Updates on Various Drivers

-Sarah Fisher, recent recipient of a shiny new Dallara, will be painting her new car pink for the Homestead-Miami race way off in the distant future known as October. Her pink-ness will have some sort of tie-in to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, one of those charities that sticks out above the rest for simply how prolific and awesome they are. Details forthcoming on how Sarah fans can get involved in the charitable giving...or you can just give through the above link. Either way, many will appreciate it.

-From future pink car drivers to past pink car drivers, Alex "Pink" Lloyd seems to be inching closer to a return to the track. According to 16th & Georgetown, Alex says it's better than 50/50 that he'll have a ride by year's end. James speculates N/H/L's #06, currently piloted by Oriol Servia, and I don't see much reason to disagree with that speculation. If that's the case, we'll need to come up with a new, McDonald's-themed nickname for "Pink".

-Some driver named Danica Patrick is apparently getting a new contract with whatever AGR is named next year. Nothing's done yet, according to team honcho Michael Andretti, but when both Curt Cavin and Robin Miller say it's a done deal, I'm going to just mark that down as a done deal.

-Nelson Philippe, following his awful crash during practice at Sonoma, has got to be done for 2009. He has the open fracture on his foot, a compound fracture of his ankle, a broken leg, and a concussion; no doctor in their right mind would clear him to get up and make breakfast for at least a month.

-Also featured in aforementioned accident was Will Power. Deep-voiced hair product endorser Dave Calabro from Channel 13 just informed be that Will may be moved to Indianapolis (presumably to Methodist Hospital) soon. Some are speculating that Will may find his way back into a car by the end of '09, but who knows what El Capitan will go for in that situation.

-In Indy Lights news, the gal with the coolest name ever given to someone from Minnesota, Leilani Münter, is returning to the track this weekend in Joliet. Her car is sponsored by the ladies' version of Extenze, which is not suitable for discussion amongst children. That aside, it's fantastic to see Leilani, a champion of carbon-neutrality and a fine person to be around from all accounts, back on the IndyCar scene. If you've got money to throw around after your donation to the Komen Foundation, buy some recycled-material Leilani swag.

It's past midnight, so my brain has shut down and I can't think of any more driver news at this point...more to come as 2010 starts to loom on the horizon.