IndyCar Features

The NTT IndyCar Series championship has become a two-horse race as the title chase has reached its halfway mark. Emerging as contenders for the championship are Team Penske's Josef Newgarden and Andretti Autosport's Alexander Rossi.

The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. That quote by ABC broadcasting legend Jim McKay sum up what the Indianapolis 500 is all about. A winner of the Memorial Day Classic is remembered forever while second place sadly is just the first loser.

A look back over the glittering career of Justin Wilson, who went all the way from Formula Palmer Audi to F1, Champ Car, IndyCar and the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

'Dan Wheldon's two sons shouldn't have to live with the reality that their father died because he chose a profession in which his life wasn't the number one priority'

It may only have been a one-off, second-week effort, but Townsend Bell's run to fourth place in the Indianapolis 500 put him firmly in the shop window should any team require a stand-in later in the season.

by Lynne Huntting This is the most difficult column I've written. Paul L Newman died at home in Westport, Connecticut on Friday, from cancer. With him were his wife of fifty years, Joanne Woodward, family and friends. Newman was 83.

by Lynne Huntting Jeff Horton, the Indy Racing League's director of engineering, is also in charge of the certification process for the IndyCars at each round, a job he's held for the past six years.

Rookie ROBERT WICKENS won the rainy Champ Car Atlantic Series race Saturday noon at Portland International Raceway, with more than a ten-second margin of victory over polesitter JAMES HINCHCLIFFE.

ROBERTO MORENO was the original 'Super Sub' and this May has added to that resume by being a last-minute replacement driver for STEPHAN GREGOIRE at Chastain Motorsports.

WILL POWER was again at the top of the charts, grabbing the provisional pole for the Champ Car World Series on his last flyer lap during qualifying at Long Beach on Friday afternoon.

The Vegas Grand Prix owners and President, along with the President of Champ Car World Series and the circuit designer met with the media after Sunday's inaugural race ended.

The inaugural Vegas Grand Prix is promised to be the worst-ever Vegas Grand Prix - by none other than BRAD YANOVER, one of the promoters. On Thursday, he promised the media that, every year, the Vegas Grand Prix would build on the first race and just get better.

While the 2006 Champ Car World Series season finale in Mexico City witnessed arguably the most spectacular finish to a race this season, it also marked the end of a 40 year association between the series and car builder Lola.

It wasn't the best weekend for up-and-coming young drivers at Watkins Glen International.

AL UNSER Jr is running his 18th Indianapolis 500 race this year, more than any other driver in the field. Unser, however, is not the oldest driver in the field, as that honour goes to EDDIE CHEEVER.

As part of the "Celebrate the Spectacle" theme of the 90th Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian Donald Davidson wrote this piece detailing some of the most memorable moments of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." 1911: RAY HARROUN WINS INAUGURAL INDIANAPOLIS 500

...the latest news from around the world, courtesy of press snoop Lynne Huntting. - LBGP BY THE NUMBERS; - KALKHOVEN SAYS "WE'RE STILL TALKING"; - NEWMAN BEATS LENO IN GRUDGE MATCH;

JUSTIN WILSON/#9 Intel-RuSPORT is on pole for Sunday's season finale race of the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez at the Grand Premio Telmex-Tecate presented by Banamex with a lap of 1:26.602/115.813 mph/186.382 kph.

The latest news from around the world courtesy of Press Snoop Lynne Huntting...

It's Monterrey in May for the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford and its support series, the Toyota Atlantic Championship, running the Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans at Fundidora Parque.

Newlywed PAUL TRACY is on pole for the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Presented by Ford season-opener, with a record-breaking time of 1min 07.485secs set on his last lap of the Long Beach street circuit.

Reigning IRL IndyCar champion TONY KANAAN was the fastest car of 20 testing at Phoenix International Raceway on Wednesday, with a lap of 20.6994secs (173.918mph).

the latest news from around the world courtesy of Press Snoop Lynne Huntting... In November, Ford sold Cosworth Racing to KEVIN KALKHOVEN, Champ Car team owner and co-owner of Open Wheel Racing Series, which now owns Champ Car.

The final temporary structure has been removed from the Surfers Paradise track, marking the visual end of the most successful Lexmark Indy 300 in its 14 year history.