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Indy-car racing at Pocono: lots of fond memories
SportsTalkI’m reminded often that the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. That struck me again on Friday. While en route from the Lehigh Valley to the Pittsburgh area for a Lafayette College football game at Robert Morris, I received...... -
Digest: D.C. United can end 5-year playoff drought Saturday
Soccer D.C. United can end 5-year playoff drought tonight By defeating or tying the Columbus Crew tonight at RFK Stadium, D.C. United would end a five-year Major League Soccer playoff drought. Even with a loss, United would clinch if the Houston...Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colonial Athletic Association, Loyola University Maryland, Lacrosse
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Tony George resigns from Hulman and Company board of directors
INDIANAPOLIS - Tony George has resigned from the Hulman and Company board of directors, the Indianapolis motor Speedway announced on Friday afternoon. The resignation is effective immediately, according to a release from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
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Report: Tony George has submitted offer to buy IndyCar Series
Former Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar CEO Tony George may be ready to make a play for the IndyCar Series. According to a report in the SportsBusiness Journal, George is at the head of a group that submitted a financial offer to buy the series...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, IndyCar Series, Michael Andretti, Auto Racing
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Group looks to buy the IZOD IndyCar series
Not for sale! That's the message from the leaders of the IndyCar series. A report from the Sports Business Journal said that former IMS CEO Tony George is heading a group to buy the IZOD IndyCar series. The report added that the plan to buy IndyCar...
Tags: Auto Racing
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Ryan Hunter-Reay Claims Championship in Dramatic IZOD Indycar Season Finale
Fox59.com ContributorThe final race of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season turned out to be a "Dream Sequence." For the series champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay, he never gave up on his dream of not only competing against but beating the best drivers in the world as he became the...Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Marco Andretti, IndyCar Series, Tony Kanaan, Indianapolis 500
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Carpenter returns to Baltimore as owner-driver
Years ago, a rising basketball coach at a little school in the suburbs outside New York used to introduce himself, "Jim Valvano, Iona College." In return, the coach who later gained national fame at North Carolina State said he would often hear, "Son,...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, IndyCar Series, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Fuzzy Zoeller, Auto Racing
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IndyCar faces challenges as it continues to rebuild
When they sweep through the streets of Baltimore next weekend, driving some of the most powerful cars in the world at speeds that make their sport as dangerous as any, the IndyCar drivers will be mostly anonymous. Two veterans who have dominated the...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, NASCAR, Television, Indianapolis 500, National Hockey League
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IndyCar's Ryan Hunter-Reay no longer just an 'up-and-coming' driver
Ryan Hunter-Reay didn't know what to think or feel after he won Honda Indy Toronto on July 8. It was his third consecutive victory and moved him into the lead of the IZOD IndyCar Series points chase. Will Power, an Australian driver who won the Baltimore...
Tags: Toronto (Canada), Open-Wheel Racing, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar Series, Grand Prix of Baltimore
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For open-wheel racing, a comeback
Thirteen years after major open-wheel formula-style racing failed miserably at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the IZOD IndyCar Series returns to the track today for the running of the MoveThatBlock.com 225. "We need to be here," series veteran driver Ryan...Tags: NASCAR, Championship Racing Teams, New Products, Media Industry, Television
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Wife of IndyCar diver Ed Carpenter gives perspective on Las Vegas crash
While the racing world watched in awe Sunday, Heather Carpenter was waiting in the pits to rush to her husband's side.
"My initial reaction was, like it always is, is everyone okay," Carpenter said.
Carpenter said she knew early on her husband Ed...Tags: The Carpenters (music group), Dan Wheldon, Auto Racing
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Report: Tony George back on the IMS Board
Fox 59 SportsTony George is coming back to his family business. Speed.com's Robin Miiller reports that George has been reinstated to the board of directors of Hulman & Company, which he resigned from back in 2009 after being dismissed as CEO of the Indianapolis Motor...Tags: Athletes, Management Change, WXIN
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