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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud 12th, Vautier 21st on one-mile oval  at Milwaukee IndyFest        ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[West Allis, Wisc. (June 15, 2013) - Simon Pagenaud had a quick start in the Milwaukee IndyFest that had him running in the top-six early on, but the No. 77 Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports car faded to 12th at the checkered flag.
 
Tristan Vautier, driving the No. 55 Coastal.com/Schmidt Peterson Motorsports car, battled a car that did not handle well in traffic. The rookie driver ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-12th-vautier-21st-on-one-mile-oval-at-milwaukee-indyfest/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud 13th, Vautier 18th in lightning-quick Texas 550]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fort Worth, TX -  Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier started the Firestone 550 from the tail of the field after both incurred starting grid penalties for unscheduled engine changes, but the Frenchmen battled through the race to finish 13th and 18th respectively. 

Navigating his way through 228 laps that featured a blistering average speed of 177.257 mph, Pagenaud worked to improve his ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-13th-vautier-18th-in-lightning-quick-texas-550/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud & Vautier to battle from the back of the pack at Texas]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fort Worth, TX (June 7, 2013) - The 1.5-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway flexed its muscles today during qualifying for the Firestone 550, and both Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier will start the race from the back of the field.
 
Pagenaud qualified 14th for the race, but due to an unscheduled engine change he will receive a 10-spot grid penalty on race day.
 
According to Pagenaud ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-vautier-to-battle-from-the-back-of-the-pack-at-texas/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vautier and Pagenaud finish 11th and 12th in "Dual 1" in Detroit ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DETROIT - Tristan Vautier and Simon Pagenaud lined up in the corral for the &quot;Indy Dual in Detroit&quot; in sixth and eighth, and when the dust settled the No. 55 horse landed in 11th while the No. 77 was chomping at the bit in 12th.

IZOD IndyCar Series rookie Vautier's momentum was slowed early on in the race.
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 02:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Franchitti claims Race 1 pole in Detroit]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dario Franchitti captured the IZOD IndyCar Series pole Friday in qualifying for the first of two Indy Dual at Detroit races this weekend on the 2.35-mile temporary street circuit at Belle Isle Park, as Honda drivers took seven of the top-10 qualifying positions for Saturday’s “Dual 1” race. 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/franchitti-claims-race-1-pole-in-detroit/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SPM's Pagenaud finishes 8th in Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - Simon Pagenaud and the No. 77 Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports team began the Indianapolis 500 in the 21st position and never looked back, battling all the way to an eighth place finish in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 22:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indianapolis 500: No such thing as an "Off Day" ]]></title>
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They call it an &quot;off-day&quot; in motorsports. That is weekday Monday's and Tuesday's we are talking about.


But when it's an &quot;off-day&quot; in the month of May at Indianapolis it is anything but a play day.


On the day after Sunday qualifying, which saw Ed Carpenter roll into motorsports legend status with a stirring run at and for the Indianapolis 500 pole, the entire ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indianapolis-500-no-such-thing-as-an-off-day/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vautier and Legge claim two more spots on the Indianapolis 500 starting grid]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS  - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports drivers Tristan Vautier and Katherine Legge qualified for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Bump Day in the 28th and 33rd positions.
Katherine LeggePhoto by: Mi ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/vautier-and-legge-claim-two-more-spots-on-the-indianapolis-500-starting-grid/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honda’s Newgarden leads final Indy 500 qualifiers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Second-year IZOD IndyCar Series driver Josef Newgarden led the field Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the final day of qualifying for next weekend’s Indianapolis 500.  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[No bumps on Bump Day but plenty of drama]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bump Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, well, wasn’t. There wasn’t any bumping and the big drama that occurred as qualifying ended for the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race centered around the possibility of a bump.

This was a beautifully sunny, hot and humid day in Indy, one in which 34 car/driver combos practiced throughout the afternoon. There was an hour-long practice between 9 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/no-bumps-on-bump-day-but-plenty-of-drama/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud qualifies 21st for 2013 Indianapolis 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2013) - Simon Pagenaud qualified 21st for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average speed of 225.674 mph on his first qualifying attempt with Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. 
 
&quot;We expected to be faster, but the handling of the car is fantastic,&quot; Pagenaud said. &quot;I'm not too worried about it because I know we have a good race car. But somehow, we ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-qualifies-21st-for-2013-indianapolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Forrest Lucas and Indianapolis share a mutual love of racing]]></title>
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Forrest Lucas' Lucas Oil Company will be the primary sponsor for the Honda-powered No. 55 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports car driven by rookie Tristan Vautier in the Indy 500 on Memorial Day.

The collaboration marks ten years of partnership between team owner Sam Schmidt and the wealthy Columbus, Indiana-born Lucas, who has made his way from cross-country trucker to mega-bucks ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/forrest-lucas-and-indianapolis-share-a-mutual-love-of-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hinchlciffe leads day 4 practice for the 97th Indianoplois 500]]></title>
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 INDIANAPOLIS (Tuesday, May 14, 2013) - The weather got warmer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the results at the top of the time sheets remained the same as Andretti Autosport continued to dominate preparations for the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hinchlciffe-leads-day-4-practice-for-the-97th-indianoplois-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marco Andretti leads Indy 500 Practice Day 3]]></title>
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Andretti Autosport drivers continue to show the fast way around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and today it was Marco Andretti's turn. With 32 cars hitting the track today on a beautiful spring day which was decidedly warmer than Sunday, the groove is really starting to blacken in the corners now as more laps are run and Firestone rubber gets laid down. With no rain of any ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/marco-andretti-leads-indy-500-practice-day-3/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vautier completes ROP at Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - IZOD IndyCar Series rookie Tristan Vautier passed his &quot;go fast test&quot; today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in the formal Rookie Orientation Program (ROP) mandated by INDYCAR.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/vautier-completes-rop-at-indianapolis-motor-speedway/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carpenter leads Opening Day Indy 500 practice]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 11, 2003) - Ninety minutes was all that was necessary for three first-year Indianapolis 500 competitors to complete the three phases of the Rookie Orientation Program on Opening Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

&quot;We really economized,&quot; Tristan Vautier joked.

Vautier, driving the No. 55 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, joined AJ ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/carpenter-leads-opening-day-indy-500-practice/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Schmidt Peterson files second entry for 97th Indianpolis 500]]></title>
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INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, May 11, 2013 - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has filed a second entry for the 97th Indianapolis 500, increasing the entry number to 35 for &quot;The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.&quot;

No driver was listed for the No. 99 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda/Firestone. A backup car was entered.

Schmidt Peterson's second entry was the 35th for this ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/schmidt-peterson-files-second-entry-for-97th-indianpolis-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pagenaud and Vautier fight to 9th and 16th in Sao Paulo]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[São Paulo, BRAZIL - Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier had a qualification day to forget for the São Paulo Indy 300 with multiple on-track incidents, but the teammates rebounded on race day to bring their cars home 9th and 16th, respectively.

Pagenaud started from 23rd in the No. 77 s Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsport car, and drove as high as third before settling for ninth.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/pagenaud-and-vautier-fight-to-9th-and-16th-in-sao-paulo/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Streets of Long Beach 'ebb and flow' for Pagenaud and Vautier]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Long Beach, Calif.  - Simon Pagenaud and Tristan Vautier drove the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in true Southern California fashion with waves of brilliance and tides of disappointment on their way to finishing eighth and 17th respectively.

Tristan Vautier, driving the No. 55 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda/Firestone car, started 27th due to a 10-spot grid penalty after ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/streets-of-long-beach-ebb-and-flow-for-pagenaud-and-vautier/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:11:56 +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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