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Champ Car fans win autographed helmet.
A couple of true Honda Indy 300 fans have won an authentic racing helmet signed by every driver in this year's FedEx Championship Series.
Another heartbreaker for Scheckter.
For the third time this year, Indy Racing League rookie Tomas Scheckter led more laps than any other driver, only to drop out of contention because of a late race mishap whilst seemingly on course for a maiden IRL win.
Bell excluded after crash.
Visteon/Patrick Racing driver Townsend Bell had a streak of three consecutive points paying finishes snapped at the Molson Indy Toronto when CART officials excluded him following a crash with Bruno Junqueira.
Podium Press Conference - IPS.
"I was right up behind Aaron Fike, I seemed to be just far enough behind him that when those guys spun in front of me, I just listened to my spotter, he told me to go low, and I just hoped that he knew what he was doing and fortunately I was able to drive around it." - Jason Priestley
Who Dares wins.
Airton Dar? earned his first career Indy Racing League victory on Sunday, winning the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 with a dramatic late pass at Kansas Speedway and completing a great double win for team owner AJ Foyt.
Result - Kansas IPS.
Complete results from Sunday's opening round of the Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series event on the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway.
Post Qualifying quotes - Kansas IPS.
"I tried to get in it as fast as I could on the warm-up lap, and the car was perfect. I could run it on the bottom like my grandpa told me, and everything went as planned. My grandpa and Jack Starne set the car up, and it was fast from the start." - AJ Foyt IV
Scheckter sends a message.
Tomas Scheckter reminded the rest of the Indy Racing League fraternity that he is all set to take his first career IRL win any time soon as he took pole position for Sunday's Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at Kansas Speedway.
Post practice quotes - Kansas.
"We started off the day kind of slow with a little push in the car. Through the sessions, we've worked it out. Our people are starting to jell, and it's that combination of people that are sorting things out." - Sarah Fisher
Redon shows the way.
Laurent Redon continued his impressive debut season in the Indy Racing League with Eric Bachelart's equally professional Conquest Racing team by setting fastest time in the opening day of practice at the Kansas Speedway.
Boat switches to Infiniti.
Indy Racing League veteran Billy Boat and CURB/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing are switching to Infiniti engines starting with the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 this weekend at Kansas Speedway.
British viewers get live CART coverage again.
With only ten weeks to go the UK's fastest race at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, Scotland's Dario Franchitti is looking forward to racing on the streets of Toronto in his bid to take the 2002 CART title. British viewers can catch all the action live on Sunday evening on Sky Sports Extra.
Complete Indy 500 hearing report.
The complete report, as presided over by Indy Racing League founder, president and current CEO Tony George. INDY RACING LEAGUE TEAM GREEN, INC. APPEAL DECISION INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF THE ISSUES UNDER APPEAL:
All eyes on Valiante at Toronto.
Lynx Racing has won three times, twice from the pole with a Canadian driver, in the Toyota Atlantic race at the Toronto Molson Indy - and is going for a hat trick this weekend with Vancouver's Michael Valiante.
Q&A: Kyle Krisiloff.
"Chicago was the first race we could have gone to. We chose not to because I love road racing, you know, my goal is Formula 1, so it seemed kind of silly to go out and run an oval first that we have no experience on in the car.
Another backstage switch for CART.
As the CART FedEx Series tries to weather the current storm and begin its proper rebuilding process in 2003 the series announced yet another change behind the scenes promoted Shelley Shafer to Senior Manager of Promotions.
Krisiloff to join Atlantics from Toronto.
Kyle Krisiloff, son of former Champcar driver Steve Krisiloff, has announced that he will compete in the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship Series, beginning at the Molson Indy Toronto this weekend.
Hornish storms to Richmond victory.
What a race, in more ways than one. Sam Hornish Jr. earned his third victory of the Indy Racing League season by passing Gil de Ferran with two laps remaining to win the SunTrust Indy Challenge on June 29 at Richmond International Raceway.
Points race tightens as Richmond bites.
When Roger Penske signalled his intent to join the IRL in 2002 some observers mentioned that they might have cleaned up at Indy in '01 but wait till they get to Richmond where the IRL will show its true colours.
De Ferran guns to Richmond pole.
Despite not making the Indy Racing League's inaugural trip to the Richmond International Raceway last year the Marlboro Team Penske steamroller continued on a cloudy Friday night in Virginia as Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves claimed a crucial front row clean sweep for the SunTrust Indy Chall
Johncox enters IPS as owner/driver.
Short-track veteran Ronnie Johncox will return to the Indy Racing fold with his own Infiniti Pro Series operation after confirming he will pilot the No. 8 Rev 1 Racing entry in the inaugural IPS Championship, which will make its debut July 7th at Kansas Speedway.
Foyt IV gears up for IPS debut.
While most high-school students are enjoying their summer vacation and avoiding summer school, A.J. Foyt IV actually is looking forward to furthering his education.
Night fliers bid for fourth victory.
The SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway on 29 June will be the 15th scheduled night race in Indy Racing League history and, if either defending champion Buddy Lazier or Scott Sharp - last year's fifth-place finisher - wins, he will become the IRL king of nocturnal racing.