DETROIT -- Will Power didn't have the fastest car in qualifying for the first race of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit.But he certainly did in the race itself -- which, combined with perfect pit stop strategy from Team Penske, allowed the ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Five years between Indianapolis 500 victories is an eternity for Roger Penske.It's a drought the legendary businessman/racing team owner has had to endure only once since 1979, when Rick Mears claimed the first of his four Indy wins, ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- It still seems strange -- not to mention inaccurate -- to talk about Newman/Haas Racing in the past tense.After all, NHR is still in operation at the team's longtime base in Lincolnshire, Ill., with Brian Lisles leading a small crew. ...

POMONA, Calif. -- I have friends in the media who have ridden in a Shadow Can-Am car and a two-seat Indy car around Laguna Seca, and others who have been a passenger in a DTM car with Bernd Schneider at Hockenheim or in "maximum attack" mode next to ...

POMONA, Calif. -- The SoCal locals apologized for the cool temperatures and relative lack of sunshine for the first day of Qualifications at the 54th annual Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona.But the many NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Every time I visit my father in Portland, it gets me to thinking that the Indy car circuit should still be stopping here.CART and Champ Car staged Indy car races at Portland International Raceway from 1986 to 2006, and for most of ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- It's fair to say the prospect of an IZOD IndyCar Series race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course has polarized fans of Indy car racing and of IMS itself.Brickyard loyalists would love to set the clock back to 1968, tear up ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Media dinners can go one of two ways.Some can be a great opportunity to get to know a driver or key team member in a casual setting. Others are less satisfying, cold and calculated affairs in which pretty much everyone involved would ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- E.J. Viso came within the blink of an eye of the first 230 mph lap in a decade at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on "Fast Friday."Viso, driving a Dallara/Chevrolet for the Andretti Autosport team, uncorked a lap of 229.532 mph in his ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Last week, Kurt Busch took time off from his NASCAR duties for Furniture Row Racing to test an Australian V8 Supercar at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.Now he's about to get back behind the wheel of an Indy car.That's ...