| For IndyCar drivers Marco Andretti and Mario Moraes, | | | | the schedule, and Scott Dixon is out to defend his '09 |
| the Sao Paolo Indy 300 in Brazil might be a race worth | | | | win at the May 1 showdown. Fans with <a |
| forgetting. The opener to the 2010 IRL season started | | | | rel="nofollow" |
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| Moraes swiping the back of Andretti's car and leaving | | | | 300 tickets</a> will get to see Dixon attempt to |
| both drivers to bow out prematurely. And so this | | | | post back-to-back wins at the Kansas Speedway, a |
| year's IndyCar Series began with sheer chaos, picking | | | | feat only accomplished by Dan Wheldon in 2007 and |
| up right where it left off in 2009 and gearing up for one | | | | 2008. |
| wild ride this spring and summer. | | | | At last year's Road Runner Turbo Indy 300, Scott |
| While Marco Andretti and Mario Moraes will spend the | | | | Dixon cruised to his first win of the season, taking |
| upcoming weeks playing catch-up, Aussie native Will | | | | Target Chip Ganassi Racing to the top as he held off |
| Power will attempt to fend off IRL drivers looking to | | | | Brazilians Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan at the |
| overthrow him from his throne at No. 1 early on in the | | | | end of the straightaway. Dario Franchitti, who had won |
| season. After the Sao Paolo race, Power sits in first | | | | the race the previous week in Long Beach, made |
| place in standings, while Ryan Hunter-Reay follows him | | | | contact with the wall early on, leaving him out of |
| at No. 2, Vitor Meira at No. 3, Raphael Matos at No. 4 | | | | contention for the big win. Franchitti has never won the |
| and Dan Wheldon at No. 5. Last year's heavy hitters | | | | Kansas City race, and this year the Target Chip |
| Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon follow at No. 6 and No. | | | | Ganassi Racing driver is looking forward to May 1, |
| 7, respectively, and these are the two drivers to watch | | | | when he'll attempt to follow in teammate Scott Dixon's |
| heading into the early part of the IndyCar season. | | | | footsteps. |
| Dario Franchitti stole the IndyCar Series title from Scott | | | | As the 2010 IndyCar Series gets well underway, these |
| Dixon during last year's championship, and this year's | | | | first set of races in April and May will set the tone for |
| set of races look to be even more competitive from | | | | the rest of the year. With Danica Patrick trying her |
| the get-go. As the months of April and May ensure, | | | | hand at NASCAR this year, all eyes are on the IRL's |
| IRL drivers and fans look to Birmingham, Long Beach | | | | golden girl to see if she can balance a dual NASCAR |
| and Kansas City races to prep the IndyCar Series for | | | | IndyCar schedule. If she can't, there are plenty of IRL |
| the Indianapolis 500 on May 30, and it looks like it might | | | | drivers ready to take her spot in open-wheel racing. |
| just come down to a Dixon/Franchitti fight to the finish | | | | What will come of Marco Andretti and Mario Moreas |
| again this year. | | | | as the series comes full-throttle into racing season? It's |
| With the upcoming stretch of races, all eyes are on | | | | all to come, and the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 is |
| the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 to give a significant | | | | only one of the upcoming IndyCar races that are sure |
| nod to how the 2010 Indy 500 will go. The Kansas City | | | | to be crowd-pleasers this year. |
| race is always one of the most thrilling oval courses on | | | | |