SÃO PAULO, Brazil – About that shave, Mr. Hinchcliffe.

It seems the “Mayor of Hinchtown” will keep his facial hair for a couple more weeks, citing a condition in the bet with Wade Cunningham that they would go under the razor together following the first podium finish for the driver of the No. 27 GoDaddy.com car.

Hinchcliffe accomplished that feat at Long Beach on April 15, and arrived at the Anhembi circuit for the third Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle bristling at the questions about his bristles.

“Wade and I have had conflicting schedules,” Hinchcliffe laughed.

So the new date is just before Opening Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – May 12 – which will shave off the days that the three Andretti Autosport drivers (Ryan Hunter-Reay has joined Marco Andretti) have beards in common.

“I think at least once in every man’s life he should get a straight-edge razor shave from a professional barber,” Hinchcliffe added. “I’ll show up on Opening Day a baby-faced Hinch.”

Rahal bus trips helps bring fans to Milwaukee IndyFest: IZOD IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal is offering race fans two tour bus packages from Indianapolis to the Milwaukee IndyFest on June 15 and 16 at the Milwaukee Mile.

"I'm thrilled that we were able to make this bus trip happen with the Andretti promotions folks," Rahal said. "I hope the fans embrace this great opportunity for a unique experience both on the buses and at the track. I absolutely love racing at Milwaukee, it is one of Americas greatest racetracks, and the fans will not be disappointed one bit."

Each package includes transportation from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Milwaukee IndyFest, a reserved seat for Saturday's 225-lap race, a paddock pass to access the garage area and more. The packages can be purchased from the Milwaukee IndyFest website at www.MilwaukeeIndyFest.com or the Wisconsin State Fair Park box office at 414-266-7100.

New partnerships, liveries: Oriol Servia will carry the WIX Filters livery on the No. 22 Lotus DRR car for this weekend's race. WIX, whose filtration products are a staple in auto racing, has been an associate partner of the team since 2011.

Dario Franchitti will carry a Lexar Media livery on the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car as part of a two-race sponsorship deal. The No.10 Lexar car will also run at the Baltimore Grand Prix in September. Lexar delivers high-quality memory solutions, including USB flash drives, all popular form factors of memory cards, and innovative backup drives. 

Vancouver-based Coastal Contacts Inc. will be the primary sponsor of the No. 77 Coastal.com/Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports car driven by Simon Pagenaud this weekend. Coastal Contacts Inc. is the global leader in online direct-to-consumer retail of eyeglasses and optical products.

New tire specs, used already: The Firestone primary and alternate tire specifications are new for Brazil, but both specs have already seen race action this year at St. Petersburg and Long Beach. The specs feature updated tread compounds applied to the same Firehawk street course tire construction used throughout 2011.

The Firestone rain tire for this weekend is the same rain spec used in the last half of 2011.

Of note: IZOD Indy Car Series driver Katherine Legge has joined The Skin Cancer Foundation's Team SCF campaign, an effort to promote sun-safe behaviors among active people. May is Skin Cancer Awareness month. … A.J. Foyt will miss the Sao Paulo event: "I'm still not 100 percent (staph infection following knee in January surgery) and I felt with Indy coming up I didn't want to put myself through that long trip to Brazil," Foyt said.