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2010 Indy Japan 300
The 2010 Indy Japan 300 was the 16th round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season and the eighth running of the event. It took place on Sunday September 19, 2010. The race was contested over 200 laps at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan. This was the last race to be contested by Indy Cars at the Twin Ring Motegi oval circuit as they switched to the road course for the last race in 2011. Classification Qualifying Race References {{IndyCar Series race report, Name_of_race = 2010 Indy Japan 300 , Year_of_race = 2010 , Previous_race_in_season = 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 , Next_race_in_season = 2010 Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 The 2010 Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 was an IndyCar motor race held in front of approximately 14,000 people on October 2, 2010, at the Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. It was the 17th and final showdown of the 2010 IndyCar Series, ... , Previous_year's_race = 2009 Indy Japan 300 , Next_year's_race = 2011 Indy Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indy Japan 300
The Indy Japan 300 presented by Bridgestone was an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan. The 2008 race marked the historic first ever win for a woman driver in American open wheel racing when Danica Patrick of Andretti-Green Racing took the checkered flag. The first American open-wheel race in Japan was held in 1966 at Fuji Speedway. Jackie Stewart won the Fuji Japan 200, which was held as an exhibition race, and no championship points were awarded. USAC did not return. For a short period in the late 1980s and early 1990s the CART series explored the prospects of holding a race in Japan. Possible locations would be either Suzuka, Fuji, or a street course in another city. The FIA objected, citing conflicts with Formula One and other interests. In addition, rules were put into place requiring that any CART race outside of North America be held on an oval. Despite the objections, in 1991 CART made their first trip across the Pacific O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panther Racing
Panther Racing was an American open wheel auto racing team. It was one of the oldest continually operating teams in the IndyCar Series. Four years in a row (2008–2011), the team finished second at the Indianapolis 500. Formation The team was formed in late 1997, to compete in the Pep Boys Indy Racing League (now IndyCar Series), by six owners: open-wheel racing team manager John Barnes, Indianapolis car dealer Gary Pedigo, former radio personality Mike Griffin, television production executive Terry Lingner, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jim Harbaugh and Indianapolis director of corporate government affairs Doug Boles. Mike Kitchel was the Director of Public Relations for Panther Racing. IndyCar Series 1998–2000: Early success with Scott Goodyear For their first season in 1998, the team fielded the #4 Pennzoil G-Force GF01B-Oldsmobile Aurora L47 V8 for Scott Goodyear. The car had an unusual yellow and black paint scheme, as Pennzoil did not use its traditional all-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American automotive racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and Nitrocross. The team is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen, Mini (marque), MINI, and Subaru dealer Dennis Reinbold. Off the track, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (DRR) have spent thousands of hours as the national spokesperson & advocate for "Racing for Kids," a national youth charitable foundation. On behalf of "Racing for Kids," DRR has visited more than 20,000 children in over 400 hospitals worldwide and raised nearly $5 million for local children's health initiatives. IndyCar history 2000–2006 Founded in 2000 in IRL, 2000, DRR was one of the few teams that consistently ran the Infiniti engine until they left the series, then switched to Chevrolet and finally to Honda in 2005 in IRL, 2005. When Robbie Buhl retired from the cockpit in 2004 in IRL, 2004, he placed Felipe Giaffone in the cockpit, followed by Roger Yasukawa with financial ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Wilson (racing Driver)
Justin Boyd Wilson (31 July 1978 – 24 August 2015) was a British professional Open-wheel car, open-wheel Auto racing, racing driver who competed in Formula One (F1) in , the Champ Car World Series (CCWS) from 2004 Champ Car World Series, 2004 to 2007 Champ Car World Series, 2007 and the IndyCar Series from 2008 IndyCar Series, 2008 to 2015 IndyCar Series, 2015. He won the first Formula Palmer Audi (FPA) in 1998, the International Formula 3000, International Formula 3000 Championship (IF3000) with Nordic Racing in 2001 International Formula 3000 Championship, 2001, and co-won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona for Michael Shank, Michael Shank Racing. Wilson began Kart racing, karting at the age of eight and achieved consistent results, before progressing to car racing in the Formula Vauxhall Championship. He won the FPA title and earned a fully funded seat in IF3000, becoming the first British driver to win the series championship in 2001. He moved to the World Series Formula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideki Mutoh
is a Japanese race car driver from Tokyo who last raced in the 2022 Super GT Season for Autobacs Racing Team Aguri. Career Profile Mutoh is 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 64 kg (141 lb). His blood type is AB Rh-positive. His hobbies include tennis, driving, and darts. He drives a Honda CR-V. He has two older sisters. He was expected to inherit his family's seafood wholesale business, Hotei Tora (布袋寅), in Tsukiji, becoming the sixth generation owner, but instead chose to become a race car driver. Upon returning from the UK without sufficient funds, he borrowed money from his grandfather, Kazuyori Mutoh (武藤和順), the fourth-generation owner of Hotei Tora, after writing an IOU. History He began karting at age 12 in 1995. In 1997, he won the East Series of the Karting Kanto Championship. The following day after graduating junior high school in 1998, he went to study in England. He made his racing debut in 1999, competing in ''Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newman/Haas Racing
Newman/Haas Racing was an auto racing team that competed in CART, Champ Car, and the IndyCar Series from 1983 to 2011. The team operations were based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Newman/Haas Racing was formed as a partnership between actor, automotive enthusiast and semi-professional racer Paul Newman and long-time auto racing owner/driver Carl Haas. The duo were competitors in sports car racing during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1983, they joined forces to enter the ranks of Indy car racing. Newman/Haas was one of the most successful teams in Indy car racing during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The team won 105 CART/Champ Car races and eight season championships, followed by two race wins in the IRL/IndyCar Series. During the 1980s and for the better part of the 1990s, the team was closely aligned with the Andretti family. In 1983, Mario Andretti signed as the primary driver, an arrangement that would carry him through the remainder of his career, until his retirement in 1994. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Rahal
Graham Robert Rahal ( ; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, a team partially owned by his father Bobby Rahal, the winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Racing career Early racing In 2005, he won the Formula Atlantic class at the SCCA Runoffs and finished fourth in Pro Mazda Championship, Star Mazda Series standings. After the season concluded, Rahal raced with A1 Team Lebanon for the final three rounds of 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season. He moved to a full-time ride in the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2006, where he won five races and finished second in the season standings. He also drove in the Indy Lights, Indy Pro Series event on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in conjunction with the 2006 United States Grand Prix and finished second. Rahal would once again jump in A1GP's Team Lebanon car for one race in the second round of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Coyne Racing
Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) is an American professional open-wheel racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. The team was founded in 1984 and is owned by former driver Dale Coyne. From 1995 to 2000, the team was known as Payton-Coyne Racing, reflecting a partnership with Chicago Bears great Walter Payton. After the 1988 season, Coyne stepped out of the cockpit and turned his talents to the tutelage of several up-and-coming drivers. Once known for competing on budgets far smaller than most of their competitors, the team earned its maiden victory after 25 years at Watkins Glen International in July 2009 with Justin Wilson (racing driver), Justin Wilson. CART / Champ Car World Series Dale Coyne raced smaller open-cockpit cars during the late-1970s and early-1980s before pursuing a career in the fledgling Champ Car, CART series. He attempted to qualify, with limited success, for each CART race in 1984, but his efforts earned him a CART franchise for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lloyd (racing Driver)
Alex Stewart Lloyd (born December 28, 1984) is a former British motor racing driver. Lloyd was the 2003 British Racing Driver of the Year and went on to win the 2007 Indy Lights Championship and finished fourth in the 2010 Indianapolis 500. He was known by the nickname "Pink Lloyd." Lloyd now produces music under the aliasMr Lloyd" Junior racing career Lloyd was born in Manchester, England. At the age of nine, he began kart racing in the British Super One Championship and the European championship. In 1999, at age 14, he became the British Open Champion in kart racing. In 2000, he began testing Formula Ford cars. In 2001, he moved into Formula Ford racing, placing second at a European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps. He also finished in 13th place in the prestigious Formula Ford Festival. During the winter, he raced in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, placing third in the championship. He graduated to the main Formula Renault series in 2002, finishing nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vítor Meira
Vítor Meira (born March 27, 1977) is a Brazilian former auto racing driver. He formerly competed in the IndyCar Series and has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500. IndyCar Series 2002 After participating in an open test for Panther Racing at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002, Meira made his IndyCar debut with Team Menard on August 11, 2002, at Kentucky Speedway. A little over a month later, Vitor won his first career pole at Texas Motor Speedway after just four starts, and finished in third place. 2003 In 2003, Meira ran his first start of the year for Team Menard at the Indianapolis 500, where he finished 12th as a rookie. Meira then ran the next seven races in the #2 Johns Manville powered Dallara Chevrolet, until a practice crash at Kentucky Speedway sidelined him for the next three races. After recovering from his wrist injury he suffered at Kentucky, Vitor ran the final two races of the season. 2004 In 2004, Meira missed the first two races of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquest Racing
Conquest Racing is an auto racing team based in Indianapolis, United States that currently competes in the Ferrari Challenge North America as well as the GTD Pro and GTD classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. They previously competed in the IndyCar Series, the Atlantic Championship, the Champ Car World Series, and the GT World Challenge America. History It is owned by former series competitor Éric Bachelart. The team ran in Indy Lights competition in the late 1990s with Felipe Giaffone, who brought sponsorship from Hollywood cigarettes and Mi-Jack sponsored brothers Chris and Jamie Menninga. The team jumped to the Indy Racing League in 2002 with Laurent Rédon; the Frenchman won rookie of the year honors but was not retained when the team jumped ship to Champ Car in 2003, as he wanted to come back to France for his family. The team ran Mario Haberfeld in an unloved Reynard chassis and shared information and resources with Emerson Fittipaldi's team, that ran futur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Baguette
Bertrand Marcel Nicolas Baguette (born 23 February 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver. In 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2013, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Le Mans Prototype, LMP2 class and the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA WEC LMP2 class title. In 2017, he won the final running of the Suzuka 1000km in Super GT. Bertrand is the 2022 Super GT 500 Champion with Nissan. Career Karting Aged 14, Baguette began Kart racing, karting in his inter-provincial championship, driving "Blue" class karts, in which he finished fifth. He then moved up to junior level for 2001, competing again in the inter-provincial championship but also competed in the national championship for the first time. He finished third in the provincial level championship, but was four places lower in the national. Baguette competed in four different KF2, Intercontinental A class championships in 2002, with a runner-up position at the provincial level, despite competing in only certain event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
