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Tony Kanaan may have lost out to Buddy Rice in the last round of the IRL IndyCar Series at the Michigan International Speedway but that blip doesn't disguise the fact that Kanaan and his Andretti-Green Racing teammates have dominated the 2004 season to date and are collective favourites for victo

Since his breakthrough win at the Indy 500, Buddy Rice had led the chase of Tony Kanaan and the Andretti-Green Racing powerhouse in the IRL IndyCar Series ably supported by his equally fired-up Rahal-Letterman Racing teammate Vitor Meira.

In one of the Series' biggest days since its inception ten years ago, all the League's top brass were on hand to discuss the move into road course racing, which other venues they want to see added in future years, how far the series has come in the last decade and how it can grow from here, plus

Yorkshires Darren Manning has, in his own words, "hit the big time" after news that he and Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon would become the first IRL IndyCar Series drivers to become a part of an American Breakfast institution and appear on boxes of Wheaties cereal.

Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice and members of Rahal Letterman Racing visited the White House on Monday to meet with United States President George W. Bush.

IRL IndyCar Series fan favourite Jaques Lazier will make his return to the IRL IndyCar Series for the first time since Indianapolis for Pat Patrick's eponymous team in this Saturday's Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.

Despite being with the smallest and least well-funded team on the IRL IndyCar Series grid, Briton Mark Taylor has pronounced himself 'delighted' to have joined forces with Access Motorsports for the remaining nine races on the 2004 IRL schedule.

Brothers always share a bond with each other that is built on trust, strength and love. When you ask Joey Vallone, gearbox assistant for Red Bull Cheever Racing, what he shares with his younger brother, Adam, he simply replies, "Respect, but also a love for cars."

Double IRL IndyCar Series Champion Sam Hornish Jr was able to put his latest Indy 500 disappointment behind him last weekend when he married Crystal Liechty.

A first Indy 500 win for Buddy Rice, victory for co-owner David Letterman in the first race since Team Rahal became Rahal-Letterman Racing, a maiden triumph for Bobby Rahal as an owner and a first Indy win for Scott Roembke - not bad for a day at the office.

Ed Carpenter had some harsh words for his fellow IRL IndyCar Series rookie Mark Taylor after the two crashed out of Sunday's Indianapolis 500, saying that the British Panther Racing/Team Menard driver should have given him more room.

In 1994, Bobby Rahal brought the Honda engine to Indianapolis for the first time, but couldn't find enough speed to qualify for the race, opting to race a car leased from Roger Penske and powered by Mercedes/Ilmor.

It was a case of nearly but not quite for Andretti-Green Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon in Sunday's rain shortened Indy 500 as both came up a little short against Buddy Rice in the final, critical 20 lap run to the premature chequered flag.