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SI.com: Brant James: IRL hopes Izod sponsorship will bring it back to glory days

The Indy Racing League looked smart in sassy white pants and cut a stylish businessman's profile in a charcoal suit and hipster glasses. It was uncharacteristically bawdy, a little prance-y on the catwalk, but what the heck, it was fully subsidized for the first time in its 13 years. Time to work it.

SI.com: Brant James: A leap of faith by Tony Stewart has turned out much better than planned

Tony Stewart is used to his big decisions working out: abandoning a championship-winning Indy Racing League career to switch to NASCAR and buying racetracks to name a few.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: A lot on the line as NASCAR returns to Indy

KOONTZ LAKE, Ind. -- There's a lot on the line at Sunday's AllState 400 at the Brickyard -- NASCAR's annual trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Simply put, there are three entities that cannot afford to fail -- NASCAR, Goodyear and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself.

SI.com: Brant James: Gant says age isn't an issue, Martin can win into his 60s

This would be the moment for Harry Gant to punch up the story, to embellish just how arduous a task it is to win a race at NASCAR's highest level at age 50 and beyond.

SI.com: Brant James: IRL not willing to jump on the bailout bandwagon

The Phoenix Coyotes are having trouble paying the ice bill, so much so the National Hockey League has intervened to steady a bankrupt club that not even Wayne Gretzky could save.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: Dixon has competition as IndyCar revs its engines

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- After the longest offseason in sports, the IndyCar Series is back, beginning with this weekend's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. That means the return of sleek, high-flying machines and some of racing's most diverse drivers as they begin a 17-race schedule that includes short ovals, intermediate ovals, big tracks, streets and natural terrain road courses.

SI.com: Brant James:Rahal, Patrick bring intrigue, sizzle to new IRL season

After a long offseason, the Indy Racing League is primed for a big return Sunday at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. With reunification complete and a budding crop of young stars, here are the top 10 things to watch for in the IRL in 2009.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: Jordan-era Bull teaches Johnson, Gordon playoff toughness

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- As sports fans gear up for college basketball's March Madness, NASCAR fans have their own version as the series heads to Bristol for the first short track race of the season.

SI.com: Brant James: Gil de Ferran went out on top in '03; now he's back for more

Those who are talented and masochistic enough to make motorsports a career begrudgingly accept the vagaries of the profession. It provides the highest highs. But they don't last long. The lowest lows can seem particularly cruel when so much involved with success and failure is beyond the control of the driver at the wheel. And racing doesn't often indulge sentimentality. Few get that ticker tape farewell.

SI.com: Bruce Martin: After a long offseason, Danica is ready to race

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- While the IndyCar Series has one of the longest offseasons in sports, Danica Patrick doesn't mind because it allows her to be the face of the series in a different way than the steely look of determination that peers through a race visor.

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