Indy Racing League Indy Racing League The 2005 Indy Racing League season began on Sunday, March 6 and ended on Sunday, October 16. The season, which consisted of 17 races, was the 10th season of the IRL since it split from CART in 1995. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 in IRL"
The 2006 Indy Racing League season is set to begin on March 26 and end on September 10. ...more on Wikipedia about "2006 in IRL"
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, frequently shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American automobile race held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. First known and held as the International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race in 1911, "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing," or simply "Indy," is one of the oldest and richest motorsport events in existence, and the largest single-day sporting event worldwide in both on-grounds attendence and international audience (recent estimates placing the latter in excess of 320 million). The event lends its name to the " IndyCar" class of formula, or open-wheel, race cars that have competed in it and has been broadcast live over radio on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network since 1952, and televised on ABC Sports since 1965, with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2005, the race celebrated its 60th consecutive year of uninterrupted occurrance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indianapolis 500"
The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the promoter of a predominantly oval based open-wheel racing series in the United States and, more recently, Japan. Its centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500. The IRL is owned by Hulman and Co., which also owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex. The IRL was brought about in 1994 by Tony George and was created with a breakaway group of drivers from CART, which had coordinated Indy car racing since 1979,after breaking away from the United States Auto Club (USAC). George designed IRL as a lower-cost open-wheel alternative to CART, which had come to be technology-driven and dominated by a few wealthy multi-car teams much like in Formula One. Since then, the IRL has developed a consistent engine package and chassis rules which have produced some of the closest finishes in any racing series. Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indy Racing League"
The Infiniti Pro Series is a developmental racing series sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. It was founded in 2002 as a way to introduce new talent to the IRL and coincided with Infiniti's departure from the IRL's premier Indycar series. It is a spec series using a modified 3.5L version of the V8 engine used in the Infiniti Q45 combined with Dallara chassis. The series has struggled to attract drivers and some races have less than 10 entrants. However, with the introduction of a number of road-course races to the schedule in 2005, many of America's top prospects like Marco Andretti and Scott Mansell have been attracted to the series to run part-time schedules on the road courses. Throughout the series' history, Sam Schmidt Motorsports has been one of the most dominant teams and has been one of the only teams to consistently put forth a serious competitive effort towards the series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Infiniti Pro Series"
This is a list of the teams in the Indycar Series of the Indy Racing League. " TBA" indicates that this driver, engine, or sponsor is as of yet unknown for the 2006 season. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Indycar teams"
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