As the final month of 2012 begins, a few interesting stories popped up before November ended.
Penske Calls Out Stewart
Last night, at NASCAR's award banquet in Las Vegas, Roger Penske offered Tony Stewart a ride for the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Stewart has done the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 double before in 1999 and 2001. In 2004, Stewart arrived to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on bump day and was looking to get in a car prepared by AJ Foyt to qualify before NASCAR sponsors negated any such attempt.
Stewart has yet to comment on the offer. What has made the double difficult to do over the past decade has been the later start time of the Indianapolis 500. The last race to start at 11am was in 2003 with the start times ranging from noon to 1pm since 2004. The Cup race at Charlotte typically begins at 5:00pm.
Argentina Interested In IndyCar
The Potrero de los Funes street circuit has expressed interested in hosting an IndyCar race. The race track is located nearly 10 miles from the city of San Luis in Central Argentina. The street circuit is 3.83 miles in length and hosted the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2008, 2010 and 2011, while also playing host to the TC 2000 Championship (Argentina Touring Cars) since 2008.
American Open-Wheel Racing does have history of racing in Argentina. In 1971, Al Unser won both heat races held at Aútodromo Ciudad de Rafaela, a 2.873 mile oval. The track is still in use and was used by the TC 2000 Series this past August.
Foyt Going To Lights
In 2014, Foyt Enterprises will field an Indy Lights car for American driver Tim Paul. Paul will compete in U.S. F2000 and F2000 in 2013. The Indy Lights series are working on a new chassis for the 2014. Foyt would join Andretti Autosport and Schmidt-Motorsports as the only teams to field cars in both IndyCar and Indy Lights. Bryan Hetra Autosport, Chip Ganassi Racing, Panther Racing and Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing have all either fielded Indy Lights entries or had partnerships with Indy Lights teams in the past.
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