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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ As the minutes ticked away Sunday, the final day of qualifications for next week's Indianapolis 500, Roberto Moreno and his team took stock of their situation. With less than an hour to go until the 33-car field was set for the May 27 race, the 48-year-old Brazilian, hoping to drive in his third 500 in 21 years, was ``on the bubble,'' the slowest qualifier in the lineup at 216.229 m.p.h. Moreno said he was ...

He hasn't driven a race car in years, but time has not cooled A.J. Foyt's competitive fire a bit. Last Saturday at Homestead, Fla., hours before the start of the season-opening IndyCar Series race and the beginning of Foyt's 50th season in racing, ``Super Tex'' sat in his team's transporter watching a sports car race on TV. ``Knock him off the track,'' Foyt bellowed at the set as the second-place ...

While Cristiano da Matta is recovering from serious head injuries, his replacement driver is getting a career opportunity. Homegrown Ryan Briscoe will make his Champ Car debut for the RuSPORT team in Sunday's Indy 300 on the temporary street course at Surfers Paradise, the sixth Australian driver to compete in the 16th version of the event. Da Matta was injured when he hit a deer during Champ Car testing in ...

Reports that IRL champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. will make his stock car debut next month at Phoenix in a NASCAR Busch Series car are premature, a Team Penske spokesman said Friday night. A story posted Friday on ThatsRacin.com, the racing website for The Charlotte Observer newspaper, cited unidentified sources as saying the Penske team will enter Hornish in the Busch races at Phoenix and Homestead, Fla., in November, as well as running him ...

The Indy Racing League added a road race on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to its 2007 schedule. The July 22 race in Lexington, about 100 kilometres north of Columbus, will be the 10-year-old series' first event in Ohio. ``Mid-Ohio has a deep championship heritage that connects names like Foyt, Andretti, Rahal, Rutherford, Unser and others with the current stars and teams in the IndyCar Series,'' IRL president Brian ...

Ethanol is a hit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After successful tests at Daytona and now Indianapolis, just one more test is planned for the Indy Racing League's new fuel and engine package for the 2007 season. ``So far it's been flawless,'' IRL spokesman John Griffin said. ``We were particularly curious about the cooling system, and that worked flawlessly the first time at Daytona Beach, and we had a chance ...

They traded laughs over chips and salsa at the ESPN Zone, and later they were going to take pictures. Things will get serious Sunday, when one of the tightest IRL series championships is decided at the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Seeking his first title, Helio Castroneves of Marlboro Team Penske has 441 points, one more than teammate Sam Hornish Jr. Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon of Target ...

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) _ The man Indy Racing League fans lovingly call ``Spiderman'' once again is at the top of the IndyCar Series standings. But forgive Helio Castroneves if he's not yet planning a fence-conquering victory climb _ such as the one he famously unveiled after winning his first Indy 500 in 2001 _ if he finally wins the points title. Castroneves leads Marlboro Team Penske teammate Sam Hornish Jr. ...

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) _ Dario Franchitti has had instability throughout his 11-year career with the Indy Racing League and Championship Auto Racing Teams. ``I think I've only had one contract longer than a year,'' he said. Perhaps that's why the Scot is calm about his uncertain future. Franchitti's under contract to drive in three more IndyCar series races this season for Andretti Green Racing. The four-car team, which includes drivers ...

  NEWTON, Iowa (AP) _ Indy racing is coming to Iowa. The Indy Racing League announced Wednesday that the Iowa Speedway, which was co-designed by former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace, will host its first Indy races in June 2007. The IndyCAR Series will run a 250-mile race on June 24, one day after the IndyPro Series holds a 100-mile event. Iowa joins Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Brooklyn, Mich., and Kansas City, Kan., ...