INDY RACING SEASON TO WRAP UP SUNDAY CHICAGOLAND TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP.Byline: TIM TIM Timothy TIM Technical Interchange Meeting TIM Transient Intermodulation Distortion TIM Time Is Money TIM The Invisible Man (movie) TIM Telecom Italia Mobile (Italian cellular provider) HADDOCK MOTOR SPORTS The Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series season comes to an end Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway is actually located several miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois. It currently has a capacity of 75,000 people. . The IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. championship will be decided. Marlboro Team Penske has the top two drivers in the IRL standings with Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr., separated by one vote. Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in NASCAR, IRL, and Grand-Am racing. It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates. The team is based in Concord, North Carolina, which is a suburb of Charlotte. drivers Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Weldon (born June 22 1989 in Emberton, England) is a successful English auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League champion and Indy 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament. He currently resides in St. and Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon (born July 22, 1980) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who won the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in 2003 at his first attempt. Early years are Nos. 3 and 4 in the IRL standings. They are 19 and 21 points, respectively, behind Castroneves. One of those four will be the IRL champion after the Chicagoland Speedway race. The Andretti Green Racing Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IRL IndyCar Series and the American Le Mans Series. Early years in CART Founded in 1993 by Barry Green and Gerry Forsythe as Forsythe Green Racing drivers are out of the IRL championship hunt, but Valencia's Bryan Herta Bryan Herta (b. May 23 1970, Warren, Michigan) is an American race car driver. He currently drives for Andretti Green Racing, which is co-owned by former CART and IRL driver Michael Andretti, in the ALMS, although his career has primarily been spent in open-wheel cars will be looking to win his first race of the year at a track that has yielded two podium finishes for him in the past three years. ``Chicago is a track where the XM Satellite Radio team has had good results in the past,'' said Herta, a Hart High of Newhall graduate. ``We haven't performed well on the big ovals all season but we keep getting closer, so hopefully we'll be able to end the season on a good note.'' Herta's best finish at Chicagoland came in 2004 when he was second. He had a third-place finish in 2003 and he has never started outside the top 10 in any of his races at Chicagoland Speedway. Herta is 11th in the IRL standings and wants to finish as high as he can after the Chicagoland race. ``We're still capable of moving up in the championship and that's our goal,'' Herta said. In 13 races this year, Herta has posted one top-five and six top-10 finishes. His best finish of the year was a fourth place at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Dario Franchitti, Herta's teammate at Andretti Green Racing, will miss the IRL season finale at Chicagoland Speedway. Franchitti sustained a concussion during qualifying for the Goodwood Revival at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Goodwood, England, on Sept. 1. A.J. Foyt IV will drive Franchitti's car in the IRL race at Chicagoland Speedway. ``I'm very excited to have an opportunity like this to drive the Klein Tools/Canadian Club car for Andretti Green,'' Foyt said. ``It's obviously a great race team and should be a very competitive car on Sunday. Michael Andretti, one of the Andretti Green team owners, said he is looking forward to having Foyt drive one of his cars. ``It's unfortunate that Dario won't be able to drive, but we're confident that Anthony will do a great job for us,'' Andretti said. ``He's got a lot of natural talent and we're hoping to give him a fast car this weekend.'' In 47 career IRL starts, Foyt has three top-10 finishes. ``We're going to be able to do this at a place where I've got a lot of laps and I expect to have a good, strong weekend,'' Foyt said. Irwindale Speedway: Canyon Country's John Watkinson won the first two NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Grand American Modified races. He leads the division standings, but the drivers in the division haven't raced since May 13. They return to Irwindale Speedway tonight for their third race of the year. Watkinson has a four-point lead over Joe Ruggles of Palmdale. The NASCAR Super Late Models, Super Stocks, Legend Cars and Pure Stocks are scheduled to race tonight at Irwindale Speedway. Canyon High graduate Todd Southwell is fourth in points and Canyon Country's Rod Johnson is seventh in the Super Late Models division. Newhall's Rich DeLong is sixth in points in the Super Stocks division. Valencia's Connor Cantrell is fourth in points in the Legend Cars division. Gates will open at 4 p.m. Races will start at 7. CAPTION(S): box Box: INDY RACING LEAGUE |
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