Pop Off Valve, for IndyCar fans

The 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season puzzle is coming together slowly but surely. Pop Off Valve looks at the pieces that have fallen into place so far.

Sebastien Bourdais, four-time Champ Car World Series champion, may be headed to IndyCar. And that's a good thing.

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.

This past Sunday is really the Triple Crown of Racing for the die-hard racing fan. Here is how the day unfolds for such a creature:   - Get up early trying to be quiet to let the rest of the...