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The first cars took to the street course at the Grand Prix of Baltimore for practice this morning. Porsche 911s in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge series were first to hit the pavement, followed by the Vipers, Porsches, Ferraris of the American Le Mans (ALMS) series.

Ryan Hunter-Reay's racing career might have been summed up in his victory at the Grand Prix of Baltimore last year.

Organizers say tickets sales for Grand Prix of Baltimore remain strong even as residents and businesses around downtown cope with the inconvenience of a 2.4-mile, high-speed race track occupying critical crossroads around the Inner Harbor.

Q&A with Jimmy Vasser, the KV Technology Team co-owner, who is about to see one of his records broken by Tony Kanaan at the Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Tony Kanaan's win at the 2013 Indianapolis 500 was a career-defining victory for one of IndyCar's most popular drivers.

Heading into the Grand Prix of Baltimore, Marco Andretti's performance has improved significantly this season. On a team that now features reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion and defending Grand Prix of Baltimore champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti is currently fourth in the standings.

How this year's event turns out should provide a good indication of whether IndyCar racing in Baltimore can be part of the city's long-term future

Grand Prix of Baltimore offers not only races but also music, food, museums, more

When Sage Karam drives in the Firestone Indy Lights Series race at the Grand Prix of Baltimore on Sunday, he will be chasing 21-year-old points leader Carlos Munoz of Brazil and 20-year-old Gabby Chavez of Colombia, one of his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammates, for the overall championship of open-wheel racing's Triple-A.

Oriol, whose first name is pronounced much like a certain baseball team, finished second to Will Power in the first Baltimore Grand Prix.

On Sunday at the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Will Power became the beneficiary of a controversial finish involving Scott Dixon.

Race and city officials are still trying to determine whether next year's race has a place on Baltimore's calendar

I'm Ed Carpenter, driver and owner of the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka/Chevrolet.

As the only driver to finish in the top five of both runnings of the Grand Prix of Baltimore, Scott Dixon has been the race's most consistent finisher.

The downtown streets that double as the course for the Baltimore Grand Prix have provided Indy Car driver Will Power with bittersweet memories over the first two years of the event.

Baltimore Grand Prix is a case of spinning wheels and ignoring more important issues

The Grand Prix of Baltimore will be run without a title sponsor for the third year in a row, leaving organizer Race On LLC without a seven-figure payout it had hoped would help cover operating costs.

21-year-old driver leads IndyCar second-tier division heading into Saturday's event in Toronto

WBFF-TV Fox 45 will show half hour of interviews and a behind-the-scenes look at Baltimore's IndyCar race

Action sports star Travis Pastrana willing to work his way up NASCAR's ranks

As summer began last year, with the Grand Prix of Baltimore less than three months away, the organizers had sold zero tickets. They'd landed zero sponsorships. And hadn't yet put out a single advertisement.

For as long as Ryan Hunter-Reay can remember, the Indianapolis 500 was a huge deal. As a small child growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hunter-Reay used to plop down a plastic race track and line up his miniature race cars in front of the television set on the Sunday morning of Memorial Day weekend.

Race On partner Greg O'Neill remains confident that Labor Day event will become fixture in Baltimore

Alexander Kinyua, an electrical engineering student at Morgan State University, was charged with the first-degree murder of his roommate 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie. Kinyua allegedly hadn't just killed the man, but also had eaten his heart and portions of his brain.

Annapolis native Terry Hutchinson seems to be less upset -- at least on the surface -- than others about the news that he had been fired Dec. 3 as the helmsman of the Artemis Racing Team's entry into the 2013 America's Cup.

Race On served as "facilitator" to second Grand Prix but will have more "hands-on" approach next year

Follow the Money will cover pro teams, Under Armour, gambling and more

Organizers continue to work toward the third Grand Prix of Baltimore as IndyCar seeks new leadership

Randy Bernard is out as CEO of the IndyCar series after a special meeting of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation on Sunday, radio station WIBC in Indianapolis reported.

What's in it for us?

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman says the Grand Prix is a great fund-raising opportunity for local charities.

IndyCar announced Sunday night that it will return to Baltimore for a third year.

Media coverage of Baltimore's Grand Prix was biased and unfair

Data show decline for Grand Prix on TV

In an about-face, the organizers of the Grand Prix of Baltimore say they will commission an economic impact study and release ticket-sales information for the Labor Day weekend event.

Baltimore's Grand Prix should make us proud

The ultimate measure of the Baltimore Grand Prix's success or failure will be the extent to which City Hall can move on to focusing on other, more important things.

Workers are taking down fences, removing safety barriers and opening streets following the weekend's races, with the goal of restoring the flow of traffic through Downtown Baltimore in time for the Tuesday morning commute.

The Grand Prix of Baltimore was IndyCar points leader Will Power's chance to wrap up his first title on a street course, the kind of race track that is his forte. He couldn't do it. Now he has to go to Fontana, Calif., to a 500-mile race on an oval. The mere thought of it is enough to make Michael Andretti, who owns the car driven by Power's main foe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, just a little bit cocky.

Ryan Hunter-Reay is still alive for the IndyCar points championship after capturing today¿s second Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Off-and-on rain makes Grand Prix of Baltimore a guessing game

The crowds for the 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore are smaller than last year's, and race organizers have refused to reveal how many tickets have been sold.

Will Power was considered by many to be nearly untouchable coming into in the Grand Prix of Baltimore.

Here's the final Grand Prix of Baltimore lineup for today's race: