Patrick nearing deal to stay in IndyCar
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Danica Patrick sounds as if she has already made a decision on her racing future, even if she's not quite ready to announce it. Despite recent speculation that she would head to NASCAR after her contract with the Rahal-Letterman IndyCar Series team is up at the end of the season, Patrick said she's leaning toward staying in the IndyCar Series and is "far down the line" toward getting a deal done with for next season.
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The British and French Formula One grands prix have been saved after teams struck a deal with Bernie Ecclestone on Tuesday, according to Minardi boss Paul Stoddart.
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Dan Wheldon is confident he can win the Indy Racing League title next season after coming close this year. The Englishman was a serious challenger all year but finished runner-up to his Andretti Green team-mate Tony Kanaan.
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The pressure on IRL IndyCar Series championship leaders Tony Kanaan and Buddy Rice is beginning to increase with the end of the 2004 season just eight weeks -- or five races -- away.
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Treasury Secretary John W. Snow will remain in his job after weeks in which Republicans had talked openly about his impending departure.
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Helio Castroneves will be on the pole for this afternoon&#39;s IndyCar Series Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway and he knows the race will end after 2 miles.
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Danica Patrick is confident she'll get her first win on the IRL circuit &#151; she's just not going to make a prediction about when it will happen.
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With Jacques Villeneuve testing for Renault today at Silverstone there has been the perhaps inevitable speculation that this could change things for next season when Giancarlo Fisichella is due to join Fernando Alonso at Renault F1.
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London: Silverstone&#39;s owners have been given a two-day deadline to agree a deal to keep next year&#39;s British Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar.
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A possible unification of the United States' two open-wheel auto racing series is still on track, with both sides saying yesterday that progress is being made.
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After seven months and 26 races, NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup series is finally ready to get down to the business of deciding a champion.
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Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere has decided to stay with the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks, signing a 4-year, $24 million contract on Thursday.
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The British Grand Prix debacle, which we forecast yesterday, was inevitable, given the parties involved in the negotiations. The race will no doubt return one day to the Formula 1 calendar but that is not
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Silverstone&#39;s owners, the British Racing Drivers&#39; Club, have been given until Thursday to sign a Â£7million deal to save next year&#39;s British Grand Prix.
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He leads the Nextel Cup standings despite struggling in the first two races of the championship chase. Should he get through three hours of tailgating unscathed Sunday during the EA Sports 500 at Talladega
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HILLIARD, OH . . . Rahal Letterman Racing announced today the signing of Vitor Meira to a multi-year contract which will see the young Brazilian pilot a Honda powered G-Force in the 2005 IRL IndyCar Series championship.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Nextel Cup championship, after 35 races, winds down to one, and the same man who will start on the pole in todayâs Ford 400 occupies a similarly lofty perch in the title race.