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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Standing starts in IndyCar 2013: Good idea or not?]]></title>
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When the IZOD IndyCar Series released their 2013 schedule, they added a surprise element to their three doubleheader weekends:  Standing starts!  

Now that the surprise has worn off, the time has come to digest if the idea is a good one or not. Oddly this came at a time when Formula One has seen more start crashes than in past years, some creating a quite a bit of carnage (think ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/standing-starts-in-indycar-2013-good-idea-or-not/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New track configuration for Detroit]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Detroit GP Belle Isle track will include new passing area in 2013. Not only are sections of the track is being repaired, but the circuit is being modified to enhance the competition, event organizers said today.

The course will be extended one-quarter mile entering the right-hand Turn 3 to 2.346 miles, which was the track length utilized from 1997-2001.

Team Chevy IZOD IndyCar ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/new-track-configuration-for-detroit/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sato sailing before Belle Isle crash]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TAKUMA SATO, No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone:  “It was quite a crazy start; very narrow. I was completely boxed in from the front, back and sides. But I was able to get through Turns 1 and 2 okay and gained positions.  Then after that, I settled in to a rhythm in the position.  We decided to make a strategy change and came in the pits earlier to get back ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/sato-sailing-before-belle-isle-crash/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power paces Penske platoon at Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Team Penske’s Will Power padded his lead in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship race Sunday by finishing fourth in the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.
 
Power, who started the race in second place, endured a two-hour delay midway through the race with the rest of the field when portions of asphalt patching on the track broke apart. The track was repaired in time for a 15-lap ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/power-paces-penske-platoon-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conway breaks Foyt top-10 drought with Belle Isle finish]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mike Conway drove the No. 14 ABC Supply Honda to its first top-10 finish in two months and four races when he placed ninth in the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Sunday evening. 

Pole winner Scott Dixon won the race and was followed by teammate Dario Franchitti and Simon Pagenaud, giving Honda all three podium finishes in the Chevrolet-sponsored event. Chevy powered the fourth ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/conway-breaks-foyt-top-10-drought-with-belle-isle-finish/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HVM scores season-best result at Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Detroit, MI (Sunday, June 03, 2012) - Starting at the back of the field, due to an engine change penalty, the Lotus HVM #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy car and driver Simona De Silvestro had their work cut out for them at today's Detroit Chevrolet Belle Isle Grand Prix.

After struggling with engine issues for the first five races of the season, today's finish of 13th was a welcome ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hvm-scores-season-best-result-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tagliani pounds out top-ten finish at Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A variety of unusual circumstances made the sixth race of the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule a challenge, but Team Barracuda - BHA stayed focused. An electronics issue at the start of the race set the team back initially, but Tagliani quickly worked his way back up through the field, running in fifth by lap 35 before an ill-timed caution. 

Only a few laps later, the race was red flagged ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/tagliani-pounds-out-top-ten-finish-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hunter-Reay leads Andretti efforts at Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ryan Hunter-Reay, Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda Chevrolet, No. 28 
Hunter-Reay finished today's race in the seventh position, he ran as high as fourth in the No. 28 Chevy.

&quot;Unfortunately, we got really hung up behind Viso in the whole first stint and couldn't get by him. We ended up finding out that we had some mechanical problems that haunted us all day. We were kind of fighting ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hunter-reay-leads-andretti-efforts-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carpenter displeased with race decision at Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ed Carpenter just shook his head when he jumped from his No. 20 Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet car Sunday in the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.

Carpenter crossed the finish line in 12th position after starting 21st in an event scheduled for 90 laps at the 2.1-mile, 14-turn street circuit northeast of downtown Detroit. Scott Dixon won the event. Those are the nuts and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/carpenter-displeased-with-race-decision-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Belle Isle Indy Car race red-flagged for track trouble]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roger Penske, Bud Denker and the rest of the race organizers this weekend have done an outstanding job this weekend in preparing for the Indy Car event at Belle Isle Park, but right now the festivities have been prematurely halted.

The track surface began coming up in a number of the corners, rubbing up chunks of asphalt and rubber sealant used to fill in cracks and grooves. The first ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/belle-isle-indy-car-race-red-flagged-for-track-trouble/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conway, AJ Foyt Racing struggle at Belle Isle qualifying ]]></title>
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DETROIT June 2, 2012—Mike Conway will start outside of Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti
as the pair will start in the eighth row for Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand
Prix, marking the return of the IZOD IndyCar Series to Belle Isle for the first time
since 2008. It is the first time this year that Conway has started lower than 11th on a
street/road circuit. 

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/conway-aj-foyt-racing-struggle-at-belle-isle-qualifying/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Firestone runs new intermediate rain tire at Detroit Belle Isle practice ]]></title>
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 Firestone Racing engineers have developed an all-new rain tire for use in the IZOD IndyCar Series that is a significant departure from the type of rain tires that have been utilized for the past 15 seasons.  With rain falling on the Bell Isle circuit for this afternoon's practice session, this new wet-condition race tire is being utilized for the first time today.

 The new ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/firestone-runs-new-intermediate-rain-tire-at-detroit-belle-isle-practice/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Team Penske's Power leads Friday Belle Isle practice]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TEAM PENSKE BEGINS PREPARATION FOR BELLE ISLE RETURN

 

DETROIT, Mich. (June 1, 2012) – Team Penske spent time with an old friend on Friday, running practice laps on the Streets of Belle Isle for the first time since 2008.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/team-penske-s-power-leads-friday-belle-isle-practice/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rainy day in Belle Isle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roger Penske his own self summed up the morning as he walked toward the paddock on a very wet morning on the island of Belle Isle.

&quot;Wish we could do something about this rain,&quot; he lamented. 

Overnight rains have not let up this morning in Detroit as practices are scheduled for the Grand-Am and IZOD Indy Car Series Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, putting a severe ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/rainy-day-in-belle-isle-2/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SFHR, Newgarden to continue building program at Belle Isle ]]></title>
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When Frederick L. Olmsted drafted the plans for Belle Isle in Detroit, he envisioned a
beautiful oasis in what was simply a marshy swamp, similar to the transformation he
concocted for the most famous green space in the world, Central Park.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/sfhr-newgarden-to-continue-building-program-at-belle-isle/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chevrolet to sponsor 2012 Belle Isle event]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Grand Prix Racing Returns to Detroit
Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix to be held in June 2012
 Helio CastronevesPhoto by: Eric Gilbert
 
DETROIT – Chevrolet today announced a multi-year agreement with the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/business-chevrolet-to-sponsor-2012-belle-isle-event-2/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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