A tireless Franchitti wins Motor Oil 300

Dario Franchitti proved once again pit strategy is sometimes better then overall speed when the IZOD IndyCars returned to the ovals at Chicagoland Speedway for the Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300.
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IndyCar Racing News Briefs

Sarah Fisher Racing will have Graham Rahal drive her IZOD IndyCar Series car this weekend at Kentucky Speedway in the Indy Racing League's 200th event. In partnership with Service Central -- the automotive service offering available exclusively at Tire Kingdom, National Tire and Battery, Merchants Tire and Big O Tires -- Rahal will drive the No. 66 Service Central car in the Kentucky Indy 300.

Bertrand Baguette will have a veteran as a teammate for the first time this season as Tomas Scheckter joins Conquest Racing for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Scheckter, 29, has 100-plus starts in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Since his first race in 2002, he has gone on to claim 43 top 10s, including two victories.

On June 11, 2011, the IZOD IndyCar Series and Texas Motor Speedway will revisit the exciting and intense twin race format on the same evening. The newly named Firestone Twin 275s – formerly the Firestone 550k – will consist of two full-field 275-kilometer races (171 miles/114 laps each) with two race winners being recognized by the sanctioning body. Half points will be awarded in both races. How the starting field will be set for either or both events -- along with the time allotment between races -- are still to be determined, according to IZOD IndyCar Series president of competition and racing operations Brian Barnhart.

The inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix will be held over Labor Day weekend 2011 (Sept. 2-4), Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore Racing Development announced.

The IZOD IndyCar Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2011 has been moved to Aug. 14, speedway executive vice president and general manager Jerry Gappens said. The race will be the first at the 1-mile oval in 13 years for IndyCars.

Once again, the second time in three races, the Indy Racing League has amended its rulebook to allow for a larger starting field. Twenty-nine cars are expected at Chicagoland Speedway – the most outside of the 33 for the Indianapolis 500 – to be entered for the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 on Aug. 28 at the 1.5-mile oval. Rules caped the starting field at 28 cars for races other than Indianapolis, Brazil, Toronto and Mid-Ohio based on pit lane space. The rule also was amended for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 8 to allow for a 27th entry. In addition to the 24 full-season entries, expected to join the initial practice session are Davey Hamilton in the No. 21 HP de Ferran Dragon Racing car, Graham Rahal in the No. 02 Quick Trim Newman/Haas Racing car, Sarah Fisher in the No. 67 Dollar General car for Sarah Fisher Racing, Ed Carpenter in the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka car for Panther/Vision Racing, and Jay Howard in the No. 66 Service Central car for Sarah Fisher Racing.

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