We are again to just a short time from which the adrenalin becomes to empower of our body. We are soon after seeing initiate the action of the IRL IndyCar Series 2004.
There are many new features for this season, that until now counts on 19 cars registered by equipment that gambled the whole by the whole by the champion sceptre. One of them is the equipment that has the title in IRL: Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
They will maintain the combination winning of the 2003: Panoz G FORCE with Toyota motors.

Champion 2004 of the series, Scott Dixon, hopes to repeat the title although he will have rival duros

The ones in charge to pilot the machines will be the ruling champion of the category, the New Zealander Scott Dixon and the rookie Darren Manning. The English comes from a promising season in the Champ Car where he obtained deserved a ninth place and the second put between the rookies of the series.
The favorites to the title will be again the Penske. With the more powerful conformation of pilots of the category: the double champion of Indianapolis (2001 and 2002) Castroneves Helium and the champion of 2001 and 2002: Sam Hornish Jr.

After the retirement of Gil de Ferran, Roger Penske contracted the champion Sam Hornish twice

Penske will not change its configuration. Dallara and Toyota will continue providing the equipment. Great hopes are had than Hornish can do, that during the last season could not be as it is due and to fight by the title since its car was remarkably of smaller yield.
Another equipment that we must take into account is most numerous of the category: Andretti Racing.
For this year, Michael Andretti will put four Dallara Honda in track, which will be piloted by Tony Kanaan (4° of the 2003), They give Wheldon (inexperienced of year 2003), Bryan Herta (winning in Kansas 2003) and the Scot Dario Franchitti. It is a powerful conformation, and the work in equipment would have to quickly take to Honda to fight handspan to handspan with Toyota by the victories and the title.

The English young person Darren Manning will be to coequiper of Dixon. Manning already ran in Champ Car in 2003

The Franchitti Scot will return to run after being almost all the year last without competing by an accident. But it is necessary to have well-taken care of with because he is very talented and he can surprise to us, even though it needs much to be in the most optimum condition.
After a 2003 very irregular one, Panther Racing saw start off for Hornish Jr for Penske, reason why it decided to reshape completely his list of pilots, placing now two cars instead of one: South African the Scheckter Takings will be the pilot I number one of the equipment, whereas the pilot second is the novice and champion of the series school of the IRL (Infiniti Pro): Mark Taylor.
He is interesting to stress, that Taylor will compete with the colors of Menards, since this equipment has been bought by Panther Racing. With the configuration It would cut with a scythe Chevrolet, look for to maintain the rate invincible that they had in the last races of the past year.

The Brazilian Tony Kanaan hopes to be able to defeat to the powerful equipment of Penske and Ganassi

The high costs that imply to be an end equipment have played against several equipment of the IRL, as it happened in the CART years ago. One of them is Kelley Racing that has been seen in the obligation reduce its efforts to a single car that will be drived by Scott Sharp. It will be Dallara Toyota.
Not yet this discarded the option of a pilot second, if they appear the sufficient auspices to place it in track.
In the same case this Mo Nunn Racing, that will only have a Panoz G FORCE Toyota. The one in charge to take it in the quickest tracks of the world will be the Japanese Tora Takagi who had a rescatable season 2003. He is surprising that Mo Nunn has discarded to the main talent which they had: Giaffone of the quarter and novice, Felipe year 2001 in match 2002. Although an injury caused by an accident in Pikes marginalized it to Peak of several races and it made him lose physical form, Felipe demonstrated his anxiety to return to the end positions. One does not discard either that he appears running in Homestead, but seem to be many the contractual problems with his main sponsor, which would be restraining the negotiations.

Tora Takagi will be the unique pilot of the equipment Mo Nunn Racing. Giaffone remained without equipment for this year

In the same situation this Dreyer & Reinbold Team Purex, that after several years to be in a thread by its second car, have decided to only reduce its efforts to one, the one that brings the auspice: Robbie Buhl will compete with its Dallara Chevrolet. SARAH Fisher, without economic support, was not renewed for 2004.
Also, Hemelgarn Racing leaves the category. They only hope to run in Indianapolis with the pilot Paul Damages.
Nevertheless also there are equipment with hopes. Cheever Racing is the perfect example of an equipment that it looks for to resurge in IRL.
After an evil 2003, the team of the winner of the 500 miles of 1998 will look for the title with its Dallara Chevrolet. The newness is that GM will provide officially to Cheever.
The ones in charge to pilot the cars will be the experienced Alex Barron and the young talent Ed Carpenter, that he comes from promising final races in the 2003.

Buddy Rice demonstrated good conditions in the 2002, but it left to serious doubts year the past

Team Rahal also has illusions put in Buddy Rice, the young North American who stood out the 2002 but he did not do anything in the 2003 well. In any case, of being competitive it will not be replaced in the middle of year by Kenny Brack, that is in recovery after its horrible accident in the race closing in Texas. Rahal has changed of chassis, and now it has a G FORCE Honda.
AJ Foyt not this ready to occur by won and will continue trying to cause that his grandson, the quarter of the generation obtains something in the category. Although not yet it defines his chassis, knows that it will run with Toyota motors.

The Japanese Kosuke Matsuura was contracted by the equipment of Adrián Fernandez for this year

Other protagonists will be Kosuke Matsuura in a Panoz G FORCE Honda of team Fernandez, Motorsports Access with their Panoz G FORCE Honda piloted by the 1999 champion, Greg Ray, and PDM Racing, that not yet his pilot confirms to run in his Dallara Chevrolet, but will be in Homestead for the inauguration of the new year.
Looking for armchair still they are the Unser Jr, Roger Yasukawa, Felipe Giaffone, SARAH Fisher and Richie Hearn. Talents that cannot be outside.
In short, one season very competitive is the one that is expected with many candidates: Penske, Panther, Cheever, Andretti and Ganassi already showed their letters. It is thing of days to arrive at the 29 of February, and to hear the “Ladies and Gentleman start your engines” that will initiate the 2004 for the IRL IndyCar Series in Homestead. He is imperdible.