<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Indy Racing League]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Indy Racing League]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/indy racing league http://jalopnik.com/tag/indy racing league <![CDATA[Indy Racing Sticks With Dallara For Next Chassis]]> Heads up Indy Racing League fans (all twelve of you). The IRL's announced they're sticking with current chassis-builder Dallara for the next generation of lighter-weight and cheaper cars with customizable aero-packages. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5587077&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[IndyCar: Crews, Equipment Failed In Botched Rescue]]> An investigation into the 39-second rescue of IndyCar rookie Simona De Silvestro following a crash and subsequent fire at Texas Motor Speedway found the safety crew's actions and equipment at fault. The root problem? Complacence. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5566009&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Giant Spiders Invade IRL Spring Testing]]> Don't move. Seriously, stay very still. I don't want to freak you out but there's a giant spider right behind you. Shh... don't panic. I'm going to hit it in 3... 2... 1... (Photo: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5480067&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Detroit's 2008 Belle Isle Grand Prix: IRL Race Result Tainted By Controversy, Prickish Fans]]> Last weekend saw the second iteration of the reborn Belle Isle Grand Prix and we were right there, enjoying the spectacle played out in weather so perfect Roger Penske couldn't have paid for better. Aside from a couple spin outs, Sunday's Indy Racing League run was largely unremarkable until lap 72, when things got very interesting. Helio Castroneves had been leading Justin Wilson and Tony Kanaan for the bulk of the race, but officials ordered Castroneves to yield to Wilson after aggressive blocking across the entire track. Helio gave way and Wilson eventually pulled away, opening up a lead and taking the checkered flag. Normally this would be a non-issue, as Helio was clearly blocking, but that he was issued no warning first, as is customary, has many of his fans rubbed the wrong way — as you can tell from the video. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5044548&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NY Times Calls Hillary-Endorsing Sarah Fisher IRL's "Top Woman"]]> In a long article about the Indiana Democratic Primary, there's a picture of Hillary Clinton getting the endorsement of IRL racer and team-owner Sarah Fisher, with the caption "Hillary Rodham Clinton paid an election-day visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday to appear with race car driver Sarah Fisher, a top woman on the Indy car circuit, who endorsed her this week." This is true in the same way that Hillary Clinton is the top performer in the Democratic race for the White House in that "top" here means "supreme but for those other people with superior records." Technicalities. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387754&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wife Busts Tony Kanaan's Balls After Qualifying Behind Danica Patrick]]> She's everywhere these days - Danica Patrick is the Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova of open wheel racing and everyone wants a piece of the moment. Well, maybe except teammate Tony Kanaan and his wife. A quick item at Automobile relays a phone call from Kanaan's pregnant wife after he qualified third and behind Patrick at the last Mid-Ohio IRL race. When she heard about the result, she had a question for him: More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384885&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[CBS' Doyel Rules IRL Isn't Real Racing, Danica Is "Junior Varsity"]]> We all know what Pedro de la Rosa thinks about women in motorsport. Now, we've got CBS Sports' Gregg Doyel weighing in on Danica Patrick's win, proclaiming the Indy Racing League to be an inferior racing series. Most people will agree the IRL isn't the highest pinnacle of motorsports, but Doyel thinks
"the IRL is not real racing. Not real good racing, anyway. It's not the best car circuit in this country — that would be NASCAR ... what is the IRL? It's a training ground for decent drivers who hope to be good enough to race somewhere important some day ... Winning in the IRL isn't a matter of talent..."
" Wait, what? He thinks NASCAR takes more skill? Hmm. Certainly there are some very skilled NASCAR drivers, and sure, there is competition, but it seems to us like Doyel is just shooting his mouth off. Suggesting the IRL isn't real racing, given the timing, comes across like Gregg is trying to deny Danica's skills. Which he then proceeds to do: More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384133&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[IndyCar League Makes Play for Relevance With F1-Style Qualification]]> Indy Racing League plans on rolling out a new gridification system during the upcoming St. Petersberg race and it will look a lot like the street racing version of things done over at Formula 1. Instead of being a one man one track run against the clock, cars will be slotted on the grid by way of elimination rounds. The cars will be split into even fields and race for twenty minutes, the leaders go on and the trailers fill up position thirteen and back. The top twelve will run in another heat lasting fifteen minutes from which the bottom six will be slotted in spot twelve through seven. More »
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