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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 01:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honda chases 10th consecutive Indy triumph]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TORRANCE, Calif.  – An accomplished 16-driver lineup, including two previous race winners and 11 graduates of open-wheel training-ground series, make up the Honda-powered effort for the 2013 Indianapolis 500, as the company seeks its 10th consecutive “500” victory – and fourth-in-a-row with engine-manufacturer competition.  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indy drivers revved up for Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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Indianapolis, Ind. – With the countdown to the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 underway, the 33 drivers and their crews can’t wait for the world’s biggest race to start.  But there’s work to be done and a series of parties and appearances to be completed before the race is flagged off mid-day on Sunday.  Also, the final on-track test, Carb Day, is scheduled for Friday.  And ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indy-drivers-revved-up-for-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not playing by the rules at Indianapolis can be costly]]></title>
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On Bump Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the IZOD IndyCar Series made known the penalties for engine changes that will occur in the first Detroit race a week from now, as no engine penalties are imposed during the Indianapolis 500 race meeting.

Because his Honda engine expired about 70 miles before its 2000-mile change-out, Dario Franchitti will suffer a 10-spot penalty in the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/not-playing-by-the-rules-at-indianapolis-can-be-costly/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dario Franchitti surges to top on busy 5th day in Indy]]></title>
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Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti finally made some noise today on Day Five of practice by snagging the top spot on the speed chart and outdueling the Andretti Autosport brigade. Dario was the first non-Andretti driver to finish with quick time at the end of a practice day this week, and there's more to come this weekend as the teams will be allotted more turbo ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/dario-franchitti-surges-to-top-on-busy-5th-day-in-indy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti tops Wednesday practice ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Day five of practice for the 97th Indianapolis 500 was another clean one filled with race simulations throughout the afternoon. While a few drivers might have tried some qualifying sims, they were far and few between. There weren’t too many takers when the track opened at the crack of noon and as the afternoon wore on presentations on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval were ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/franchitti-tops-wednesday-practice/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Practice begins Saturday for 97th Indianapolis 500 at IMS]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, May 10, 2013 - Opening Day for the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Saturday, May 11 will feature the stars of the IZOD IndyCar Series on the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while the infield showcases a magnificent display of classic/vintage and alternative-energy vehicles at the third annual IMS Celebration of Automobiles.

Public gates open at 10 a.m ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/practice-begins-saturday-for-97th-indianapolis-500-at-ims/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Indiana-ville]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Opening Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is just three days away and it could be an Andretti-Foyt shootout just like the old days. Only the players have changed and it's not Mario battling AJ but Michael and the rejuvenated Andretti Autosport five-car team going against Larry Foyt's surprising single entry. With today's announcement of an entry for 1996 Indy winner Buddy Lazier ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/welcome-to-indiana-ville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Three winners, four series champions in 97th Indianapolis 500 field]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - Three past winners and four IZOD IndyCar Series champions are among the drivers named to the 33 entries filed for the 2013 Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 26 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Helio Castroneves of Team Penske are the past winners assigned to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/three-winners-four-series-champions-in-97th-indianapolis-500-field/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti leads Honda qualifiers in Brazil]]></title>
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Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti again led the Honda-powered field in IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying Saturday for Sunday’s Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300, as he followed up his pole run two weeks ago at the Grand Prix of Long Beach with the third-fastest qualifying time around the 2.54-mile Sao Paulo street circuit.

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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 06:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to get it right in an IndyCar]]></title>
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IndyCar took a fan poll last year. Actually, they had a firm do it--people who specialize in creating, performing and interpreting poll numbers--to find out what race-loving boys and girls really, really want.


Among the things that IndyCar fans are said to want to experience, and that the series shared with the public, were 1) fast cars, 2) on-track excitement and 3) more road and ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/how-to-get-it-right-in-an-indycar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 05:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hunter-Reay speeds to track record in Sao Paulo qualifying]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO (Saturday, May 4, 2013) -- Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his second Verizon P1 Award of 2013 by setting a track-record lap of 1 minute, 20.4312 seconds in the Firestone Fast Six for the fourth Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle.

&quot;I gave it everything I had and it's great to get the DHL Chevrolet up front again and on pole,&quot; said Hunter-Reay, the reigning ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hunter-reay-speeds-to-track-record-in-sao-paulo-qualifying/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lisa’s Long Beach “Back Talk”]]></title>
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The Big Picture:  Long Beach is one of two iconic events that IndyCar produces each year. This year, it showed that you don’t have to be one of the three “super teams” to podium at “The Beach”.

Event:  If you can’t have fun here, what’s wrong with you? Three days of racing, hard partying, concerts, yummy food and lots of drinking. You can go as far as you appetites and wallets ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/lisa-s-long-beach-back-talk/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti fourth, Dixon 11th at Grand Prix of Long Beach]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. – Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR) drivers Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon finished fourth and 11th, respectively in Round 3 of the IZOD IndyCar Series at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Franchitti started on pole position for the second year in a row at Long Beach, and the No. 10 car got the jump and made it cleanly through turn 1 of the 1.968-mile circuit ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/franchitti-fourth-dixon-11th-at-grand-prix-of-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sato claims first win on streets of Long Beach]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. - Takuma Sato became the first driver from Japan to win an Indy car race, prevailing in the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Sato, who started fourth in the 80-lap race on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit, provided A.J. Foyt Racing its first victory since July 7, 2002, at Kansas Speedway with Airton Dare behind the wheel. The last win for the team on a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/sato-claims-first-win-on-streets-of-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sato in perfect run at Long Beach]]></title>
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Long Beach, Calif. – Takuma Sato drove the best race of his life to win the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the third race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season.  Driving the ABC Supply A. J. Foyt Honda, Sato led 50 of the 80 laps around the twisting street course in Long Beach, winning for the first in his IndyCar career.

In winning, Sato became the first Japanese driver to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/sato-in-perfect-run-at-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti claims pole for Honda at Long Beach ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti’s final lap Saturday in IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying proved to be just enough, as the Honda-powered driver edged defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay by just under six hundredths of a second to claim the pole for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti was quickest in the climactic Firestone Fast Six - Long Beach qualifying ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Firestone Fast Six” Qualifying Results (mph): 1. Dario Franchitti; (105.369) 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay (105.282); 3. Will Power (105.118); 4. Takuma Sato (105.042); 5. Mike Conway (104.806); 6. Helio Castroneves (104.235).
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti claims P1 award at Long Beach]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. - Dario Franchitti, who is competing in his 250th Indy car race, claimed the Verizon P1 Award for the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The four-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion, who won the race in 2009, posted a quick lap of 1 minute, 07.2379 seconds in the waning seconds of the 10-minute Firestone Fast Six on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit to earn ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/franchitti-claims-p1-award-at-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Long Beach, Calif. – Dario Franchitti had it when it counted as he copped the pole position for the Toyota Grand Prix Prix of Long Beach, the third race of the IZOD IndyCar Series season.  His speed around the 1.968-mile street course was a rapid 105.369 miles per hour done in 1:07.2379 seconds.

For the Scottish driver, he earned his 30th IndyCar pole but the first scored at Long ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/franchitti-cops-his-30th-career-pole-on-the-streets-of-long-beach/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Briscoe thrilled to be in Indy 500 with Ganassi's team]]></title>
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Long Beach, Calif. – Ryan Briscoe is returning to the IZOD IndyCar Series for the upcoming Indianapolis 500, teaming with Chip Ganassi Racing.  He will be driving the No. 8 NTT Data Honda.  “It is a very exciting time for me, and I had a great experience previously with the team at the Indianapolis 500 and I can’t wait to come back,” said Briscoe, the 2012 pole winner for the famed ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/briscoe-thrilled-to-be-in-indy-500-with-ganassi-s-team/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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