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With Indy Cars having a new leader, might be an increase in cars and interest, here's a few to start with:

*** IndyCar Looking Up Down South
by Jonathan Ingram

" IndyCar Draws Big Crowd In Alabama -- It's a positively good jolt and a big story when the fans start pouring into a track to see an IndyCar race staged in foreign territory. But track owner George Barber needs to take a few lessons from Bruton Smith, always a master at putting out large crowd figures at his tracks before public ownership handcuffed him with rules and regulations. Smith would invariably regard a crowd at one of his facilities with a veteran eye, then add about one third to arrive at the limits of credibility. In other words, a crowd of roughly 30,000 that showed up at Barber Motorsports Park should be announced as 40,000 if you want to have real some on-the-ground cred and a big number. "


*** POLE SHOOTOUT, BUSY BUMP DAY HEADLINE NEW '500' QUALIFYING FORMAT

'Fast Nine' to make thrilling late-day run for pole Saturday, May 22

INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 -- An exciting new qualifying format for the Indianapolis 500, featuring a 90-minute "shootout" in which the nine fastest cars make a dramatic, late-day run for the pole, will debut Saturday, May 22 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Complete Article:

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=363924