. Petersburg street race
Ryan Hunter-Reay opens his defense of the IndyCar championship Sunday with the series season opener in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Honda Grand Prix on a 1.8-mile street course in St. Petersburg is the first of 19 races on the Izod IndyCar Series calendar....
Tags: Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Saint Petersberg (Russia), Tiger Woods, Penske Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing
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