Pop Off Valve, for IndyCar fans

The checkered flag will again drop in Baltimore when the IZOD IndyCar series returns for the 2012 Labor Day weekend. Charm City entered into a five-year agreement with Downforce Racing to run the Baltimore Grand Prix. The partners in the new group are Indianapolis-based contractor Dale Dillon, as well as Felix Dawson and Daniel Reck of Wilkes Lane Capital in Baltimore.

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."