tag:interushracing.com,2010-04-05://2 2012-02-03T05:44:43Z tag:interushracing.com,2012://2.1299 2012-02-02T08:00:00Z 2012-02-03T05:44:43Z

INDIANAPOLIS (February 3, 2012) - In evaluating the best qualified of all the talented drivers seeking a seat in the RLL (Rahal Letterman Lanigan) Honda-powered Indy Car for the 2012 season, the Indianapolis-based team was searching for the right balance of speed, success and experience to lead it i...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1296 2011-10-21T08:00:00Z 2011-10-27T07:14:40Z

"This is so deeply sad," said Takuma Sato of the fatal accident to Dan Wheldon that caused the abandonment of the final round of the IZOD IndyCar Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. "I feel particularly for Dan's wife, his two young children, his parents and all his family." "I knew the accident was...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1291 2011-10-07T08:00:00Z 2011-10-12T01:04:47Z

You’d normally expect a driver to be pretty happy after finishing a major international motor race just 2.1 seconds behind the winner. But in the ultra-competitive world of the IZOD IndyCar Series, 2.1 seconds on a 1.5-mile oval means the difference between first and 15th place, even after almost 30...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1287 2011-10-06T08:00:00Z 2011-10-07T03:05:17Z

Example of Takuma Sato’s framed race gloves IZOD IndyCar fans have the opportunity to own their favorite IndyCar drivers autographed racing gear by bidding for them through the ‘With you Japan’ online charity auction at http://www.charitybuzz.com/withyoujapan. Auction Part Two, following the succes...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1284 2011-09-23T08:00:00Z 2011-09-27T09:44:39Z

Takuma Sato continued his IndyCar season with his home race at Motegi, where a top-six finish was converted to 10th position by a late incident. But, bearing in mind the troubles in Japan in 2011, the most important thing was that the race happened at all. “It was a very important race,” said Sato. ...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1278 2011-09-21T08:00:00Z 2011-09-21T07:02:45Z

Example of Takuma Sato’s framed race gloves IZOD IndyCar fans can own top IndyCar stars autographed race gloves through the ‘With you Japan’ online charity auction at http://www.charitybuzz.com/withyoujapan. The two-part auction, being held in conjunction with the IZOD IndyCar race season, is now ...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1275 2011-09-07T08:00:00Z 2011-09-08T03:19:18Z

The inaugural street race in the Maryland city of Baltimore resulted in disappointment for Takuma Sato as he lost a sixth-place finish with fewer than three laps remaining. The Japanese ex-Formula 1 racer had charged his KV Racing Technology-Lotus Dallara-Honda from 26th on the grid onto the tail of...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1271 2011-09-02T08:00:00Z 2011-09-04T11:50:28Z

The challenging Sonoma road course in the dry rolling hills of California is one on which you would expect Takuma Sato † with his European racing background and razor-sharp competitiveness on the IZOD IndyCar Series’ permanent circuits † to shine. But for the second year in a row the Japanese and hi...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1266 2011-08-18T08:00:00Z 2011-08-18T02:02:43Z

Takuma Sato has made a habit of proving ultra-competitive on the short, frantic one-mile ovals of the IZOD IndyCar Series since he joined the series last year, so it was no surprise that the Japanese ex-Formula 1 star ran at the front at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. That was especially predictable,...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1262 2011-08-11T08:00:00Z 2011-08-17T00:51:30Z

Fourth position † or indeed any finish in the top four † was a long-overdue result for Takuma Sato in the IZOD IndyCar Series. So it is ironic that Sato achieved his best-ever IndyCar score from a weekend on which his KV Racing Technology-Lotus Dallara-Honda was not quite as competitive as it has be...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1259 2011-07-27T08:00:00Z 2011-07-28T00:52:19Z

For 53 weeks, Will Power reigned supreme as the undisputed king of qualifying on road and street circuits in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Then, at the Edmonton Airport circuit in Canada, Takuma Sato finally broke the Australian’s run of pole positions with a stunning effort for the KV Racing Technology-...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1254 2011-07-17T08:00:00Z 2011-07-19T00:57:20Z

The short-but-challenging street circuit in Toronto has been outfoxing Indycar teams for 25 years, and again proved a tricky venue for the KV Racing Technology-Lotus team. Takuma Sato qualified a disappointed 19th for the IZOD IndyCar Series round, and brought his Dallara-Honda to the finish in 20th...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1250 2011-07-16T08:00:00Z 2011-07-17T07:15:45Z

Takuma Sato was covered in an article in Vol.5 of the Japanese Lotus Magazine, Elise & Lotus. Sato is currently participating in the Indycar Series with the KV Racing Technology - Lotus team, and he test drove 6 Lotus Elise and Exige vehicles in Hakone, Japan. The 156HP, 11.8lbs-ft Torque Lotus Elis...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1245 2011-06-29T08:00:00Z 2011-06-30T03:14:27Z

The hectic Iowa Speedway track provided the most competitive showing of Takuma Sato’s IZOD IndyCar Series rookie season last year, and this time it played host to his first-ever pole position in the series! On the high-banked 0.9-mile track, Sato completed two laps in less than 36 seconds in his KV ...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1242 2011-06-23T08:00:00Z 2011-06-24T02:59:53Z

The Milwaukee Mile was back on the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule after a year off in 2010 † and that meant a first taste of the historic track for Takuma Sato. Despite this, and an unfortunate pit-stop incident that led to a penalty during the race, the Japanese ex-Formula 1 star finished in a credit...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1238 2011-06-17T08:00:00Z 2011-06-17T04:50:58Z

The high-banked Texas Motor Speedway is not usually considered natural habitat for an ex-Grand Prix driver, but on Saturday night it provided Takuma Sato with the equal to his prior best result of his IZOD IndyCar Series career: fifth place. And whereas his similar result in the St Petersburg season...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1234 2011-06-03T08:00:00Z 2011-06-03T12:10:38Z

There was crushing disappointment for Takuma Sato when he became the first competitor to exit the 2011 Indianapolis 500, a race that could have provided him with a strong result. Taku qualified an excellent 10th for this, his second participation in the most famous race of the IZOD IndyCar Series wi...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1231 2011-05-24T18:00:00Z 2011-05-25T01:15:49Z

In the early years of the automotive industry, hundreds of auto production companies were located in Indianapolis, and it became a center for the industry. However there were no suitable paved roads to test their new models. For several years they collaborated on the idea of creating a test facility...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1226 2011-05-05T08:00:00Z 2011-05-05T02:41:30Z

Takuma was leading the race, the first time he has fronted an event since the European Formula 1 Grand Prix of May 2004 at the Nurburgring, and was looking on course for his first race win since the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix of November 2001. But, as so often happens in IndyCar racing, pit strategi...

INTERUSH RACING tag:interushracing.com,2011://2.1222 2011-04-17T08:00:00Z 2011-04-21T02:35:04Z

Plenty of drivers came away from Long Beach on Sunday night bemoaning what could have been an excellent result in an incident-packed third round of the IZOD IndyCar Series † and unfortunately Takuma Sato was one of them. Sato was battling with eventual race winner Mike Conway when he was taken out i...

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