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A.J. Foyt has hired IndyCar veteran Mike Conway to drive the No. 14 car in 2012. He will replace Brazil's Vitor Meira.

Vitor Meira and Tony Kanaan triumphed in a very different race.

Meira on Twitter: @vitormeira18. Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, IndyCar driver Vitor Meira stops by to chat about the IndyCar season, as well as his attempt at the upcoming Ford World Ironman Championship on Oct. 8 in Hawaii. Meira, who...

A.J. Foyt will do anything to win next season -- even if it takes a Japanese engine manufacturer to put him in Victory Lane.

Meira owns two second-place finishes in the Indy 500. Welcome to SportsNation! On Friday, IndyCar driver Vitor Meira stops by to chat about the just completed racing season as well as his entry into the Ironman World Championship 70.3 on Saturday....

Was it the wild crash on Turn 1 where he broke his back? Or the pit fire that engulfed him in flames? Any way you look at it, the 2009 Indy 500 made a cult hero out of Vitor Meira.

Seven Brazilian drivers -- Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan included -- will be going home Sunday, so to speak, for the inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300. It'll mark the series' first opener not run on U.S. soil.

Vitor Meira is off his pain medication, walking one mile a day and hoping to return to racing in time for the IndyCar season finale in October.

Vitor Meira is out of the hospital three days after breaking two bones in his back in a crash during the Indianapolis 500.

IndyCar driver Vitor Meira could be out four months after breaking two vertebrae in his back during the Indianapolis 500.

Sunday's Indianapolis 500 had barely started when Marco Moraes drifted to the outside and made contact with Marco Andretti, sending both cars into the wall going into the second turn.

It wasn't all fun and games at Surfers Paradise. For some IndyCar Series teams, the exhibition race on the streets of Australia's Gold Coast was a chance to get acquainted with their new drivers -- or in Dario Franchitti's case, renew old friendships, writes John Oreovicz.

Vitor Meira, the Indy Racing League's most experienced non-winner, will drive for A.J. Foyt Racing in the 2009 IndyCar Series.

Dan Wheldon will test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday and mark his return to Panther Racing in a non-points race in Australia next month.

The Silly Season moves came at a rapid pace in the IndyCar Series in recent weeks. When the music stopped, popular Vitor Meira was left without a seat -- for now, writes John Schwarb.

Vitor Meira's first victory in the IndyCar Series won't be earth shattering, but it will be popular with longtime watchers of the series. After 82 winless starts, Saturday's race at Texas Motor Speedway might be the one, writes John Oreovicz.