"Dan lives in the memory of everybody at Dallara," company president and founder Gianpaolo Dallara said. "He has been a true champion; not only because of his many victories, but and above everything else, because he has been a true and warm man to all the people he encountered. "All people at Dallara always enjoyed meeting him in Italy and in the USA. We will honor his memory for the years to come by dedicating the Dallara IndyCar 2012 in his name. He deserves that."

The trophy to be presented originally was commissioned by Vincent Astor, son of industrialist John Jacob Astor, to be awarded to the winner of the Astor Cup Challenge -- a 350-mile race on a 2-mile board track at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y. All Indy car champions from 1909 (George Robertson; American Automobile Association) to the present are laser-etched into the two black granite bases of the sterling silver trophy. The IZOD IndyCar Series championship driver and team owner both will receive a replica, while the IZOD IndyCar Series World Championship Trophy will be on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

I'm struggling to think of anything more awesome than this, and failing. Wonder where it is today?

Once again deflecting blame from Race Control, IndyCar president of competition Brian Barnhart has announced that the driver of the safety truck that nearly collided with Graham Rahal at the start of the Baltimore GP will be suspended from Motegi and Kentucky for not following "proper procedures and protocol."

The last I heard, this was the #2 App in the Free Sports App section of iTunes. So what are you waiting for (besides an Android version, I know)?

Apparently AA will keep a GoDaddy car after all. Could they be able to put whoever they want in the drivers seat? http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110826/IRL/110829901?utm_source=DailyDrive20110826&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=article4more&utm_content=20110826-IndyCar__GoDaddy.com_continues_to_sponsor_Andretti_Autosport_entry_&utm_campaign=awdailydrive