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After Dario Franchitti picked up about $1.2 million in bonus cash and other prizes to commemorate his IndyCar Series championship, three of his pursuers finally caught him.

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Franchitti's comeback made complete by IRL title (AP)

Published 10/11/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Dario Franchitti's path to another IndyCar series championship might have started when he broke his left ankle in a Nationwide Series crash last year at Talladega.

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At IRL finale, others mindful of title contenders (AP)

Published 10/10/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

In two rounds of practice and then in qualifying, three names stayed atop the leaderboard all day on the eve of Saturday's Indy 300.

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Sarah Fisher Racing adding 2nd car for 2010 (AP)

Published 10/9/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Sarah Fisher Racing will expand for the 2010 Indy Racing League season, adding a second car and running three more races.

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A 3-man battle for IRL title drawing to a close (AP)

Published 10/9/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Scott Dixon has this unshakable feeling, that the three remaining contenders for the IndyCar championship will enter the final turn of the season having decided nothing.

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IRL contenders arrive in South Florida (AP)

Published 10/8/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Dario Franchitti was getting dressed at the Miami Dolphins' training facility Thursday afternoon, when someone warned him that the adjacent pile of football playbooks were top secret.

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Homestead hosting IRL, NASCAR title weekends (PA SportsTicker)

Published 10/8/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

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Dixon, Briscoe, Franchitti fight for Indy title (AFP)

Published 10/7/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

New Zealand's Scott Dixon tries to win his second Indy-car season crown in a row by defending his race title Saturday at the Indy 300 but Scotsman Dario Franchitti and Australian Ryan Briscoe have other ideas.

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Patrick's plans add intrigue to IRL title weekend (AP)

Published 10/7/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Danica Patrick's moment of clarity came three years ago.

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South Florida's IRL drivers juggling distractions (PA SportsTicker)

Published 10/7/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

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Fisher eyeing IRL finale with memories of 2001 (AP)

Published 10/5/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

More than eight years later, Sarah Fisher still hasn't found those 1.87 seconds.

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Patrick remains quiet about future plans (AP)

Published 10/2/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Danica Patrick still isn't saying what she plans for next season.

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Report: Danica Patrick to stay with IRL team (PA SportsTicker)

Published 9/25/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Danica Patrick agreed to a three-year contract to remain at Andretti Green Racing and stay in the IndyCar Series, according to a report in the Indianapolis Star.

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IndyCar title comes down to final race at Miami (AP)

Published 9/23/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Target Chip Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti head into the final IndyCar race of the season in a winner-take-all showdown.

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Scott Dixon wins Indy Japan 300 (PA SportsTicker)

Published 9/19/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

New Zealand's Scott Dixon won the Indy Japan 300 on Saturday to take over the IndyCar series points lead with one race remaining.

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Dixon takes pole for Indy Japan 300 (AP)

Published 9/18/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Scott Dixon won the pole position for Saturday's Indy Japan 300, earning a valuable point in the IndyCar championship standings.

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Patrick, Briscoe in the spotlight at Indy Japan (AP)

Published 9/17/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Danica Patrick will be looking to repeat history. Ryan Briscoe is hoping to make his own at the Indy Japan 300, the penultimate event of the 2009 IndyCar series.

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Tweet Up! Fans, drivers connect, in person, too (AP)

Published 9/9/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Hours before the race, under a large white tent in the midway at Chicagoland Speedway, things are already moving along briskly at Vision Racing's ``tweetup.''

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Schumacher ties mark for Top Fuel wins at Indy (PA SportsTicker)

Published 9/8/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Tony Schumacher raced to his eighth victory at O'Reilly Raceway Park on Monday at the U.S. Nationals, tying Don Garlits for the most Top Fuel wins at the historic track.

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Pain subsides as Power looks ahead to recovery (AP)

Published 9/2/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

IndyCar driver Will Power looks at 2009 as a success.

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Briscoe becomes unlikely IndyCar title favorite (AP)

Published 9/2/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

At 5-foot-7 and 148 pounds, Ryan Briscoe has the prototypical build for an IndyCar series driver.

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Briscoe, Franchitti, Dixon eyeing Homestead (AP)

Published 9/1/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar title in 2007, Scott Dixon took the series championship in 2008, and the Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates are two of the three remaining contenders for this year's crown.

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Injuries put early end to Power's IndyCar season (AP)

Published 9/1/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

IndyCar driver Will Power is expected to miss the rest of this season but will not need surgery to repair the broken bones in his back.

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De Angelis breaks 200 mph barrier at Indy (PA SportsTicker)

Published 8/30/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer

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Briscoe beats Dixon by a nose at Chicagoland (AP)

Published 8/30/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Ryan Briscoe grabbed the IndyCar series points lead by stringing together quietly consistent finishes. Then he took control by putting on a remarkable wheel-to-wheel show under the lights at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night.

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Hayden hopes to duplicate Indy success (PA SportsTicker)

Published 8/29/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer

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Dixon hoping to hang in points race at Chicagoland (AP)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Scott Dixon has been inconsistent this season, and has had a particularly bumpy ride the past month. And now he's trying to stay in the IRL points race at a track that hasn't always treated him kindly.

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IndyCar points leader Briscoe on Chicagoland pole (AP)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Ryan Briscoe took a small step to boost his IndyCar championship bid Friday, winning the pole for Saturday night's race at Chicagoland Speedway.

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MotoGP racers in Indy aim to give fans better show (PA SportsTicker)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer

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IndyCar driver Will Power released from hospital (AP)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

IndyCar driver Will Power has been released from the hospital and returned home to Indianapolis after multiple injuries during a crash in Sonoma, Calif. last Saturday.

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MotoGP racers in Indy aim to give fans better show (PA SportsTicker)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer

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Little Al, Luyendyk like future of IndyCars (AP)

Published 8/28/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Al Unser Jr. and Arie Luyendyk have a few things in common. They're two-time winners of the Indy 500. And if asked, they agree on this much: they think Danica Patrick should stick to IndyCars.

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Patrick sidesteps questions about future (AP)

Published 8/27/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Danica Patrick wasn't ready to address her future with Andretti Green Racing or the IndyCar series, sidestepping questions Thursday about her expiring contract.

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Franchitti comes back to win pole (AP)

Published 8/23/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Dario Franchitti spent extra time in the pits preparing his car for the final session of qualifying. Then, the 2007 IRL champion went into the dirt midway through his run because of trouble downshifting.

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Power breaks vertebrae, sustains concussion (AP)

Published 8/22/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Team Penske No. 3 driver Will Power broke two vertebrae in his lower back and sustained a concussion Saturday after crashing into Nelson Philippe of Conquest Racing during a practice session for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.

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Veteran Indianapolis 500 car owner Byrd dies at 57 (AP)

Published 8/22/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Longtime Indianapolis 500 car owner Jonathan Byrd has died. He was 57. Paul Kelly, a spokesman for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said Byrd died Thursday in Greenwood. Byrd had been disabled by a stroke since 2004. Services are pending. Byrd, an ...

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Franchitti's return to IRL a success (AP)

Published 8/21/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

A year after flopping in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Dario Franchitti is having about as good a return to the IRL circuit as he could have hoped.

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De Ferran playing catch-up in race for IRL debut (AP)

Published 8/19/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Gil de Ferran's next big race is against the clock -- and he's already behind.

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Help wanted? Power using Penske ride as audition (AP)

Published 8/12/2009 at Yahoo! Sports - IRL News

Will Power grew up in Australia having older brother Nick push him around in a small plastic race car trying to emulate the moves of their father, a Formula 2 racer on the weekends.

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