Next year's 'Month of May' IndyCar racing programme will start with a new event on a revamped road course ahead of the official 'Opening Day' for the 98th Indianapolis 500.
Justin Wilson was having a fairly nondescript time of it at Indianapolis on Sunday - until the moment came for action and the English driver answered the call in double quick time.
Ryan Briscoe is set to return to the IndyCar Series for the first time in 2013, after being handed a race seat for this year's Indy 500 by Ganassi Racing.
The IZOD IndyCar Series will not be replacing the abandoned China street race and will instead remain at 15 races for the 2012 season, organisers have announced.
There was no hiding just how poor the performance of the Lotus engines was on ovals at Indianapolis, with Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro both ordered into the pits on lap 9.
The Indianapolis 500 was decided by a controversial crash at the start of the final lap of the race; did Franchitti cause it intentionally, or was it a case of red mist from Sato?
Dario Franchitti won the 2012 Indianapolis 500 after Takuma Sato spun trying to pass him for the lead just after the white flag came out at the start of the final lap.
Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon put Ganassi at the top of the timesheets for the final practice session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday morning.
Estaban Guerrieri won a narrow victory in the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights Freedom 100, the traditional weekend support race to the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
James Hinchcliffe was able to pay tribute to one of his all-time sporting heroes during Indy 500 qualifying, by taking a pair of Greg Moore's race gloves on his qualifying lap.
Dallara has been making a change to the new DW12 IndyCar chassis, after crashes during practice and qualifying suggested the car could be tending to get airborne.
Marco Andretti blitzed the field on Fast Friday, hitting 227.540mph on with the assistance of the additional turboboost that all the drivers got to use for the first time.
Tony Kanaan will start off the qualifying runs at 11am local time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, with Katherine Legge, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti also out early.
Dragon Racing's relationship with engine supplier Lotus is reportedly ending with legal action by the team, citing "contractual fraud" by the manufacturer.
Sarah Fisher's former longtime sponsors Dollar General are to return to the IZOD IndyCar Series in a one-off deal to back her team at Indianapolis next month.
The IndyCar officials have stuck to their decision not to give F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello full rookie status in the US series, but will allow him extra track testing time.