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Rahal to Drive for Fisher at Barber and St. Petersberg

Cue the headline: FISHER SAVES SERIES BY GIVING RAHAL TWO-RACE RIDE

Graham Rahal will drive for Sarah Fisher Racing at Barber and St. Petersberg to start the 2010 IndyCar season, according to Curt Cavin and Robin Miller.

It was unclear if Rahal would drive in addition of team owner Sarah Fisher who had planned to drive at Barber. Fisher also planned to race at Long Beach, it was also unknown if she would still drive in that race.

Lola Encouraged by Fan Response, Touts Cost-Effective Proposals

Lola said Wednesday while it's goal is to the 2010 IndyCar chassis maker and the company has been encouraged by fan response this far, they're not ruling out the possibility of being a sub-contractor contributing to a car designed by another company.

Quest for Cash: Drivers Increasingly Rely on Brand Aids

Sarah Fisher’s professional life turned around the day she cried on national TV.

It was the Indy 500 on May 25, 2008, just shortly after Sarah was collected by a crash involving Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti. In an instant, Sarah saw her largely self- and fan-funded race car turned into a carbon-fiber mess.

NASCAR Puts Itself in a Box, Alli Owens Explains

After NASCAR issued its "have at it, boys" edict, it would be tough to fine someone for, well, having at it. So Carl Edwards got a three-race not-so-double-secret probation for rolling Brad Keselowski at Atlanta.

It seems that few people in the NASCAR paddock were weeping for Keselowski, who apparently is viewed as a kind of Eddie Haskell.

(Note to the youngsters: Eddie was a fictional character on the 1950s TV show Leave it to Beaver who was mischievous and two-faced and often got others into trouble yet always maintained his "Who? Me?" cover.)

Take a look at ARCA's Alli Owens' view on the whole deal, which pretty much matches mine.

If NASCAR wants to stop the goofy crap, they can't just fine people when cars get airborne. If you're in a basketball game and the refs don't call the subtle elbows (which nobody ever admits throwing), pretty soon -- SHOCKER -- you got a fight on the floor. Which is why basketball refs try to call the subtle elbows.

If they don't start calling the subtle, plausibly deniable intentional wrecks, you'll continue to get cars flipping down the track like freshly beheaded chickens. NASCAR needs to decide which it will be.

HVM Launches Indy Lights Program

The Indy Racing League got its own June-yer Wednesday with the announcement that Junior Strous will join HVM Racing's Firestone Indy Lights program.

Junior is pictured with HVM boss Keith Wiggins. Check the unGoogled news release below ...

Lola Says its Cars will “Improve the Show”

 
The head of Lola Special Projects said Tuesday that their 2012 IndyCar proposals will be safe and create more exciting racing for fans.

RadioLeMans.com Talks to Bernard, Chassis Bidders

Thursday (March 11) at 8p.m. Eastern on www.radiolemans.com, catch the Midweek Motorsport Indycar State of the Series Debate. John Hindhaugh puts your questions to new Indycar CEO Randy Bernard. Declan Brennan looks to the future with the men designing the new IndyCar, plus a technical debate with Sam Collins and Marshall Pruett and a full season preview.

Listen via www.radiolemans.com

Iowa Speedway Lobbies for Danica Double Dip

Iowa Speedway is asking fans to vote YES in a campaign to get Danica Patrick to run the NASCAR and IndyCar events at their track.

Along with her appearance at the IndyCar Iowa Corn 250 on June 20, the track wants Danica back for the 250-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Saturday, July 31.

Track Chic Unveils Road to Indy

This just in from Theresa Earnhart (founder of TrackChic.com, no relation to the other Theresa Earnhardt of fenderville):

What IndyCar needs is .... MORE WOMEN.

Track Chic and Tsunami Racing are teaming up to build a comprehensive “institution” for the advancement of women in motorsports, including drivers, engineers, mechanics, marketers and business managers throughout IndyCar's Road to Indy ladder system.

Read the news release below.

RaceFanRadio.com to Offer IndyCar Chassis Forum

Holy Fan Information! Jack Arute will host a one hour roundtable discussion/forum on the 2012 IndyCar chassis derby on RaceFanRadio.com Thursday, March 11 at 9pm EST/6pm PST.

Reps from Dallara, DeltaWing, Lola and Swift will all participate. Check it out HERE, including an opportunity to participate in a "from the fans" segment.

For more info on the various proposals, check out the pdog 2012 IndyCar category HERE.