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Cleveland was always wild and so different from anything else on the calendar

@bluestar77 And I thought I was the only one who actually liked that race back in the Champ Car era. Anyway, YES, bring back the […]

@tony031r

…And I’m also convinced IndyCar can do a better job with their calendar in order to boost ticket sales and keep it diverse and challenging for everyone…

Couldn’t agree more, I think stabilty is […]

@bluestar77

Texas has a seating capacity of over 150,000…it’s tough to make any oval look well attended with that many seats to fill.

Fair point. Didn’t look at it from that point of view at first. […]

@tony031r

Belle Isle, Long Beach, Sao Paulo, St. Petersburg, all have been packed so far but look at what happened here. Same as last season, once they hit the ovals…it’s half empty grandstands again.

Texas has […]

I dont know you guys know it or not but Indycar is planning to break records at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 100th running of Indy500. Which means we could see Indycars travel upto 240 mph around the IMS […]

@wificats – A hydraulic line blew up. Burnt 4 of the pit crew members. Thankfully no one was badly injured.

What happened to the Target car in the pitstop? The highlights video didn’t think to give any commentary on the footage for that.

Watching the highlights, that seemed a lot less scary than the last IndyCar race I saw around Texas. The cars seemed far more stable, which is good.

Also, am I the only one who prefers the radio (?) […]

@keithcollantine – Don’t get me wrong, Keith. I personally enjoy oval-racing a lot and, apart from that, it’s part of the IRL legacy. I wouldn’t want that to go away.

My comment was strictly from a […]

@mcmerctn

Glad the pack racing era is over in Indycar superspeedway races, that’s for sure.

Hear, hear.

@tony031r

Looking at those grandstands makes me wonder if maybe IndyCar wouldn’t be better off […]

Looking at those grandstands makes me wonder if maybe IndyCar wouldn’t be better off not venturing into NASCAR territory and racing only on street and road courses (except for Indianapolis and maybe Pocono – the […]

Can’t say that race was a thrilling one, but it was great to watch racecar drivers driving racecars. As with last years Texas race, the fast cars went to the front and the ones who nailed the setup were rewarded […]

Helio’s 22nd win then. He’s looking good for the title, it is long overdue for him.

Hélio Castroneves won the Firestone 550 held last night. It was also Team Penske’s first win this year!

Official result: […]

Will Power on pole position with a very impressive pair of laps, averaging 1.5mph faster than any other driver:

1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 219.182mph
2. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevrolet, […]

On the one hand, it’s fine they put the drivers in their places, you can’t just go there and show a certain part of your hand to someone. On the other, nobody on TV bothers, I mean, NASCAR has waay worse fights […]

Power and Bourdais have been placed on probation for the rest of the season. Saavedra and Jakes have been handed a raft of penalties. Details here:

IndyCar , the sanctioning body of the IZOD IndyCar Series, […]