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Atlanta
Atlanta (, ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Atlanta had an estimated population of about 540,900 people. Its metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the country, inhabited by more than 5.4 million people. The Atlanta Combined Statistical Area has a population approaching six million, making it the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. Like many areas in the Sun Belt, the Atlanta region has seen explosive growth since about 1976, and it added about 1.1 million residents between 2000 and 2008.
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Baltimore
Baltimore () is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the U.S. state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City in order to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County. Founded in 1729, Baltimore is a major U.S. seaport and is situated closer to major Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. The harbor is now home to Harborplace, a shopping, entertainment, and tourist center, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy. Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital are now the city's largest employers.
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Boston
Boston (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. Boston city proper had a 2009 estimated population of 645,169, making it the twentieth largest in the country. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, and Worcester, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
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Brazil
Brazil (; , ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (, ), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Chicago
Chicago ( or ) is the largest city in the state of Illinois. With over 2.8 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the country. Its metropolitan area, commonly named "Chicagoland," is the 26th most populous in the world, home to an estimated 9.7 million people spread across the U.S. states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County.
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China
China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
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CNBC
CNBC (officially the Consumer News and Business Channel until 1991) is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. In 2007, the network was ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U.S., worth roughly $4 billion. It is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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Dallas
Dallas () is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. As of 2009, the population of Dallas was at 1.3 million according to the US Census Bureau. The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county metropolitan area that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of roughly 6.5 million as of July 2009. The metropolitan area is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Detroit
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the seventeenth-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Located in and the western edge of the American South, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and Wise counties, serving as the seat for Tarrant County. According to the 2010 census estimates, Fort Worth had a population of 727,575. It has been estimated that by 2030 it will have 1,211,665 residents. The city is the second-largest cultural and economic center of the region.
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Houston
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Indianapolis, IN
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Infineon Raceway
Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills. It is host to one of only five national NASCAR races each year that are run on road courses (including two races at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York and the Nationwide Series-only races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin). It is also host to the Indy Racing League and several other auto races and motorcycle races such as the American Federation of Motorcyclists series. Infineon Raceway continues to host amateur, or club racing events which may or may not be open to the general public. The largest such car club is the Sports Car Club of America.
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Iowa Speedway
Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond International Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch.
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Japan
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Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway is a speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and is additionally from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky. The track was designed to host a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and has hosted NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races, as well as the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights races. It was announced on August 10, 2010 that a Sprint Cup Race will be coming to the track in 2011.
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Lexmark Indy 300
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Miami
Miami ( or ) is a major city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida, and the eighth-most populous county in the United States, with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city in the United States, with a population of 433,136, it is the principal, central and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area. According to United Nations estimates, the Miami Urbanized Area was the fifth most populous urbanized area in the U.S. in 2000 with a population of 4,919,036, but in 2008 that number increased to 5,232,342, making it the fourth-largest urbanized area in the United States, behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis (), nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States. Its name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
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Nazareth Speedway
Nazareth Speedway was an auto racing track in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania which operated from the 1910s to 2004. The track is often associated with local drivers Mario and Michael Andretti. It was associated with Frankie Schneider in its earlier dirt track history.
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region. The Orlando metropolitan area has a population of 2,082,628 and it is the 27th largest metropolitan area in the United States. The city-proper population is 235,860 making Orlando the 80th largest city in the United States. It is Florida's fifth largest city by population. Orlando was incorporated on July 31, 1875, and became a city in 1885.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia () is the largest city in Pennsylvania, sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the fifty-first most populous city in the world.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( , O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdoh, Mojave ''Hachpa 'Anya Nyava) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,601,587 people according to the 2009 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, and is the anchor of the Phoenix metropolitan area (also known as the Valley of the Sun''), the 12th largest metro area by population in the United States with more than 4.3 million people. In addition, Phoenix is the county seat of Maricopa County, and is one of the largest cities in the United States by land area.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh () is the second-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it anchors the 22nd largest urban area in the United States. The estimated population of the city in 2009 was 311,647, while the seven-county metropolitan area was estimated at 2,354,957. Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density. The characteristic shape of Pittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, where the Ohio River forms. The city features 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The City of Bridges" and "The Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
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San Diego
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Seattle
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St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis ( or ; French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, ) is an independent city and the second largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city itself has an estimated population of 354,361 and is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,879,934, the largest urban area in Missouri and 16th-largest in the United States.
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Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma (, ) is a mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 193,556, according to the 2000 census, while the Census Bureau estimated its population at 199,637 in 2009. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third largest in the state. Japanese automaker Toyota has a truck named after the city.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a Gulf Coast Bay city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447. According to the 2009 estimates, the city's population had grown to 343,890, making it the 54th largest city in the United States.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. (), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. Article One of the United States Constitution provides for a federal district, distinct from the states, to serve as the permanent national capital. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the federal territory until an act of Congress in 1871 established a single, unified municipal government for the whole District. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, which is located on the country's Pacific coast.
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Brian Barnhart
Brian Barnhart is the Chief Operating Officer of the Indy Racing League. Having previously served as director of race operations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IRL, he is ultimately charged with not only the financial wellbeing of the league and producing a good product, but the safety and competition of the racing itself. Brian's most well-known on-camera role has been giving final instructions to every Indianapolis 500 qualifying attemptee before their run. He was also the president of the league from 2005 to early 2007.
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Buzz Calkins
Bradley "Buzz" Calkins (born May 2, 1971 in Denver, Colorado) is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL. He won the series' inaugural race, the 1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World and was that year's league co-champion with Scott Sharp. He competed in the Indianapolis 500 six times, with a best finish of 10th in 1998[http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/CalkinsBuzz.htm]. His win in the series' first race would end up to be his only IRL win. He drove until 2001 when he retired and ventured into the business world.
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China
China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
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Dan Wheldon
Daniel Clive Wheldon (born 22 June 1978) is an English auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion and Indy 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a British racing driver of Italian descent. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing until mid-2008 when his team shut down. Franchitti returned to the IndyCar Series for the 2009 season, driving the #10 Target Honda/Dallara for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
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Greg Ray
Greg Ray (born August 3, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) is a former IRL IndyCar Series driver.
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Hélio Castroneves
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Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987 in Nazareth, Pennsylvania) is an American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti Autosport in the Indy Racing League. He is the son of 1991 IndyCar World Series champion Michael Andretti and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti. His rookie year, he finished second in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in the second closest finish in the race's history.
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Mario Andretti
Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is a retired Italian-American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars, and drag racing.
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Michael Andretti
Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American retired CART and Formula One driver. He now owns the Andretti Autosport team in the Indy Racing League. Andretti is the son of Mario Andretti, one of the most successful auto racing drivers of all time. His son is IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti.
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Paul Dana
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Roberto Moreno
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Sam Hornish, Jr.
Samuel Jon Hornish Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio) is an American race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships. He currently drives the #77 Mobil 1/Auto Club Dodge Charger for Penske Racing in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series.
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Scott Brayton
Scott Everets Brayton (February 20, 1959 – May 17, 1996) was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 event. Brayton was killed in practice after qualifying for the pole position for the 1996 race.
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Scott Dixon
Scott Ronald Dixon, MNZM (born July 22, 1980) is a New Zealand motor racer who became the most successful all-time driver in the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in the United States when he won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in August 2009. This took his total to 21 wins. Competing for Chip Ganassi Racing since joining IndyCar, Dixon has won the championship twice, 2003 and 2008, and he won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position.
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Scott Sharp
Scott Sharp (born February 14, 1968 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League.
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Tony George
Anton Hulman "Tony" George (born December 30, 1959) was the former CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hulman & Company. He was also formerly on the Board of Directors of both entities. He founded the Indy Racing League and co-owns Vision Racing. Many commentators such as Gordon Kirby suggest that his actions at the head of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and in creating the IRL led to a sharp decline in popularity of open-wheel racing in the United States, and gave a significant boost to the national popularity of NASCAR as a result.
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Tony Kanaan
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Tony Renna
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Tony Stewart
Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars, as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."
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INDYCAR Fast Forward: Baltimore

Ryan Hunter-Reay wins the Baltimore Grand Prix, challenging points leader Will Power for t...

published: 05 Sep 2012

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INDYCAR 36: Simon Pagenaud

Watch the full episode of INDYCAR 36. We follow Simon Pagenaud around heading into the 201...

published: 04 Sep 2012

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INDYCAR Fast Forward: Sonoma

High energy highlights from the 2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma...

published: 28 Aug 2012

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INDYCAR 101: Anti-Roll Bar

In this INDYCAR 101 we look at the "Anti-Roll Bar" on a IZOD INDYCAR....

published: 29 Aug 2012

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Prov. Looking to Host Indy Car Races

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras is spearheading a campaign to bring Indy Car Racing to the ...

published: 06 Sep 2012

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[HD] IndyCar 2012 - Baltimore (Finish)

Final laps of the Grand Prix Of Baltimore...

published: 02 Sep 2012

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[HD] IndyCar 2012 - Edmonton (Finish)

Final laps of the Edmonton Grand Prix...

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IndyCar Racing vs. NASCAR Racing

IndyCar driver, and host, Alex Lloyd interviews Danica Patrick, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Pa...

published: 28 Aug 2012

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INDYCAR 36: James Hinchcliffe

Watch the full episode of INDYCAR 36. We follow James Hinchcliffe around heading into the ...

published: 31 Jul 2012

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INDYCAR Fast Forward: Edmonton

High energy highlights from the 2012 Honda Edmonton Indy, won by Helio Castroneves....

published: 25 Jul 2012

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IndyCar vs. Sprint Car Racing

IndyCar driver Alex Lloyd tries his hand at Sprint Car racing with a little help from form...

published: 22 Aug 2012

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INDYCAR 36 : Charlie Kimball

Watch the full episode of INDYCAR 36. We follow Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing driver Ch...

published: 02 Jul 2012

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INDYCAR 36: Helio Castroneves

Watch the full episode of INDYCAR 36. We follow Helio around heading into the 2012 Indy 50...

published: 18 Jun 2012

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INDYCAR 101: Understeer

In this INDYCAR 101 we look at Understeer on an IZOD INDYCAR....

published: 02 Aug 2012

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Gendarmerie Col. François, left, and Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud answer reporter near a killing site, near Chevaline, French Alps, Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012.

France shooting: Four-year-old girl found alive hiding under dead bodies

The Daily Telegraph

06 Sep 2012

A four-year-old girl was found alive last night inside a British-registered BMW hiding beneath the corpses of three British victims of a fatal shooting spree in the French Alps, police said. 620 349...

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Chinese paramilitary policemen carry an injured victim evacuated from an earthquake hit Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012.

Death toll in China quake goes up to 80

DNA India

08 Sep 2012

At least 80 people have been killed and hundreds others injured in shallow earthquakes which struck the mountainous southwest China, with the rescue teams today reaching about 90% of the affected...

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President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.

Obama presents larger vision for a second term

The Los Angeles Times

07 Sep 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic argument for President Obama's reelection boils down to three sentences, each delivered on a separate night of the party's convention here. On Tuesday, First...

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Former Bolingbrook, Ill, police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Friday, May 8, 2009, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio, who was found in an empty bathtub at home.

Former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson convicted of murdering 3rd wife

Newsday

06 Sep 2012

(AP) -- Former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson convicted of murdering 3rd wife.... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday digital access and 7-day home delivery...

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Putin Warns West’s Syria Policy could Backfire

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06 Sep 2012

MOSCOW, September 6 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Western powers that their “dangerous” stance on the Syria crisis could come back to haunt them. “Today...

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Patrick Says She's Still Looking for Indy 500 Ride

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07 Sep 2012

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Danica Patrick says she's still looking for an opportunity to race in the Indianapolis 500 next season. Patrick says she will only do it if she is paired with a team that...

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Danica Patrick wonders what else can go wrong after running over shoe

Sporting News

24 Aug 2012

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Danica Patrick has a busy two days ahead of her as she competes in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. But, she figures, what’s the worst...

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Panther Racing to Promote New Tyler Maddox Simms’ Films at IndyCar MATV World Championships, Sept. ... 08 Sep 2012

Yahoo Daily News Actor Lorenzo Lamas, writer, director & producer Tyler Maddox Simms, and Panther Racing Principal Joe Cain will make appearances, including at the Press Event, Wed., September 12, 2012 at 10am with Car #4, Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 07, 2012 Joe Cain and Tyler Maddox Simms have announced...(size: 9.4Kb)

Indycar Series mulls race through Providence 07 Sep 2012

The Providence Journal Providence Mayor Angel Taveras tweeted from Baltimore on Saturday where he was for Sunday's Indycar Grand Prix of Baltimore. "In Baltimore watching @indycar and trying to convince them to come to Providence," he tweeted, along with a grinning photograph of himself with race cars in the background...(size: 2.3Kb)

IndyCar 07 Sep 2012

MSNBC For the seventh consecutive season, the IndyCar championship will be decided in the final race of the year. For Australian driver Will Power, it's his chance to win his first major title after coming up short in the last two years, both times to Dario Franchitti. Power could have clinched it last...(size: 6.7Kb)

Baltimore Grand Prix IndyCar race sees ratings dip 06 Sep 2012

The Business Review Baltimore Business Journal by Jack Lambert, Researcher/Reporter Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 2:31pm EDT...(size: 9.0Kb)

Molex Applauds Tony Kanaan’s Top 10 Finish at IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma 06 Sep 2012

noodls Champion driver Kanaan Tied for Top Spot in Oval Track Point Standings LISLE, IL - September 6, 2012 - Molex Incorporated congratulates driver Tony Kanaan for placing top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar® Series at the GoPro® Grand Prix of Sonoma held at Infineon Raceway on Sunday, August 26th....(size: 4.2Kb)

Molex Applauds Tony Kanaan’s Top 10 Finish at IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma 06 Sep 2012

Business Wire Champion driver Kanaan Tied for Top Spot in Oval Track Point Standings LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molex Incorporated congratulates driver Tony Kanaan for placing top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar® Series at the GoPro® Grand Prix of Sonoma held at Infineon Raceway on Sunday, August 26th. Seasoned...(size: 10.8Kb)

Hunter-Reay's risky move puts him in striking distance of IndyCar title 05 Sep 2012

CNN Story Highlights Ryan Hunter-Reay didn't use rain tires in Baltimore, which helped him to victory He's 17 points behind Will Power, and likely needs a win in Sonoma to take the title Hunter-Reay's contract with Andretti is up, and he has offers from other teams...(size: 7.8Kb)

2012 IndyCar schedule and standings 05 Sep 2012

Buffalo News March 25 - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Helio Castroneves) April 1 - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, Birmingham , Ala. (Will Power) April 15 - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Will Power) April 29 - Sao Paulo Indy 300...(size: 1.5Kb)

NASCAR, IndyCar keep excitement going 04 Sep 2012

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This article is about the sanctioning body. For other meanings see IndyCar (disambiguation). For an overview of U.S. National Championship auto racing, see American Championship Car Racing.

IndyCar
Sport	Open-wheel cars
Area of jurisdiction	North America
Formation date	1996
Headquarters	Indianapolis, IN
President	Randy Bernard
Official website
www.indycar.com

IndyCar is the trade name of an American-based open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. IndyCar sanctions four racing series, the premier IZOD IndyCar Series^[1] (often abbreviated ICS or IICS) with its centerpiece Indianapolis 500, and developmental series Firestone Indy Lights, the Star Mazda Championship and the U.S. F2000 National Championship, which are all a part of The Road To Indy.

The trade name INDYCAR was officially adopted on January 1, 2011, as the trade name of racing operations of Indy Racing League LLC.

IndyCar is owned by Hulman and Co., which also owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex and the Clabber Girl brand.

1 Sanctioned series
2 Championship point system
3 History
4 Fatalities
5 Gallery
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Sanctioned series [link]

IZOD IndyCar Series [link]

Main article: IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the name adopted in 2003 for the premier series sanctioned by IndyCar. The series was known as the Indy Racing League until the beginning of the 2003 season. Izod was announced as the IndyCar Series title sponsor in 2010, a deal expected to run for at least five years.^[1]

The series initially raced exclusively on oval tracks, as the series was founded partly in response to the increasing prominence of road and street courses on the CART schedule. In 2005, the series abandoned its unofficial ovals-only stance, and added three road–street course events. By 2009, the series had a roughly 50/50 split of ovals and road/street courses.

Firestone Indy Lights [link]

Main article: Firestone Indy Lights

Firestone Indy Lights is the development series for the Izod Indycar series. It originally started in 2002, as the IRL Infiniti Pro Series coincidentally in the same year as CART's own Indy Lights series came to an end. Since the merger of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, the Indy Lights name returned. The Indy Lights run as support races to IndyCar Series races. In the past, a round during the United States Grand Prix was also apart of the schedule.

Star Mazda Championship [link]

Main article: Star Mazda Championship

The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear is an open-wheel racecar driver development series in North America. Competitors use spec Formula Mazda race cars built by Star Race Cars. The original series, using first-generation tube-frame cars started in the early 1990s, with the current, high-tech, carbon-fiber car released in 2004. The series has historically included road courses, street courses, and ovals. The series' primary sponsors are Mazda and Goodyear and the cars, while purpose built for the track with carbon fiber monocoques, are powered by 250 horsepower Mazda 'Renesis' rotary engines. The series' stated goal is "to develop new race driving talent". In 2010 the series became a part of The Road to Indy.

U.S. F2000 [link]

Main article: U.S. F2000 National Championship

USF2000 is a series IndyCar started sanctioning in 2010. Originally started in 1991 and folded in 2006, it was restarted in 2010 as part of the "Road to Indy" ladder series. The series runs with Star Mazda at every event, though it doesn't run at a few races Star Mazda does.

Championship point system [link]

Position	Points
1st	50
2nd	40
3rd	35
4th	32
5th	30
6th	28
7th	26
8th	24
9th	22
10th	20
11th	19
12th	18
13th	17
14th	16
15th	15
16th	14
17th	13
18th	12
19th	12
20th	12
21st	12
22nd	12
23rd	12
24th	12
25th	10
26th	10
27th	10
28th	10
29th	10
30th	10
31st	10
32nd	10
33rd	10

Like other governing bodies, IndyCar awards points based upon where a driver finishes in a race. The systems for both the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights are identical. The top three drivers are separated by ten and five points respectively (see this section table). The fourth through tenth place finishers are separated by two points each. Eleventh through eighteenth are separated by one point each. Eighteenth through twenty-fourth score twelve points each. All other drivers who start the race score ten points. New for 2009, 2 points (instead of 3 points, as in previous years) will be awarded for the driver who leads the most laps, and 1 point will be awarded to the driver who claims the pole position, except at the Indianapolis 500.

For the Indianapolis 500, qualifying points are awarded for all 33 cars at the Indianapolis 500. The point scale slides based on the teams that qualify for the top-nine shootout, then descending by speed and position.

History [link]

Indy car name [link]

"Indy car" is sometimes used as a descriptive name for championship open-wheel auto racing in the United States. The Indy car name derived as a result of the genre's fundamental link to the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race (often referred to as the "Indy 500"), the best-known and most-popular auto race in North America.^{[citation needed]}

Beginning in 1980, the term Indy car was often used to describe the race cars in the events sanctioned by CART, which had become the dominant governing body for open-wheel racing in the United States. The Indianapolis 500, however, remained sanctioned by USAC. CART recognized the Indy 500 on its schedule, and awarded points for finishers in the race from 1980–1995 despite not sanctioning it. The two entities operated separately, but utilized the same equipment.

In 1992, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway registered the IndyCar trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and licensed it to CART, which renamed its championship the IndyCar World Series. All references to the name "CART" were decidedly prohibited, as the series sought to eliminate perceived confusion from casual fans with the term kart.

During the 1996 season, the IndyCar mark was the subject of a fierce legal battle. Prior to the 1996 season, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Tony George had created his own national championship racing series, the Indy Racing League. In March 1996, CART filed a lawsuit against the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an effort to protect their license to the IndyCar mark which the Indianapolis Motor Speedway had attempted to terminate. In April, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway filed a countersuit against CART to prevent them from further use of the mark. Eventually a settlement was reached in which CART agreed to give up the use of the IndyCar mark following the 1996 season and the IRL could not use the name before the end of the 2002 season.

Following a six-year hiatus, Indy Racing League, LLC announced it would rename their premier series the IndyCar Series for the 2003 racing season. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc., a subsidiary of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation, is the current owner of the IndyCar mark and licenses that mark to the Indy Racing League for use in connection with the IndyCar Series. CART (and its successor Champ Car) races outside the United States were still permitted to use the Indy moniker, such as the Toronto Molson Indy and Lexmark Indy 300, though the distinction is moot now, as the two series have unified. Post-unification, a heavy emphasis has been placed on deemphasizing the IRL moniker and replacing it with the IndyCar name. This became official on January 1, 2011 as Indy Racing League LLC adopted as its trade name INDYCAR, with all official documents stating "Indy Racing League LLC, d/b/a INDYCAR."

Split with CART [link]

The Indy Racing League was founded in 1994 by Tony George and began racing in 1996. CART had sanctioned Indy car racing since 1979, when the organization broke away from USAC. George blueprinted the IRL as a lower-cost open-wheel alternative to CART, which had become technology-driven and dominated by a few wealthy multi-car teams, much like Formula One. It initially attracted some of the smaller teams who believed in the vision presented by Tony George.

The split between the IRL and the CART governing body was extremely acrimonious, and both series greatly suffered because of it. The rivalry between competing groups of fans was most active on the Internet, especially on motorsports message boards, and tended to affect any attempts at impartial views of either racing series.

The most bitter point of conflict between CART and the IRL was the Indianapolis 500, long considered the crown jewel of North American motorsports. After the beginning of the IRL in 1996, Tony George restricted entry of the starting 33 cars to 25 IRL cars from full-time IRL teams, with only eight other cars being permitted to start. In retaliation, CART scheduled what was supposed to become its new showcase event, the U.S. 500, at Michigan International Speedway on the same day, but it drew far less fan interest and was discontinued after its 1999 running. Although modified in 1999, the initial Indy 500 policy toward CART was held up as proof of George and the IRL's ill-intent towards CART.

In 1997, Tony George specified new technical rules for less expensive cars and "production based" engines that outlawed the CART-spec cars that had been the mainstay of the race since the late 1970s. For the next few years almost all of the CART teams and drivers did not compete in the race. While this situation allowed many American drivers to participate in an event they might otherwise have been unable to afford, the turbulent political situation and the absence of many top IndyCar drivers, big-name sponsors and faster CART-spec cars cast something of a shadow over the race. It was certainly arguable that to the average fan, the replacement of at least fairly well known foreign drivers by almost-unknown American ones was not perceived as a real gain.

At its inception, the series and George himself were criticized by members of the media and some CART competitors. The IRL's early seasons consisted of sparse schedules, mostly unknown drivers, and inexperienced teams, even in the Indy 500. Eventually, the schedule expanded and the caliber of drivers improved. The IRL began to draw teams from CART starting in 2000, contributing to the latter's bankruptcy, re-branding as Champ Car in 2003, and ultimate demise and absorption by the IRL in 2008.

The IRL–CART split was a primary factor in an overall loss of interest in open-wheel motor racing in North America.^[2] NASCAR has since supplanted open-wheel racing as the most popular auto racing sport in the United States, and from 1995 onward, NASCAR's Daytona 500 has surpassed the IRL's Indianapolis 500 in U.S. television ratings. The split has also hurt overall sponsorship of US open-wheel racing. In 2006 and 2007, several top CART and IRL drivers left for the more lucrative NASCAR, including Dario Franchitti, A.J. Allmendinger, Sam Hornish, Jr., and most recently Danica Patrick,^[3] although Franchitti returned to the IRL for the 2009 season due to a lack of sponsorship in NASCAR.^[4]

In later years, the IndyCar Series has become similar to the CART series from which it separated. The winner's circle of IndyCar is now dominated by a few wealthy teams—including those from the old CART series, such as Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske—a strong contingent of foreign-born drivers, and has a schedule which includes nine races that are not contested on ovals.

Unification with Champ Car [link]

On January 23, 2008, Tony George offered Champ Car management a proposal that included free cars and engine leases to Champ Car teams willing to run the entire 2008 IndyCar Series schedule in exchange for adding Champ Car's dates at Long Beach, Toronto, Edmonton, and Australia to the IndyCar Series schedule, effectively reuniting American open wheel racing.^[5] The offer was initially made in November 2007.^[5] On February 10, 2008, Tony George, along with IRL representatives Terry Angstadt and Brian Barnhart, plus former Honda executive Robert Clarke, traveled to Japan to discuss moving the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi.^[6] Moving that race, or postponing it, would be required in order to accommodate the Long Beach Grand Prix, which was scheduled for the same weekend.^[6] Optimism following the meeting was high.^[7]

In February 2008, Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George and owners of the Champ Car World Series completed an agreement to unify the sport for 2008.^[8] The result was that the Champ Car World Series was suspended except for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Many of the former Champ Car teams moved to the IndyCar Series using equipment provided by the League.

Driver safety [link]

Driver safety has also been a major point of concern, with a number of drivers seriously injured, particularly in the early years of the series. There have been four fatal crashes in the history of the series. Compared to road racing venues, the lack of run-offs on oval tracks, coupled with higher speeds due to the long straights and banked turns, means that there is far less margin for error. Car design was attributed as a leading cause of early injuries, and the series made improvements to chassis design to address those safety concerns. Following a series of spectacular high-profile accidents in 2003, including American racing legend Mario Andretti and former champion Kenny Bräck, as well as the death of Tony Renna in testing at Indianapolis, the IRL made additional changes to reduce speeds and increase safety.

IndyCar was the first racing series to adopt the SAFER soft wall safety system, which debuted at the Indianapolis 500 and has now been installed at almost all major oval racing circuits. The SAFER system research and design was supported and funded in large part by the Hulman-George family and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.^{[citation needed]}

Fatalities [link]

Scott Brayton – (May 17, 1996), 1996 Indianapolis 500 practice session.
Tony Renna – (October 22, 2003), Firestone private testing session.
Paul Dana – (March 26, 2006), 2006 Toyota Indy 300 practice session.
Dan Wheldon – (October 16, 2011), 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championships.

Gallery [link]

Hélio Castroneves practicing at the 2007 Indianapolis 500.
Roberto Moreno practicing the 2007 Indianapolis 500.
Marco Andretti (left) practicing with father Michael at Indy in 2007.
A Honda engine for 2007 to 2011.

References [link]

^ ^a ^b "IndyCar lands Title Sponsor". IndyStar.com. http://www.indystar.com/article/20091102/SPORTS0107/311020016/IndyCar+lands+title+sponsor+--+Izod. Retrieved 2009-11-03. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Explaining modern sports' most self-destructive act". Gordon Kirby 2004-04. 2006. http://www.gordonkirby.com/categories/columns/archive/self-destructive_act.html. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
^ "Allmendinger: Champ Car, IRL must unite". TSN.ca. 2007-11-01. http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story/?ID=221888. Retrieved 2010-08-22. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Franchitti loses drive in Nascar". BBC Sport. 2008-07-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7484716.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
^ ^a ^b Tony George Makes an Offer for Unity "Tony George Makes an Offer for Unity". SpeedTV.com. 2008-01-23. http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/champcar/42686/ Tony George Makes an Offer for Unity. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
^ ^a ^b "George off to Japan in pursuit of unification". IndyStar.com. 2008-02-09. Archived from the original on 2008-02-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20080218205058/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/SPORTS0107/802090474/1052/SPORTS01. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
^ "Official optimistic IRL-Champ Car merger talks will continue". IndyStar.com. 2008-02-12. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/SPORTS0107/302120004/1052/SPORTS01. Retrieved 2008-02-13. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Done Deal". IndyCar.com. http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10557. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

External links [link]

IZOD IndyCar Series

Seasons

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Champions

Kenny Bräck • Buzz Calkins • Scott Dixon (Two time) • Dario Franchitti (Four time) • Sam Hornish, Jr. (Three time) • Tony Kanaan • Buddy Lazier • Greg Ray • Scott Sharp • Tony Stewart • Dan Wheldon

Tracks

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Road Courses	Barber Motorsports Park • Edmonton • Infineon Raceway • Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Street Courses	Baltimore • The Raceway on Belle Isle (Detroit) • Long Beach • Qingdao • São Paulo • St. Petersburg • Toronto

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Road to Indy

Indy Lights • Star Mazda • U.S. F2000

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v t e Tracks of the IndyCar Series

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v t e Classes of Auto racing

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Simon Pagenaud
Pagenaud at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans driver parade
Nationality	French
Born	(1984-05-08) 8 May 1984 (age 28) Poitiers, France
2012 IndyCar Series
Debut season	2011
Current team	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Car no.	77
Former teams	HVM Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Starts	7
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2010–2011 2009–2011 2008–2011 2007 2006 2005 2002, 2004 2002–2003	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series Champ Car World Series Atlantic Championship Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup French Formula Renault
Championship titles
2010 2006	American Le Mans Series (LMP1) Atlantic Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2008–2011
Teams	Team Oreca-Matmut, Pescarolo Sport, Peugeot Sport
Best finish	2nd (2011)

Simon Pagenaud (born 18 May 1984) is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

1 Career
- 1.1 2009
- 1.2 2010
2 Motorsports career results
3 External links

Career [link]

In 2002 and 2003 he competed in French Formula Renault and in 2002 and 2004 competed in Formula Renault Eurocup. He then moved up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005 where he finished 16th. In 2006 he went to the United States and won the Champ Car Atlantic Championship with Team Australia in his rookie season by just a few points over Graham Rahal.

With his Atlantic championship, Simon won $2 Million (USD) to apply towards a ride in Champ Car in 2007. On 13 February 2007 Pagenaud and Team Australia confirmed that Simon would be staying with the team, moving up to the Champ Car program. Pagenaud finished 8th in points in what was a very consistent debut season, with 3 consecutive 4th place finishes in the Canadian rounds of the championship.

After the demise of the Champ Car World Series, Pagenaud in 2008 moved to the American Le Mans Series co-driving the De Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b LMP2 with former CART champion Gil de Ferran. He finished 14th in the drivers standings.

2009 [link]

In 2009, Pagenaud and de Ferran Motorsports took huge steps forward, with the duo taking second place overall in the American Le Mans Series LMP1 class only 17 points behind drivers David Brabham and Scott Sharp of champions Highcroft Racing. The duo of Pagenaud and de Ferran drove the ARX-01 to 5 wins in 10 total races and 3 pole positions, turning the fastest lap of the ALMS weekend 6 times.

Also during 2009, Pagenaud drove in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP1 for the privateer Pescarolo Sport team in the Peugeot FAP 908. The team did not finish the race, completing 210 laps. The race was won by David Brabham, driving in the factory Peugeot Sport Total #9 FAP 908 along with former Formula 1 drivers Alexander Wurz and Marc Gene.

2010 [link]

For the 2010 ALMS season, Pagenaud moved over to the Patrón Highcroft racing team, replacing Scott Sharp to co-drive with Brabham in the ARX-01c in LMP1 after Sharp vacated the seat to jump to the ALMS GT2 class with his own Ferrari team. Through four rounds in the 2010 ALMS series, the team of Pagenaud and Brabham lead the LMP1 class with three wins and 91 points.

Pagenaud also earned a seat driving for the 2010 factory French Peugeot team in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans on the renown Circuit de la Sarthe in the Peugeot FAP 908 #3 with Pedro Lamy and Sébastien Bourdais.

While the #3 Peugeot started from pole, it retired early before nightfall after a mere 38 laps when a suspension mount sheared from the car’s tub. The same fate eventually befell the no.1 Peugeot car of Anthony Davidson/Gene/Wurz while in second place with mere hours left to go in the race, as Audi reclaimed the 24 Hours of Le Mans title it had retained for five years prior to Peugeot's 2009 win.

During the race, Pagenaud found himself competing against his Highcroft Racing team which travelled to Le Mans for the first time in its history. With Brabham driving the Acura in LMP2 alongside Marino Franchitti and Marco Werner, Highcroft maintained second through most of the race until a cooling issue sidelined the car for much of the race's final four hours.

Motorsports career results [link]

Career summary [link]

Season	Series	Team Name	Car No.	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Points	Final Placing
2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Saulnier Racing	16	16	0	0	0	30	16th
2006	Champ Car Atlantic	Team Australia	15	12	1	1	1	258	1st
2007	Champ Car World Series	Team Australia	15	14	0	0	1	232	8th
2008	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Oreca-Matmut	6	1	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2008	American Le Mans Series LMP2 class	de Ferran Motorsports	66	8	0	0	1	85	9th
2009	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Pescarolo Sport	17	1	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	American Le Mans Series LMP1 class	de Ferran Motorsports	66	10	5	3	5	162	2nd
	Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	7	1	1	1	1	11	19th
2010	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	3	1	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	American Le Mans Series LMP / LMP2 class	Highcroft Racing	1	9	4	1	4	182	1st
	Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	3	1	1	0	0	18	21st
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
2011	IndyCar Series	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing HVM Racing	24/22 78	3	0	0	0	56	31st
	Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1 class	Team Peugeot Total	9	1	0	0	0	N/A	2nd
	American Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Highcroft Racing Peugeot Sport Total	01 7	2	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Series LMP1 class	Peugeot Sport Total	9/7	2	1	1	1	0	NC
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMP1 class	Peugeot Sport Total	7	2	1	1	1	N/A	N/A
	International V8 Supercar Championship	Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	2	0	0	0	207	49th

Formula Renault 3.5 Series results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Saulnier Racing	ZOL 1 8	ZOL 2 4	MON 1 10	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 11	LMS 1 10	LMS 2 Ret	BIL 1 11	BIL 2 12	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 DNS	DON 1 8	DON 2 5	EST 1 9	EST 2 11	MNZ 1 11	MNZ 2 12	16th	30

American Open-Wheel racing results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Champ Car Atlantic [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2006	Team Australia	LBH 4	HOU 2	MTY 2	POR 23	CLE1 2	CLE2 5	TOR 4	EDM 1	SJO 9	DEN 3	MTL 2	ROA 17	1st	258

Champ Car [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2007	Team Australia	LVG 12	LBH 14	HOU 5	POR 8	CLE 5	MTT 4	TOR 4	EDM 4	SJO 10	ROA 11	ZOL 12	ASN 6	SRF 5	MXC 6	8th	232

IndyCar Series [link]

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Honda	STP	ALA 8	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO 13	NHM						31st	56
2011	HVM Racing	Honda														SNM 15	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS	31st	56
2012	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	STP 6	ALA 5	LBH 2	SAO 12	INDY 16	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	CHN	SNM	BAL	FON			7th*	136*

* Season in progress

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Championships
2	3	7	0	0	1	3	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 [link]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2012	Dallara	Honda	23	16	Schmidt–Hamilton Motorsports

Sports car racing [link]

Le Mans 24 Hours results [link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Team	Car	Engine	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2008	LMP1	6	M	Team Oreca-Matmut	Courage-Oreca LC70	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Marcel Fässler Olivier Panis	147	44 ^DNF	20 ^DNF
2009	LMP1	17	M	Pescarolo Sport	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Jean-Christophe Boullion Benoît Tréluyer	210	42 ^DNF	18 ^DNF
2010	LMP1	3	M	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	Sébastien Bourdais Pedro Lamy	38	51 ^DNF	16 ^DNF
2011	LMP1	9	M	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	Sébastien Bourdais Pedro Lamy	355	2	2

American Le Mans Series results [link]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2008	de Ferran Motorsports	LMP2	Acura ARX-01b	Acura 3.4L V8	M	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA ovr:3 cls:3	LIM ovr:14 cls:7	MID ovr:Ret cls:Ret	AME ovr:18 cls:8	MOS ovr:7 cls:5	DET ovr:3 cls:3	PET ovr:8 cls:5	MON ovr:4 cls:2	9th	85
2009	de Ferran Motorsports	LMP1	Acura ARX-02a	Acura 4.0L V8	M	SEB ovr:Ret cls:Ret	STP ovr:Ret cls:Ret	LNB ovr:1 cls:1	UTA ovr:1 cls:1	LIM ovr:1 cls:1	MID ovr:1 cls:1	AME ovr:2 cls:2	MOS ovr:2 cls:2	PET ovr:24 cls:7	MON ovr:1 cls:1		2nd	162
2010	Highcroft Racing	LMP2	HPD ARX-01C	HPD 3.4L V8	M	SEB ovr:5 cls:2								PET ovr:4 cls:1			1st	182
2010	Highcroft Racing	LMP	HPD ARX-01C	HPD 3.4L V8	M		LNB ovr:1 cls:1	MON ovr:1 cls:1	UTA ovr:1 cls:1	LIM ovr:2 cls:2	MID ovr:2 cls:2	AME ovr:3 cls:3	MOS ovr:2 cls:2				1st	182
2011	Highcroft Racing	LMP1	HPD ARX-01e	HPD 3.4L V8	M	SEB ovr:2 cls:2	LNB	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL	MON				NC	0
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M									PET¹ ovr:48 cls:11			NC	0

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the American Le Mans Series.

Le Mans Series Results [link]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2009	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	CAT	SPA ovr:1 cls:1	ALG	NÜR	SIL	19th	11
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	CAS	SPA ovr:1 cls:1	ALG	HUN	SIL	21st	18
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M	CAS	SPA ovr:8 cls:8	IMO	SIL¹ ovr:1 cls:1	EST	NC	0

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the Le Mans Series.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results [link]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	SIL	PET¹ ovr:4 cls:1	ZHU ovr:4 cls:4
2011	Highcroft Racing	LMP1	HPD ARX-01e	HPD 3.4L V8	M	SEB¹ ovr:2 cls:2
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	M		SPA¹ ovr:8 cls:8	LEM¹ ovr:2 cls:2	IMO	SIL ovr:1 cls:1	PET ovr:48 cls:11	ZHU

¹ Driver did not run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Simon Pagenaud

Simon Pagenaud – official page
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Charles Zwolsman	Toyota Atlantic Champion 2006	Succeeded by Raphael Matos
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Name	Pagenaud, Simon
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Date of birth	18 May 1984
Place of birth	Poitiers, France
Date of death
Place of death

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James Hinchcliffe
Hinchcliffe at the 2011 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1986-12-05) December 5, 1986 (age 25) Oakville, Ontario
2012 IndyCar Series
Debut season	2011
Current team	Andretti Autosport
Car no.	27
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009–10 2006–2008 2006–07 2005 2004	Firestone Indy Lights Atlantic Championship A1 Grand Prix Star Mazda Series Formula BMW USA
Awards
2010 2011	Greg Moore Legacy Award IndyCar Rookie of the Year Tony Renna Rising Star Award

James Hinchcliffe (born December 5, 1986) is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series. On January 10th, 2012 it was announced that Hinchcliffe would succeed Danica Patrick as the driver of the #27 Go Daddy.com car for Andretti Autosport.^[1]

1 Racing career
2 Motorsports career results
- 2.1 Complete A1 Grand Prix results
- 2.2 American open–wheel racing results
3 References
4 External links

Racing career [link]

Early racing [link]

After karting, he started his open-wheel career in 2003, when he finished 3rd in Bridgestone Racing Academy F2000 series. Next year he was top rookie in Formula BMW USA, winning three races. In 2005, he raced in the Star Mazda Series, finishing 3rd overall with three wins. In 2006 he moved to the Champ Car Atlantic Series series with Forsythe Racing. He won one race at Portland and scored two other podiums, but was only able to finish 10th in the overall standings.

A1 Grand Prix [link]

He then joined A1 Team Canada in A1 Grand Prix. He finished 8th in the sprint race and 13th in the feature in his first race at Zandvoort, then had a stunning weekend in Brno. He scored 2nd in the sprint race at the Czech round and led the feature for the majority of the race, but clashed with eventual winner Alex Yoong dropped him down to 5th. He raced next at the Beijing round, finishing 4th in the sprint race and 10th in the feature (which he could have won but for a team pitstop strategy error), and then returned after two races out at the New Zealand round, where he finished 6th in both races.

'Hinch' once again raced in the Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2007, this time with the Sierra Sierra team. He finished 4th in points without a win. During the season he was also a guest commentator on the international feed for Champ Car World Series races. He returned to Forsythe Racing for the 2008 Atlantic Championship season, again finishing 4th in points but this time capturing a win in the second race of the season at Laguna Seca.

Firestone Indy Lights Series [link]

For the 2009 season, he competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series for perennial powerhouse team Sam Schmidt Motorsports in their #7 car. Hinchcliffe struggled by #7 car standards, finishing 5th in points without a win or pole position. In 2010 season, he signed on with the less historically-successful Team Moore Racing in their #2 entry. Hinchcliffe captured three wins and five more podium finishes on his way to second in the championship behind French rookie Jean-Karl Vernay who was driving the Schmidt #7 car.

He also served as the driver analyst for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 as regular driver analyst Davey Hamilton was competing in the race.

IndyCar Series [link]

Hinchcliffe after qualifying for the 2012 Indianapolis 500.

In April 2011, Hinchcliffe signed with Newman/Haas Racing to compete in the remainder of 2011 IndyCar Series season, excluding the Twin Ring Motegi race, after missing the first race of the season at St. Petersburg. He made his debut at Barber Motorsports Park and failed to finish after making contact with a spinning E. J. Viso. He then picked up his first career top five finish in just his second start in the series on the Streets of Long Beach with a 4th place finish. Hinchcliffe then collected a top ten on the Streets of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He finished 9th.

James started 13th in his first Indianapolis 500. Hinchcliffe ran up front for an early portion of the race before crashing on lap 101 and finishing 29th.

Following the Indy 500, was the Firestone Twin 275s in Texas. 'Hinch', however, struggled in both races and had finishes of 20th and 19th, respectively. Hinchcliffe then rebounded to collect his 2nd top ten of the season with a 6th at the Milwaukee Mile. ^[2] Hinchcliffe was strong for the rest of the year, collecting Rookie of the Year Honors, just beating out Panther Racing's J.R. Hildebrand. However, after the 2011 Indycar season it was announced that Newman/Haas racing would not be returning to Indycar making Hinchcliffe a free agent. On January,10th 2012 it was announced that Hinchcliffe will replace Danica Patrick as driver of the GoDaddy car renumbered to #27, the same used by Canadian drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jacques Villeneuve.^[3]

Motorsports career results [link]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	Canada	NED SPR 8	NED FEA 13	CZE SPR 2	CZE FEA 5	CHN SPR 4	CHN FEA 10	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR 6	NZL FEA 6	AUS SPR 13	AUS FEA Ret	RSA SPR 13	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR 13	MEX FEA 15	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	11th	33
2007–08	Canada	NED SPR 19	NED FEA 18	CZE SPR 12	CZE FEA 11	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR 15	GBR FEA 17			9th	75

American open–wheel racing results [link]

(key)

Atlantic Championship [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2006	Forsythe Racing	LBH 3	HOU 4	MTY 16	POR 1	CLE1 17	CLE2 19	TOR 6	EDM Ret	SJO Ret	DEN 7	MTL 3	ROA Ret	10th	160
2007	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	LVG 4	LBH 7	HOU 3	POR1 2	POR2 2	CLE 6	MTT 3	TOR Ret	EDM1 3	EDM2 9	SJO Ret	ROA 14	4th	224
2008	Forsythe Racing	LBH 10	LS 1	MTT 4	EDM1 3	EDM2 3	ROA1 5	ROA2 8	TRR Ret	NJ 16	UTA 10	ATL 3		4th	196

Indy Lights [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP1 6	STP2 3	LBH 3	KAN 12	INDY 16	MIL 7	IOW 3	WGL 21	TOR 3	EDM 4	KTY 7	MDO 2	SNM 6	CHI 12	HMS 14	5th	395
2010	Team Moore Racing	STP 15	ALA 5	LBH 1	INDY 3	IOW 5	WGL 2	TOR 10	EDM 1	MDO 7	SNM 3	CHI 1	KTY 2	HMS 2			2nd	471

IndyCar Series [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Newman/Haas Racing	STP	ALA 24	LBH 4	SAO 9	INDY 29	TXS1 20	TXS2 19	MIL 6	IOW 9	TOR 14	EDM 15	MDO 20	NHM 4	SNM 7	BAL 24	MOT 15	KTY 4	LVS C	12th	302
2012	Andretti Autosport	STP 4	ALA 6	LBH 3	SAO 6	INDY 6	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	QIN	SNM	BAL	FON			3rd*	164*

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
1	1	16	0	0	0	7	0	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 [link]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	13	29	Newman/Haas Racing
2012	Dallara	Chevrolet	2	6	Andretti Autosport

References [link]

^ http://tsn.ca/auto_racing/story/?id=384663
^ Gerhart, Brad. Rough Start for Hinchcliffe in First IndyCar Event, Paddock Talk, April 11, 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-12
^ http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-hinchcliffe-confirmed-at-andretti-autosport

External links [link]

Persondata
Name	Hinchcliffe, James
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 5, 1986
Place of birth	Oakville, Ontario
Date of death
Place of death

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Charlie Kimball

Nationality	American
Born	(1985-02-20) February 20, 1985 (age 27) Chertsey (England)
2012 IZOD IndyCar Series
Debut season	2011
Current team	Chip Ganassi Racing
Car no.	83
Starts	17
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009–10 2008–09 2006, 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002	Firestone Indy Lights A1 Grand Prix Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series British Formula Three British Formula Ford US Formula Ford Formula Dodge

Charlie Kimball (born February 20, 1985 in Chertsey, England) is an Anglo-American racecar driver currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing.

1 Career
2 Personal
3 Racing record
4 References
5 External links

Career [link]

2002–2005 [link]

Kimball's single-seater career started in 2002 when he took part in the American Formula Dodge national championship, finishing the season in 10th place overall. He also won three races in the SCCA Formula Ford series. For 2003 he moved up to Formula Ford U.S., finishing third overall with two race wins and seven podium finishes. He also contested the UK Formula Ford winter series, taking one race win to finish third overall.

In 2004, he competed in the full UK Formula Ford championship for Team JLR, taking two race wins and eleven podiums on his way to fourth in the championship. In the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch he finished in eighth place. His performances earned him a drive with front runners Carlin Motorsport in the 2005 British Formula Three Championship, where he took five race wins to finish an impressive second behind team-mate Álvaro Parente. He also finished 12th in the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, but failed to finish the season-ending Macau Grand Prix.

2006–2008 [link]

For 2006 Kimball stayed in Formula Three, but moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries with the French Signature-Plus team. He took one race win and three podiums to finish the season in eleventh place. Once again, he took part in the Masters Formula 3 race at Zandvoort and the Macau Grand Prix, finishing in 9th and 21st places respectively.

Kimball driving for Victory Engineering in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

In 2007 he competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Italian Victory Engineering team, alongside Dutchman Giedo van der Garde.^[1] He competed in 12 races (leaving the series with 2 race weekends remaining) and finished 24th in points with a best finish of 8th in the Monza and Nurburgring sprint races. His departed the team due to the onset of Type 1 Diabetes which required hospitalization. As part of his ongoing treatment he wears a wireless blood sugar monitor and carries sugar water on board the car while racing.^[2] In 2008 he returned to F3 EuroSeries for 6 races with Prema Powerteam. Late in 2008 he competed in the first round of the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA.

Firestone Indy Lights (2009–2010)[link]

For 2009 Kimball signed to drive in Firestone Indy Lights for the new Team PBIR outfit. He stated that an influencing factor in his return to the U.S. is to increase Diabetes awareness in his home country.^[3] Kimball finished 10th in points with a best finish of 4th at Watkins Glen International.

He returned to in Indy Lights in 2010 and signed with AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport. Despite not winning a race or pole, Kimball had four second place finishes on the season and captured 4th in points, one spot behind his teammate Martin Plowman.

IndyCar Series (2011–present)[link]

It was announced on December 16, 2010 that Kimball will move up to the IZOD IndyCar Series in 2011, in which he will drive the #83 entry for Chip Ganassi Racing.^[4]

Personal [link]

Kimball was born in England but grew up in Camarillo, California.^[5] His father Gordon was a designer of Formula One and Indy cars.^[6] Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of the insulin Kimball uses, became a full-time sponsor of his racing program in 2011.

Racing record [link]

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2006	Signature-Plus	Dallara F306/010	Mercedes	HOC1 1 22	HOC1 2 12	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 8	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 Ret	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 11	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 6	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 1	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 2	LMS 1 4	LMS 2 2	HOC2 1 6	HOC2 2 Ret	11th	31
2008	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F308/047	Mercedes	HOC1 1 2	HOC1 2 Ret	MUG 1 17	MUG 2 Ret	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 23	NOR 1	NOR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	17th	8

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2007	Victory Engineering	MOZ FEA Ret	MOZ SPR 8	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR 8	MON FEA Ret	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR Ret	DON FEA Ret	DON SPR 13	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 17	EST FEA	EST SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	24th	7

Complete A1 Grand Prix results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	A1 Team USA	NED SPR 8	NED FEA 10	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	11th	24

American open–wheel results [link]

(key)

Indy Lights [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Team PBIR	STP1 10	STP2 7	LBH 19	KAN 13	INDY 13	MIL 10	IOW 7	WGL 4	TOR 15	EDM 5	KTY 18	MDO 13	SNM 8	CHI 7	HMS 13	10th	310
2010	AFS Racing Andretti Autosport	STP 4	ALA 2	LBH 2	INDY 2	IOW 13	WGL 11	TOR 4	EDM 4	MDO 3	SNM 2	CHI 14	KTY 6	HMS 13			4th	388

IndyCar Series [link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP 22	ALA 10	LBH 24	SAO 16	INDY 13	TXS1 30	TXS2 23	MIL 14	IOW 22	TOR 21	EDM 17	MDO 11	NHM 9	SNM 26	BAL 21	MOT 23	KTY 13	LVS C	19th	233
2012	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP 9	ALA 25	LBH 18	SAO 8	INDY 8	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	CHN	SNM	BAL	FON			15th*	96*

* Season in progress

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
2	1	22	0	0	0	5	0	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 [link]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2011	Dallara	Honda	28	13	Chip Ganassi Racing
2012	Dallara	Honda	14	8	Chip Ganassi Racing

References [link]

^ "Victory completes line-up with Kimball". crash.net. 2006-12-22. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~WS--Victory-completes-line-up-with-Kimball-~cid~7~id~141516.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
^ Kelly, Peggy. Charlie Kimball: Diabetes doesn’t force Formula driver off the road to fame, Santa Paula News, February 20, 2008
^ Road racer signs with Indy Lights team, USA Today, March 24, 2009
^ http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/Chip-Ganassi-Racing-teams-forms-teams-to-field-Charlie-Kimball-Graham-Rahal-121610
^ Charlie Kimball aims to win Indy 500 despite Type 1 diabetes diagnosis By David Felton, Press – Telegram (Long Beach California) April 13 2010
^ Who The Heck Is Charlie Kimball? by Marshall Pruett, Speed Channel December 17, 2010

External links [link]

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Name	Kimball, Charlie
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Date of birth	February 20, 1985
Place of birth	Chertsey (England)
Date of death
Place of death

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Tony Kanaan

Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1974-12-31) December 31, 1974 (age 37) Salvador, Brazil
2012 IZOD IndyCar Series
Debut season	2002
Current team	KV Racing Technology
Car no.	11
Former teams	Andretti Autosport Mo Nunn Racing Tasman Motorsports
Starts	123
Wins	14
Poles	11
Fastest laps	14
Best finish	1st in 2004

Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan (born December 31, 1974 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese heritage.^{[citation needed]} Kanaan won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series championship driving Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven sponsored car, winning three times in his Honda-powered Dallara. That season he completed 3,305 laps, making him the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season. He also led 889 laps in 13 separate races to establish an IndyCar Series record. Kanaan is also the only driver to lead the Indianapolis 500 in each of his first seven starts, though he has yet to win this flagship event. He has a total of 14 IRL race victories. Kanaan was released from Andretti Autosport in October 2010 after 7-Eleven announced it would not return as his primary sponsor in 2011. After initially signing on with de Ferran Dragon Racing, the team shut down when sponsorship could not be materialized. Kanaan currently drives the #11 for KV Racing Technology.

1 Racing career
2 Indianapolis 500 misfortunes
3 Racing record
- 3.1 American Open-Wheel racing results
- 3.2 Complete American Le Mans Series results
4 References
5 External links

Racing career [link]

Kanaan started his driving career in Italy and won the 1994 Formula Europa Boxer title for Cram Competition using a Tatuus. After a season in Italian F3 he migrated to the US and was the 1997 Indy Lights champion, driving for Tasman. In 1999 he scored his first major victory in the Champ Car World Series by winning the U.S. 500 at Michigan International Speedway for Forsythe Championship Racing. After the Forsythe team lost their McDonald's sponsorship package, Kanaan moved on to Mo Nunn's start-up team for the next three years before moving on to the IRL.

Following his championship season, in 2005 he placed second in the championship to his teammate Dan Wheldon. That year, he won his first pole position for the Indianapolis 500 to add to his finishes of second, third, fifth and eighth in the event. Winning the Indianapolis 500 remains one of the few holes in his resume. In September 2005 he tested a Formula One car with the BAR-Honda Team at Jerez as a reward for his 2004 IRL championship in a Honda powered car.

Kanaan is good friend of Brazilian Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello, and they exchanged helmets for the events on May 28, 2006. Barrichello wore Kanaan's helmet livery during the Monaco GP and Kanaan wore Rubens's one during the Indy 500. The two of them created a charity offering financial and technical aid to institutions within the voluntary sector, the Barrichello Kanaan Institute.^[1]

Another of Kanaan's long-time good friends and a former teammate from his Tasman days is Helio Castroneves. Kanaan and Castroneves have developed an intense rivalry that has resulted in some hard feelings. Castroneves accused Kanaan of costing him the 2006 IndyCar Series championship by racing him too hard for position in the final race. Kanaan countered that he was not paid to let other people pass him for position. The two started to patch up their differences at Indianapolis in 2007.

Kanaan practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500.

Kanaan in 2010.

Kanaan had a fine 2007 season, winning a series-high five events by taking first place in Japan at Honda's Twin Ring Motegi track, the Milwaukee Mile, Michigan International Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, and the Detroit Grand Prix in Belle Isle. He also took the pole position at Kansas, although a pit-incident with team-mate Danica Patrick dropped him from a possible win. Later he took a second pole position at Kentucky. At the 2007 Indianapolis 500 he dominated the field and led at a rain delay just past the halfway point. A questionable call to pit right before the rain-shortened race ended gave the race to his teammate, Dario Franchitti, who did not appear to have Kanaan's speed. It was the latest in a string of disappointments at Indianapolis, and Kanaan is now often referred to—along with his team owner Michael Andretti – as one of the best drivers never to win the Indianapolis 500.^[2] Kanaan recorded his first win of 2008 in the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway. In the 2009 race he hit the wall and failed to finish.

In October 2010, Kanaan was released from his contract with Andretti Autosport, a few weeks after convenience store giant 7-Eleven announced it would not return as Kanaan's primary sponsor in 2011. Kanaan won 14 races and 1 championship in 8 years with Andretti Autosport.

In March 2011, Kanaan announced a deal with KV Racing Technology. He will drive the No. 82 car sponsored by GEICO. In August 2011, it was announced that Kanaan signed on for another year with KV Racing Technology according to team owner Jimmy Vasser.^[3]

Indianapolis 500 misfortunes [link]

Since arriving at Indianapolis in 2002, Kanaan has experienced notable bad luck, and despite consistently being competitive, has failed to achieve victory.^[4]^[5]^[6] A growing sentiment among media and fans is labeling Kanaan among the greatest drivers to never win the race.^[7] From 2003–2010, Kanaan drove for team owner Michael Andretti, who also never won the race as a driver, which is referenced in the Andretti Curse.

Tony Kanaan has participated in the Indianapolis 500 ten times, with one pole position, and a best finish of second (2004), but zero wins. He ranks third on the all-time list of Indy 500 lap leaders who have not won the race (behind Michael Andretti and Rex Mays). Through 2011, he ranks 46th all-time in total laps completed, and 25th in laps completed by non-winners.

2002: In his rookie year, Kanaan led 23 laps and was leading the race on lap 90, when Jimmy Vasser and Bruno Junqueira both slowed with mechanical problems. An oil leak on the track went unnoticed, and Kanaan spun in the oil, crashing out of the lead in turn 3.^[8]
2003: Kanaan started second, and finished third. He led two laps, but was no match for the Penske cars, who finished 1st–2nd.
2004: Kanaan ran among the leaders all day, and led 28 laps. Rain halted the race, however, 20 laps short of the finish, and Kanaan managed only second place.
2005: Kanaan won his first Indy 500 pole position, and led 54 laps. He was not a factor in the final 50 laps, and dropped to 8th place at the finish. Kanaan's Andretti Green Racing teammate Dan Wheldon won the race.
2006: Pit stop shuffling in the final 20 laps saw Kanaan inherit the lead on lap 183. Kanaan needed one final splash-and-go pit stop, but a caution came out on lap 191. Kanaan made his stop under yellow, and the sequence saw him lose the lead. Running 4th, Kanaan was blocked inadvertently by Michael Andretti, and lost momentum. On the final lap, Dan Wheldon slipped by to take 4th, and Kanaan finished 5th.
2007: Kanaan was leading the race just beyond the halfway point when rain brought out the red flag on lap 113. If the rain continued, Kanaan could have been declared the winner, since the race had passed the point in which it had become official. The rain stopped, and the race was resumed. Kanaan continued to lead, and the leaders pit under a caution on lap 151. During the restart on lap 156, Kanaan came up on the back of Jaques Lazier, lost control, and spun into the entrance of the pits, blowing a tire. An angry Kanaan was credited with 12th place, while his Andretti Green Racing teammate Dario Franchitti won the race.
2008: On lap 94, Kanaan set an all-time Indy 500 record by leading at least one lap in his first seven consecutive starts. The lead was short-lived however. On lap 105, Marco Andretti was trying to pass Kanaan in turn three, which sent Kanaan into the marbles. Kanaan lost control, crashed into the outside wall, then collected the car of Sarah Fisher.
2009: On lap 98, while running third Tony Kanaan suffered a drive shaft failure at speed down the backstrech. The car suddenly pitched into the wall at the entrance to turn 3.^[9] The car lost steering, bounced off the wall, then went straight into the wall in turn 3. In television interviews, Kanaan appeared visibly shaken. The next day, Tony stated the hit was recorded at 175 Gs.
2010: On the morning of pole day, Kanaan spun out of turn 1, and wrecked hard in the south short chute. The crash prevented Kanaan from making a qualifying attempt on Saturday. The following day (Bump Day), Kanaan was practicing in his backup car, when he suffered another, nearly identical crash, in the same part of the track. The second crash put in question Kanaan's chances of qualifying, and set the team and driver back a considerable amount of time and effort. Kanaan finally managed to qualify, and started the race from the final row in 33rd place. On race day, Kanaan charged to the front, and ran as high as second in the last ten laps of the race. Kanaan nearly matched Tom Sneva's 1980 record of being the only driver to start last (33rd) and lead a lap. A fuel strategy gamble failed, and Kanaan was forced to make one final splash-and-go pit stop with 4 laps to go. The pit stop dropped him to 11th in the final standings, but garned much praise from the fans and media for the accomplishment.
2011: Kanaan left Andretti Autosport, and wound up driving for KV Racing Technology. He qualified 22nd and worked his way up to 4th by lap 60. In the pits on lap 61, however, he was involved in a mishap with Pippa Mann. She was pulling out of her pit box as he was trying to pull in his, and he was forced to overshoot his pit stall. After being pushed back and receiving service, he dropped down to 24th place. He charged dramatically back up to 2nd place by lap 178. He pitted for fuel with 21 laps to go, which dropped him to an eventual 4th place finish. Kanaan later stated he felt he did not have a car fast enough to win.^[10]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
1996	Tasman Motorsports	MIA 10	LBH 2	NAZ 12	MIS 17	MIL 7	DET 1	POR 5	CLE 19	TOR 24	TRO 2	VAN 2	LS 1		2nd	113
1997	Tasman Motorsports	MIA 6	LBH 5	NAZ 5	SAV 23	STL 10	MIL 3	DET 1	POR 3	TOR 2	TRO 1	VAN 2	LS 2	FON 9	1st	156

CART [link]

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1998	Tasman Motorsports	Reynard 98i	Honda HRK	MIA Ret	MOT 6	LBH 5	NZR 9	RIO Ret	STL Ret	MIL 17	DET 8	POR 4	CLE 14	TOR Ret	MIS 11	MDO 8	ROA 4	VAN Ret	LS 3	HOU 3	SRF 7	FON Ret			9th	92
1999	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 99i	Honda HRS	MIA Ret	MOT 6	LBH Ret*	NZR Ret	RIO 5	STL 7	MIL 18	POR 15	CLE Ret	ROA 6	TOR Ret	MIS 1	DET 6	MDO Ret	CHI 11	VAN 9	LS Ret	HOU 9	SRF 6	FON 9		11th	85
2000	Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes-Benz IC108F	MIA 10	LBH Ret	RIO Ret	MOT Ret	NZR 8	MIL 10	DET DNS	POR Inj	CLE Inj	TOR Inj	MIS Ret	CHI Ret	MDO 13	ROA 8	VAN 14	LS Ret	STL 13	HOU 10	SRF 8	FON Ret		19th	24
2001	Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1	MTY 7	LBH 7	TXS NH	NZR 16	MOT 3	MIL 6	DET DNS	POR Ret	CLE 16	TOR Ret	MIS Ret	CHI 8	MDO 5	ROA 12	VAN 4	LAU 7	ROC 8	HOU 12	LS 8	SRF 17	FON 5	9th	93
2002	Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 02i	Honda HR-2	MTY 16	LBH 20	MOT 15*																			12th	99
2002	Mo Nunn Racing	Lola B02/00	Honda HR-2				MIL 16	LS 12	POR 8	CHI 8	TOR 17	CLE 8	VAN 3	MDO 14	ROA 4	MTL 3	DEN 6	ROC 15	MIA 9	SRF 5	FON 4	MXC 8*			12th	99

Year	Team	Wins	Points	Championship Finish
1998	Tasman Motorsports	0	92	9th
1999	Forsythe Racing	1	85	11th
2000	Mo Nunn Racing	0	24	19th
2001	Mo Nunn Racing	0	93	9th
2002	Mo Nunn Racing	0	99	12th

1 win, 0 championships

IndyCar Series [link]

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 28	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					50th	2
2003	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 4	PHX 1	MOT 14	INDY 3	TXS 2	PPIR 2	RIR 5	KAN 4	NSH 9	MIS 16	STL 2	KTY 6	NZR 18	CHI 6	FON 3	TX2 14				4th	476
2004	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 8	PHX 1	MOT 2	INDY 2	TXS 1	RIR 5	KAN 3	NSH 1	MIL 4	MIS 2	KTY 5	PPIR 5	NZR 2	CHI 3	FON 2	TX2 2				1st	618
2005	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 3	PHX 3	STP 2	MOT 6	INDY 8	TXS 3	RIR 19	KAN 1	NSH 19	MIL 4	MIS 4	KTY 20	PPIR 3	SNM 1	CHI 5	WGL 2	FON 2			2nd	548
2006	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 11	STP 3	MOT 3	INDY 5	WGL 11	TXS 7	RIR 18	KAN 5	NSH 12	MIL 1	MIS 4	KTY 5	SNM 11	CHI 7						6th	384
2007	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 5	STP 3	MOT 1	KAN 15	INDY 12	MIL 1	TXS 2	IOW 16	RIR 4	WGL 4	NSH 18	MDO 4	MIS 1	KTY 1	SNM 4	DET 1	CHI 6			3rd	576
2008	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	HMS 8	STP 3	MOT¹ 5	LBH¹ DNP	KAN 2	INDY 29	MIL 3	TXS 5	IOW 18	RIR 1	WGL 3	NSH 4	MDO 7	EDM 9	KTY 8	SNM 3	DET 3	CHI 4	SRF² 21	3rd	513
2009	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP 5	LBH 3	KAN 3	INDY 27	MIL 19	TXS 8	IOW 14	RIR 6	WGL 8	TOR 17	EDM 21	KTY 3	MDO 10	SNM 8	CHI 13	MOT 11	HMS 4			6th	386
2010	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	SAO 10	STP 10	ALA 8	LBH 5	KAN 3	INDY 11	TXS 6	IOW 1	WGL 21	TOR 4	EDM 12	MDO 17	SNM 7	CHI 5	KTY 4	MOT 7	HMS 3			6th	453
2011	KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Honda	STP 3	ALA 6	LBH 8	SAO 22	INDY 4	TXS1 11	TXS2 5	MIL 19	IOW 2	TOR 26	EDM 4	MDO 5	NHM 22	SNM 28	BAL 3	MOT 17	KTY 17	LVS C		5th	366
2012	KV Racing Technology	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	STP 25	ALA 21	LBH 4	SAO 13	INDY	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	QIN	SNM	BAL	FON				14th*	71*

* Season in progress.

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
11	3	152	11	14	38	59	0	1 (2004)

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 [link]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	5	28	Nunn
2003	Dallara	Honda	2	3	Andretti Green
2004	Dallara	Honda	5	2	Andretti Green
2005	Dallara	Honda	1	8	Andretti Green
2006	Dallara	Honda	5	5	Andretti Green
2007	Dallara	Honda	2	12	Andretti Green
2008	Dallara	Honda	6	29	Andretti Green
2009	Dallara	Honda	6	27	Andretti Green
2010	Dallara	Honda	33*	11	Andretti Autosport
2011	Dallara	Honda	22	4	KV Racing Technology
2012	Dallara	Chevrolet	8	3	KV Racing Technology

*Tony Kanaan qualified 32nd in a back up car, but decided to switch back to his primary car for the race. This forced him to start from the 33rd position on the grid.

Complete American Le Mans Series results [link]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Andretti Green Racing	LMP2	Acura ARX-01a	Acura 3.4L V8	M	SEB ovr:2 cls:1	STP	LNB	TEX	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	DET	PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret	MON ovr:6 cls:4	17th	39
2008	Andretti Green Racing	LMP2	Acura ARX-01b	Acura 3.4L V8	M	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	DET	PET ovr:16 cls:7	MON ovr:3 cls:1		22nd	39

References [link]

^ http://ibk.org.br/en/inst_quem_somos.php
^ "Emotional Castroneves finishes fast to capture third Indianapolis 500". CNN. 2009-05-24. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/more/05/24/indianapolis.500.recap/?eref=T1.
^ http://www.indystar.com/article/20110828/SPORTS0107/110828008
^ Marot, Michael (2009-05-24). "Tony Kanaan dodges trouble at Indy". The Commercial Appeal. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/may/25/kanaan-dodges-trouble/. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ Vermette, Brian (2010-05-28). "Can Helio Castroneves win the Indianapolis 500 from the pole and become a four-time winner?". RaceDriven.com. http://www.racedriven.com/2010/05/can-helio-castroneves-win-indianapolis.html. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ Martin, Bruce (2009-07-26). "A difficult year for Brazilian Kanaan takes a downright frightening turn". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bruce_martin/07/26/Kanaan.fire/index.html. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ Litke, Jim (2010-05-30). "Best driver not to win the Indy 500? It's Kanaan". SFGate.com. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-30/sports/21651653_1_dario-franchitti-tony-kanaan-main-straightaway. Retrieved 2010-06-22. ^{[dead link]}
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Sporting positions
Preceded by David Empringham	Indy Lights Champion 1997	Succeeded by Cristiano da Matta
Preceded by Patrick Carpentier	CART Rookie of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Juan Pablo Montoya
Preceded by Scott Dixon	IRL IndyCar Series Champion 2004	Succeeded by Dan Wheldon
Awards
Preceded by Sam Hornish, Jr.	Scott Brayton Award 2007	Succeeded by Vitor Meira

2012 IndyCar Series season

Teams

Ganassi		Penske		KVRT		Andretti Autosport		Panther	Schmidt
9 Dixon 10 Franchitti	38 Rahal 83 Kimball	2 Briscoe 3 Castroneves	12 Power	5 Viso 8 Barrichello	11 Kanaan	26 Ma. Andretti 27 Hinchcliffe	28 Hunter–Reay	4 Hildebrand	77 Pagenaud
Foyt	Coyne	D&R	HVM	Fisher	Dragon	Herta	RLL	Carpenter	MSR Indy
14 Conway	18 Jakes 19 Wilson	22 Servià	78 de Silvestro	67 Newgarden	6 Legge 7 Bourdais	98 Tagliani	15 Sato	20 Carpenter	66 TBA

Races

St. Pete • Barber • Long Beach • São Paulo • Indy 500 • Detroit • Texas • Iowa • Toronto • Edmonton • Mid-Ohio • Qingdao • Infineon • Baltimore • Fontana

Road to Indy

Indy Lights • Star Mazda • U.S. F2000

v t e IndyCar Series Champions

(1996) Buzz Calkins/Scott Sharp (1996-1997) Tony Stewart (1998) Kenny Bräck (1999) Greg Ray (2000) Buddy Lazier (2001) Sam Hornish, Jr. (2002) Sam Hornish, Jr. (2003) Scott Dixon (2004) Tony Kanaan (2005) Dan Wheldon (2006) Sam Hornish, Jr. (2007) Dario Franchitti (2008) Scott Dixon (2009) Dario Franchitti (2010) Dario Franchitti (2011) Dario Franchitti

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