Takuma Sato News

At Pocono, it's a whole new thrill. When the open wheel series returns to Pocono Raceway for the first time since 1989, the 400-mile race will start with cars running three across.

Sato was unable to reach his early morning's speed so his best lap in his qualifying run was his first -- 226.071 mph and he will start 18th in the 33-car field.

While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported.

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When Takuma Sato strolls into his garage at Indianapolis, he gets a quick glimpse into the two distinct paths that have defined these past 12 months.

Takuma Sato has no interest in returning to Formula One despite putting in some impressive displays in the IndyCar series.

May 16 Honda is expected to announce before the week is out its highly anticipated return to formula one.

MODERATOR: Welcome to the Economaki Press Conference Room. Another Tuesday for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500.

A.J. Foyt Racing's Takuma Sato prepares to hop in his No. 14 car during Sunday's practice session.

The feisty Texan, who is still recovering from back surgery, has ceded much of the control of his team to his youngest son Larry - and it's paid off in big ways.

When he's not fine-tuning the No. 27 car for team owner Michael Andretti, he's making promotional appearances for sponsors or trying to sell the sport to non-IndyCar fans.

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.

Ed Carpenter jumped to the top of the speed chart late Saturday afternoon and finished with the fastest lap of the day during the Indianapolis 500's first practice session.

The man who qualified for his first 500 in 1958 and has been back every year since had back surgery less than three weeks ago to alleviate sciatic nerve pain.

Lap 75 of the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 was easily the most exciting 2.5 miles run so far during the 2013 IZOD IndyCar season.

For the first time since 1987, two drivers - Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti - are likely to be chasing their fourth Indy win on May 26.

We've just closed the first four races of the year - 25 percent of the race weekends on the IndyCar calendar--so before we get rolling at Indy, let's take an informal look back and close out some of what's taken place during a wild four-race run to open the 2013 season, starting with: THINGS I GOT WRONG OR FAILED TO PREDICT IN MY SEASON PREVIEW: ... (more)

The road to the Indianapolis 500 opens this weekend and casual fans can't just drop by and say "Unser, Andretti and Foyt" and sound authoritative.

All too often race stewards hand out drive-through penalties for racers deemed guilty for causing on-track racing incidents.

IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield said, from what he witnessed, Takuma Sato never crossed the blocking line during Sunday's race in Brazil.