News on Ryan Briscoe

Power wins Alabama Indy race

2011-04-10T20:30:35Z

Australia's Will Power started from pole and never trailed Sunday as he piloted his Penske to victory in the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

Power, who missed a chance at victory here last year because of an ill-judged pit strategy, pulled away in the final laps to finish 3.38 seconds ahead of New Zealand's Scott Di...

Indianapolis 500

2010-11-30T13:05:50Z

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Castroneves wins, Franchitti closes points gap with Power

2010-09-21T14:20:35Z

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Castroneves prevails at Kentucky

2010-09-11T14:47:54Z

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Castroneves stretches fuel load to outlast others in Kentucky

2010-09-11T23:52:41Z

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IndyCar title battle heats up with three races to go

2010-09-11T14:42:10Z

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Briscoe captures third straight Chicagoland pole

2010-09-11T14:41:19Z

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Briscoe wins pole for Chicagoland IndyCar race

2010-08-27T12:45:26Z

Defending champion Briscoe wins pole for Saturday's IndyCar race at Chicagoland

Ryan Briscoe has won the pole position for the IndyCar series race at Chicagoland Speedway, turning a lap average of 216.346 mph in qualifying.

It's the third straight pole at Chicagoland for Br...

The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

2010-09-11T04:52:31Z

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Peak Antifreeze Indy 300

2010-09-11T04:50:37Z

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2005 Argent Mortgage Indy Grand Prix

2010-09-11T04:50:51Z

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Indy in Toronto A look at whats coming up in our neighborhood

2010-10-06T02:47:50Z

It's a dangerous mix of asphalt and concrete surfaces, melded together in bumpy, truncated, random ways that Toronto motorists know all too well. It's a series of tight turns where cars will make dangerous passes. It's driving on Lake Shore Blvd. in downtown Toronto, and starting Friday, some of the world's greatest drivers are going to give it a try as the Honda Indy Toronto returns to Exhibition Place.

"That's where most of the action is going to happen," said Australian driver Ryan ...

Power dominant in Watkins Glen win

2010-11-02T14:50:39Z

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Power wins Watkins Glen IndyCar race

2010-07-04T17:15:09Z

Australia's Will Power won IndyCar series race at Watkins Glen International Sunday, giving Team Penske their first victory at the historic US road-style circuit.

Penske driver...

Power wins at Watkins Glen

2010-07-04T15:30:17Z

Will Power wins third IndyCar race of the season, topping the field at Watkins Glen

Will Power won the Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International with a commanding performance on Sunday, g...

Power wins WGI pole, keeps Penske streak alive

2010-07-03T12:15:09Z

Power prolongs Penske pole streak, qualifying 1st at The Glen for team's 8th straight top spot

Will Power has won the pole at Watkins Glen International as Team Penske captured the top three spots for Sunday's IndyCar Series race.

It was the eighth straight po...

Briscoe beats Patrick for Texas Indy win

2010-06-06T00:16:19Z

Ryan Briscoe briefly surrendered the lead to Danica Patrick but regained it and pulled away in the closing laps to win the IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Australia's Briscoe...

Briscoe beats Patrick in Indy race at Texas

2010-06-05T20:30:26Z

Ryan Briscoe wins IndyCar race at Texas, holding off Danica Patrick

Ryan Briscoe again led a lot of laps at Texas. This time, he won the race.

Briscoe pulled away in the closing laps after briefly losing the lead to Danica Patrick and won the I...

Briscoe's Indy 500 hopes dashed following wreck

2010-05-30T12:45:10Z

Ryan Briscoe out of Indy 500 following crash coming out of Turn 4

Ryan Briscoe is out of the Indy 500 after a wreck in turn four.

The Penske driver had just re-entered the track following a pit stop when he failed to negotiate the final turn on the 2.5-mile oval.

The 28-year-old Australian qualified fourth and entered the pits with th...

Dixon dominates in Kansas IndyCar win

2010-05-01T15:15:36Z

New Zealand's Scott Dixon seized the lead early and never gave his rivals a look-in Saturday as he earned his second straight IndyCar Series victory at the Kansas Speedway oval.

Dixon led the final 150 laps of the 200-lap race on the 1.5-mile oval, the fir...

Briscoe captures Kansas IndyCar pole

2010-05-01T12:15:14Z

Ryan Briscoe captured pole position for the IndyCar Series Kansas Grand Prix Friday, denying fellow Australian Will Power's bid for a record-equalling fourth straight pole.

Power has won two of four races so far this season in addition to capturing pole for three straight events, and Briscoe didn't mind admitting he was happ...

Briscoe ends Power's pole run at Kansas

2010-04-30T18:30:12Z

Briscoe fastest qualifier at Kansas, ends Power's bid for record-tying 4th straight pole

Will Power has been the driver to beat on the IndyCar Series this season, winning two of four races, earning three consecutive poles.

Watching from across the garage, Ryan Briscoe was stewing, waiting for his chan...

Franchitti wins IRL season title

2010-04-16T09:53:52Z

The power of 10: Franchitti wins IRL season title at Homestead, his 2nd in 3 years

Dario Franchitti basked in Victory Lane, getting showered by an enormous amount of red, white and blue confetti.

Yellow, nowhere to be found.

How appropriate, because on a day when no caution flags came out, Franchitti reigned supreme over the IndyCar

Franchitti captures IndyCar title with Miami win

2010-04-16T09:53:49Z

Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar Series season title for the second time in three years by capturing the Indy 300 on Saturday, using a fuel strategy to win the first caution-free race in IndyCar history.

The pole-sitting Scotsman trailed defending series and race champion Scott Dixon of Caution: Championship contenders will be watched carefully by other racers in IRL finale

In two rounds of practice and then in qualifying, three names stayed atop the leaderboard all day on the eve of Saturday's Indy 300.

Fitting, because the same three names — Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and New Zealand's Scott Dixon tries to win his second Indy-car season crown in a row by defending his race title Saturday at the Indy 300 but Scotsman Dario Franchitti and Australian Ryan Briscoe have other ideas.

The season-ending 17th race of the 2009 Indy-Car...

Scott Dixon wins Indy Japan 300

2010-04-16T10:14:12Z

New Zealand's Scott Dixon completed a pole-to-finish win in the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi Saturday, taking a lead in the championship, which will now go to the final race of the season.

Dixon, coming into the race in third place behind overall leader Ry...

Dixon wins Indy Japan to take series lead

2010-04-16T10:14:35Z

Dixon wins Indy Japan to take series lead; Briscoe falls to 3rd after pit lane mishap

Scott Dixon's IndyCar series championship hopes got a huge boost at the Indy Japan 300, while Ryan Briscoe's took a hit from a pylon at the end of pit lane.

Dixon won the next-to-last race of the season to ...

Briscoe, Franchitti, Dixon eyeing Homestead

2010-04-16T10:32:45Z

Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon the only contenders left for IRL title

Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar title in 2007, Scott Dixon took the series championship in 2008, and the Ryan Briscoe edged New Zealand's Scott Dixon on the final lap to win the IndyCar Series race at Chicagoland Speedway by .0077sec.

Briscoe's third victory of the season gave him a ...

Briscoe beats Dixon by a nose at Chicagoland

2010-04-16T10:35:27Z

Points leader Briscoe beats fellow title contender Dixon by a nose at Chicagoland

Ryan Briscoe grabbed the IndyCar series points lead by stringing together quietly consistent finishes. Then he took control by putting on a remarkable wheel-to-wheel show under the lights at Chicagoland...

IndyCar points leader Briscoe on Chicagoland pole

2010-04-16T10:36:22Z

IndyCar series points leader Ryan Briscoe wins pole for Chicagoland race

Ryan Briscoe took a small step to boost his IndyCar championship bid Friday, winning the pole for Saturday night's race at Chicagoland Speedway.

The series points leader averaged 215.364 mph, earning t...

Franchitti wins Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

2010-04-16T10:40:41Z

Dario Franchitti went wire-to-wire at the Infineon Raceway to capture the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Sunday.

Franchitti began on the pole and managed to avert an opening-lap seven car smash to win the final road course event of the season.

Franchitti earned his fourth win of the season by leading all 75 l...

Franchitti on Sonoma IndyCar pole

2010-04-16T10:41:41Z

Scotland's Dario Franchitti captured pole position for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, with Australia's Ryan Briscoe beside him on the front row of the grid.

Franchitti notched a lap of 76.7987 seconds on the 12-turn, 2.303-m...

Franchitti wins Sonoma Grand Prix

2010-04-16T10:41:07Z

Dario Franchitti leads flag to flag and finally wins at Sonoma Grand Prix

Dario Franchitti hoisted a celebratory glass of red wine to his lips in a long-awaited moment for the IndyCar driver at Infineon Raceway.

Such is tradition ...

Carpenter hoping to capitalize on near miss

2010-04-16T10:56:07Z

Carpenter hopes near miss at Kentucky provides boost for Vision Racing

Ed Carpenter thought his long wait to get to Victory Lane was finally over.

Running side-by-side with Ryan Briscoe over the final laps at the Indy 300 at Kentucky last week, the IndyCar veteran admits he allowed himself to imag...

Changes help give IndyCar a much-needed boost

2010-04-16T11:02:21Z

"Push to Pass" helps IndyCar provide more thrills, fewer yawns during duel at Kentucky

There were nights this season when IndyCar veteran Ed Carpenter would hop in his trailer following another ho-hum race, flip on the replay and fight to stay awake.

"It was hard for me to watch," Carpenter said. "There were races where we just didn't put on a ...

Briscoe edges Carpenter to win Kentucky 300

2010-04-16T11:03:17Z

Briscoe nips upstart Carpenter at the wire to win IndyCar Kentucky 300

IndyCar simply wanted a better show.

Ryan Briscoe and Ed Carpenter gave the series a little bit more than that.

Briscoe slipped past the upstart Carpenter yards from the finish to take the

Team Penske dominates practice day

2010-04-16T11:10:07Z

Castroneves, Briscoe help Team Penske dominate practice day

Team Penske dominated on practice day Friday for the Rexall Edmonton Indy.

Helio Castroneves finished first in 1 minute, 1.5467 seconds, hitting 115.405 mph on his final lap in practice at the 14-turn airport-road course at the Ci...

Franchitti wins Toronto to take over points lead

2010-04-16T11:22:42Z

Dario Franchitti gets 1st Toronto win in 10 years, taking Honda Indy to claim points lead

Dario Franchitti is back in the right seat.

A year after a failed attempt in NASCAR's Justin Wilson gave Dale Coyne his first IndyCar victory, and he wants another

Justin Wilson has won before on the streets of Toronto, and he's ready for an encore performance in the wake of his first IndyCar Series triumph.

"Everyone's on a high ...

England's Wilson brings owner first IndyCar win

2010-04-16T11:29:54Z

England's Justin Wilson won the IndyCar Grand Prix of Watkins Glen on Sunday, bringing car owner Dale Coyne his first victory in the series after a quarter-century of frustration.

Coyne, a former IndyCar racer who often struggled to sustain a low-budget operat...

Wilson wins IRL race at the Glen

2010-04-16T11:29:34Z

Justin Wilson gives Dale Coyne Racing its first win since forming in 1984

For a guy who waited a quarter of a century to win an open-wheel race, Dale Coyne seemed to take his breakthrough victory in stride.

When Justin Wilson crossed the finish line Sunday at Scotland's Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 250 Sunday, taking the lead with 50 laps remaining and holding off Australian Ryan Briscoe.

Franchitti finished more than five seconds ahead of Briscoe to capture his first victory since the Street...

Castroneves captures third Texas IndyCar title

2010-04-16T11:55:36Z

Helio Castroneves, who racked up his third Indianapolis 500 title in May, nabbed a third career victory at Texas Motor Speedway.

The Brazilian edged Penske teammate Ryan Briscoe by 0.3904sec. He beat the Australian to the punch ...

Castroneves becomes 3-time Texas winner

2010-04-16T11:56:18Z

Penske power: Castroneves becomes 3-time winner at Texas, beating teammate Briscoe

Helio Castroneves keeps smiling — and climbing.

Castroneves, who last month won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time after being acquitted of federal tax evasion charges, became a three-time winner at

Reigning champ Scott Dixon wins at Milwaukee Mile

2010-04-16T12:01:52Z

Reigning IndyCar champion Scott Dixon passes Ryan Briscoe in traffic, gets Milwaukee win

Scott Dixon finds it a little bit surreal to be leading the IndyCar Series standings after his latest victory.

The start of his season made the reigning ...

Dixon wins IndyCar race at Milwaukee Mile

2010-04-16T12:02:04Z

New Zealand's reigning IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon won the AJ Foyt 225 to take over the lead in the 2009 standings.

Dixon overtook Australian Penske driver Ryan Briscoe for the lead 25 laps from the finis...

Dixon wins at Milwaukee Mile

2010-04-16T12:02:39Z

Reigning IndyCar champion Dixon passes Briscoe in traffic, gets Milwaukee win

Scott Dixon was stuck in traffic with what he knew was the best car on the Milwaukee Mile.

Less than 100 laps from the end of Sunday's

Scott Dixon Wins Milwaukee Mile

2010-10-21T09:34:12Z

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Castroneves wins 3rd Indy 500

2010-04-16T12:08:43Z

Helio Castroneves wins 3rd Indy 500, former winner Dan Wheldon finishes second

Helio Castroneves has won his third Indianapolis 500, beating 2005 winner Dan Wheldon by 1.981 seconds. Danica Patrick was third, the best finish...

Aussie Briscoe claims early lead in Indy 500 pole fight

2010-04-16T12:23:59Z

Australia's Ryan Briscoe seized the early lead in Saturday's pole qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 but rivals awaited their chance to challenge for the top spot later in the session.

Briscoe, who drove the fastest practice lap of the week, braved cool and windy conditions around the 2 1/2-mile (4km) Ryan Briscoe topped the practice times on Fast Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as drivers prepped for Saturday's pole position qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.

Penske teammates Briscoe and Br...

Andretti tops Indy 500 practice times

2010-04-16T12:26:47Z

Marco Andretti notched the fastest time in the first full day of practice for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.

Andretti topped the times with a speed of 225.478 miles per hour (362.871 km/h) on the famed 2 1/2 mile (4km) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, where the Indianapolis 500 ...

Defending champion Dixon captures Indy 300 victory

2010-04-16T13:35:12Z

New Zealand's Scott Dixon, the defending series champion who had struggled to start this season, won his 17th career IndyCar race here on Sunday at the IndyCar 300.

The victory over 200 laps at the Kansas Speedway oval gives Dixon at least one triumph for ...

Dixon wins at Kansas Speedway

2010-04-16T13:37:02Z

Dixon gets lead on Briscoe's tough-luck pit, holds on at Kansas for 17th career IndyCar win

Scott Dixon took advantage of Ryan Briscoe's tough-luck pit stop with 47 laps left, then held off He...

Briscoe holds off Hunter-Reay to win Honda GP

2010-04-16T15:44:24Z

Penske's Ryan Briscoe holds off Ryan Hunter-Reay to win IndyCar season-opening Honda GP

Ryan Briscoe was thinking about settling for a second-place finish when he suddenly saw opportunity ahead of him on the track.

Getting ready for a restart with just 14 laps remaining, Australia's Ryan Briscoe held off Ryan Hunter-Reay to win the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Sunday, the opening race of the 2009 IndyCar Series.

Penske driver Briscoe ov...

Dixon's mistake helps Hunter-Reay to victory

2010-04-16T14:44:32Z

Hunter-Reay wins at Watkins Glen after mistake by Dixon

Ryan Hunter-Reay figured the luck had to go his way eventually.

Turns out Sunday was the day.

Hunter-Reay got the opening he needed to earn his first IndyCar Series victory when Big home win, worst career mistake: a tale of 2 Aussies at the Indy 300

Ryan Briscoe thought Sunday's Indy 300 was a great way to cap off the year. Will Power thought it featured the worst mistake of his career.

No trouble figuring which one of these Aussies won, and which might not have reached the finish line.

Briscoe took the lead when polesitter Power crashed into the wall on the 17th lap, giv...

Ryan Briscoe wins Indy 300

2010-04-16T12:43:14Z

Ryan Briscoe wins Indy 300 after fellow Aussie Will Power crashes out

Ryan Briscoe won the Indy 300 on Sunday, taking the lead when fellow Australian Will Power crashed out on the 17th lap.

Team Penske's Briscoe became the first Australian driver to win the 60-lap race on the 2.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit. He beat Australia's Ryan Briscoe captured pole position Friday for the Edmonton IndyCar Series race, edging Penske teammate Helio Castroneves of Brazil.

Briscoe turned...

Briscoe gives Penske victory

2010-04-16T16:46:08Z

Pit strategy leads to second IndyCar victory for Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe took advantage of a surprising pit strategy on the way to a victory in Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car course.

Team owner Roger Penske...

Rain allows Dixon to win 3rd straight at Nashville

2010-04-16T16:51:03Z

Scott Dixon's gamble pays off for 4th time this year at Nashville in rain-shortened race

Scott Dixon grabbed the lead on lap 149 and had enough fuel to stay there until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at the Nashville Supersp...

Japan IRL Indy 300 Auto Racing

2010-09-21T12:55:47Z

IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti of England leads Ryan Briscoe of Australia during the Indy Japan 300 mile auto race at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, northeast of ...

IRL Chicagoland Auto Race

2010-08-29T08:45:25Z

Ryan Briscoe, front right, of Australia, leads during the IndyCar Series auto race at ChicagoLand Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

IndyCar Series Auto Race

2010-08-28T19:15:55Z

Ryan Briscoe, left, of Australia, drives his car past compatriot Will Power during the IndyCar Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Nam Y. H...

NASCAR Chicagoland Qualifying

2010-08-27T14:00:23Z

Ryan Briscoe, Sydney, Australia, holds the Pole Award after qualifying with the fastest lap of 217.346 for the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Warren Wimmer...

IRL Watkins Glen Auto Racing

2010-07-04T16:45:25Z

Will Power, of Australia, leads Helio Castroneves (3), of Brazil, Ryan Briscoe, of Australia, and Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, early in the