Fence pole killed Wheldon, says report

2011-12-15T18:30:40Z

British racing driver Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the fabled Indianapolis 500, was killed when a fence pole speared through his car, causing massive head injuries, an investigation report concluded on Friday.

Wheldon, 33, died on October 16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway

IndyCar won't return to Vegas in 2012

2011-12-09T04:31:02Z

IndyCar won't return in 2012 to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where a fiery crash claimed the life of English racer Dan Wheldon in October.

The IndyCar series had been scheduled to close its 2012 season at the speedway on October 14.

But officials of IndyCar and the track said Thursday...

Pagenaud inks IndyCar deal

2011-12-08T16:30:43Z

France's Simon Pagenaud was named on Thursday as the 2012 IndyCar driver for Schmidt Motorsports after serving as a fill-in racer three times last season.

The 27-year-old from Montmorillon was a runner-up in the

Barnhart out as IndyCar race director

2011-11-30T16:31:01Z

Brian Barnhart, who angered several IndyCar drivers this past season with decisions as chief steward, has been removed from the responsibility of overseeing races.

IndyCar chief executive Randy Bernard announced on Wednesday several changes in series personnel that begin on January 1, including Barnhart's job being split into two posts, with him retai...

Aussie Power cleared to resume driving

2011-11-09T21:30:13Z

Australian driver Will Power, injured in the fiery crash that killed Dan Wheldon in the IndyCar season finale, has been cleared to return to racing.

He said he would get back on a track next week in two days of testing of the new 2012 IndyCar at Barber Motorsports Park in Al...

Indy drivers meet to discuss safety

2011-10-24T18:30:25Z

IndyCar drivers and officials met Monday to discuss ways of making the series safer, eight days after English racer Dan Wheldon died in a 15-car crash in Las Vegas.

"How we react to this is critical, and we're very encouraged with what happened today in terms of ideas," four-time IndyCar champion Reuters) - IndyCar officials have begun an investigation into the cause of the 15-car crash that killed two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, series b...

Emotional farewell for Wheldon

2011-10-22T19:30:22Z

Amid the tributes to Dan Wheldon on Saturday, the intimate remembrances of his widow, Susie, were a reminder that his death meant the loss of a family man as well as a talented racer.

"My sweet Dan, my whole body is aching, down to the deepest part of my soul," Susie wrote in a letter read by family friend Michael Johnson. "I keep thinking this is a bad dream."

Wheldon, a two-time winner of the famed

British racer Wheldon mourned at Florida funeral

2011-10-22T12:00:07Z

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was remembered as a champion, loving husband, father and brother during an emotional memorial service for the British racer on Saturday.

Family ...

Celebrities donate items for Wheldon auction

2011-10-21T21:30:06Z

Celebrities from across American sports and Hollywood have donated items for an auction to benefit the family of the late Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, IndyCar announced on Friday.

The 33-year-old Englishman, who won his second Indy 500 title last May, was killed last Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck...

Wheldon's funeral set for Saturday

2011-10-20T18:31:38Z

The funeral for two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, killed in a 15-car crash at a Las Vegas race last Sunday, will be conducted on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Susie Wheldon, the racer's wife and mother of their two children,...

IndyCar probe under way after Wheldon death

2011-10-19T20:30:27Z

IndyCar has launched its probe into the crash in which Dan Wheldon died, and hope to have a preliminary report within weeks, the US open-wheel racing series said in a statement.

Wheldon, a 33-year-old English driver who won the famed Indianapolis 500 twice, ...

Vegas auto racing track a 'recipe for disaster'

2011-10-19T04:30:41Z

Australian IndyCar star Will Power said Wednesday that the Las Vegas Motor Speedway where two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died was a "recipe for disaster".

Power suffered neck and back injuries in the 15-car crash t...

New IndyCar chassis to bear Wheldon name

2011-10-18T15:30:29Z

IndyCar's new 2012 chassis will bear the name of the late Dan Wheldon, the British driver killed in a crash on Sunday and who had been testing the car, its manufacturer said.

Gianpaolo Dallara, whose Italian firm makes the chassis used in the US-based open wheel series, announced in a statement on Tuesday posted on Indycar's website that the ca...

Speedway boss defends track after IndyCar death

2011-10-18T15:30:24Z

Las Vegas Speedway president Chris Powell said his track met every IndyCar Series regulation and that he heard no concerns expressed by drivers before British pilot Dan Wheldon died in a crash.

Powell spoke to several media outlets late...

Ex-F1 champ Scheckter wants son to quit IndyCar

2011-10-17T18:30:47Z

South Africa's former Formula One world champion Jody Scheckter said Monday he wanted his son to quit IndyCar racing following the death of Briton Dan Wheldon.

Scheckter,...

Hamilton, Button lead tributes to Wheldon

2011-10-17T18:30:42Z

British Formula One world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton lead the tributes on Monday to fellow Brit Dan Wheldon, the IndyCar driver killed in a 15-car crash durin...

Mann, Hildebrand released from hospital

2011-10-17T17:30:42Z

England's Pippa Mann and American J.R. Hildebrand were released from University Medical Center on Monday after being treated overnight for injuries suffered in a fatal 15-car racing crash.

English driver Dan Wheldon, the reigning

IndyCar faces safety scrutiny after fatal crash

2011-10-17T16:30:42Z

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon did not live long enough to see the safety innovations he was testing become the standard for the IndyCar Series in 2012.

But the 33-year-old Englishman's death on Sunday in a fiery 15-car crash at the season-ending race on a 1.5-mile

Two injured IndyCar drivers released from hospital

2011-10-17T15:30:18Z

(Reuters) - Two IndyCar drivers were released from a Las Vegas hospital after being treated for injuries suffered in a horrific crash that claimed the life of two-time Indianapolis 500

Analysis: Wheldon mourned; search for answers begins

2011-10-17T14:30:32Z

(Reuters) - The motor racing world was left reeling on Monday from the death of time-two Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon while the search for answers into what triggered the horrific crash began.

Wheldon's death in the <...

IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon dies in fiery crash

2011-10-17T06:30:32Z

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a horrific 15-car crash that catapulted the Englishman's car into the air and into a fence at the Las Vegas 300 IndyCar series finale.

Wheldon, 33, died from injuries sustained in the fiery pile-up,...

British Indy racer Dan Wheldon dies in fiery crash

2011-10-17T06:30:26Z

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a horrific 15-car crash that catapulted the Englishman's car into the air and into a fence at the Las Vegas 300 IndyCar series finale.

Wheldon, 33, died from injuries sustained in the fiery pile-up,...

Dan Wheldon dies in fiery IndyCar crash

2011-10-16T18:30:43Z

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died after his car was catapulted into the air in a fiery, 15-car crash at the Las Vegas 300 IndyCar series finale.

The 33-year-old Englishman on Sunday died from injuries he received after he became caught up in ...

British driver Wheldon dies after Indy crash

2011-10-16T17:00:08Z

(Reuters) - British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in an horrific crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, race organisers said.

The 33-year-...

British driver Wheldon dies after IndyCar crash

2011-10-16T16:00:07Z

(Reuters) - British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in an horrific crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, race organisers said.

The 33-year-old Englishma...

IndyCar title contenders will start from row 9

2011-10-14T20:30:29Z

Dario Franchitti and Will Power will start side by side on row nine Sunday as their tussle for the IndyCar series title comes down to the final race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Australia's Power, who trails

Franchitti, Power prepped for Indy title duel

2011-10-13T19:30:44Z

Scotland's Dario Franchitti and Australian Will Power take their battle for the IndyCar crown into Sunday's season finale, with the Las Vegas Motor Speedway promising plenty of fireworks.

Franchitti seized an 18-point lead in the stan...

Franchitti loses by .0098sec, but eyes title

2011-10-02T19:30:37Z

Scotsman Dario Franchitti seized the IndyCar season points lead Sunday despite settling for a runner-up spot in the Kentucky Indy 300 by .0098 of a second to first-time winner Ed Carpenter.

Franchitti, who began the day trailing pole-sitter Will Power by 12 points in the championship chase, finished the campaign's penultimate race with an 18-point lead on the ...

Power, Franchitti repeating IndyCar title fight

2011-09-29T18:30:41Z

Australian Will Power leads Scotsman Dario Franchitti in the season title fight entering the penultimate race of the IndyCar season just as he did a year ago when he settled for second-best.

Power wants to flip the script this year and can take a major step to taking his first IndyCar title with a victory in Sunday's Kentucky Indy 300, a 200-lap showdown over ...

Castroneves fined for ripping official

2011-09-27T20:30:28Z

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves was fined $30,000 and put on probation for the last three weeks of the IndyCar season on Tuesday for criticizing a race official.

Castroneves received the punishment for comments about chief steward Hideki Mutoh will return for next week's Indy Japan Final on the Motegi road course, not the oval damaged in the massive March earthquake, according to the race series.

Mutoh, a Tokyo native with 52 IndyCar starts who won the series Rookie of the Year award...

Power wins Baltimore Grand Prix

2011-09-04T21:30:07Z

Australia's Will Power won his sixth IndyCar race of the year on Sunday, capturing the inaugural Grand Prix of Baltimore to move within five points of the series lead.

Power completed 75 laps around the 2.04-mile, 12-turn street course in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 19.4988 seconds to defeat runner-up IndyCar Baltimore Grand Prix.

Power completed a lap over the 2.04-mile street course in 1min 20.2447secs to claim the inside spot on the front row with American Graham Rahal second on 1:20.3238 followed by Aussie

Aussie Power wins Sonoma Indy race

2011-08-28T21:30:06Z

Australia's Will Power finished just ahead of teammates Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe to lead a 1-2-3 Penske sweep of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Sunday.

Power, who was involved in an almost career-ending smash on the same track two years ago, posted his 14th ...

Aussie Power takes IndyCar pole

2011-08-27T21:30:10Z

Australian Will Power captured his sixth pole position of the IndyCar season on Saturday, leading a 1-2-3 sweep by the Roger Penske team in qualifying for Sunday's IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma.

Power, who won the event last year from the pole, will start on the inside of the front row on the famed 2.22-mile, 12-turn road course after a lap at 1min 18.6017secs.

B...

IndyCar star Patrick set for NASCAR jump

2011-08-26T19:30:42Z

IndyCar star Danica Patrick and her plans to depart the series for the US stock car circuit were the talk of the track as racers gathered for Sunday's IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma.

Patrick became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in 2008 when she captured the IndyCar event at Reuters) - Danica Patrick, the only woman to win an IndyCar race, ended months of speculation about her racing future by announcing on Thursday that she will make a full-time move to NASCAR

Patrick announcement hints at NASCAR move from Indy

2011-08-24T16:30:10Z

PHOENIX (Reuters) - IndyCar driver Danica Patrick is widely expected to make a full-time move to NASCAR next year after announcing she will hold a news conference in Pippa Mann, a rookie on the IndyCar circuit this year, will miss Sunday's race following a single-car smash while practicing for Sunday's race.

Mann was conscious and able to walk slowly when she emerged from her car on Saturday. She was loaded onto a stretcher and transported by ambulance to a Pippa Mann, a rookie on the IndyCar circuit this year, has been hospitalized following a single car smash while practicing for Sunday's race.

Mann was conscious and able to walk slowly when she emerged from her car. She was loaded onto a stretcher and transported by ambulance to a Co...

Dixon cruises to Mid-Ohio Indy win

2011-08-07T21:30:25Z

New Zealand's Scott Dixon took charge with 24 laps remaining and cruised to victory on Sunday over series points leader and teammate Dario Franchitti in the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio.

Dixon added a third Mid-Ohio victory to those he claimed in 2007 and 20...

Dixon on Mid-Ohio pole, Wilson hurt

2011-08-06T18:30:27Z

New Zealand's Scott Dixon captured pole position Saturday for the Mid-Ohio IndyCar race in qualifying marred by a crash that left England's Justin Wilson with a broken vertebra.

Dixon, winner at Mid-Ohio in 2007 an...

Three IndyCar racers put on probation

2011-08-02T18:30:21Z

Britain's Mike Conway, Canada's Alex Tagliani and American Ryan Hunter-Reay are on probation for the remainder of the IndyCar season for multiple instan...

Franchitti captures Toronto IndyCar crown

2011-07-10T19:30:43Z

Scotland's Dario Franchitti navigated through a labyrinth of car crashes to earn his third title at the Honda Indy Toronto race.

Franchitti held off Kiwi teammate Scott Dixon on the 2.8 kil...

Aussie driver Power back on track

2011-06-29T18:30:51Z

IndyCar driver Will Power was back behind the wheel on Wednesday in a test session at the Mid-Ohio road course after the Australian was given medical approval to return to the track.

IndyCar medical officials cleared Power on Tuesday after he suffered slight concussion symptoms in a second-turn crash last Saturday at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 oval race, in which he finished 21st.

Power joined Scotland's Dario Franchitti earned pole position for Sunday's IndyCar race at the Milwaukee Mile, where a qualifying crash sent Simona De Silvestro to hospital.

Franchitti seized pole ...

Franchitti, Power notch twin Indy wins

2011-06-12T04:30:13Z

Will Power, the IndyCar Series points leader, won the second race of the IndyCar Twin 275s on Saturday after Dario Franchitti edged teammate Scott Dixon by .05 of a second in the opener.

Australia's Power claimed his first victory on an oval cir...

Franchitti edges Dixon for Indy Twin racing win

2011-06-11T19:30:12Z

Scotland's Dario Franchitti has won the opening race of the IndyCar Twin 275s, edging teammate Scott Dixon of New Zealand by .05 of a second at ...

Tagliani on pole for Texas IndyCar opener

2011-06-10T19:30:42Z

Canadian Alex Tagliani grabbed pole position for the first race in IndyCar's Texas double-header.

Tagliani, who started from pole at the Indianapolis 500 last month, averaged 215.186 miles per hour over his four-...

Indy 500 winner Wheldon absent for Twin test

2011-06-09T20:30:48Z

Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon of England will not be among a record 30 drivers who start Saturday in the IndyCar Twin 275s, a unique double-header at Texas Motor Speedway.

Wheldon's pa...

Indy 500 tweaks re-start system

2011-05-28T17:30:24Z

The IndyCar series' new double-file re-start system will be modified Sunday in a bow to safety in the 100th anniversary edition of the Indianapolis 500.

Rather than marking the re-start zone some 900 feet from the start/finish line officials opted to move it back to the entrance to turn four.

That will give drivers more room to adjust to traffic on the f...

IndyCar looks to future as fans embrace past

2011-05-28T16:30:12Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - For a race that has been around for 100 years and bills itself as "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing", the Indianapolis 500 will speed into a new era on Sunday focused on the f...

IndyCar land of opportunity for women racers

2011-05-27T16:00:06Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - IndyCar is the land of opportunity for the world's top women race car drivers who will try to turn Sunday's 100th Indianapolis...

Upstart Tagliani the man to catch at Indy

2011-05-26T18:30:27Z

Pole-sitter Alex Tagliani will try to complete a month of domination of IndyCar's most successful teams with a victory in Sunday's 100th anniversary running of the Indianapolis 500.

The Canadian driver pulled together his own team before the season and has pulled off a shocker by leading practice and ti...

Rain tests nerves ahead of Indy pole fight

2011-05-19T17:30:53Z

Drivers faced a tense qualifying weekend for the 100th anniversary edition of the Indianapolis 500 after rain washed out 60 percent of the first five practice days at the famed oval track.

Showers reduced the amount of time newcomers had to learn the secrets for reaching top speed at the famed 2 1/2-mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Spe...

Carpenter, Dixon top Indy speed leaders

2011-05-14T20:30:32Z

American Ed Carpenter and New Zealand's Scott Dixon topped the speed leaders on Saturday's rain-shortened first practice day for the 100th anniversary edition of the Indianapolis 500.

Carpenter, the stepson of IndyCar just last month, became the first British woman to enter the Indianapolis 500 when was named Tuesday to drive a car for Conquest Racing.

The 27-year-old from London becomes the fourth woman among 42 entrants who will fight through qualif...

Franchitti captures IndyCar opener

2011-03-27T17:30:15Z

Two-time defending champion Dario Franchitti of Scotland won Sunday's season-opening IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, defeating Australian pole sitter Will Power by seven seconds.

Franchitti, seeking his fourth title in f...

Power on pole for IndyCar opener

2011-03-26T19:30:18Z

Australia's Will Power captured pole position Saturday for IndyCar's season-opening race, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Power claimed the St. Pete pole for the second straight year, edging two-time reigning IndyCar series champion Scotland's Dario Franchitti begins his quest for a fourth IndyCar title on Sunday at the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with a host of top rivals out to deny him another crown.

Franchitti has won the season driver's cham...

Firestone back as IndyCar tire supplier

2011-03-11T15:30:32Z

IndyCar has signed a two-year contract extension with Bridgestone Americas to keep its Firestone brand as its only tire supplier, reversing the firm's decision last week to end the deal.

IndyCar chief executive officer Randy Bernard announced the renewal on Friday after a week of talks with Bridgestone in the wake of a revolt by team...

Kanaan idled as De Ferran team folds

2011-02-25T17:30:40Z

Gil De Ferran, a two-time Champ Car series champion from Brazil who won the 2003 Indianapolis 500, has folded his IndyCar Series team because of a lack of sponsorship money.

Brazilian racer Tony Kanaan, the 2004 IndyCar season champion, is left withou...

IndyCar to roll the dice in Vegas

2011-02-22T17:30:39Z

IndyCar will roll the dice with a $5 million dare to rival racing drivers at its season-ending race in Las Vegas, series chief executive Randy Bernard said Tuesday.

IndyCar will conclude its 17-race 2011 season with an October 16 race at the 1.5-mile IndyCar is expected to announce Las Vegas as the site of its 2011 season-ending race on October 16 at a Tuesday news conference in the famed US gambling mecca.

The US-based open-wheel auto series announced the news conference on Monday after having spent months working on a deal to stage an event in Las Vegas.

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IndyCar to drop Japanese race after 2011

2011-02-09T16:30:27Z

IndyCar will not return to Japan to race at Twin Ring Motegi after this September, the US-based racing series announced Wednesday, ending 14 years of open-wheel races at the Honda facility.

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England's Conway joins Andretti, Bourdais tests

2011-02-02T20:30:46Z

English racer Mike Conway, who suffered major injuries in last year's Indianapolis 500, will return to the IndyCar Series with Andretti Autosport in 2011, the race team said Wednesday.

And three other European drivers, including four-time Champ Car champion Tony Kanaan landed a ride for the 2011 season on Monday with the racing team of countryman and former racing rival Gil de Ferran.

De Ferran Dragon Racing announced it has signed the 2004 IndyCar series champion, and a close friend of De Ferran, to drive for the third-year team next...

Ganassi adds 2 drivers to IndyCar-winning team

2010-12-16T11:01:06Z

Bigger and better? Ganassi's IndyCar-winning team adds Rahal, Kimball to 4-car team

Graham Rahal has a new full-time ride, and Chip Ganassi has two more drivers to chase a fourth straight IndyCar points title...

Penske adds 3rd new sponsor to IndyCar team

2010-12-06T09:00:19Z

2010-09-10T12:30:32Z

FILE - In this March 26, 2006, file photo provided by the IRL, Dan Wheldon left, of England, defeats Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, to win the IndyCar Series auto race at Danica Patrick pits during the IndyCar Series' Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix auto race in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The IndyCar Series has ended its six-year run at Watkins Glen International, dropping the...

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