Scott Dixon a magician at Mid-OhioSTEAM CORNERS, Ohio -- If there was any doubt that Scott Dixon is the man to beat at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, it was put to rest Sunday.Dixon won the Verizon IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 with relative ease after starting last on the 22-car grid. ...
Twin 275s produced winners, (sore) losersThere was plenty of hot air blowing Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway, and it wasn't all atmospheric pressure.Most of it was coming from the direction of Target Chip Ganassi Racing. After winning the first of the night's twin 275-kilometer ...
Dixon fastest in Carb Day practiceINDIANAPOLIS -- For the 33 drivers in the Indianapolis 500 field, Carb Day 2011 lacked drama.And that's just the way they like it.In ideal cool, cloudy conditions, the field completed an incident-free hour of practice. Now everyone gets to ...
Restarts a "50-50" propositionLONG BEACH, Calif. -- Two rounds into the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season, the jury has delivered a split verdict on INDYCAR's newly implemented double-file restarts.Fans seem to have enjoyed the wheel-banging action, rising to their feet for every ...
What's the point(s)? Just another IRL cliffhangerBy luck or design, the Indy Racing League's scoring system has created remarkably close championship battles, and for the fourth year in a row, the IndyCar Series title was not settled until the final lap of the season. Dario Franchitti edged his ...
Franchitti deserved No. 1 ranking, tooThe top spot in ESPN.com's IndyCar Series Power Rankings got passed around as often as the lead of the series championship this year.We started the practice in the lead-up to the Indianapolis 500, and since then, Scott Dixon has topped the charts ...
Dixon on verge of tying IndyCar's top title markHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Danica Patrick leads the IndyCar Series in terms of column inches and television time.But Scott Dixon tops the charts in all the important statistics that matter to racers. Like laps led, races won and championship points.The ...