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Happy birthday to IndyCar racer Simona De Silvestro!

“Edmonton was always one of my favorite venues because the track was so challenging.  It was so fast and very physical — the most physical of the year.

I have raced here quite a bit and have a few podiums, a few poles.  But the best moment was last year when I managed to win from pole in the Firestone Indy Lights race.

It was one of the toughest drives of my entire life.  I was under pressure every lap, and it was my first formula car win in Canada.” - IndyCar racer James Hinchcliffe

Congratulations to Bryan Herta Autosport and to Dan Wheldon for winning the Indy 500.

I like this nice advertising piece from Audi motorsport, telling of competing in the 24 Heuers du Mans sports car race which it has won in 9 of the past 11 years:

Newman-Haas Racing qualified a car for the front row of the Indianapolis 500 for the first time since 1993, when Mario Andretti started second. Oriol Servia was the third-fastest qualifier of today and thus will be on the front row on May 29. Scott Dixon was second-fastest, behind Alex Tagliani.

After watching racers such as Scott Dixon go from obscurity to stardom & championships, I predict that young guns James Hinchcliffe and J.R Hildebrand will be stars.

IndyCar racer Simona De Silvestro‘s car broke in turn 3 of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She was airborne, hit the turn 3 wall, landed, went airborne again, hit turn 4, landed, and skidded to a halt inverted and aflame. This is the second time in two seasons that the Swiss Miss has been burned in a fire after a speedway crash. Click here for a YouTude video. »→

The new McLaren MP4-12C race car for F.I.A. GT3-class racing is introduced (again):

See the IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama race on Sunday on Versus television, or watch it in-person as I will.

Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg.

See photo galleries in the list of pages at the right.

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Johnny O'Connell in Cadillac CTS-V

Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim raced the Cadillac CTS-V twins for the first time in the SCCA World Challenge race in downtown Saint Petersburg, Florida.  I’m not going to say whether I enjoy watching a race that was so plagued by caution periods.  Sunday a second World Challenge race will be in the afternoon/evening, an hour and a half after the IndyCar race concludes.  Let’s see how many fans remain at the track to watch that one. »→

Here’s video from the Friday morning IndyCar practice for the Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg:

I’ve gone to see the IndyCar Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg and SCCA World Challenge races in sunny, breezy, beautiful Saint Petersburg.

March 25: I’ve begun a new photo gallery in the list of pages at right.

Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim will race Cadillac CTS-V coupes in SCCA World Challenge races such as the Sports Car Challenge of Saint Petersburg.