The Richard Petty racing experience is coming to a new venue next month—the Indianapolis 500.
And this is no ride-along, publicity stunt or gimmick.
The King of NASCAR plans to take his first crack at winning IndyCars’ crown jewel by putting one of his former drivers, John Andretti, in the cockpit of an open-wheel car co-owned with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
“I’m not here just to be having fun,†Petty said during Monday’s announcement. “I’m serious about this stuff. So we come here for a serious deal.â€
To Cup fans, seeing Petty with an IndyCar will be …Â Details
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Last week, at the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix, we spoke to Dr Lisa Lilley, Shell’s technology manager for Ferrari, about how Shell formulates the fuel and lubricants that it supplies to the Ferrari F1 race team.
How many Shell people work with the Ferrari race team?
Every race weekend three technical Shell staff travel and work with the Ferrari team. There’s myself, one person each for lubricant and oil analysis. Overall, the fuel and lubricants team consists of 50 tech guys and gals spread across Germany and the UK, although quite a few of them are part time. In the course of a race year, some 18,000 hours of research and development are dedicated to… Details
Prosecutors allege that Indy champ Helio Castroneves failed to pay taxes on income from a Brazilian sponsor — posing an additional challenge to his defense team.
The Miami trial of Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves has spotlighted his alleged failure to pay taxes on a $5 million marketing deal with Penske Racing.
But evidence that he may have skirted his tax obligations on far less income from a Brazilian sponsor poses another threat to his career — and his freedom.
Castroneves, a U.S. resident in Miami since 1997, received $530,000 from a Brazilian trading company that sponsored him just before he hit the big time a decade ago as … Details
Danica Patrick’s racing season got off to a rocky start Sunday.  The Indy Car season opener was held on a street course in St. Petersburg, Florida. The course features 14 teams…many of them narrow.
On one of those narrow turns, on lap 31, when rookie driver Raphael Matos tried to pass Danica. The cars crashed sending Patrick’s car rear-end first into a tire barrier.  The impact left both cars with … Details