Television, helped by those serpentine Formula One tracks, slows a car down and (unlike IndyCar racing where there are usually several cars in the picture) isolates it.
Patrick won one race in seven years of IndyCar racing, but if she can defy the odds and manage to win in Nascar then the sky is the limit.
Ed Carpenter -- the stepson of Tony George, the founder of the IndyCar racing series -- sat in the advantageous pole position at the front of the field at the start of the race.
Infineon Raceway, which spans 1, 600 acres in Sonoma County, attracts hundreds of thousands of fans a year to major races from NASCAR and IndyCar to Drag Racing and the American Motorcycle Association (AMA)series.
The Keith Wiggins-owned HVM team was not planning on racing in IndyCar this season, but holds one of the coveted series-subsidizing Leader's Circle bonuses.
"I've always loved the U.S. GP, " said the Brazilian, who raced in the U.S.-based IndyCar Series for KV Racing Technology this year after losing his place with the Williams F1 team.
Franchitti has been racing on the IndyCar Series since 2003, winning the Indy 500 in 2007 and the season championship twice in the last three years.
Danica Patrick was a lightning rod for attention while she was racing in the IndyCar series, where she was the most popular driver the past six years.
IndyCar has yet to finalize its 2012 racing season, which is scheduled to start in March and would normally be set by now.
Large customers include Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA, which hosts top racing events such as NASCAR and IndyCar.
He is Team Venezuela's premiere racer, and the only Latino-born driver currently racing full-time in the IndyCar series.
As of 2011, the Indy Racing League has become known as INDYCAR.
Conway's next scheduled race for Dale Coyne Racing is in Toronto, where IndyCar will have its second of three doubleheader weekends this year.
The partnership allows HVM Racing to continue its participation in IndyCar in a business role while anticipating a potential return to competition in 2014.
IndyCar officials have denied changing rules to foster riskier racing.
In addition to the commitment from GM, the return of racing is thanks in large part to billionaire IndyCar owner, Roger Penske, who has the reputation of turning whatever he touches into gold.
After racing on a tight, 2.36-mile street course, IndyCar's next race is on an oval at Texas Motor Speedway.
Major league racing took a brief hiatus and returned in 2007 and 2008 with the American Le Mans Series and IndyCar Series.
After racing the full 2007 Champ Car schedule, he was looking for work when the series merged with IndyCar in 2008 and ended up competing in the American Le Mans Series and was 14 seconds short of winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011.
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