“HINCH” wins first career INDYCAR race at St. Pete while title hopefulls Power, Hunter-Reay and Franchitti fail to score maximum points
Dario Franchitti crashed out early in the race, Will Power got run over during a caution period and Ryan Hunter-Reay suffered gear box issues
On to Birmingham for the next stop
Carpenter wins the AAA 500, Hunter-Reay wins the 2012 INDYCAR Championship
Ed Carpenter wins his first 500 mile race
Ryan Hunter-Reay finished fourth in the AAA 500 and wins the 2012 INDYCAR Championship
Ryan Hunter-Reay comes from seventeen points back to win the championship
Randy Bernard and Mike Kelly present the championship winning check to Michael Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport and Ryan Hunter-Reay are the 2012 INDYCAR champions
Ryan Hunter-Reay and Michael Andretti take the 2012 IZOD INDYCAR Championship
Ryan Hunter-Reay kisses the cup
Ryan Hunter-Reay celebrates his first IZOD INDYCAR Champioship
Ryan Hunter-Reay stays in the INDYCAR Championship hunt with his win in Baltimore
The Baltimore Inner Harbor as seen from the ninth floor
Why do the race promoters feel they have to do this?
Ryan Hunter-Reay celebrates with the American flag
Hunter-Reay comes from the tenth starting position to win
Ryan Hunter-Reay stays on dry tires while his competitors changed to wets
- Ryan Briscoe jumps the second of two temporary chicanes covering railroad tracks on Pratt St.
Ryan Briscoe finishes second at the Baltimore GP
Simon Pagenaud finishes third at Baltimore
Ryan Briscoe scores first victory of the season at Sonoma, while team mate, Will Power widens his points lead
Ryan Briscoe takes the checkered flag at Sonoma
Ryan Briscoe celebrates his first victory of the season
Ryan Briscoe held off Will Power for the win
Will Power finishes second while increasing his points lead for the championship
Defending INDYCAR champion Dario Franchitti came home third
INDYCAR teans show off new paint and logos at Sonoma
Panther Racing and J.R. Hildebrand sport new NFL San Francisco 49ers logo
Katherine Legge added a pink rear wing to designate the difference between her and team mate Bourdais
Sarah Fisher Racing and Josef Newgarden brought back sponsor, Angie’s List to Sonoma
Dreyer and Reinbold Racing and Oriol Servia show new colors for Tran Systems sponsor
Dixon takes the checkered at Mid Ohio, Power regains Championship points lead
Scott Dixon, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud on the Mid Ohio podium
Scott Dixon celebrates another win at Mid Ohio
Scott Dixon took over the lead after his second pit stop
Will Power led the most laps, starting from pole
Another podium finish for Simon Pagenaud
Castroneves and Power close the points gap to Hunter-Reay
Helio Castroneves takes over second place in the championship points race
Takuma Sato finishes second at Edmonton to match his career best from Sao Paulo
Will Power started seventeenth and raced his way to third to close in on Ryan Hunter-Reay’s points lead
Ryan Hunter-Reay goes “Three for Three” at the Honda Indy Toronto
Dario Franchitti and Will Power lead the start of the Honda Indy Toronto
Ryan Hunter-Reay wins his third race in a row
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Charlie Kimball and Mike Conway celebrate at Toronto
Mike Conway’s first podium finish for A.J. Foyt ABC Supply Racing
Charlie Kimball’s first ever IndyCar podium finish
Mike Conway starts thirteenth and finishes third at Toronto
RHR goes two for two at Iowa Speedway
Ryan Hunter-Reay wins for the second race in a row
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan on the Iowa podium
Marco Andretti duels with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Tony Kanaan
Tony Kanaan makes the podium for the second race in a row
Helio Castroneves was dominate at Iowa until the late stages of the race
Scott Dixon couldn’t hold off the surge from Hunter-Reay, Andretti and Kanaan
Ryan Hunter-Reay wins the Indy Fest at the famed Milwaukee Mile
Ryan Hunter-Reay leads the start of the Indy Fest at The Milwaukee Mile
Ryan Hunter-Reay celebrates his win at The Milwaukee Mile
All Chevrolet, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan and James Hinchcliffe
Ryan Hunter-Reay celebrates an American win at “The Mile
Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified for the pole
Tony Kanaan passes teammate, E.J. Viso, taking second place
James Hinchcliffe makes the podium again
Global Rally Cross at TMS
Ken Block
Marcus Gronholm
Stephen Verdier rips the left rear tire off the rim
Travis Pastrana
Svere Isachsen and Tanner Foust jump the ramp
Tanner Foust
Ken Block
Ken Block does a nose dive
Justin Wilson wins the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway
Justin Wilson wins his first Indy Car oval at TMS
Justin Wilson led the last two laps to win at TMS
Never considered to be a oval challenger, Justin Wilson wins at TMS
Alex Tagliani and Dario Franchitti lead to the start of the Firestone 550
Scott Dixon led 133 laps and Graham Rahal led until two to go, both crashing while leading
The light of Texas was on Scott Dixon, leading for 133 laps
Graham Rahal had the win in the bag until crashing with two to go
Will there be a 24th?
Scott Dixon survives on the streets of Belle Isle
Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Simon Pagenaud celebrate at Belle Isle
Scott Dixon qualified on pole position and dominated the race
Scott Dixon leads Will Power at Belle Isle
Dario Franchitti started in fifteenth and finishes second
Franchitti stormed through the field to come home in second place
Another great finish for Simon Pagenaud
The traditional day after the “500” photos with this year’s winner, Dario Franchitti
Dario and George Franchitti
Dario, George, Ashley and the dogs
Dario kisses the Borg Warner Trophy
Dario posses for the photographers
Dario Franchitti poses with the Borg Warner Trophy for the third time
Dario Franchitti wins his third Indianapolis 500
Dan Wheldon’s best friends, Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan, cross the finish line together
Dario Franchitti leads Scott Dixon to a one, two finish at Indianapolis
Dario celebrates his third Indy victory
“The milk”
Dario Franchitti joins the “3” win club at Indianapolis
Ryan Briscoe leads the start of the Indianapolis 500
Restarts were exciting for the fans
Starting from pole, Ryan Briscoe finished fifth
Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe race out of the pits
Ryan Briscoe wins the pole for the 2012 Indianapolis 500
Ryan Briscoe wins his first Indianapolis 500 pole for the Team Penske
After a long wait and challenges from eight other drivers, Ryan Briscoe wins the pole for the Indianapolis 500
How they’ll line up next Sunday, Ryan Briscoe, James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay
Briscoe, Hinchcliffe and Hunter-Reay
What could Ryan be thinking?
Eight rookies qualify for the 2012 Indianapolis 500, including two F1 stars with over 500 F1 races, two young USAC stars and a sports car champion
Simon Pagenaud comes to his first Indianapolis 500 from ALMS
Young American rookie Josef Newgarden comes from the ranks of USAC
James Jakes will make his first Indianapolis 500 start for Dale Coyne Racing
Wade Cunningham joins A.J. Foyt Racing for his first Indianapolis 500
Katherine Legge comes from Champ Car to Indianapolis with Jay Penske and Dragon Racing
Brian Clausen comes from USAC to participate in his first Indianapolis 500
With the help of his friend, Tony Kanaan, Rubens has fit right in with the IndyCar scene
Rubens Barrichello gets some very good lessons from Mario Andretti just before his qualifying run
With the under powered Lotus engine, Jean Alesi gets into the Indianapolis 500
Jean Alesi is just happy it’s all over
Power dominates Sao Paulo Indy 300
Will Power performs his victory leap for the Brazilian fans
Will Power and Dario Franchitti lead the start of the race
Will Power gets the jump into the always dangerous turn one
Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato
Will Power leads Ryan Hunter-Reay through turn two
Will Power wins his third race of the season at Sao Paulo, Brazil
Another strong performance for Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti Autosport
Takuma Sato scores his best finish, third, in an IndyCar race
View of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Power’s win at Long Beach, Team Penske is now three for three in the young season
Will Power celebrates his second win of the season with his jump from the cockpit
Will Power and Simon Pagenaud, one, two at the Long Beach GP
Will Power leads Simon Pagenaud to the finish line
Simon Pagenaud earned a much deserved second place finish
"The Mayor" of Hinchtown, James Hinchcliffe comes third for Andretti Autosport
Photographers note:Â All three race car images were shot with the amazing new D800 camera, from Nikon.
Power comes through the field to win at Barber
Helio Castroneves leads the Indy Cars into turn two at Barber Motorsports Park
Will Power celebrates with second placed Scott Dixon and third place finisher, Helio Castroneves
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