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HILLIARD, November 9, 2009: The Road Racing Drivers Club announced today its slate of industry experts who will speak at the RRDC/FIA Young Drivers Symposium at the 22nd annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., on Dec.

While there have been a number of people who have helped a oeput Bluffton on the mapa over the years, it is believed that this might be a first: putting Bluffton on an Indy 500 race car.

Question: Why would 3G use Jaques Lazier as their replacement driver who hasn't been in a car for so long? Why not use Townsend Bell or Oriol Servia who had/were having great runs going at Indy? Answer: That's a fair question and one I don't have an answer to.

INDIANAPOLIS Townsend Bell remembers two words of on-the-track advice from fellow Californian Jimmy Vasser.

Danica Patrick had a win in the Indianapolis 500 in sight. With only 17 laps to go, only a pair of former winners -- Helio Castroneves and Dan Wheldon -- stood between IndyCar racing's glamour girl and the biggest victory of her life Sunday.

Lost in the emotional flood unleashed by Helio Castroneves' poetic victory at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday was another feat just as amazing and just as emotional.

Reporting from Indianapolis -- As the stars of the IndyCar Series battled it out for the Indianapolis 500, part-time series driver Townsend Bell quietly brought home a fourth-place finish Sunday.

For the third time, Central Coast native Townsend Bell was in the lineup for the prestigious Indianapolis 500.

Helio Castroneves added another chapter to his Hollywood-style comeback story with an emotional win in the 93rd Indianapolis 500.

Hey up there, whoever's in charge of karma at the Indianapolis 500. We need to talk.

Helio Castroneves won his third Indianapolis 500, beating 2005 winner Dan Wheldon by 1.981 seconds.

An improvement to the head-and-neck restraint systems that have revolutionized driver safety earned Jeff Horton , the Indy Racing League's director of engineering, the 2009 Louis Schwitzer Award for engineering excellence.

Tomas Scheckter could be poised to add his name to the list of contenders for one of the final eleven spots on the grid for this year's Indianapolis 500 - although the South African has yet to decide on a team to run with.

Question: So half of the constructors are threatening to leave F1. What are the chances we will see Ferrari want to build an Indy Car again like they did in 1986? Answer: Do you really think Ferrari is getting out of F1? I don't. Not for a minute.

It was just another unpredictable day in Indianapolis for Townsend Bell, but KV Racing Technology's momentum for the month of May would not be stopped by raindrops.

Robert Doornbos shook off the effects of two crashes last week and led early qualifying Saturday in the third round of time trials for the Indianapolis 500.

INDIANAPOLIS Two down, one to go. Jimmy Vasser of Morgan Hill knows about driving to victory, having won at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Grand Prix of Long Beach and the 1996 CART championship.

At least a dozen potential qualifiers -- including the newly confirmed Oriol Servia -- are expected to be on the track Thursday as practice resumes at noon for the Indianapolis 500.