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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
The odds seemed stacked against Dario Franchitti both early and late at the Indianapolis 500. The IndyCar driver looked like he might have been taken out of contention in the early moments of the race when he was spun out entering his pit. And he looked like he was in ...
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Will Power could not have asked for a better start to his racing season. The IndyCar driver has earned the pole position in two of the first four races of the season and has won three consecutive times heading into the biggest race of the season -- the Indy 500.
Power ...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Wow, what a finish at the Indianapolis 500. Rookie JR Hildebrand won't soon forget it that's for sure. Unfortunately for him and his team, Panther Racing, it's for all the wrong reasons. Hildebrand looked to have the race in the bag only to crash into a wall in the final ...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Dan Wheldon insists he wasn't thinking it, but it's impossible for me to believe him. Wheldon, who was racing in the Indianapolis 500 on just a one-race contract, sat in second place entering the final turns. If it were me, I'd have to be thinking that was an outstanding finish ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Andretti family, basically a yearly fixture at the Indy 500 for the past three generations of auto racing, nearly missed out on being a part of the most legendary races this year. Marco Andretti was bumped out of the field in the waning minutes of the final qualifying day ...
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Dario Franchitti had an unbelievable race on Sunday at the Indianapolis 500 as he took the checkered flag for the second time in his career. Franchitti, who is two years removed from a failed try in NASCAR, led one hundred fifty-five of the two-hundred laps and survived the last lap ...
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
We're trying out some guest writers here on SRI as we're gearing up for the upcoming football season. This post is courtesy of Tim Gunter, who's the producer for Pollack and Bell on 790 the Zone in Atlanta.
After recently visiting many NASCAR teams like Stewart-Haas Racing in North Carolina, there ...
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Mario Andretti is (obviously, right?) the greatest IndyCar racer ever. [Aside: Yes, it is hyperbole day for me. Thanks for asking.] And you have to think that, like all great athletes, when an important event in his former sport rolls around that he gets a little nostalgic.
You would be correct, actually. ...
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