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Weather turns Grand Prix of Baltimore into guessing game for IndyCar teams
Rain tires are meant for wet racetracks. Slick tires drive best on a dry course. It doesn't take a Firestone engineer to figure that out. What had Ryan Hunter-Reay muttering a prayer to Mother Nature early in Sunday's IndyCar Series Grand Prix of...
Tags: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Michael Andretti, Car Tires, Andretti Autosport, Auto Racing
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Ryan Hunter-Reay wins at Baltimore and closes the gap on the series championship
One day before Sunday’s Grand Prix of Baltimore Will Power was asked if his quest for the IZOD IndyCar Series title was firmly in his control. After all, the Team Penske driver was starting on the pole while his nearest championship pursuer,...
Tags: Penske Racing, Car Tires, Entertainment, Michael Andretti, Andretti Autosport
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Carpenter suffers first DNF of season in Grand Prix of Baltimore
Baltimore Sun Media GroupEd Carpenter, the only driver who had finished the previous 13 events on this year's IndyCar Series circuit, did not make it to the end Sunday in the Grand Prix of Baltimore. The same chicane where Carpenter's car went airborne Saturday turned out to...Tags: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Auto Racing, Andretti Autosport, Colombia, Open-Wheel Racing
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After accident, Sam Schmidt shifts from driver to owner
Sam Schmidt knows he would have been long retired by now, his racing career faded completely from life's rearview mirror. He isn't sure what he would be doing aside from helping his wife, Sheila, raise their two teenage children at their home outside...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Sam Schmidt Motorsports, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents
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Grand Prix off to a bumpy start
A bumpy patch along Pratt Street that sent racecars airborne Friday meant a slow start for the first day of the Grand Prix of Baltimore, the much-anticipated reprise of an event that converts city streets into an adrenaline-inducing fast track. The 2-...
Tags: Services and Shopping, White Marsh, Maryland Transit Administration, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Ellicott City
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Rookie of the year just the beginning for Pagenaud
Things didn't go well for Frenchman Simon Pagenaud in his first race. But that didn't stop him. And though he could find similarities to that first outing last weekend, he clinched The IZOD IndyCar Series' Rookie of the Year award at the Grand Prix of...
Tags: Sunoco Incorporated, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Will Ferrell, Australia, Auto Racing
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Track change gets mixed reaction from drivers
The Baltimore SunThe outcome of Sunday's races could come down to how the drivers negotiate the chicane that officials initially removed after last year's inaugural event, then decided to put back late Friday night. The Pratt Street chicane is designed to slow drivers...Tags: Marco Andretti, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Auto Racing
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Carpenter returns to Baltimore as owner-driver
Years ago, a rising basketball coach at a little school in the suburbs outside New York used to introduce himself, "Jim Valvano, Iona College." In return, the coach who later gained national fame at North Carolina State said he would often hear, "Son,...
Tags: Fuzzy Zoeller, Tony George, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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Chicane added to the course for this weekend's Baltimore Grand Prix
When the IZOD IndyCar Series returned to the Baltimore Grand Prix for the second year they were hoping to "Fly Through the Streets of Baltimore."
Boy, they weren't kidding.
On the very first high-speed lap on Friday morning's practices session all...Tags: Travel, Penske Racing, Michael Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Open-Wheel Racing
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Organizers rev up for Grand Prix
The first round of gleaming racecars will roar through downtown streets early Friday, marking the start of the second annual three-day open-wheel racing festival — and a victory for city officials and organizers who struggled to resurrect the...
Tags: Labor Day, Services and Shopping, William H. Cole IV, Michael Andretti, Arts and Culture
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Power hopes continue run towards a championship with a successful weekend at Sonoma
Fox59.com ContributorDriving a high-speed IndyCar around the scenic Sonoma Raceway road course with its dramatic elevation changes has been called the IZOD IndyCar Series version of a "Roller Coaster Ride." Nobody knows that better than IZOD IndyCar Series points leader Will...Tags: Sam Schmidt Motorsports, Penske Racing, KV Racing Technology, Auto Racing, Andretti Autosport
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Need to know for the 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore
DATES: Friday, Aug. 31 to Sunday, Sept. 2 TICKETS: Prices range from $15 to $185 for adults and $5 to $140 for children 12 and under, depending on the location, day, etc. See RaceOnBaltimore.com for more information and to purchase tickets. PARKING:...
Tags: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Auto Racing, Open-Wheel Racing
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