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12 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Impressive start has Sato thinking big about Indy

There's the wall that features front pages from two Japanese newspapers with his arms raised in victory.

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Related Topix: Sports, KV Racing Technology, Super Aguri, Formula-1 Racing, Racing, Takuma Sato, Indy Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Mike Conway, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

22 hrs ago | The Indianapolis Star

Indy 500 2013 Pole Day predictions

Who is going to win the pole Saturday for the Indy 500? A sampling of opinions from Indy Star reporters and editors: 1. Marco Andretti.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Marco Andretti, Indy Racing, Andretti Autosport, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Ryan Hunter-Reay

Wed May 15, 2013

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Officials: 'Multiple fatalities' in Texas tornadoes

Officials report a tornado caused "multiple fatalities" as it tore through two neighborhoods of a North Texas town.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing

Star-Telegram.com

3-time Indy 500 winner Franchitti tops speed chart

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti topped the speed chart Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, turning a lap at an average of 224.236 mph in the fifth practice session for the May 26 race.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing, Jay Ryan Norris, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Michael Valiante, Chase Austin, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont

Mon May 13, 2013

News Journal

How much does it cost to field a car in Indy 500?

It's easy to think of mother as the person who carried us inside her womb for nine months, but it's... Defending Indianpolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti sits in his car while his car is refueled during practice for the 2013 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing, Buddy Lazier, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Dwayne Leik, Chase Austin, Boris Jurkovic

Daily Reporter

IndyCar hires Walker as competition chief

The well-respected former team owner was hired Monday as IndyCar's new head of competition, ending the worst-kept secret in Indianapolis.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing, Jay Ryan Norris, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Michael Valiante, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont, Bobby Dotter

Sun May 12, 2013

Journalgazette.net

Parity is back in IndyCar as 500 looms

This is about A.J. Foyt Jr. coming again to his place of legend, a place with his name scrawled on it like mile-high graffiti.

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Related Topix: Sports, KV Racing Technology, Racing, Takuma Sato, Indy Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves, Will Power, CART Racing

Sat May 11, 2013

NewsOK.com

Allmendinger enjoys taking 1st laps at Indy

After trying to calm his nerves by snacking all morning, things got even more uncomfortable for the 31-year-old Indianapolis 500 rookie when he climbed into the cockpit of the No.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing, Bryan Clauson, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Boris Jurkovic, Andy Belmont

Speed Channel

VIDEO: IndyCar Comparo, The Art Of The Start

What allowed Dario Franchitti to jump ahead of Tony Kanaan at the start of the Sao Paulo IndyCar race? Competition within the IZOD IndyCar Series has become so close in recent years, gaining positions on starts and restarts has become absolutely critical.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Tony Kanaan, Indy Racing, Andretti Autosport, KV Racing Technology, Ryan Hunter-Reay, E.J Viso

Fri May 10, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Drivers, teams preparing for different Indy 500

Rumors are flying, speeds are increasing and an Andretti is trying to get back to Victory Lane.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont, Michael Andretti, Andretti Green Racing, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport

News Observer

IndyCar appears on verge of hiring Derrick Walker

Mark Miles, the new head of IndyCar owner Hulman & Co., said Friday he hopes to have an announcement next week.

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Related Topix: Sports, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Indy Racing

Speed Channel

VIDEO: The IndyCar Whatdya-Call-It?

What do you call the half-spin IndyCar drivers pull to get turned around and return to action? It's not a Scandinavian flick.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Panther Racing, Indy Racing, Ana Beatriz, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

The Indianapolis Star

Indy 500 2013: 5 things to watch ahead of opening day

From a zip line to additional wheelchair-accessible seating to one of the deepest fields in recent memory, the Indianapolis 500 field is ready for its initial green flag.

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Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Marathon, Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, Team Penske, Indy Racing, Helio Castroneves, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Buddy Lazier, NASCAR Craftsman Truck

Thu May 09, 2013

Examiner.com

Unlikely names in Top 10 heading into the Indy 500

When the 2013 IZOD IndyCar season began, the big names were typically mentioned as favorites for the championship.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Wed May 08, 2013

Paddock Talk

97th Indianapolis 500 Entry Filed For 1996 Winner Lazier

Lazier Partners Racing filed an entry for the 97th Indianapolis 500, with 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier listed as the driver.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Buddy Lazier, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Racing, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Indy Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon

Mon May 06, 2013

Paddock Talk

Sato, Andretti Carry Momentum Into Indianapolis

The first quarter of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season has seen three winners in four races, 15 drivers record at least one top-five finish and the emergence of Takuma Sato and Marco Andretti as legitimate championship contenders.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Takuma Sato, KV Racing Technology, Indy Racing, Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, A.J. Foyt Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Sun May 05, 2013

Sports Network

Hinchcliffe wins in Brazil after last lap pass on Sato

James Hinchcliffe won his second race of the season after passing Takuma Sato in the final turn of the last lap in Sunday's IndyCar Series race on the streets of Sao Paulo.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Takuma Sato, KV Racing Technology, Indy Racing, Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Oriol Servia, E.J Viso, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

Sat May 04, 2013

Bellingham Herald

Hunter-Reay wins pole position for Sao Paulo 300

The defending IndyCar Series champion was timed in 1 minute, 20.430 seconds for a lap at the Anhembi street track.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Racing, Indy Racing, KV Racing Technology, E.J Viso, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Tony Kanaan, Luczo Dragon Racing, Jimmy Vasser

Paddock Talk

2013 Brazil: IndyCar Qualifying Results - Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet On Pole

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Ryan Hunter-Reay and his No. 1 Andretti Autosport prepared Chevrolet Dallara has taken the Pole for the 2013 Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a lap of 1:20.4312. For Hunter-Reay, it is his second Pole of the 2013 IndyCar season and third career IndyCar Pole.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Indy Racing, Andretti Autosport, KV Racing Technology, E.J Viso, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Tony Kanaan

Wed May 01, 2013

The Salinas Californian

Ray Sotero: Life in the foreign-exchange lane

East met West as a young gun from Japan and a racing icon from America used techniques from the Orient to bring the first Asian in IndyCar history across the finish line first at last weekend's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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Related Topix: Sports, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, Racing, KV Racing Technology, Super Aguri, Formula-1 Racing, Takuma Sato, Indy Racing, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Jimmy Vasser, CART Racing, Luczo Dragon Racing