Family and friends have paid a tearful farewell to Dan Wheldon at a funeral service in his adopted American home town of St Petersburg in Florida on Saturday.
Danica Patrick topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of activity at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ahead of this weekend's climax to the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to victory lane after a confused and heated end to the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway twice interrupted for rain.
Andretti Autosport has bought Bruno Junqueria's place on the Indy 500 grid for Ryan Hunter-Reay, as the team goes into crisis and damage limitation mode over its qualifying performance.
Britain's Mike Conway staged a stunning victory at Long Beach by fighting back from early setbacks to find unbeatable pace following a final safety car for a collision between two Penske cars.
Vision Racing has revealed that it will partner People's Liberation Inc when the #21 Dallara takes to the grid with William Rast branding in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this weekend.
Two further teams have announced that they will not be running at this weekend's IndyCar Series open test at Barber Motorsports Park, joining AJ Foyt Racing and newcomers Team 3G on the outside looking in.
Herdez Competition teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mario Dominguez and Walker Racing's Mario Haberfeld have all added their names to the growing list of drivers who will cycle their way around the 4.048-mile Road America circuit on the day before this year's Champ Car World Series event.