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Verizon IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe began putting his pants on by himself over the weekend, and he now is strong enough to take between 2,400 to 4,000 steps a day.
Clearly, the popular 28-year-old Toronto native’s road to recovery from life-threatening injuries sustained in a crash during practice at Indianapolis […]

FORT WORTH, Texas – Scott Dixon put his stamp of approval on INDYCAR’s now-annual aerodynamic experiment at Texas Motor Speedway in Victory Lane Saturday night, after a Firestone 600 that was fast and curious.
With driver safety and the ever-present “quality of racing” issue hanging over the 23-car Verizon IndyCar Series field, Dixon emerged victorious after […]

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Scott Dixon led 97 of the 248 laps in the No. 9 Energizer EcoAdvanced Chevrolet in earning his second victory of the Verizon IndyCar Series season and his second at Texas Motor Speedway.
The 191.940 mph average speed set a track race record, aided by a lone caution for debris.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams teammate Tony Kanaan […]

 
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Will Power will start tonight’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway from P1, arguably the safest seat for a race that will be defined by downforce, drag and tire degradation.
But who knows? Figuring out the key to that engineering exercise continued during the Verizon IndyCar Series’ final half-hour practice Friday evening […]

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FORT WORTH, Texas – Helio Castroneves has leapfrogged Graham Rahal in the Verizon IndyCar Series point standings without turning a wheel in anger.
Next up on the Brazilian’s to-do list – his own street at Texas Motor Speedway.
INDYCAR announced a reduction in the penalty assessed to Castroneves following the second annual […]

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FORT WORTH, Texas _ Safety modifications to INDYCAR’s new superspeedway aero kits continued Tuesday, when the sanctioning body announced it will implement the use of closure panels to the rear wheel guards of both Chevrolet and Honda packages beginning this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
The rival manufacturers each have developed […]

 
Sebastien Bourdais distanced himself from Takuma Sato over the final three “nerve-wracking” laps of Race 2 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Sunday en route to his first Verizon IndyCar Series victory of the season.
Bourdais, driving for the team fronted by 1996 CART champion Jimmy Vasser and Kevin Kalkhoven, became the […]

Andretti Autosport turned a savvy rainy day strategy into a 1-2 finish for first-time Verizon IndyCar Series winner Carlos Munoz and runnerup Marco Andretti Saturday in Race 1 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans.
Munoz, 23, was declared the winner with his Honda-powered car covered by a tarp on pit road, as […]

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Will Power set the qualifying lap track record on the way to earning the Verizon P1 Award for Race 1 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans.
Power, who also set the track record in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg with the new Chevrolet road/street aerodynamic bodywork package, recorded […]

FORT WORTH – Juan Pablo Montoya is not anticipating any significant change by INDYCAR to the aero kit that helped propel him to his second Indianapolis 500 victory prior to next month’s Firestone 600 night race at Texas Motor Speedway.
“The race was great,” said Montoya, referring to his victory by 0.1046-seconds over Will Power in Sunday’s […]