IndyCar News

The IndyCar series could see its numbers swell with the addition of an all-new team this season, should plans being put together by former Indianapolis 500 car owner Dave Mann and partner Fred Azbell III to run a single-car entry.

Adam Andretti is to make his debut in the Indy Pro Series in 2008 after agreeing a deal with the newly formed FuZion Autosport team.

Jonathan Bomarito has joined Champ Car Atlantic champions Sierra Sierra Enterprises for the 2008 campaign, completing an all-USA pairing with rookie Dane Cameron.

Ryan Briscoe received his first on-track testing time at Homestead-Miami Speedway this week.

Both the Champ Car World Series and supporting Atlantic Championship have finalised their pre-season test schedules with the announcement of additional testing days in both Houston and Portland.

2006 Indy Pro Series champion Jay Howard will join veteran owner/driver Marty Roth to form a two-car IndyCar Series team for the 16-race schedule.

by Lynne Huntting Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven was not in Oakland District Federal Court to hear the verdict delivered by the jury in the six-week insider dealing case in which he was implicated, but will nevertheless have been happy with the result.

Dan Pettit has found a new home for the remains of his RuSPORT operation after revealing that he was to combine operations with Forsythe Championship Racing from 2008.

by Lynne Huntting Kevin Kalkhoven finally testified as a defendant in the ongoing JDSU insider trading civil case in Oakland District Court on Thursday, and was on the stand for most of the session.

Walker Racing has announced that it has completed its driver line-up adding two more cars to the stable, as Leo and Greg Mansell will join the team to compete in the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship.

by Lynne Huntting

Don Freeland, an eight-time starter in the Indianapolis 500 from 1953-60 and the third-place finisher in 1956, died last week in San Diego after a period of declining health. He was 82.

Sebastien Bourdais thanked the fact that his strong run in provisional qualifying guaranteed him a spot on the front row of the grid for his last Champ Car World Series after a disappointing final session at Mexico City.

by Lynne Huntting Hollywood actor-turned-race driver Frankie Muniz is much in evidence at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez this weekend, leading to suggestions that he has settled his Champ Car Atlantic ride for next season.

by Lynne Huntting Among the turmoil of this year's Champ Car World Series, the impending exit of RuSPORT ranks highly, but the sponsor that has kept the team going for the past two years admits that it has no regrets about pulling the plug.

by Lynne Huntting It was the end of a long week in Oakland District Court for the civil jury trial of Kevin Kalkhoven and three other former executives of JDS Uniphase of Milpitas CA.

by Lynne Huntting . It was very much a case of 'as you were' in the seventh day of the Northern California jury trial involving Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven.

The Champ Car World Series has announced that it will increase the horsepower available under the Power-to-Pass system for the final round of the season in Mexico City.

Former IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan is to contest the ninth round of the Japanese Formula Nippon Series at Suzuka next month.

Paul Tracy was left to rue a fuel gamble that didn't pay off after seeing a third podium finish of the Champ Car World Series season slip through his fingers at Surfers Paradise.

Italian Super Bike rider Alex Pignone completed a successful Indy Pro Series test in a Cheever Racing-fielded race car at Kentucky Speedway on Monday, October 9.

Nelson Philippe insists that he will be a force to reckon with at next weekend's Champ Car round in Surfers Paradise, despite having only stepped back into a Panoz DP01 for the first time this week.

Nelson Philippe will return to the Champ Car World Series for the final two rounds of the 2007 campaign, having been hired by Conquest Racing to pilot the #34 entry previously raced by Matt Halliday and Jan Heylen.

The IndyCar Series has announced a 'restructuring' of its earnings distribution designed to provide a financial foundation for new and existing teams committed to running the entire IndyCar Series schedule.