Little did I know when I first created a twitter account based on six Indycar fans based in the UK taking on twitter what would come in the next twelve months. 

The original concept was for it to be somewhere where another could write their thoughts and opinions about Indycar, maybe a forum and some polls thrown in for good measure. 

But through trial, error and a bit of good fortune we have managed to put together blogs for those looking for a place to write, mostly those for the first time. 

Race reviews which have been something I wasn't planning on doing until Sky did not take up the contract for the 2013 season resulting in many people missing out on the races, which have taken on the form of lap-by-lap to on-site reviews to Japanese poetry. 

A fantasy league which Robin has looked after this year and hopefully into the future, and proof that blind guessing gets you a long way (to the top)!

Competitions with plenty of signed Indycar prizes that have reached from Edinburgh to Lands End. 

A variety of travel guides for anyone looking for some helpful hints and tips when planning a trip to the races. 

A twitter based follow # each Wednesday (with a new website being launched in the coming days), plus other areas worth checking out along the way, all accessible through the menu to the left of the page

So to the thank yous...

A couple early stand outs, Dave, Jason, Matthew, Rachael and Robin, who this would never have seen the light of day without. Liza, formerly of Indycar Nation, for badgering me each race weekend to blog about my road trips these past couple years, well I got their eventually! Patsy for collecting so many prizes and shipping them over for our competitions. Monica from many places, but in particular 242MPH for arranging a great deal for the Official Indycar Calender to be sold through the website last autumn, which was greatly received on these shores. Keith and Pippa for their multitude of Re-Tweets helping get the website out their to Indycar fans and their followers. And finally, everyone who has put finger to keyboard these past twelve months in whatever form they have contributed, you can find them here.

So to the next twelve and beyond. More blogs, new race reviews and contributors, competitions, interviews, and more. I am always looking for contributors from this side of the Atlantic so please get in touch and see what we can do to get you involved.

A little further down the line, there are around a dozen of us at the moment who are looking to make the trip to the Indy 500 in 2016 for the 100th race, if this is something you are interested in give me a shout and will see what we can arrange going forward.

So the the 80,000 of you who have visited the website, thank you for your continued support.

Adrian

So that was the 2012 IZOD Indycar season, and what a way to finish with the title only being decided on the last lap of a 500 mile race with Ryan Hunter-Reay taking the championship by only 3 points from three time runner up Will Power.

That is the on track action done with for the year, but plenty still to be involved with on the IndyCarUK site, as well as the Facebook page and Twitter account.  The Facebook page has around 30 likes in a week so get liking! The twitter account has around 125 followers in just under a week so keep spreading the word, but this website has had the best part of 1000 views in only a couple days and is where you can get involved with your own blog posts on anything Indycar related from drivers, teams, tracks to rules, future or past. If you haven't written one before maybe need some help get in touch and we can see what we can do to help out.

I have a couple of interviews lined up with drivers and Indycar crew which will be posted over the next couple weeks so keep your eyes open for those on here.

Just to end with a message of congratulations to Ryan Hunter-Reay and would like to point you towards his charity work, and organisation called 'Racing for Cancer' which holds money raising events throughout the year which are great fun to attend (I went to The Yellow Party in Indy back in May and left with a pair of Rubens Barrichello race worn boots from his Ferrari days), more details are available here.