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2013 Indy 500: Pippa Mann gets Dale Coyne ride
Britain's Pippa Mann will make a bid for a spot on the grid for next month's Indianapolis 500, after striking a deal with Dale Coyne Racing.

2013 Indy 500: Chip Ganassi signs up Ryan Briscoe
Ryan Briscoe is set to return to the IndyCar Series for the first time in 2013, after being handed a race seat for this year's Indy 500 by Ganassi Racing.

Penske confirms Allmendinger Indy 500 entry
AJ Allmendinger will enter this year's Indianapolis 500 race, Team Penske confirmed on Friday morning.

Legge to take legal action over Dragon firing
Katherine Legge has revealed that she is to take legal action against Dragon Racing, after the team dropped her from their second car in favour of Sebastian Saavedra.

HVM set to receive $1m entrant's subsidy
HVM Racing is among the teams selected to receive a $1 million subsidy from the IZOD IndyCar Series, all-but confirming that the team will run an entry in 2013 after all.

New rule book issued to IndyCar teams
The new 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook has been issued to teams by race director Beaux Barfield, retaining the engine change penalties and adding new tweaks to the points system.

Takuma Sato to drive for AJ Foyt Racing
Takuma Sato has signed to drive for AJ Foyt Racing in 2013, the announcement confirming several months of speculation that the former F1 driver was to link up with the Indy 500 icon.

Official: Barrichello moves to Brazilian Stock Cars
Former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello has made it official that he's leaving the IZOD IndyCar Series and will be competing in the Brazilian Stock Car championship in 2013.
Firestone extends series deal to 2018
The IZOD IndyCar Series has extended its single-supplier deal for tyres with Bridgestone Americas' Firestone brand through to the end of 2018.

Lotus confirms end of IndyCar involvement
Lotus has been released from its contract as an engine supplier to the IZOD IndyCar Series and will not return to the competition in 2013, it's been confirmed.

De Silvestro signs with KV Racing
Simona de Silvestro will join KV Racing Technology for the 2013 season of the IZOD IndyCar Series, alongside new team mate Tony Kanaan.

Mugello a possible addition to IndyCar line-up
Reports from Italy suggest that IndyCar officials are talking with the management of the Mugello circuit in Italy about hosting an event in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Edmonton pulls out of 2013 Indy season
The city of Edmonton will no longer be hosting an IZOD IndyCar Series race in 2013, after the decision by the local prompters to no longer stage the event citing disappoining attendance.

Drivers support Conway's choice to quit ovals
Mike Conway's decision to step down from his race seat at AJ Foyt Racing because he no longer felt comfortable racing on ovals received broad support from his fellow racers on pit lane on Friday.

Hunter-Reay crashes during Fontana test
Ryan Hunter-Reay didn't get off to the best of starts at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana when he spun the #28 Andretti Autosport car and crashed early in testing on Wednesday.

IndyCar will reinstate Baltimore chicane
Organisers of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Balitmore have said that they will reintroduce a chicane on the frontstretch, after cars were launched into the air over railroad tracks.

Push-to-pass delay dropped for Baltimore
The unpopular delay on activating the push-to-pass overtaking system used on road and street courses has been dropped for the Grand Prix of Baltimore, IndyCar has announced.

Dragon team owner Jay Penske arrested
Local newspaper reports say that the owner of IZOD IndyCar Series race team Dragon Racing, Jay Penske, was arrested early on Thursday morning along with his brother Mark.

No extra race to replace China, says IndyCar
The IZOD IndyCar Series will not be replacing the abandoned China street race and will instead remain at 15 races for the 2012 season, organisers have announced.

China round dropped - replacement being sought
IndyCar's historic first race in China on the streets of Qingdao planned for August has been cancelled, leaving the series scrambling to find a replacement.

Wheldon model goes on sale
A model of the car Dan Wheldon used to win the 2011 Indy 500 goes on sale

Indy 500: Lotus flops with Alesi early exit
There was no hiding just how poor the performance of the Lotus engines was on ovals at Indianapolis, with Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro both ordered into the pits on lap 9.

Indy 500: Franchitti, Sato row over crash
The Indianapolis 500 was decided by a controversial crash at the start of the final lap of the race; did Franchitti cause it intentionally, or was it a case of red mist from Sato?

Indy 500: Guerrieri wins Freedom 100
Estaban Guerrieri won a narrow victory in the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights Freedom 100, the traditional weekend support race to the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.