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Dillon Battistini won the Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, earning his second Firestone Indy Lights victory this season. Battistini was able to hold off a late race challenge, crossing the finish line 0.2458 seconds ahead of...

Scott Dixon will start from the pole position in Saturday night's Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a qualifying speed of 213.341 mph. Dixon's Ganassi Racing teammate Dan Wheldon earned the pole position last year with a single lap at ...

A spirit of collaboration and collegiality prevailed at Homestead-Miami Speedway today as the IndyCar Series officially announced open-wheel racing's unification in America. Tony George and Kevin Kalkhoven. Photo by Luis ...

Veteran savvy triumphed over youthful inexperience on this year's Bump Day at Indianapolis. The star of the day was 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier, one of only two drivers in the field to have raced here prior to the IndyCar split....

Tony Kanaan led 166 laps, including the final 95, to win tonight's 300 lap SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway. For a while, it looked like nobody would win. Almost half the field was gone by the halfway point. There were...

Thirteen rookie drivers took to the 2.5 mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday (May 4th) and eleven came away with speedy credentials sufficient to continue on-track for a spot in the 92nd Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Will...

Ryan Briscoe won his first IndyCar race on home turf at Surfers Paradise by beating two other local heroes. After pole starter Will Power hit the wall on lap 16, Briscoe took over the lead and then held of Scott Dixon over the last 15 laps to win...

Dario Franchitti shifts gears by leaving his NASCAR foray to move back to the IndyCar Series, staying with Chip Ganassi Racing. The news of Dan Wheldon's departure came just days before his teammate Scott Dixon most likely will wrap up the 2008 ...

Prodigious American talent J.R. Hildebrand will contest a second full season of Firestone Indy Lights competition in 2009, replacing outgoing series champion Raphael Matos at Andretti Green Racing/AFS Racing. Hildebrand shifts from RLR Andersen ...

As the checkers flew over the IndyCar season-finale at Chicagoland Speedway, Scott Dixon didn't know if he had won the race or not. The photo finish between he and championship rival Helio Castroneves was too close to call. In fact, officials ...

Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon led the way on a rain-shortened Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. At the end of the brief thirty minute practice period Dixon (222.834 mph, 40.3889 sec.) and Wheldon (222.810,...

It is crunch time at Indianapolis, the day before the field will be set for the 92nd running of the 500. While most of the field is focusing on race setups and trimming their Dallaras (all but one car in the field) to spec, others are sweating ...

Within the first two and a half hours of qualifying at Indianpolis on Saturday, the track featured a flurry of activity with 21 cars completing their qualifying attempts for the legendary Indycar race. The main adversary was a crosswind in turn...

Rain showers brought preparations for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 to an abrupt halt on Wednesday (May 7th). The showers, which began mid-morning and continued intermittently throughout the day, thwarted attempts by the Indianapolis Motor ...

The IndyCar Series kicks off the 2008 season with 26 cars entered at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where Dan Wheldon will seek an unprecedented fourth straight victory. Dan Wheldon. Photo by Luis Betancourt. Wheldon topped the speed...

Will Power wasted no time in giving the local fans in Australia a reason to cheer as they enjoyed the sights and sounds of the IndyCar Series first visit to the Streets of Surfers Paradise in Queensland on Friday. Driving the Aussie Vineyards Team...

Graham Rahal has definitely over the years proven that he simply loves to race even to the point of missing a lot of his high school activities including his Senior Prom! The son of Bobby Rahal, seems to be able to hop into any racing machine and...

Arie Luyendyk Jr. pulled through to score his first Indy Lights victory following a nail biting one-lap shootout Sunday in the SunRichGourmet.com 100 at Chicagoland Speedway. Luyendyk passed AFS Racing/Andretti Green teammate Raphael Matos on the...

A reported "agreement in principle" to merge the two major open-wheel racing series based in America is in the works. If it happens the stage will be set for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500, allowing all of the top racers a chance to...

The two-day Indianapolis 500 Rookie Orientation Program came to a close with Alex Lloyd leading the field to a fastest lap of 223.733 mph (40.3528 seconds) on the 2.5 mile oval. Alex Lloyd. Photo by Andy Sallee. "We're just improving...

Dan Wheldon set the fastest lap over the two day IndyCar Series open test at the Homstead-Miami Speedway. Wheldon, who is the reigning three-time champion of the Miami 300 IndyCar race, led the field on Wednesday night with a speed of 213.312 ...

The Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series have agreed to end their 12-year split, allowing U.S. open-wheel racing to compete under the same banner in 2008. The agreement was signed Thursday night in Indianapolis by Champ Car World Series...

Andretti Green Racing's Tony Kanaan will continue to remain a constant of the team and the Indy Racing League as team owners Kevin Savoree, Kim Green and Michael Andretti announced a new five-year contract extension to keep the 2004 IndyCar Series...

Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing announced today that the No. 06 Dallara/Honda/Firestone race car to be driven by Graham Rahal at this Saturday's Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway has been withdrawn. The car sustained...

Helio Castroneves did everything he needed to do to win his first series championship, but at the end of the day it wasn't enough. He scored an improbable victory at Chicagoland Speedway from 28th and last on the grid, led the most laps, and eked...

The rain continues to fall on the 2.5 mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The weatherman put the brakes on Thursday's planned six-hour practice session with a constant drizzle over the central portion of the Hoosier...

Jeff Simmons returns to the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series on Wednesday (May 14th) when he joins Foyt Racing in the No. 41 car for practice leading up to the 2008 Indianapolis 500. Jeff Simmons. Photo by Dana Garrett - ...

"News to me," came the response from Andretti Green Racing spokesman Al Larsen as told exclusively to Motorsport.com this morning. Thus reports that Honda Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello, set next month to become the series' longest-serving...

After a hectic first month encompassing four races, the IndyCar Series focuses its sights for the next month on the crown jewel of the sport: Indianapolis and the 92nd running of the 500. A driver who has not yet tasted the milk but stands as one...

IndyCar Series 2007 champion Dario Franchitti got a first glimpse of his image on the famed Borg-Warner Trophy at a late-afternoon press conference, then walked away with the coveted Jerry Titus Award late Saturday night (January 12th) in ...