2008 Indy Racing League schedule and standings Jul 16, 2008
March 29 GAINSCO Auto Insurance 300, Homestead, Fla. (Scott Dixon). (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
IRL Schedule-Winners Jul 14, 2008
March 29 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 (Scott Dixon). April 6 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Graham Rahal). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Auto racing: Fire behind him, Angelelli takes pole at WGI Jun 7, 2008
Gurney, who drives the No. 99 GAINSCO Pontiac Riley, said, It's disappointing, but it's a six-hour event so it doesn't matter that much. But I definitely felt we had a good chance at the pole. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
IRL gets off to a fast start Apr 5, 2008
The Indy Racing League couldn't have asked for a better debut as a reunified open-wheel series with the Champ Car World Series than last Saturday night's Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. There were thrills, spills, and even some chills. (Boston Globe)
'Gridiron Bash' events postponed Apr 1, 2008
Members of the band Three Doors Down greet the crowd at the IRL IndyCar Series Gainsco Indy 300 auto race March 29. The band was scheduled to perform at ASU for the Gridiron Bash. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Strong start for open-wheel's new era Mar 31, 2008
Saturday night's Gainsco Indy 300, the opening race of the newly unified IRL IndyCar Series, went off with little fuss and solid runs by most of the eight entrants from the recently absorbed Champ Car World Series. "I think every one of those guys should be very proud,'' said winner Scott Dixon, a former IRL series champion who was duly impressed by a race that featured 25 starters - the biggest field outside the Indianapolis 500 in six years - and yet only three caution flags in 200... (MSNBC -- Sports)
Pole-sitter Dixon gets off to a fast start Mar 30, 2008
- With the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League having reunified Feb. 27, last night's IRL opener, the Gainsco Auto Insurance 300, served as a milestone in the often turbulent history of open-wheel racing. Pole-sitter Scott Dixon, who watched the 2007 IndyCar Series championship slip through his fingers when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the last race of the season, was greeted in Victory Lane as the winner of a race that symbolized the rebirth of the sport. (Boston Globe)
Dixon gets first victory in new IRL Mar 30, 2008
Dixon, who lost the IRL IndyCar Series championship when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the 2007 season, got off to a great start with a victory in the Gainsco Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Kanaan came out of the last round of green flag pit stops in the lead and appeared well on the way to a victory until Ernesto Viso, a rookie driving for one of the former Champ Car World Series teams that just joined the IRL, spun on the 193rd of 200 laps. (News & Observer -- Sports)
SPORTSWIRE - Edwards wins at Homestead-Miami Mar 30, 2008
Edwards and co-driver Kelly Collins cruised to victory in the GT class at the GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami in their No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R, moving to third in the GT points after two events. The Edwards-Collins duo started from pole and led most of the race, only losing leads during the pit-stop shuffles. (Santa Maria Times)
Sports in Brief: Curlin races to easy win in Dubai Mar 30, 2008
Scott Dixon took the lead after Tony Kanaan crashed and went on to win the first race of the new era of American open-wheel racing, the Gainsco Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Kanaan came out of the last round of green-flag pit stops in the lead and appeared well on the way to a victory until Ernesto Viso, a rookie driving for one of the former Champ Car World Series teams that just joined the IRL, spun on the 193d of 200 laps. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Grieb passes SaberCats to victory over Brigade Mar 30, 2008
Dixon starts off a new era of American open-wheel racing by winning the Gainsco Indy 300ASSOCIATED PRESSArticle Launched: 03/30/2008 02:59:06 AM PDTMark Grieb threw a touchdown pass and Brian Johnson ran for three scores in the defending ArenaBowl champion San Jose SaberCats' 44-38 victory over the winless Kansas City Brigade on Saturday night ... Dixon, who lost the IRL IndyCar Series championship when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the 2007 season, got off to a great start with a... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
College basketball, soccer, auto racing Mar 30, 2008
GAINSCO Insurance 300IRLHomestead, Fla. (Start position in parentheses)1. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Dixon takes first unified open-wheel series race Mar 30, 2008
Dixon, the New Zealand driver who lost the IRL IndyCar Series championship to Dario Franchitti when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the 2007 season, got off to a great start with the victory in the Gainsco Indy 300. But it didn't look like his race to win. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Auto Racing Notebook: Dixon holds on to win Gainsco Mar 30, 2008
Dixon, who lost the IRL IndyCar Series championship when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of the 2007 season, got off to a great start with a victory in the Gainsco Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami, Fla. Speedway. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Debut for reunited IRL Mar 29, 2008
- No longer a house divided, the Indy Racing League will attempt to put on a united front for the first time in 12 years in tonight's IndyCar Series season opener, the Gainsco Auto Insurance 300, at Homestead-Miami Speedway ... " . . . David Donohue, of Malvern, Pa., set a qualifying record at Homestead-Miami's 2.3-mile infield road course after he won the pole position for today's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Cart Series race, the Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami, with a fast lap of 113.390 m.p.h. Donohue... (Boston Globe)
Dixon begins new open-wheel eraby winningpole Mar 29, 2008
"It was close. With this format, with the four-lap average, I think you're going to see it's not going to be the same guys starting up front every week because it's very challenging. But this isn't supposed to be easy. It's supposed to be hard, and that's what's fun about the format.''After 2 1/2 hours of practice Friday without any wrecks, there were two crashes during qualifying.One of them involved Dan Wheldon, Dixon's teammate and the winner of the last three Homestead races. Wheldon's team... (MSNBC -- Sports)
Dixon wins first pole in unified open-wheel era Mar 29, 2008
" After 21/2 hours of practice Friday without any wrecks, there were two crashes during qualifying. One of them involved Dan Wheldon, Dixon's teammate and the winner of the last three Homestead races. Wheldon's team planned to repair the car and the Englishman will have to start from the rear of the field in Saturday night's season-opening Gainsco Indy 300. The eight former Champ Car World Series teams entered all qualified toward the bottom of the grid, but Wheldon will be behind all of them --... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
IRL founder George excited by first results of open-wheel unification Mar 29, 2008
Despite the short time to take delivery and put together their new Dallara race cars, all of the newcomers were ready for Saturday night's season-opening Gainsco Indy 300. It's been about 30 days since we were here to officially announce unification, George said Friday. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Gordon paces qualifying Mar 29, 2008
It was just part of the new reality in the wake of the recently announced unification of America's two open-wheel series as practice began for tonight's season-opening Gainsco Indy 300. With nine cars entered by teams from the now-defunct Champ Car World Series, there were 25 cars on the track, the most at an IndyCar event other than the Indianapolis 500 since 2003. (News & Observer -- Sports)
SPORTSWIRE - SM's Edwards on Homestead GT pole Mar 29, 2008
Santa Maria native Paul Edwards will get a good look at the start of Saturday's Rolex Grand-Am GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami, this time from the front row. The No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R of Edwards and co-driver Kelly Collins will start from pole in the second race of the Grand-Am season, with a posted time of one minute, 19. (Santa Maria Times)
Auto racing results Mar 29, 2008
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Morning Tipoff Mar 29, 2008
SPEED - Rolex Sports Car Series, Gainsco Auto Insurance 250, at Homestead, Fla. (same-day tape). (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Da Matta leaves deer incident behind Mar 29, 2008
Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing announced Friday that Cristiano Da Matta and Jimmy Vasser will drive a Pontiac Riley in the May 17 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Laguna Seca. The car will carry No. 98 and be a companion to Gainsco s No. 99, driven by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, the Rolex Series defending champions. (The Palm Beach Post)
SPORTS CALENDAR Mar 28, 2008
Rolex Sports Car Series, Gainsco Auto Insurance 250. SPEED. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Crash forces team to miss opener Mar 28, 2008
What: Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300, first of 19 IndyCar Series events ... The former Champ Car team will field a Dallara Honda for Justin Wilson in the GAINSCO Indy 300. (USA Today -- Sports)
'Gifted' Wheldon aims to extend IRL streak at Homestead Mar 28, 2008
What: Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300, first of 19 IndyCar Series events ... Dan Wheldon will be gunning for a record-setting fourth consecutive victory in the Gainsco Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, one of several 1. (USA Today -- Sports)
Rookie Rahal to miss IndyCar opener Mar 28, 2008
HOMESTEAD, Florida -- Graham Rahal's much-anticipated IndyCar Series debut has been sidelined for another week after his team decided he would not participate in Saturday night's season-opener, the Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300. Rahal crashed the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing entry during a test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Tuesday, which was the final day of a day of a two-day test for teams that are joining IndyCar from Champ Car. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Crash reduces IRL field Mar 28, 2008
The team will field a Dallara Honda for Justin Wilson in the GAINSCO Indy 300. Champ Car teams moving to the newly unified open-wheel IndyCar Series have had little time to prepare for the opening race. (News & Observer -- Sports)
3 Irish football players break little-known rule Mar 28, 2008
The former Champ Car team will field a Dallara Honda for Justin Wilson in the GAINSCO Indy 300. BASEBALL. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Bruce MartinINSIDE RACING Mar 28, 2008
It all starts with Saturday night's Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with 26 cars expected to take the green flag in the reunified IndyCar Series opener. So with the season set to begin, here's a look at the many storylines that promise to make this one of the most significant IndyCar seasons in history. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
New teams, same old names likely inIRL title chase Mar 27, 2008
Thanks to the recent unification of America's two open-wheel series, there will be a 26-car grid for the Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The addition of nine former Champ Car World Series entries has made for the biggest field for an IndyCar race in eight years. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Chrissy Wallace set for NASCAR debut in Martinsville truck race Mar 27, 2008
Team Penske's Castroneves will race in the GAINSCO Indy 300 under the lights at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday. Nalbandian will participate in the Sony Ericsson Open, which opens Wednesday and runs through April 6 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Goalie would be perfect for Panther Racing Mar 27, 2008
They, in turn, saw a great opportunity for cross-marketing with the Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami coming up this Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Gainsco is the primary sponsor of Gurney s No. 99 Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype. (The Palm Beach Post)
Kanaan's family expands, as does IRL's for 2008 Mar 26, 2008
What: Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300, first of 19 IRL IndyCar Series events ... The IRL's family also is burgeoning as the curtain rises on 2008 with Saturday's Gainsco Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the first Indy-car race contested under a unified banner since 1995. (USA Today -- Sports)
Danica Patrick criticizes new IRL weight rule Mar 25, 2008
Patrick hopes to put the issue behind her by winning the season-opening Gainsco 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway on Saturday. "Let's just do that," she said with a laugh, "and then I'll say, 'Why didn't you guys do this years ago?' ". (USA Today -- Sports)
XM's Exclusive Satellite Radio Broadcasts of the 2008 Indy Racing League to Begin With Season Opener, March 29 Mar 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service, will open its fourth year as the official satellite radio network of the Indy Racing League (IRL) with the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300, the first race of the IndyCar Series' 2008 season. The race will be broadcast live on XM's IndyCar Series Racing channel (XM 145) from the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, March 29. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
IRL absorbs Champ Car to unify Indy Car racing Feb 23, 2008
INDY RACING LEAGUE 2008 SCHEDULE March 29: GAINSCO Auto Insurance 300, Homestead, Fla. April 6: Grand Prix of. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Leaders fickle at Rolex 24 Jan 27, 2008
Behind him was Jon Fogarty in the No. 99 Gainsco/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley, the defending Rolex Series champion ... Homestead Indy sponsor: Gainsco Auto Insurance has signed a letter of intent to become title sponsor of the IndyCar Series season opener and the Grand-Am race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in March ... The Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 and the Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami will take place March 29. (The Palm Beach Post)
Two-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has teamed up with Gainsco Racing for next weekend's Rolex 24. Jan 19, 2008
Johnson has succeeded in that ambition, joining Bob Stallings' Gainsco Racing for next weekend's event. He'll co-drive with Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car champions, and semi-retired Champ Car driver Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 CART champion. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Former series champ Bobby Labonte set to join NASCAR's elite 500 club Sep 6, 2007
Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 CART champion and a 15-year open-wheel veteran, will again team with Fogarty and Gurney in the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Pontiac-powered Riley for the Sunchaser 1000k ... Vasser has been a part-time member of the GAINSCO team since last year's season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona as team owner Stallings' hand-picked go-to guy for the series' endurance events. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Dixon snares Indy 300 at Infineon for Ganassi;... Aug 28, 2007
JOHN FOGARTY AND co-driver Alex Gurney made it No. 7 in race wins this year for the GAINSCO Pontiac Riley team in the Grand-Am Armed Forces 250 that took place on Saturday at Infineon Raceway. It also gave the drivers a share of the lead in the standings with 385 points as they enter the season finale in Utah (Sept. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Gurney and Fogarty win record seventh Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Infineon Raceway Aug 26, 2007
Gurney, who took over the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley from pole-sitter Fogarty during a lap 28 pit stop, passed David Donohue for the lead in Turn 4 just after a green-flag restart with two laps to go. Gurney crossed the finish line 1. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Exciting Motorola Indy 300 Sunday at Infineon Aug 21, 2007
The car to watch this year is the red No. 99 Prototype sponsored by Gainsco, with drivers Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney, son of road racing legend Dan Gurney. With the recent race at Watkins Glen in the history books, No. 99 recorded its seventh win of the season - Gurney and Fogarty tied Terry Borcheller's seven wins in the 2003 season for most victories in a year. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
GAINSCO Announces Sale of Insurance Subsidiary Aug 14, 2007
DALLAS, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GAINSCO, INC. (Amex: ) (the "Company") today announced that it and an insurance subsidiary of the Company, MGA Insurance Company, Inc. ("MGA"), have entered into definitive agreements to sell an affiliated insurance subsidiary, General Agents Insurance Company of America, Inc. ("General Agents"), to Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MRH), for $4 ... The Company's ongoing nonstandard personal automobile... (PR Newswire)
GAINSCO Reports 2nd Quarter 2007 Results Aug 14, 2007
DALLAS, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GAINSCO, INC. (Amex: ) today reported net loss and net loss available to common shareholders for the second quarter 2007 of $0 ... 0 million in net unpaid claims and claims adjustment expenses ("C(Unpaid C $71.1 million less Ceded unpaid C $11.1 million), compared to net unpaid C March 31, 2007 of $62.7 million (Unpaid C $75.6 million less Ceded unpaid C $12.9 million). These amounts include net unpaid C respect of the Company's runoff lines of $11.6... (PR Newswire)
All-American racers Aug 10, 2007
It's been quite a turn of events, and the co-drivers of the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac-Riley are relishing every lap of it. didn't drive in '03 and '04, open-wheel racing was struggling so much, it was hard to move up, so I was super lucky to get this. (Corning Leader, NY)
Opportunity knocks, but who will answer? Aug 10, 2007
Fogarty gave his Gainsco Racing team a record-setting eighth straight pole position and 10th overall in 12 races this season. t's great, Fogarty said. (Corning Leader, NY)
Max gets back on track Aug 8, 2007
That win not only pulled Angelelli to within two points of series leader Scott Pruett, but also signaled the end of a season-long struggle to match the speed of Rolex Series heavyweights Chip Ganassi Racing and Gainsco Racing ... But now, after what we found at Montreal, we really are looking more competitive against (Gainsco), too ... The Rolex Series has been dominated by the Gainsco team of Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, who teamed up to win the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen in June and have... (Corning Leader, NY)
Angelelli earns Grand-Am victory in Montreal Aug 4, 2007
Alex Gurney and co-driver Jon Fogarty finished third in the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley. Pruett, co-driving with Memo Rojas, finished fifth in the No. 01 Telmex/Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Fogarty and Gurney are shining a light on the PR-starved Grand-Am series. Jul 13, 2007
With Jon Fogarty teaming with Alex Gurney to pilot the No. 99, the Gainsco team has struck a rhythm few teams can match ... Gurney and Fogarty have been brilliant in Gainsco/Bob Stalling Racing's Pontiac-powered Riley. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Gurney, Fogarty win 2nd straight Grand-Am Jun 24, 2007
After taking over on lap 32 from Fogarty, who led every lap after starting from the pole in the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley for the second straight race, Gurney quickly returned to the lead and was never seriously challenged for the remainder of the 111-lap event. The winning margin of victory was 31. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Fogarty sets track record for Mid-Ohio pole Jun 23, 2007
718 mph in the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley to break the 2004 record of 102. 254 mph set by Max Papis in a Lexus Riley. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Gurney tops Pruett at Six Hours of the Glen Jun 10, 2007
Gurney drove the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley across the finish 7 ... The victory was the second of the season for the Gainsco drivers who also co-drove to their first career victory in Mexico City in March. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
Auto racing roundup: Hornish races to first victory of season in Texas Jun 10, 2007
GRAND-AM: Alex Gurney passed Scott Pruett with 25 minutes to go and teamed with Jon Fogarty to win the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Six Hours of the Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Gurney drove the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley across the finish 7. 069 seconds ahead of Pruett s No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley and completed 167 laps in the six-hour timed race on the 3. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Auto Racing Notebook: Edwards soars to Busch victory Jun 10, 2007
Gurney drove the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley across the finish 7. 069 seconds ahead of Pruett's No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley and completed 167 laps in the six-hour timed race on the 3. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Gurney earns third pole of the season Jun 9, 2007
Gurney, the 32-year-old son of All-American Racers' Dan Gurney, put the Gainsco Pontiac-powered Riley Daytona Prototype on pole for the third time this season for today's Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International, giving his team its sixth front-row start in six tries. Gurney's lap of 1:43. (Corning Leader, NY)
The Valley's priciest home sales Apr 11, 2007
The home was sold by Robert J. Boulware, a director at Gainsco Inc., an automobile insurance provider in Dallas. $2,650,000. (AZCentral -- Business)
Montoya-led team outlasts weather, Rolex 24 field Jan 29, 2007
One of the weekend's biggest casualties was the No. 99 Gainsco Pontiac Riley, which set the pole position during testing. After suffering its first accident only seven minutes into the race yesterday, the No. 99 had to deal with axle failure, a gearbox malfunction, another axle failure and a broken rear wing. (Orlando Sentinel -- Sports)
