Power Dances to Sao Paulo INDYCAR Race Pole

Photo Credit: INDYCAR/LAT USA

For the third time in the first four races of the 2012 IZOD INDYCAR Series, the open wheel tour is running on a temporary street course. While each of those road circuits come with their own charm, the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presents the series’ first trip outside of the United States this season to race on the streets of Brazil. Presented with a 2.536-mile, 11-turn course, the 26 cars of the IZOD INDYCAR Series readied for their 2012 appearance in the major Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

Qualifying for Sunday’s main 75-lap event went off without a major hitch under cloudy skies and a 74-degree Fahrenheit ambient temperature. Without the confusing drama that proceeded the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race, the Chevrolet engine and the Honda engines (now operating with a more powerful turbocharger unit thanks to the manufacturer‘s appeal to the sanctioning body), The Firestone Fast Six grouping featured three cars from each manufacturer.

After the final 10-minute session in qualifying, it was a familiar competitor that owned the day. The dominance of Team Penske in the 2012 IZOD INDYCAR Series rolled into South America. As Team Penske remains undefeated in qualifying for 2012, the #12 Dallara-Chevrolet piloted by Will Power topped the time charts on the Brazilian streets. Lapping the racetrack in 81.4045 seconds, Power held off the strong fight of defending IZOD INDYCAR Series champion Dario Franchitti and the Scot’s Honda-powered #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry. The pole for the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 totals 26 times Will Power would start from the preferred spot on the IZOD INDYCAR Series starting grid. Post-qualifying, pole-sitter Power said, “It's good to put the Verizon Chevrolet on the pole. It was satisfying, especially knowing that Honda seems to have an advantage on the straights at the moment, so being on pole is a good start to the weekend.”

Ending the Firestone Fast Six session in his highest position of the 2012 season, Dario Franchitti is still searching for a solid race result in order to begin mounting a title defence in 2012. “We've obviously had a difficult start to the season and a lot of things go wrong in the last couple weeks. We off-loaded with a good car of the truck and made some improvements to it. I'm a bit disappointed in qualifying, especially because the time is in the car.” said Franchitti. Heading into Sunday’s main event, Dario Franchitti and the #10 car have achieved no better than 10^th place in the finishing order of an IZOD INDYCAR Series race. Franchitti’s teammate for Target Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon showed solidarity by taking two of the three top positions starting the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300.

As well as the Target Chip Ganassi Racing team posting a strong effort in qualifying on the streets of Sao Paulo, the Andretti Autosport pair of James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay are continuing to be mainstays in the Firestone Fast Six. For Canada’s Hinchcliffe, the Brazilian qualifying session extends his undefeated streak for making the final top-6 time trial grouping for 2012 IZOD INDYCAR events. "I guess four is the number of the day: fourth place, fourth time in the Firestone Fast Six. It's certainly not a bad starting spot to be on the first two rows, but we had a competitive car in (the second qualifying session) and were hoping for a little bit higher up. I need to get a better handle on how to make these tires work better on the second run.” said James Hinchcliffe still searching for his first race win in the series on Sunday.

Returning to Dale Coyne Racing in 2012, British driver Justin Wilson proved himself to be a significant force again for an longer-shot victory. Leading laps at Long Beach in the #18 Honda-powered Dallara, the momentum continued to Sao Paulo where Wilson qualified 6^th for the street race. Commenting post-qualifying on his chances on Sunday, Wilson stated, “We're starting sixth, we're in a good spot and we'll see what happens in the race."

Just outside of the Firestone Fast Six, Graham Rahal drives a Chip Ganassi Racing #38 car to 7^th on Saturday ahead of the #14 car piloted by Mike Conway. In 9^th, rookie Josef Newgarden will again get a chance to start in the top-10 of an IZOD INDYCAR Series race for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing making it his third time in four events this season. Rookie contender and series standout following the near-win in Long Beach Simon Pagenaud starts the race deep in 17^th spot.

Despite a feisty field of Brazilian drivers in the 2012 IZOD INDYCAR Series, the Saturday qualifying session ended on a bit of a down note for the drivers running in their home country. 12^th fastest on track during time trials, Tony Kanaan was the fastest of the Brazilian contingent who starts just ahead of former Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello. Sunday’s 75-lap race will be Barrichello first IZOD INDYCAR start in front of his hometown crowd. For Team Penske, Helio Castroneves starts 20^th ahead of fellow Brazilian Ana Beatriz who will be starting his first race as a fifth Andretti Autosport car.

The 74 laps on the Sao Paulo start course is set for noon Eastern time with a probability that rain and thunderstorms could affect the Brazilian race for a third year in a row.


2012 IZOD INDYCAR
Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300
Qualifying Results

Pos #	Car #	Driver	Nationality	Race Team	Engine
1	12	Will Power	Australia	Team Penske	Chevrolet
2	10	Dario Franchitti	Scotland	Target/Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
3	9	Scott Dixon	New Zealand	Target/Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
4	27	James Hinchcliffe	Canada	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	United States	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet
6	18	Justin Wilson	England	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
7	38	Graham Rahal	United States	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
8	14	Mike Conway	England	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Honda
9	67	Josef Newgarden	United States	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda
10	2	Ryan Briscoe	Australia	Team Penske	Chevrolet
11	26	Marco Andretti	United States	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet
12	11	Tony Kanaan	Brazil	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet
13	8	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet
14	5	EJ Viso	Venezuela	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet
15	4	JR Hildebrand	United States	Panther Racing	Chevrolet
16	83	Charlie Kimball	United States	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
17	77	Simon Pagenaud	France	Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports	Honda
18	19	James Jakes	England	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
19	7	Sebastien Bourdais	France	Lotus-Dragon Racing	Lotus
20	3	Helio Castroneves	Brazil	Team Penske	Chevrolet
21	25	Ana Beatriz	Brazil	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet
22	20	Ed Carpenter	United States	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	Switzerland	Lotus-HVM Racing	Lotus
24	22	Oriol Servia	Spain	Lotus-Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Lotus
25	6	Katherine Legge	England	Lotus-Dragon Racing	Lotus
26	15	Takuma Sato	Japan	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda

Katherine Legge and Takuma Sato will be assessed 10-grid position penalty for unapproved engine changes. 

Power Plugs to First Baltimore Grand Prix Pole

Photo Credit: Shawn Gritzmacher

Deciding the IZOD INDYCAR Series field for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix, Saturday afternoon time trials on the 2.04-mile street course gave 28 cars the chance to claim supremacy ahead of a 75-lap event on Sunday.

Preserving an advantage asserted in the both practice sessions ahead of qualifying, Will Power in the #12 Penske Racing car took pole in the Firestone Fast Six session. Emerging with a 1 minute, 20.2447 second lap to take the top position for the Baltimore Grand Prix, Power's speed around the 12-turn road course was 91.520 miles per hour the performance bests the effort of fellow front row starter Graham Rahal by a little less than 9/100ths of a second.

Winning the two of the last three road course events held on the 2011 IZOD INDYCAR circuit, Will Power has mounted a significant rebound in the overall series points. Scoring more points than current points leader Dario Franchitti in three of the past four races, Power accumulated 29 more points than the #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver. The #12 Penske Racing car driver Will Power sits 26 points behind Franchitti intending to use the new temporary street course of Baltimore as another opportunity to close the gap.

Driving his #38 Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing car to a the 2nd fastest time during IZOD INDYCAR qualifying for the Baltimore Grand Prix  Rahal's 4th time netting a top-5 qualifying result in the 2011 season, this front row start will be the Ohio native's best grid position in the season with his new expansion team. "I had a good run going and my team told me where Will Power was on the tracker and they thought he would jump ahead of us. I let the tires cool off and tried to take a lap to get it back where we wanted it." Graham Rahal commented in a post qualifying interview.

Will Power's corporate teammate with Penske Racing and fellow Australian Ryan Briscoe slotted third in the #6 car providing an important buffer between Power and Franchitti. Dario Franchitti will start 4th on the streets of Baltimore race. The last time the IZOD INDYCAR Series visited a street courses (the Honda Indy Toronto), Franchitti sailed to victory driving his #10 car for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

Cracking the Firestone Fast Six, was the Dale Coyne Racing #19 car driven by French driver Sebastien Bourdais. Signed only for the road courses for the 2011 IZOD INDYCAR Series tour, the past multiple time champion of the Champ Car series has been enjoying some steady improvements with the Acorn-sponsored #19 car. Starting the year with some rough finishes uncharacteristic the drives Bourdais used to capture 31 wins in just 5 seasons of Champ Car racing. Fortunes for the Frenchman changed with a 6th in the Toronto street race for Bourdais and the Dale Coyne Racing team. Currently, the pairing have finished top-10 in the past 4 IZOD INDYCAR road course races.

Completing the Firestone Fast Six was Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay. The leader at Baltimore in qualifying, the driver who continues to receive the most attention in the Andretti Autosport is Danica Patrick. Moving full-time to NASCAR next season, the street courses like that of Baltimore will be a driving experience the popular driver may or may not miss. Through 7 seasons in INDYCAR racing, Danica Patrick top finish on a temporary street course was 4th in the 2009 Grand Prix of Long Beach. Patrick and the #7 car will start deep in 25th spot for Sunday's Baltimore Grand Prix. The remaining Andretti Autosport drivers starting Sunday's race has Mike Conway 8th on the grid while Marco Andretti will be positioned 23rd.

Other notable qualifying efforts in prelude to the first Baltimore Grand Prix includes Scott Dixon starting 10th and Tony Kanaan in 11th place. Back to the IZOD INDYCAR Series after missing the past race at Sonoma due to travel issues, Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro brought the #78 HVM Racing car to a 12th place result in qualifying. Speaking about the incident on the HVM Racing team website, de Silvestro stated, "This whole experience was frustrating, but I really want to thank my fans and sponsors for their support. It was also great to see that my team was able to persevere and post a good result with Simon Pagenaud last weekend. Now it's time to focus on the Baltimore Grand Prix and the rest of the season. We're setting our goals high for a solid finish." Behind de Silvestro's #78 car, the second Dale Coyne Racing entry of James Jakes posted a solid 13th fastest worthy of honourable mention.

Racing for 75-laps around the 2.04-mile temporary street course, the 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix race for the IZOD INDYCAR Series will receive its green flag at 2:45PM.

2011 IZOD INDYCAR
Baltimore Grand Prix
Baltimore, Maryland
Starting Line-up

1. 12 Will Power/Australia/ Penske Racing
2. 38 Graham Rahal/United States/Chip Ganassi Racing
3. 6 Ryan Briscoe/Australia/ Penske Racing
4. 10 Dario Franchitti/Scotland/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
5. 19 Sebastien Bourdais/France/Dale Coyne Racing
6. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay/United States/Andretti Autosport
7. 3 Helio Castroneves/Brazil/ Penske Racing
8. 27 Mike Conway/England/Andretti Autosport
9. 59 EJ Viso/Venezuela/ KV Racing Technology
10. 9 Scott Dixon/New Zealand/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
11. 82 Tony Kanaan/Brazil/ KV Racing Technology
12. 78 Simona De Silvestro/Switzerland/ HVM Racing
13. 18 James Jakes/England/ Dale Coyne Racing
14. 14 Vitor Meira/Brazil/ AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
15. 22 Giorgio Pantano/Italy/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16. 2 Oriol Servia/Spain/ Newman/Haas Racing
17. 06 James Hinchcliffe/Canada/ Newman/Haas Racing
18. 83 Charlie Kimball/United States/ Chip Ganassi Racing
19. 4 JR Hildebrand/United States/ Panther Racing
20. 17 Martin Plowman/British/ Sam Schmidt Motorsports
21. 77 Alex Tagliani/Canada/ Sam Schmidt Motorsports
22. 24 Ana Beatriz/Brazil/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
23. 26 Marco Andretti/United States/ Andretti Autosport
24. 07 Tomas Scheckter/ South Africa/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
25. 7 Danica Patrick/United States/ Andretti Autosport
26. 34 Sebastian Saavedra/Columbia/ Conquest Racing
27. 67 Ed Carpenter/ United States/ Sarah Fisher Racing
28. 5 Takuma Sato/Japan/ KV Racing Technology

Dixon Successfully Dices to Mid-Ohio INDYCAR Pole

Photo Credit: LAT Photo USA

 

Leaving the improvised race courses of the Honda Indy Toronto and the Edmonton Indy, the 2011 IZOD INDYCAR Series arrives at only their second permanent road course for the season. Consisting of challenging turns and high speed stretches, the 49 year old Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course welcomed 27 competitors from North America's top open wheel racing series for the Honda Indy 200 race on Sunday.

 

During Saturday's qualifying for the Mid-Ohio 85-lap event, The Chip Ganassi Racing cars demonstrated the strength shown in practice as the lowest starting driver will be rookie Charlie Kimball in 10th place. Entering into the Firestone Fast Six for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, 3 of the 6 runners in contention sported Ganassi ownership. Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power and Graham Rahal made up the top-6 drivers granted the final 10-minute session.

 

Able back up his speed on Friday, Graham Rahal posted a 6th quickest result in Mid-Ohio qualifying. Rahal will be starting in the outside third row with the Saturday morning practice's fastest Andretti Autosport car piloted by Ryan Hunter-Reay. In the second row, the main IZOD INDYCAR Series title fight is paired together with Dario Franchitti finding just short of 2/100th of a second advantage over Will Power. Expect the #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing and #12 Verizon Penske Racing cars to crave a great separation after the end of 85 laps of Mid-Ohio competition Sunday.

 

Taking pole for the first time in his 2011 IZOD INDYCAR Series season is New Zealand's Scott Dixon. Lapping the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1 minute, 8.0776 second to take top spot, the #9 Target car took a rather sizable 25/100th of a second advantage over the #6 Penske Racing car of Ryan Briscoe. Seeking his first victory this year after four runner-up finishes, Dixon possesses some favourable history at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in IZOD INDYCAR Series racing. Scott Dixon has won the 2007 and 2009 winner at the 2.258-mile road course.

 

Other notable qualifying results during the Saturday afternoon session is the all-Canadian 4th row for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Starting 7th place is the #06 Newman/Haas Racing car of James Hinchcliffe and the #77 Sam Schmidt Motorsports car driven by Alex Tagliani seated in 8th place. Also collecting good starting positions for Sunday's IZOD INDYCAR event is Sebastian Bourdais in 11th and Simona de Silvestro in 14th place.

 

Deep down the grid after struggling to find speed all weekend is three of the four Andretti Autosport cars. Mike Conway will start 17th while the #26 of Marco Andretti collected an 18th grid position. The slowest car of the Andretti Autosport stable at Mid-Ohio has proven to be the #7 of Danica Patrick. Patrick will start 23rd of the 27 cars competing in the Honda Indy 200 Sunday.

 

After posting some impressive speed on day one, Justin Wilson and the #22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team faced a challenging Saturday following a crash in practice. A car that was 5th fastest in Friday practice, the #22 car was handled by transitioning sports car driver Simon Pagenaud in substitution for Wilson in qualifying. Word after qualifying from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing his Pagenaud remaining in the in car for the Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 race on Sunday as Wilson will sit out for the event.

 

The IZOD INDYCAR Series Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio will start at 2:50 PM on Sunday.

 

 

2011 IZOD INDYCAR Series
Lexington,Ohio
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Starting Grid

 

1. 9 Scott Dixon/New Zealand/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
2. 6 Ryan Briscoe/Australia/ Penske Racing
3. 10 Dario Franchitti/Scotland/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
4. 12 Will Power/Australia/ Penske Racing
5. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay/United States/Andretti Autosport
6. 38 Graham Rahal/United States/Chip Ganassi Racing
7. 06 James Hinchcliffe/Canada/ Newman/Haas Racing
8. 77 Alex Tagliani/Canada/ Sam Schmidt Motorsports
9. 5 Takuma Sato/Japan/ KV Racing Technology
10. 83 Charlie Kimball/United States/ Chip Ganassi Racing
11. 19 Sebastien Bourdais/France/Dale Coyne Racing
12. 59 EJ Viso/Venezuela/ KV Racing Technology
13. 4 JR Hildebrand/United States/ Panther Racing
14. 78 Simona De Silvestro/Switzerland/ HVM Racing
15. 3 Helio Castroneves/Brazil/ Penske Racing
16. 82 Tony Kanaan/Brazil/ KV Racing Technology
17. 27 Mike Conway/England/Andretti Autosport
18. 26 Marco Andretti/United States/ Andretti Autosport
19. 2 Oriol Servia/Spain/ Newman/Haas Racing
20. 14 Vitor Meira/Brazil/ AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
21. 22 Simon Pagnaud/France/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing *
22. 34 Sebastian Saavedra/Columbia/ Conquest Racing
23. 7 Danica Patrick/United States/ Andretti Autosport
24. 18 James Jakes/England/ Dale Coyne Racing
25. 24 Ana Beatriz/Brazil/ Dreyer & Reinbold
26. 17 Martin Plowman/ England/ Sam Schmidt Motorsports
27. 67 Ed Carpenter/ United States/ Sarah Fisher Racing

 

* 22 Car driver is subbing for Justin Wilson following Saturday practice crash

Ed Carpenter Delivers Surprise Pole Run for IZOD IndyCar's Kentucky Race

Photo Credit: Ron McQueeney

Competing in the second Saturday night race in a row, the IZOD IndyCar Series drivers are belting into their Dallara-Hondas for a high-speed battle at the Kentucky Speedway. At last week's race at Chicagoland Speedway, Target/Chip Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti rose late in the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil 300 to win the event scoring maximum points in closing on Penske's Will Power for the overall 2010 IZOD IndyCar championship. As important as the points race is to those two racers, many of the fans enjoyed the close finish at Chicagoland with the #4 Panther Racing car of Dan Wheldon almost able to steal a win on the run to the checkered flag. Perhaps appearing as the ovals could provide a equalization for IZOD IndyCar competition, teams eager flood south to Sparta, Kentucky.

When IZOD IndyCar qualifying concluded for the Kentucky Indy 300, a lesser known face to the 2010 IZOD IndyCar campaign prevailed. Driving his #20 Vision Racing in partnership with Panther Racing, Ed Carpenter used a 217.933 mile per hour run to take the pole position for the Saturday night Kentucky Indy 300. Having run only two races this season due to funding troubles, Carpenter's qualifying run around this 1.5 mile oval is by no means a fluke. This Kentucky Speedway also the scene of Ed Carpenter's best career IZOD IndyCar Series finish of 2nd place last year. In post race, a highly satisfied Carpenter commented on his approach to the limited schedule he was relegated to running after Vision Racing loss of full season funding for 2010. "I'm just having a lot of fun right now; the Panther team is going a great job in addition with the Vision Racing part of it. It's just a lot of fun." he said.

For what will be understood as an interesting top-10 from qualifying led by Ed Carpenter, the #20 car narrowly beat Penske Racing's Will Power by a recordedly slim 23/1000th of a second margin. Fighting low and windy conditions, Power was pleased to start the #12 Verizon Penske Racing car on the front row. Complementing the #20 car, the teammate #4 vehicle will also start well in front of the field. Second place finisher at the Chicagoland Speedway event Dan Wheldon rotated the Kentucky oval for a third fastest effort through the Friday session.

While the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car of Scott Dixon returned some IZOD IndyCar season-long norminality to the oval time trial session, 5th for Hideki Mutoh, 6th for Berthard Baguette, 7th for KV Racing Technology's Mario Moraes and 10th for Tomas Scheckter will continue to set a somewhat bizarre tone for the Kentucky Indy 300 race start. Driving for Conquest Racing, Baguette and Scheckter have brought some much needed excitement to the tightly-funded race effort.

Being a beneficial session for some smaller IZOD IndyCar teams, the Friday qualifying would see some normally pace-worthy cars of Andretti Autosport searching for speed. Marco Andretti accomplished the best effort for the team with a 15th best timed lap with Danica Patrick two spots lower. Tony Kanaan and Ryan Hunter-Reay will be starting from the tail end of the pack at Kentucky having the worst time finding competitive lap times. Planning to fight an uphill battle once the green flag drops, Ryan Hunter-Reay will be set last on the starting lineup in the #37 Andretti Autosport after crashing his primary car in a qualifying run.

With the Kentucky Indy 300 presenting another strong field consisting of 27 cars, it's fair to assume the action at Chicagoland Speedway should be replicated for the Kentucky Indy 300 set for television telecast at 8 P.M. Saturday night with the green coming around 8:30.


2010 IZOD IndyCar Series

Kentucky Indy 300
Kentucky Speedway
Starting Lineup


1. 20 Ed Carpenter/United States/ Panther/Vision Racing
2. 12 Will Power/Australia/ Penske Racing
3. 4 Dan Wheldon/England/ Panther Racing
4. 9 Scott Dixon/New Zealand/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
5. 06 Hideki Mutoh/ Japan/ Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
6. 36 Bertrand Baguette/Belgium/ Conquest Racing
7. 32 Mario Moraes/Brazil/ KV Racing Technology
8. 3 Helio Castroneves/Brazil/ Penske Racing
9. 6 Ryan Briscoe/Australia/ Penske Racing
10. 34 Tomas Scheckter/South Africa/ Conquest Racing
11. 10 Dario Franchitti/Scotland/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
12. 14 Vitor Meira/Brazil/ AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
13. 77 Alex Tagliani/Canada/ FAZZT Race Team
14. 5 Takuma Sato/Japan/ KV Racing Technology
15. 26 Marco Andretti/United States/ Andretti Autosport
16. 22 Justin Wilson/England/ Dreyer and Reinbold Racing
17. 7 Danica Patrick/United States/ Andretti Autosport
18. 19 Alex Lloyd/England/ Dale Coyne Racing
19. 78 Simona De Silvestro/Switzerland HVM Racing
20. 2 Raphael Matos/Brazil/ de Ferran Dragon Racing
21. 67 Sarah Fisher/United States/ Sarah Fisher Racing
22. 8 EJ Viso/Venezuela/ KV Racing Technology
23. 24 Paul Tracy/Canada/ Dreyer and Reinbold Racing
24. 18 Milka Duno/Venezuela/ Dale Coyne Racing
25. 02 Graham Rahal/United States/ Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
26. 11 Tony Kanaan/Brazil/ Andretti Autosport
27. 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay/United States/ Andretti Autosport

Briscoe Catches the Wind for IZOD IndyCar Pole at Chicagoland

Photo Credit: Steve Swope

For what who be the 2010 IZOD IndyCar season's last race held in the Northernmost corners of the North American continent, the open-wheel stars set sights on the Chicagoland Speedway.  



2010 IZOD IndyCar Series
Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil 300
Chicagoland Speedway
Starting Lineup

1. 6 Ryan Briscoe/Australia/ Penske Racing
2. 10 Dario Franchitti/Scotland/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
3. 12 Will Power/Australia/ Penske Racing
4. 3 Helio Castroneves/Brazil/ Penske Racing

5. 26 Marco Andretti/United States/ Andretti Autosport

6. 02 Graham Rahal/United States/ Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing

7. 4 Dan Wheldon/England/ Panther Racing
8. 06 Hideki Mutoh/ Japan/ Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
9. 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay/United States/ Andretti Autosport
10. 5 Takuma Sato/Japan/ KV Racing Technology

11. 20 Ed Carpenter/United States/ Panther/Vision Racing
12. 7 Danica Patrick/United States/ Andretti Autosport
13. 11 Tony Kanaan/Brazil/ Andretti Autosport
14. 19 Alex Lloyd/England/ Dale Coyne Racing

15. 9 Scott Dixon/New Zealand/ Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
16. 8 EJ Viso/Venezuela/ KV Racing Technology

17. 34 Tomas Scheckter/South Africa/ Conquest Racing
18. 2 Raphael Matos/Brazil/ de Ferran Dragon Racing
19. 77 Alex Tagliani/Canada/ FAZZT Race Team
20. 36 Bertrand Baguette/Belgium/ Conquest Racing

21. 32 Mario Moraes/Brazil/ KV Racing Technology

22. 24 Ana Beatriz/Brazil/ Dreyer and Reinbold Racing

23. 22 Justin Wilson/England/ Dreyer and Reinbold Racing
24. 14 Vitor Meira/Brazil/ AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
25. 67 Sarah Fisher/United States/ Sarah Fisher Racing
26. 18 Milka Duno/Venezuela/ Dale Coyne Racing
27. 78 Simona De Silvestro/Switzerland HVM Racing
28. 21 Davey Hamilton/United States/ de Ferran Dragon Racing
29. 66 Jay Howard/England/ Sarah Fisher Racing