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	<title>The Speed Blog &#187; IndyCar</title>
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		<title>Racin&#8217; In The Rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The result of last weekend’s rain-shortened Daytona 500 left me feeling somewhat dissatisfied. No disrespect to Matt Kenneth, who is a good steady driver, but the whole thing felt like an anti-climax.

I love watching racing in the rain. Racing in the rain levels the field and puts driver skill ahead of car set-up. Races like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Week in Tweets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Formula One]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick roundup of posts from The Speed Blog twitter feed over the past week.
February 1st
[WRC] Sebastian Loeb (Citroen) wins Rally Ireland 1 min 27.9 secs ahead of team mate Dani Sordo. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) is third.
February 2nd
[IRL] Haymarket Publishing announces that IndyCar magazine is to cease publication &#8220;with immediate effect.&#8221;
February 4th
[IRL] Robin Miller is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s the way to finish a season&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/thats-the-way-to-finish-a-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; with the top two championship contenders battling it out for the lead over the last few laps of the last race, and one of the closest finishes in series history.

Congratulations to Helio Castroneves on coming from the back of the field to take the race win, and congratulations to Scott Dixon for taking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dario&#8217;s Return</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IndyCar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I almost danced for joy when I read the report on the Autosport website earlier today that Dario Franchitti is to return to IndyCar racing with Chip Ganassi&#8217;s team.
I never really understood his move to NASCAR and while I wished him the best, I am overjoyed to see that he is returning to open wheel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 to 5 for the IRL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IndyCar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days after my post about how race commentators can impact TV ratings comes news that the Indy Racing League has signed a new TV deal.
According to the announcment the series new TV partner  &#8220;will produce extended coverage, including pre and post-race shows and, potentially, programmes between races.&#8221;
All this sounds great, except for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; July</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/2008-driver-rankings-july/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/2008-driver-rankings-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Formula One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IndyCar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASCAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHRA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last month seven more drivers qualified to be included in the overall SPEED BLOG RANKINGS which rate drivers from NASCAR, Formula One, IndyCar, NHRA Drag Racing and World Rally against each other&#8217;s relative performances.
World Rally ace Mikko Hirvonen stays on the top again this month, while for the first time this year a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling the race with CARS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of another writing project I’ve recently been rewatching the Disney-Pixar classic animated movie CARS. Watching the accompanying 16 minute documentary on the DVD abut the inspiration for, and making of, the movie, I was struck by one sentence.
The movie makers remarked that the essence of racing on the screen (be it the large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Driver Rankings &#8211; June</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/2008-driver-rankings-june/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/2008-driver-rankings-june/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the half-way point of the season 135 different drivers from Formula One, Indycar, NASCAR, NHRA drag racing, and the World Rally Championship have qualified to be included in The Speed Blog driver rankings.
World Rally driver Mikko Hirvonen maintains the top spot for another month, but the gap to second placed Indycar racer Scott Dixon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danica&#8217;s 1st &#8211; at last.</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/danicas-1st-at-last/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/danicas-1st-at-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IndyCar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watching Danica Patrick win the IRL race in Motegi, Japan last night was fun. The race itself was somewhat processional until the last 15 laps when the tension built as we waitied to see who would have to pit for last gasp &#8220;splash &#38; go&#8221; stops, and who had managed to race and preserve fuel. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From The Couch &#8211; IRL Season Opener</title>
		<link>http://thespeedblog.com/from-the-couch-irl-season-opener/</link>
		<comments>http://thespeedblog.com/from-the-couch-irl-season-opener/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Porter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ChampCar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The opening IRL race of the 2008 season was meant to be the start of the new era of US  open-wheel racing. Sure enough there were a few ex-Champ Car teams on the grid, but given the short amount of time they have had to prepare they weren&#8217;t really a factor. In short the start [...]]]></description>
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