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This year's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach perhaps was best summed up by James Hinchcliffe, who finished third, when the driver was asked to describe the IndyCar race:
A scary crash in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach made it clear that despite a new, safer car in the Izod IndyCar Series, certain dangers remain inherent in the sport.
Simona De Silvestro was among the most promising young drivers in IndyCar racing a year ago. Then she went to Indianapolis.
IndyCar's return to Long Beach ran into turmoil Thursday before the drivers had even taken their first practice laps on the city's seaside streets.
Steady rain all but canceled Friday afternoon's one-hour practice session for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Downforce Racing, the new operator of the Baltimore Grand Prix, missed three of the five benchmarks that it agreed to have complete by March 15 under its contract with the city, a spokesman for the mayor said.
Baltimore Racing Development LLC, which organized the first Baltimore Grand Prix and ended up millions of dollars in debt, plans to dissolve and has informed some investors by email that the company likely won't be able to pay them back, a lawyer for the company said Tuesday.
The men behind Downforce Racing have convinced city officials they have the skills to run the Baltimore Grand Prix, have secured the blessing of IndyCar executives and have sweated through months of contract negotiations.
A contract to run a second year of the Baltimore Grand Prix under new management passed a divided Board of Estimates on Wednesday by a 3-2 vote.
The new contract for the Baltimore Grand Prix calls for keeping the race's finances private, but race organizers say City Hall could choose to reveal that information.