Dan Wheldon

Dan Wheldon

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At an event that celebrates the young, new and radical, it was instead a 43-year-old from a traditional sport that dominated the final day of the X Games. Former Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Brack emerged with a gold medal Sunday in the Rally Car Racing Super Special while making his X Games debut. Brack, a CART and IRL driver from Sweden who retired from racing after the 2003 season, leaped onto the roof of his car to celebrate his win in the final official event of the action sports showcase. "It was fantastic to come back to the states this way," Brack said. "It's ... Read Full Story
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Former Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier and Milka Duno have been added to the entry list for the May 24 race. Lazier, who won in 1996, joins Helio Castroneves, Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon as former winners who have entered. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Monday he will drive the No. 91 Hemelgarn Johnson entry in an attempt to make his 17th career Indianapolis 500 start. Milka Duno, who finished 19th last year, will try to qualify for the third time. She will join the Dreyer & Reinbold team, which now has three drivers and three cars for the month of May. ... Read Full Story
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Here is a timeline of women drivers contending at the Indianapolis 500. May 1971 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time allows women in the pits and garage area. February 1976 –Arlene Hiss, the first woman granted a competition license by the U.S. Auto Club, is the first woman to drive in an Indy-car race, finishing 14th at Phoenix. She does not enter the Indy 500. March 1976 –Janet Guthrie is the first woman to enter the Indy 500. April 1976 –Guthrie is granted a USAC license. May 1976 –Guthrie is the first woman to practice at Indianapolis and the first to ... Read Full Story
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Ladies and gentleman start your engines! The month of May is always exciting in Indianapolis, with all of the festivities surounding the race and this year will be no exception. The greatest spectacle in racing is back to its old glory after both IRL and Cart are   on board for this years event.  Circle City Tickets has you covered for all of your race needs from tickets anywhere to prime suites to garage and pit passes. Give us a call at 317-254-9500 or shop online at www.circlecitytickets.com   . off to the track, Kurt Read Full Story
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Report: Financial situation has forced layoffs of 25 people The number of job cuts inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway group rose again yesterday. According to Curt Cavin of The Indianapolis Star, another ten people between IMS Productions and the Indy Racing League were laid off on Thursday. Among the affected this week have been former public relations director [...]  
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Panther Racing confirmed that Dan Wheldon will return to the cockpit of its familiar No. 4 car for the 2010 season. Wheldon, the 2005 IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500 champion, finished 10th in the standings this year, with a second-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 in May as his best result. "I'm excited for next season, honestly," Wheldon said in a story posted on the team's Web site www.pantherracing.com. "Anytime I'm out of a racecar...  
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In the 1990s, Dan Andersen's US F2000 Series helped launch the racing careers of future Indianapolis 500 winners Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon and Sam Hornish Jr. He hopes to follow that pattern again. Andersen announced Oct. 20 that he is re-establishing the series and has reached an agreement for it to be sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body for the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. The revived series for two-liter...  
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Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter and Panther Racing driver Dan Wheldon are entered in the Ironman 150 TaG endurance karting event Oct. 18 at New Castle (Ind.) Motorsports Park. Carpenter last month won the Mazda Robo-Pong 200 endurance event on the serpentine track with co-driven Nathan O'Rouke, an engineer at Vision Racing. He's also entered in the Ironman 150, which starts at 1 p.m. (EDT). The event is free and open to the public at the facility...  
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Graham Rahal and J.R. Hildebrand never got the opportunity to race with either Tony Renna or Greg Moore, but the Indy Racing League drivers will be linked to the rising starts with awards given posthumously in their honor. Rahal, driver of the No. 02 McDonald's car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, was named the winner of the Tony Renna Rising Star Award during the Indy Racing League Championship Celebration on Oct. 11. Hildebrand, who claimed...  
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