Great news. Have that race on my calendar so it will be cool to see him run in person. Like others, I hope this can open a few more doors. The new IRL management seems to really be interested in restoring the link from sprints to Indy Cars. They see that it is important if they want some of the fans to return.

"The Chicagoland 100 is scheduled for Saturday, August 28th at 12 PM, and can be followed by logging onto IndyCar.com."

BTW - The race is at 5:00pm Central Time. Noon seemed a little early since the IRL race is at 7:00pm. So I looked it up on the Chicagoland site.