Indy Racing League officials announced Friday the series will conduct races for the first time next year in Brazil and Birmingham, Ala. The IRL schedule, released Friday, calls for the first race of the 2010 season to be held in Brazil.

Pole-winner Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 auto race Sunday for the third time, nearly 2 seconds ahead of Dan Wheldon.

Pole winner Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 auto race Sunday for the third time in his career nearly two seconds ahead of Dan Wheldon. The 34-year-old Brazilian led the race's final 58 laps and gave team owner Roger Penske his 15th Indy 500 victory. This is the best month of May ever, he

IRL rookie Raphael Matos led Friday's Indy 500 qualifiers with a four-lap average speed of 223.429 miles per hour. The 28-year-old Brazilian topped the second list of 11 drivers who qualified for the May 24 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and will start on the outside of row four alongside Alex Lloyd. I was a little bit surprised, but we did a qualifying simulation during the five minutes before qualifying started, he said after second-day qualifying.

By Paul Newberry Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Kanaan skidded out of control after a run- in with his teammate. Danica Patrick was clipped by another car just trying to get off pit road. With all those yellow flags, it was hard to get up to speed at the Indianapolis 500.