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The ones who got away
Ten years ago, a young driver in the Champ Car World Series ladder system was having a conversation with then-CEO Christopher Pook in the paddock at St. Petersburg, Florida. Pook had made headlines for all the wrong reasons by publicly alleging that American race car drivers were inadequate...
Dale Coyne Racing sees open window of opportunity, leaps headlong through it
If ever there was a time for perennial minnow Dale Coyne to become a serious player in the IZOD IndyCar Series, 2012 may be that time. The well-liked team owner got his first IndyCar victory at Watkins Glen International in 2009 with driver Justin Wilson and engineer Bill Pappas. It was a terrific...
2012 IndyCar puzzle slowly coming together
It wouldn't have been IndyCar without a slight tinge of hysterical pessimism coloring the beginning of the new year. Let's face it - pessimism by now is coded into the DNA of a disturbingly large percentage of IndyCar fans, and if there wasn't something to worry or kvetch about, most of us would...
Beaux Barfield takes first step into vast IndyCar minefield
The first person that Beaux Barfield ought to call, now that he has been officially announced as the inheritor of the worst job in organized motorsports, is the NHL's Brendan Shanahan. Those of you who follow professional ice hockey don't need to be told who Shanahan is. For the rest, let's...
SPERBER: "We are up to the challenge" of bringing INDYCAR back to PIR
Even as urban sprawl eats the landscape like a plague of locusts, there is still a streak of Phoenix, Arizona's Old West heritage that stubbornly fails to die. Although the rustlers, ranchers, and outlaws that once populated this desert city have largely been replaced by young families,...
INDYCAR: "Limitless lanes" primary cause of fatal Las Vegas wreck
Randy Bernard and Brian Barnhart maintained a suitably somber and professorial mein during a press conference held Thursday morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The subject matter - the initial findings of the INDYCAR investigation into the fatal accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on...
Connecting the DOTS: The DW12 and INDYCAR's short-timeline development process
Sit back, kids, and let your grizzled old blogger give you a bit of a history lesson. Just over half a century ago, the United States of America was in a veritable lather, a froth of panic. When Americans looked up into the night sky, one of the stars moved. When they tuned their radios to a...
Barnhart ouster treats symptom, but illness remains
It's not like this wasn't coming for months. Still, that didn't keep Robin Miller from virtually tripping over his moustache and "paddock paunch" to be first out the door with the news. The Daily Prophet could hardly have been more enthusiastic about Lord Voldemort's demise than Miller was to make...
Function following form: The struggle to adapt performance to a traditional aesthetic
The much-publicized growing pains of the Dallara DW12 "next-generation" IndyCar should not surprise anyone. Marshall Pruett over at SPEED has all of the nitty-gritty details about why the car is having its developmental issues, and his piece is definitely worth the read. But if you want to know...
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