FAST FRIDAY

DARIO FRANCHITTI/No.10 Target Chip Ganassi was the fastest of 28 IZOD IndyCar drivers Friday afternoon at Infineon Raceway. His best lap was 1:19.4269. The 2010 IndyCar champion holds the Infineon qualifying track record of 1:16.4792, set last year. His victory in 2009 was the closest Infineon Margin, 0.2488 ahead of RYAN BRISCOE. The temperature was […]

The IZOD IndyCar Series had one practice session Friday afternoon at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma CA. The weather was warm and sunny, with the typical afternoon breeze. Twenty eight drivers took to the IndyCar-specific 12 turn, 2.303-mile road course, in two groups. Eighteen drivers were on course for the first session, and ten in the […]

DANICA

“I feel so much lighter, which is great for a girl.” That was the response given by DANICA PATRICK Friday afternoon at her IZOD IndyCar media conference at Infineon Raceway, when asked how she felt now that her ‘secret’ was finally revealed. It’s finally going to give us (media) something else to talk about. I […]

SONOMA STORIES

There are a lot of story lines going into this weekend’s three-day Infineon Indy Grand Prix, featuring the IZOD IndyCar series, along with the SSCA Pro Racing World Challenge, Star Mazda, Historic Grand Prix and Formula Car Challenge. For starters, there is the controversy over won the New Hampshire IndyCar race-RYAN HUNTER-REAY/No.28 Team DHL/Circle K/Sun […]