Ryan Hunter-Reay News

Chicago, June 30, 2009: Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Hunter-Rear will be guests Wednesday, July 1, on www.racefanradio.com's On Track On Radio, a weekly motor racing program hosted by Tim Tuttle and Roger Hughes from noon to 1 p.m. EDT.

INDIANAPOLIS / Indy 500 rookies come in all shapes, sizes and nationalities. But the shape their mouths make as the drivers enter gasoline alley, tread the famed yard of bricks at the start/finish line and go where the greats have gone so fast before, is always the same.

Helio Castroneves , 34, of So Paulo, Brazil, and Team Penske. Castroneves also won the 500 in 2001 and 2002, his first two starts.

After winning his first IndyCar Series race at Watkins Glen, N.Y., last July, Ryan Hunter-Reay thought he finally had secured a bright future in the sport.

Alex Tagliani is going to start his first Indianapolis 500 after all. Late last night the Conquest Racing team announced that Tagliani -- knocked out of the 33-car field by the last-minute qualifying run on Ryan Hunter-Reay yesterday afternoon -- will replace its other qualified driver Bruno Junqueira for Sunday's 93rd running of the 500.

Ryan Hunter-Reay and John Andretti provided the drama Sunday, saving their best efforts for the final 10 minutes at the end of four days of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.

Ryan Hunter-Reay stood on the starting grid at the Mid-Ohio roadcourse moments before the start of a race there two years ago and fired off a question at Stephen Afendoulis before climbing into his IndyCar.

A picture of John Andretti struggled to find more speed at Indy on Sunday, but made a qualifying run with 10 minutes left in the final session.

Rookie Nelson Philippe finally solved some of his car problems Saturday. Ryan Hunter-Reay is still befuddled by the slower-than-expected speeds.

Having apparently come close to running Ryan Hunter-Reay this season, HVM Racing has revealed that it will field a second car in the forthcoming Indianapolis 500, with former HVM driver Nelson Philippe at the wheel.

One of the chief complaints aired by IndyCar fans in the comments section and message boards across the internet is that there aren't enough American drivers.

Dan Wheldon believes the streets of Long Beach are made for racing. What the former IndyCar points champ is still debating - like most other drivers in the series_ is how to attack the 1.97-mile, 11-turn course with this year's tire combination.

Nobody is likely to mistake Dale Coyne Racing for an elite outfit like Team Penske or Target Chip Ganassi Racing, which compete for wins every race and championships every year.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, who won on the Watkins Glen road course last July and was the 2007 Bombardier Learjet Rookie of the Year, will compete for Vision Racing this season.

The speculation surrounding Ryan Hunter-Reay's possible return to the IndyCar Series moved up a notch over the weekend with confirmation that the American is due to run with HVM Racing at this week's Barber ...

Question: Danica in F-1? I don't see it. She doesn't challenge for the lead enough as it is.

Rahal Letterman Racing, which brought Danica Patrick to the IndyCar Series, needs a primary sponsor to compete in the 2009 IndyCar Series.

January 13th, 2009 at 10:45 pm by Mike Thomsen under Auto Racing , Sports A lot of people are out of work right now, not of their own choosing.