Posts Tagged ‘Panther Racing’

Movers and Shakers — Franchitti Returns to IndyCar Series with Ganassi and Target

By Bram • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: IRL, News, Newsflash, Notes, Your Series. Your Driver.

Dario Franchitti talks with Scott Dixon at this weekend\'s Belle Isle IndyCar Series event (Chris Jones/IRL)

Dario Franchitti talks with Scott Dixon at this weekend's Belle Isle IndyCar Series event (Chris Jones/IRL)

Concord, NC) — Puzzles solved, two seats filled and one left out for now, with an almost assured announcement to come.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR) and Dan Wheldon, driver of the No. 10 Target Honda Dallara in the IndyCar Series, announced today they have agreed to part ways. Dan Wheldon will be returning to Panther Racing’s No. 4 Honda entry

Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced they will be adding former IndyCar Series and Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti as a teammate of the 2008 Indy 500 winner and current points leader Scott Dixon, as the driver of the No. 10 Target Honda. In addition, Chip Ganassi Racing and Target announced the details of their joint plans to take their partnership into its 20th season and beyond.

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IndyCar Series Driver Focus — Iowa; Delphi National Guard Driver Vitor Meira Looks to Finish What He Started in 2007

By Bram • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: IRL, News, Notes, Your Series. Your Driver.

Steve Snoddy/IRLPanther Turns Its Focus to Iowa Speedway Race Weekend

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Panther Racing driver Vitor Meira had one of the strongest cars on the track last season during the IndyCar Series inaugural Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway, where he led a total of 71 laps before a suspension failure ended a otherwise strong run in ninth position.

With the team riding higher now than they were a season ago, Meira is hopeful his team can continue its hot streak that started at the 92nd Indianapolis 500 and get his No. 4 Delphi National Guard car into victory lane. For Saturday’s Firestone Indy Lights events, Panther’s duo of Dillon Battistini and Brent Sherman will look to solidify their efforts on Iowa’s 7/8-mile oval.

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IndyCar Series Racing at Texas: Bombardier Learjet 550k

By Bram • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: IRL, News, Notes, Your Series. Your Driver.

Chris Jones/IRL
Team Penske eyes third consecutive victory at Texas
Dixon leads points; shoots for first Texas win

Beware the Dragon

Luczo Dragon Racing returns to IndyCar Series competition at Texas with driver Tomas Scheckter (shown left) The team has added Texas and Chicagoland to the limited schedule they had planned for 2008. Scheckter has led 371 laps at Texas, is a three-time pole winner and won the event in 2005. The team qualified fourth at Kansas and 11th at Indianapolis and had solid runs in both races? Can Scheckter dominate at Texas with a new team?

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