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SI.com: Brant James: IRL hopes Izod sponsorship will bring it back to glory days

The Indy Racing League looked smart in sassy white pants and cut a stylish businessman's profile in a charcoal suit and hipster glasses. It was uncharacteristically bawdy, a little prance-y on the catwalk, but what the heck, it was fully subsidized for the first time in its 13 years. Time to work it.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: Texas crash won't stop Johnson from record-setting Sprint Cup title

Just when it looked like next weekend's trip to Phoenix could be billed as NASCAR's Championship Weekend, which would have made the season-finale at Homestead-"NASCAR 2010 Preseason Thunder," it all changed when Jimmie Johnson hit the wall on Lap 3 at Texas Motor Speedway.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: Franchitti returns to title throne in a moving, inspirational journey

MIAMI -- Just one night after becoming the "Comeback Kid" by winning his second IndyCar Series title, Dario Franchitti got the ultimate show of respect from his fellow drivers.

SI.com: Brant James: A leap of faith by Tony Stewart has turned out much better than planned

Tony Stewart is used to his big decisions working out: abandoning a championship-winning Indy Racing League career to switch to NASCAR and buying racetracks to name a few.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: MotoGP veteran Hayden relishes challenge of switching bikes

It's been a rough season for Nicky Hayden, who arrives to this weekend's Red Bull Indianapolis GP in the unfamiliar territory of 14th in the MotoGP World Championship. Hayden has never finished worse than eighth in six previous years in the world's premier motorcycle road racing series, and was its champion in 2006.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: Grand-Am's Indy trip a homecoming of sorts for Pruett

Scott Pruett drove in four Indy 500s and one Brickyard 400, and thought his days racing at the famous speedway had ended when he switched in 2001 to racing sports cars, which have never run there. He'll have an unexpected opportunity to return on Sept. 3 in a test sanctioned by the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: NASCAR, Goodyear impress with their ability to right Brickyard wrongs

EDMONTON, Alberta --There are 1,823 miles between Indianapolis and this prairie city, where streaks of summer sunlight remain until 11:30 p.m. But on Sunday, there was more than just passing interest among the IndyCar Series community with Sunday's AllState 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

SI.com: Tim Tuttle: IMS' season of change continues as ISC snags Chitwood

International Speedway Corporation has staged a successful raid at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by hiring Joie Chitwood as Vice President of Business Operations. Chitwood resigned Monday from IMS, where he has been President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2004.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: A lot on the line as NASCAR returns to Indy

KOONTZ LAKE, Ind. -- There's a lot on the line at Sunday's AllState 400 at the Brickyard -- NASCAR's annual trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Simply put, there are three entities that cannot afford to fail -- NASCAR, Goodyear and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: IndyCar Series moves on with George on sidelines

TORONTO -- Tony George's ouster as the President and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation by his own sisters is every bit as significant as last year's unification that brought rival factions together when Champ Car was absorbed into the IndyCar Series.

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