1.      THE INSIDE TRACK - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio2.      Pantano to substitute for Kimball at Mid-Ohio

3.      USF2000 drivers among candidates for Team USA Scholarship1. THE INSIDE TRACK - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio: Click HERE to access the Inside Track, an interactive graphic previewing the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, the IZOD IndyCar Series' event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.The graphic contains links to videos featuring highlights of last year's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio won by Scott Dixon, and a driver preview featuring Ryan Briscoe, Marco Andretti and Simon Pagenaud. The entry lists and fast facts for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio and Grand Prix of Trois Rivieres, the Firestone Indy Lights race on the streets of Trois Rivieres, Quebec are also available on the graphic.We hope you find this a valuable asset in your coverage of the IZOD IndyCar Series. We appreciate your coverage of the league, its teams and drivers.2. Pantano to substitute for Kimball at Mid-Ohio: Giorgio Pantano will fill in for Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing driver Charlie Kimball in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this weekend after Kimball fractured the fifth metacarpal in his right hand in a testing incident at the road course July 26.Evaluation in Indianapolis revealed the sophomore IZOD IndyCar Series driver of the No.83 NovoLog FlexPen car would not be ready to return for the 85-lap race on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course.Pantano, 33, of Italy, competed in three late-season road/street races for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in 2011 (best finish of 16th at Twin Ring Motegi) as a substitute for the injured Justin Wilson. He made his first two starts in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2005 at Sonoma and Watkins Glen (started second, finished fourth)."It's a tremendous opportunity to be rejoining Chip Ganassi Racing and the IZOD IndyCar Series this weekend at Mid-Ohio," said Pantano, who won the 2008 GP2 Series Championship. "You never want to have something happen to another driver and I wish Charlie a quick recovery. Nonetheless, the opportunity is here and I am looking forward to working with the team again and making the best of it."Kimball has recorded five top-10 finishes in 11 races, highlighted by a career-best second at Toronto earlier this month. His best start is seventh at Motegi last September. The former Firestone Indy Lights competitor has seven top 10s in 28 races over two seasons."Not having Charlie drive at Mid-Ohio is very disappointing," team managing director Mike Hull said. "Since INDYCAR has the best medical resource in motorsports, his recovery will be swift. His performance over the past few weeks has been impressive with increased momentum, so our expectation is that he will be back at full strength quickly."We're fortunate to have Giorgio Pantano available as the 83 car driver at Mid-Ohio. His impressive global resume fits well with the natural-terrain road track of Mid-Ohio. To have a quality driver, who has won the GP2 Championship against the best and blends into the team concept, is hard to find on short notice."Kimball started 10th and finished 11th in his first IZOD IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio. A Chip Ganassi Racing driver has won four of the five IZOD IndyCar Series races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Scott Dixon, three times; Dario Franchitti, once)."I'm very disappointed to miss out on the Mid-Ohio race weekend," Kimball said. "We had such a good race there last year and I was really looking forward to another shot at the podium. However, I trust the medical professionals at INDYCAR, and we're making sure I'm back to 100 percent for Sonoma (Aug. 24-26)."We're lucky to have Giorgio in the seat of the No. 83 car while I'm healing up, and I'll be there this weekend to help him and the Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing team. Even though I won't be in the cockpit, I will do everything I can to drive the whole No. 83 car program forward for this season and the future."3. USF2000 drivers among candidates for Team USA Scholarship: Five drivers with ties to the Mazda Road to Indy are among the candidates for the prestigious Team USA Scholarships which since 1990 have provided opportunities for young American race car drivers to display their talents on an international stage early in their careers.USF2000 drivers Neil Alberico, 19, from Redlands, Calif.; Luigi Biangardi, 16, from Chicago; Matthew Brabham, 18, from Manalapan, Fla.; and Colin Thompson, 18, from Perkasie, Pa., are among the nominees, as is 20-year-old Bobby Kelly, who won the Mazda Road to Indy Scouting Combine last fall.Preliminary interviews will take place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where more than a dozen candidates will be interviewed by an illustrious panel of judges during the Honda Indy 200 weekend. All will be competing for three fully funded rides in England later this year.Two younger drivers will be entered under the Team USA Scholarship/Cliff Dempsey Racing banner in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch on October 27-28 and the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone on November 3-4, while one slightly more experienced driver will be invited to contest the final two rounds of the Formula Renault BARC Championship at Silverstone on October 6-7.INDYCAR race winners-turned-team owners Jimmy Vasser and Bryan Herta, Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice and current Mazda Road to Indy graduates and competitors Charlie Kimball, JR Hildebrand, Josef Newgarden, Conor Daly, Connor De Phillippi and Spencer Pigot are all former winners of the award."I'm excited to meet some of the up-and-coming racers with the Team USA Scholarship program," Kimball said. "Having the opportunity to compete as part of Team USA in 2004 is still one of my best memories as a young driver and a real help to my career. I look forward to seeing this year's candidates and hopefully I can pass along some advice to them too."***The 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series race continues with the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race will be televised by ABC at 12:30 p.m. (ET) and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network on SiriusXM (XM 94 and Sirius 212). The next Firestone Indy Lights race is the Grand Prix of Trois Rivieres on Aug. 5 on the Streets of Trois Rivieres, Quebec.