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Tony George to stand down from role on the board of Indianapolis Motor Speedway

As rumoured just over a month ago, Tony George has been removed from his senior roles at both the Hulman-George and Indianapolis Motor Speedway organisations - and has stood down as head of the IndyCar Series as well.

Vision Racing's Ryan Hunter-Reay is to take over driving duties in A.J. Foyt's ABC Supply entry for the remainder of the 2009 IndyCar season, beginning at next weekend's Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway.

America's new Formula 1 team, USF1, has not even hit the starting grid yet - but it has already hit a hurdle in its preparations, with the sport's commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone ordering a change of name to US Grand Prix Engineering.

Tony George, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards last Sunday in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier.

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