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Wheel2Wheel: Indy, Danica & 600

Posted: May 24th 2009 9:52AM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Sprint Cup, Wheel2Wheel, IRL

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FH writers Holly Cain and Geoffrey Miller are taking part in both major American races this weekend. Here, they go Wheel2Wheel on some major issues facing each sport.

There's been lots of talk about Danica Patrick this week moving to NASCAR. We'll ask again: is this for real?

Holly Cain: While Danica is clearly enjoying her flirtation with NASCAR, I don't think it's a real option - yet as much as a bargaining ploy to land a good IndyCar ride.

Geoffrey Miller: I couldn't agree more, though a move by her would be a tremendous short-term gain for NASCAR in terms of a new character in the garage.
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FH @ The Track: Indy 500, Coke 600

Posted: May 20th 2009 11:13PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lowes Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup, IRL

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Looking to land the best 1-2 punch on American motorsports coverage this weekend? Well don't move that mouse.

From the pageantry of the Indianapolis 500 to NASCAR's longest night in the Coca-Cola 600, FanHouse will be hitting Memorial Day weekend on all eight cylinders as Holly Cain will be checking in with stories from the Brickyard while Geoffrey Miller will be enjoying NASCAR's day-to-night excursion from the fan element.

We'll be Twittering, blogging, live-chatting and any-other-ing you can think of that'll help you take in these jewels of American motorsports from another angle. Got an idea? Leave it in the comments below.
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After Crash, Andretti Looks to Make 500

Posted: May 13th 2009 10:14PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IRL

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The first foray for Richard Petty into the world of IndyCar racing came to a nasty, grinding and gut-wrenching halt in turn one of the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

That crash -- check the video later in the post -- kept Petty's No. 43 driven by John Andretti with assistance from longtime IndyCar player Dreyer and Reinbold Racing from qualifying for the 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500.

However, don't expect the hard incident to keep Petty or Andretti from making the 33-car field this weekend at the Brickyard.
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Tests Reveal Goodyear Still Not Ready

Posted: May 1st 2009 5:10PM by Holly Cain (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Testing, Sprint Cup

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Less than impressed.

That was pretty much the consensus of drivers following Wednesday's Goodyear tire test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- the sixth test since a tire debacle at the track during last year's NASCAR race resulted in no green flag runs more than 16 laps.

"The tires still are not ideal,'' said Ryan Newman, who represented the Chevrolet contingent in the four-car test. "I know Goodyear is still working on that. It is just a tough situation, man."
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Petty's 500 Entry No 'Publicity Stunt'

Posted: Apr 7th 2009 1:18AM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IRL

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FanHouse's Holly Cain first jumped on the news Friday from the IRL IndyCar Series season-opener in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Monday NASCAR's 'King' officially announced his entry to open-wheel's highest affair.

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    ** AUTO RACING PACKAGE FOR APRIL 8 AND THEREAFTER ** In this Friday, April 3, 2009, photo, Sam Hornish Jr. helps push his car up pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Samsung 500 auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. It almost reads like a misprint: former IRL star Sam Hornish Jr. is without a top-10 finish in 43 Sprint Cup starts, the equivalent of more than a year in NASCAR's top series. It's true, and it's not that much of a surprise, even to Hornish. He knew it would be a tough transition competing every week against the likes of Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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    Richard Petty looks over the car that John Andretti will drive for next month's Indianapolis 500 after an announcement at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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    Richard Petty, right, and driver John Andretti laugh during an announcement on their participation in next month's IRL Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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    Richard Petty, right, and driver John Andretti talk about their participation in next month's Indianapolis 500 after an announcement at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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    Richard Petty, right, and driver John Andretti pose next to the car that Andretti will drive for next month's Indianapolis 500 after an announcement at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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    Indie folk-rock artist Melissa Ferrick performs at the Canal Club in Richmond, Virginia, Friday, December 5, 2008. Her latest release, "Goodbye Youth" (Right on Record), serves up her most introspective material to date. (Chuck Myers/MCT)

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    Indie folk-rock artist Melissa Ferrick performs at the Canal Club in Richmond, Virginia, Friday, December 5, 2008. Her latest release, "Goodbye Youth" (Right on Record), serves up her most introspective material to date. (Chuck Myers/MCT)

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    Indie folk-rock artist Melissa Ferrick performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Friday, March 6, 2009. Her latest release, "Goodbye Youth" (Right on Record), serves up her most reflective material. (Chuck Myers/MCT)

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    Indie folk-rock artist Melissa Ferrick performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Friday, March 6, 2009. Her latest release, "Goodbye Youth" (Right on Record), serves up her most introspective material to date. (Chuck Myers/MCT)

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    ST. PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 05: Tony Kanaan, drives the #11 Team 7-Eleven Andretti Green Racing Dallara Honda down Bayshore Dr. during the IRL IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on April 5, 2009 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tony Kanaan

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Richard Petty to Enter Car in Indy 500

Posted: Apr 3rd 2009 3:37PM by Holly Cain (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IRL

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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- IndyCar Series sources said Friday that Richard Petty Motorsports, in conjunction with Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, will field a car for John Andretti in this year's Indianapolis 500. A formal announcement is set for Monday at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

A news release was issued Friday saying only that it would be a NASCAR team owner and NASCAR driver setting off speculation in the IndyCar paddock as teams prepare for this weekend's season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
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10 from '08: The Brickyard's Big Blowout

Posted: Dec 3rd 2008 3:00PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup

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With NASCAR's awards banquet on Friday, Dec. 5 (stop by for the live blog!), here's a look at 10 from '08 -- 10 of the NASCAR season's best moments.

NASCAR Sprint Cup racing was graced with one of the most beautiful weekends Central Indiana could offer with mild temperatures and crystal clear skies during the final weekend of July.

The sanctioning body, and its tire supplier (who's problems earlier in the season caught a little bit of Smoke, if you will) Goodyear, though, managed to turn one of the most-consistently awesome Brickyard race weekends in to a total mess.

As I'm sure none of you will soon forget, the July's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard -- also known as the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway -- was marred by a complete failure of the tire compound brought by Goodyear for one of the season's crown jewel events.

Indy was one of three races that yours truly had the chance to cover first hand, and following the final Saturday practice while standing behind Kurt Busch's No. 2 car, I noticed something I had never seen before. Black powder, or rather granulated rubber, was sticking to the rear quarter-panels and trunk cover after less than a handful of laps turned around the 2.5-mile oval.

That powder, it turns out, was a direct foresight into what NASCAR fans were about to experience the next day.
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Friends Don't Let Friends Ditch NASCAR

Posted: Jul 28th 2008 5:13PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup

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Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was not what any NASCAR fan paid to see or tuned in to see. It wasn't what my father expected when he bought our tickets for the event months ago. It wasn't what any of the fans in my annual Brickyard home -- Turn four's Stand J -- wanted to see.

But let's face it, not a sole in the garage area whether it be NASCAR, Goodyear, the race teams, the power-tripping IMS yellow shirt security guards, and not even an absent Tony George wanted to put on a race like the one that happened Sunday at America's most legendary place of speed.
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Hendrick Now the NASCAR Penske at Indy

Posted: Jul 28th 2008 3:17PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports

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Roger Penske and winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an IndyCar seem to fit together just like a glove.

After all, the car owner has won the Indianapolis 500 a record 14 times in his illustrious career, including most recently with Sam Hornish Jr. in 2006.

After Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Rick Hendrick can lay claim to also being one of the top owners to ever bring race cars to the hallowed grounds of Indianapolis. Jimmie Johnson's 400 victory -- the second at IMS for the California driver -- brings Hendrick's total to six in NASCAR's second-biggest race.

The closest other owner? Joe Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing has three total victories at IMS with Bobby Labonte's win in 2000 and Tony Stewart's pair of victories in 2005 and 2007.

Richard Childress and Robert Yates both have two wins at the Speedway, while Ray Evernham and Ricky Rudd each have one car owner win.

Granted, this isn't a comparison between the Indianapolis 500 and the Allstate 400 in terms of wins -- Penske's eight more victories at the track isn't a record that Hendrick could catch any time soon -- but it is interesting that Hendrick has found his way to the front at Indianapolis in 40% of the stock car races run at Indy.
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Brickyard Bloggin': Final Thoughts From IMS

Posted: Jul 27th 2008 9:25PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup

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FanHouse's Geoffrey Miller is on location & blogging away at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday's 15th Running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.

After an all-too-quick three days in Indianapolis, here's some final thoughts after an all-too-interesting Allstate 400:

Blame One, Blame 'em All - You simply can't solely blame anyone for what happened at Indianapolis on Sunday. NASCAR and Goodyear tire tested here, thinking they had found a good compound, but the tire just never made it to their expectations. It wasn't for a lack of effort and didn't come to a boycott -- the fans still got to see a race, despite the challenges presented.

Both sides truly tried their hardest to get something to work, and ultimately the race fans still got to see a race -- though a much different one than anybody anticipated.

Next year, you can bet things will be different. We'll talk more about that Monday.

Cream of the Crop, No Matter What - It wouldn't have been hard for Jimmie Johnson & Co. to try to out run their competitors on Sunday and take more chances with their No. 48 race car. It was the fastest one on track, and if he wanted, he likely could have put a straightaway on the field within five laps if he pushed out front.
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