Pop Off Valve, for IndyCar fans

As the IZOD IndyCar Series prepares for its 2012 campaign, two great unknowns still remain about how the season will pan out - pack racing, and the Lotus enigma.

Alex Tagliani lost a ride he used to own not even a year ago because of a publicity gimmick. And it's something IndyCar fans should get used to.

The day after an emotional and thrilling Bump Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pop Off Valve examines the biggest winners and losers of Time Trials for the 2011 Indianapolis 500.

The first off-season Paddock Pulse fills in that void left by the lack of racing - check out the bloggy goodness here!

The writer rises from his sickbed to impart more awesome racing haikus after the IZOD IndyCar Series' Mid-Ohio race weekend.

IZOD IndyCar drivers Tomas Scheckter, Alex Tagliani, Ryan Briscoe and Graham Rahal throw down the trash talk on Twitter after the Honda Indy Toronto. Maybe that's what IndyCar needs.

Danica Patrick's sojurn into NASCAR has the racing world in a frenzy. It has also brought the near-forgotten art of multi-discipline racing back into the spotlight.

They call him the "Thrill from West Hill." He is Paul Tracy, and love him or hate him - and most usually do one or the other - he is the kind of brash, outspoken, entertaining driver that the IZOD IndyCar Series desperately needs.

Fresh from an Easter weekend without any racing, Pop Off Valve satisfies your craving for the sweet goodness of blogcandy!