IndyCar News

Reigning Champ Car World Series champion Sebastien Bourdais enjoyed a very productive three days of testing at Jerez in Spain this week, giving the assembled F1 team bosses a good look at what they have potentially missed out on.

James Davison has moved to deny claims made by Team Australia that he still owes monies to the team following his programme in the Champ Car Atlantic series this season.

Recently-crowned Pacific F2000 champion Robert Podlesni has admitted that he is hungrier than ever to make the jump to the Champ Car Atlantic series after enjoying a promising test with PR1 Motorsports.

One half of Forsythe Racing's 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Championship squadron has been confirmed with news that the team will partner with Red Bull and Red Bull Junior drivers John Edwards and Robert Wickens.

CR Crews' plans for 2007 continue to take shape, the Texan having signed with SWE, formerly Part Sourcing International, to compete in the entire 16-race Indy Pro Series.

Condor Motorsports has revealed Holland's Junior Strous to lead its team in next year's Champ Car Atlantic series, following several successful days of testing at Buttonwillow Raceway.

Eastman Kodak Company are to serve as an associate sponsor of Team Penske's IndyCar Series entries of Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr next season.

Three Indy Pro Series teams tested nine drivers at Homestead-Miami Speedway last week with no less than half a dozen IPS first-timers earning their rookie licenses.

Forsythe Racing have tested three young hopefuls in one of their Lola Champ Cars as team boss Gerald Forsythe tries to piece together his team for 2007.

Forsythe Championship Racing has confirmed that Adam Carroll will be of three drivers to take part in a testing session with the Champ Car World Series frontrunners at MSR Houston later this month.

Alex Premat posted the quickest time on day one of testing at MSR Houston as the Frenchman got behind the wheel of a Champ Car for the first time on Tuesday.

RuSPORT will have a new owner for the 2007 Champ Car World Series season after confirmation that PKV Racing co-owner Dan Pettit has completed the purchase of the Colorado based team from founder Carl Russo.

2006 Pacific F2000 Champion and Team USA Scholarship winner Robert Podlesni is to test with the PR1 Motorsports team at Buttonwillow Raceway Park with ahead of a possible 2007 Champ Car Atlantic campaign.

Next years inaugural Champ Car race on the streets of Las Vegas will be supported by the Historic Grand Prix Series, a series that has already attracted several star names to compete in what looks like being an excellent event.

After an impressive season that saw him claim the 2006 Star Mazda Championship, 17-year-old Adrian Carrio will get a chance to prove that he's ready to compete in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Championship.

Forsythe Championship Racing sported a different look for the Mexican season finale, in which both David Martinez and Buddy Rice scored solid top ten finishes on their Champ Car debuts.

The Indy Pro Series will feature a series-record 16 races - including seven races on ovals, seven on road courses and two on street courses - next season, and will compete three times at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Heading into the final round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series having been forced to adopt not only an all-new, but also a rookie line-up, Forsythe Racing's debutants David Martinez and Buddy Rice nonetheless acquitted themselves admirably during first qualifying around the Mexico City circuit.

With Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice moving on to pastures new, Rahal Letterman Racing has confirmed that it will cut back to a two car entry in the 2007 Indy Racing League, with Scott Sharp coming in to partner Jeff Simmons.

Having almost gone out of business just twelve months ago, Panther Racing has announced a new partnership with Super Aguri that will see Kosuke Matsuura join Vitor Meira in a two car assault on the 2007 Indy Racing League.

Two-thirds of Forsythe Championship Racing's new-look Mexico City line-up, Buddy Rice and David Martinez, completed over 400 trouble-free miles in their first test with the squad at the MSR Houston road course yesterday.

Mario Dominguez is hoping to put a successful end to what he has described as one of the worst years of his Champ Car career by building on his Surfers' Paradise result at the season finale in Mexico City next weekend.

Justin Wilson will travel to Mexico City for the final round of the Champ Car World Series, although the RuSPORT team will have Adam Carroll on standby should the former F1 racer be unable to compete due to his broken wrist.

In only his second race for the team, Mario Dominguez carried Rocketsports Racing to a first podium finish of the Champ Car World Series season at Surfers Paradise.