Topic: Vitor Meira

For once, a Team Penske driver won an Izod IndyCar Series race without having anywhere near the fastest car on the track.. In fact, Helio Castroneves was one of the slowest at Kentucky Speedway, but he still won.. Saving fuel from the ...

2005 SunTrust Indy Challenge

Eddie Cheever once said that driving Indy cars on Richmond International Raceway's .75-mile oval was like "flying a fighter jet in a gymnasium. Helio Castroneves did all of what it takes to win at RIR magnificently Saturday night in the SunTrust IndyChallenge, ...
Scott Sharp won the Amber Alert Portal Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway in convincing style, which should silence his detractors and earn a new level of respect for one of the most successful drivers in IRL IndyCar history. He set up Dan ...

2005 Argent Mortgage Indy 300

"I never showed people that I was strong on the outside because I didn't want them to know," Kanaan explained. Kanaan took his Dallara-Honda to the outside of Andretti Green Racing teammate Dan Wheldon and kept it there. They raced side-by-side continuously ...
IndyCar's Vitor Meira to compete in Half Ironman eventIndyCar Series driver Vitor Meira will compete in a Half Ironman triathlon in November.Meira, a Brazilian who finished second at the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2008, has competed in several triathlons already. He ...
Wearing back brace, Vitor Meira is released from hospital 3 days after Indy 500 crashVitor Meira was released from the hospital on Wednesday, three days after breaking two bones in his back in a crash during the Indianapolis 500. "I feel pretty ...

Meira could miss four months with broken back

Brazilian IndyCar driver Vitor Meira could miss four months after breaking two vertebrae in his back in a crash during the Indianapolis 500.Meira will spend at least one more night in hospital, and could return to his home in Florida by Saturday, ...
Driver Vitor Meira expected to miss 4 months with back injury; Foyt hires Tracy for MilwaukeeIndyCar driver Vitor Meira could be out four months after breaking two vertebrae in his back during the Indianapolis 500.He will spend at least one more night ...
Vitor Meira breaks back in Indy 500 crash with Raphael Matos in Indy 500Veteran Vitor Meira has broken two vertebra in his lower back and will spend at least two days in an Indianapolis hospital after a scary crash late in the ...

Meira joins Foyt Racing for 2009

Foyt Racing hires Brazilian Vitor Meira for 2009 IndyCar SeriesVitor Meira, the Indy Racing League's most experienced non-winner, will drive for A.J. Foyt Racing in the 2009 IndyCar Series.The 31-year-old Brazilian, who has a series-record 93 career starts without a victory, drove ...