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STEM, Scouting and IZOD IndyCar

IZOD IndyCar Series Announces First-Ever China Race

A first-ever IZOD IndyCar Series race in China is among four international destinations announced today by INDYCAR for the 2012 season.

Best Qualifications of Season for Dale Coyne Racing

Both Dale Coyne Racing drivers, James Jakes and Sebastien Bourdais, will start Sunday’s Inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix with their highest qualifying positions of the season. Bourdais will start the race 5th and Jakes will start 13th.

Bourdais Continues Firestone Fast Twelve Streak

For the fifth consecutive race this season, Sebastien Bourdais has driven the #19 Boy Scouts of America car into the Firestone Fast Twelve of qualifying. In tomorrow’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Bourdais will start eighth a field of 28.

Long Weekend at Loudon Brings Best Oval Starts for Jakes and Lloyd

After nearly seven weeks away from an oval track, both Dale Coyne Racing drivers posted their best oval qualifying positions of the season.

Bourdais Breaks Firestone Fast 12 for Fourth Time

For the fourth consecutive race of his seven races this season, Sebastien Bourdais qualified into the Firestone Fast Twelve and second round of qualifying on Saturday.

Bourdais Makes Firestone Fast 12 for Third Straight Race While Jakes Earns Highest Starting Spot of the Season

Sebastien Bourdais made some excitement out of qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Edmonton as he waited until his last lap to qualify into Firestone Fastest 12 for the third straight race this season.

Mid-Season Realighment Pays Off With Best Team Qualifying Of The Year

Former three-time IndyCar Toronto winner Sebastien Bourdais narrowly missed making the Firestone Fastest Six Saturday afternoon and will start seventh for Sunday’s running of the Honda Indy Grand Prix on the 11-turn, 1.75-mile downtown street circuit in Toronto.

Thirteen Proves Lucky for Lloyd in Iowa

Alex Lloyd, driver of the #19 Boy Scouts of America car, showed off his driving skills as the 26-year-old improved nine positions to finish thirteenth in the fifth running of the Iowa Corn 250 on the 1-mile Iowa Speedway oval Saturday night.

Jakes Brings Home Fourth Top 15 Finish on the Season

James Jakes, driver of the #18 Acorn Stairlifts car, turned in another rock-solid performance in only his second IZOD IndyCar Series oval track race with a 15th place finish during the running of the Milwaukee 225 at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday afternoon

Jakes and Lloyd Look Toward Taming the Milwaukee Mile

Alex Lloyd, driver of the #19 Boy Scouts of America car, turned in his best qualifying performance on the season with a 167.162 mph two lap average and will start 14th in Sunday’s running of the Milwaukee Mile 225.

INDYCAR Goes Scouting

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (June 6, 2011)—INDYCAR proudly announces today that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is now an official sponsor of the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. The BSA was introduced to motorsports in 2010 through an association with Dale Coyne Racing—an experience that convinced the 101-year-old organization that INDYCAR was an ideal partner with whom to align and to advance its youth leadership and education initiatives. The BSA expects to use the INDYCAR relationship to teach Scouts about the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) aspects of racing.

Alex Lloyd Has Strong Run in 100th Anniversary of Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis, Indiana (May 29, 2011) – As most drivers will tell you, it’s an accomplishment in and of itself just to make the Indianapolis 500, but even more of an accomplishment to finish all 500 miles. Though timing denied the #19 Boy Scouts of America car and driver Alex Lloyd a repeat top-five finish in today’s 95th running of the Indianapolis 500, his ability to complete the race is something to be proud of.

Dale and Gail Coyne Bestowed Boy Scouts of America Highest Honor

San Diego, California (May 28, 2011) – At the annual Boy Scouts of America 2011 National Council Recognition Dinner held Friday night in San Diego, Dale & Gail Coyne, owners of Dale Coyne Racing, became the first couple since Ronald and Nancy Reagan to receive the prestigious “Silver Buffalo” award, the Boy’s Scouts of America highest commendation.

Lloyd Saves the Best for Last

Indianapolis, INDIANA (May 22, 2011) – Last time Alex Lloyd left the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, his emotions were running high after a fourth-place finish in the 2010 Indianapolis 500. A year later, Lloyd left the track on the same emotional high after two long and trying days of qualifying, that resulted in a last minute qualifying attempt that put his #19 Boy Scouts of America car into the 33-car field for the 95^th running of the Indianapolis 500 next Sunday afternoon.

Sebastien Bourdais Returns to IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing

Plainfield, Illinois (March 24, 2011) – The much anticipated return of four time IndyCar Champion Sebastien Bourdais, launches this weekend at St. Petersburg with Dale Coyne Racing and the Boy Scouts of America car.