A tour around the web of the latest and greatest, wildest and weirdest, and strange-enough-to-be-true tales and gossip in motorsports....June 22Indianapolis Star: Brazil in, Cleveland out for IndyCar 2010?The Indy Racing League has identified 18 venues for its 2010 schedule, and there will be one major change, with an equal number of oval and road/street races, according to the Star. Terry Angstadt, the president of the Indy Racing League's commercial division, listed a Brazilian race as likely to open the season, and one of the current oval events will be dropped. However, he indicated the rumored return of Cleveland will now not happen until at least 2011.
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June 22mikemulhern.net: A Toyota in Kahne's immediate future?Dodge driver Kasey Kahne, who runs for Richard Petty, could switch to a Toyota by the July 11 Sprint Cup race at Chicago. Petty has said that Chrysler has cut its payments to his four-car operation, and apparently Petty has only enough engine parts for one of the new Dodge NASCAR engines.
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May 29Cleveland.com: More momentum for Cleveland oval/road course doubleCleveland promoter Mike Lanigan confirms that the IRL wants to put a one-mile flat oval, with no walls, inside the existing 2.47-mile Burke Lakefront Airport course layout and have an oval race, with a road race following the next day, according to Cleveland.com.
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May 27Indianapolis Business Journal: Tony George reportedly ousted as IMS chiefTony George was voted out as chairman of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last night by the IMS board of directors after 20 years in charge, SpeedTV.com is reporting. IBJ reports that former Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler could be under consideration as his successor.
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May 12Cincinatti Enquirer: Current, former Kentucky Speedway owners at oddsSpeedway Motorsports President Bruton Smith has publicly called on former owners of Kentucky Speedway, from whom his company bought the track, to drop its lawsuit against NASCAR, saying it is a prerequisite to the track getting a Sprint Cup date. One former owner fired back that Smith is acting on NASCAR's behalf to end the suit.
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May 6WISH-TV: Rahal Letterman's "throwback special" for IndyRahal Letterman Racing is no longer a regular on the IndyCar Series tour, but the team has entered a Dallara at the Indy 500 painted up like one of Dan Gurney's All American Eagles. No driver yet assigned though.
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April 27INDY STAR: Newman/Haas/Lanigan preparing Indy “special” for Rahal"We know the fast car is still sitting back at the shop," said Rahal, whose seventh-place finish Sunday was his best on an oval. "We built that car just for Indy."
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April 23USA TODAY: Hornish under more pressure at Penske?“This is the year, and Sam's got to make it,” Roger Penske said. “We've got to see good progress. I'd like to see him at least in the top 25.”
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THATSRACIN.COM: Riley Technologies sues GM over CorvetteMooresville, N.C.-based Riley has sued General Motors for almost $14 million, saying the automaker broke a deal that would have allowed the plaintiff to sell race-ready Corvettes for more than $500,000 each.
April 13SCENE DAILY: Nationwide COT to be delayed?Work on the NASCAR Nationwide Series car of tomorrow is proceeding, though the sanctioning body’s ban on nearly all testing for 2009 could push the introduction of the new car back to 2011.
April 10AP: Jury deliberating on Castroneves caseJurors began deliberating Friday on tax evasion charges against race car driver Helio Castroneves and two advisers.
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April 9Niagara Falls Review: Jeff Gordon linked to Niagara speedway proposalAn article published in the inaugural edition of Professional Motorsport Circuit, an international trade journal, says NASCAR star Jeff Gordon is involved with a proposal for a $200 million, 65,000-seat international motor speedway in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.
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Scene Daily: ISC revenues down in first quarterInternational Speedway Corp. is feeling the impact of the economy as its revenues from admissions, corporate spending and food and merchandise sales all have dropped from a year ago.
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Autoblog: Did another automaker keep Hyundai from being in Fast & Furious 4?A Hyundai spokesman claims the competition may have helped keep the Genesis Coupe off the big screen, saying "another manufacturer blocked us" from appearing in the new hit movie.
April 7Miami Herald: New challenge for Castroneves defenseThe
Miami Herald reports on the latest revelations from IndyCar star Helio Castroneves' trial on tax-evasion charges.
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FOX Sports: Wider RPM deal for Allmendinger?FOX Sports' Lee Spencer reports Richard Petty Motorsports is close to concluding a deal to extend AJ Allmendinger's contract beyond the Coca-Cola 600 next month.
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Autocar: Nissan 370Z Roadster picturedNissan has released a single teaser image of its 370Z Roadster, which will be officially unveiled ahead of the New York auto show tomorrow.
April 4Indy Star: John Andretti tipped for Indy 500 with Richard Petty.
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Final Martinsville TV ratings off 13.2 percent.
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SceneDaily: No bankruptcy for parts business, Bruton says.