FYI: Looking ahead to May
Even though May is six months away, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has put seats to all three of its 2008 races on sale, including the Indianapolis 500, the taxicab race in July and the motorcycle race in September.
Worst-kept secret, Part II
The worst-kept secret in motorsports was that Sam Hornish Jr. was going to NASCAR full-time. The second-worst-kept secret was that Ryan Briscoe is going to replace him.
It's now official.
Read the stories from the AP, Sports Network, IndyCar.com, SpeedTV
Says the Human Fireball: "Racing for Penske's ALMS program in 2007 has been a highlight in my career, but open-wheel racing is where my heart lies, and I can't wait to race full time in the IndyCar Series for one of the best teams in open-wheel history." ... and .. "The fact that I'm racing in America is a great chance for me. ... If Sam wasn't going to NASCAR, I would have done all I could to be patient and remain on the team."
But ... is Sam officially done?
Sam doesn't rule out a future Indy 500 run.
Says the defector: "If at some point we have our heads above water, we're going to have to ask the question, 'What about we go and run Indy?'
Hold it
IRL team owner Bobby Rahal was at the Champ Car race this week (like he is every week), but only to watch "the future" of Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing, his son.
Rahal says he's not moving his team to CC, and would like to see a merger. In other news, the sky is blue.
Former IRL track on the market
Nazareth Speedway, which hosted IRL races until ISC shut it down and moved the stands to Watkins Glen, is for sale, but it might not be a racetrack.
A postmortem on Robert Clarke's tenure at Honda
... from Gordon Kirby. This one focuses on how Clarke got Honda's ALMS program going, but Kirby says to stay tuned this week for a column with "very frank comments about Honda's involvement in the IRL."
Dancing update
Helio had the highest score of the night Monday, and even Tony Dungy thinks he needs your vote.
And finally
Former Indy 500 starter Dan Freeland passed away last week at age 82.
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