IndyCar News

The offseason racing exploits of Champ Car stars Sebastien Bourdais, Jimmy Vasser, Oriol Servia and Michel Jourdain Jr did not go unnoticed by one of the top stars of the series who has decided that he had better get in on the action.

Tony George, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards last Sunday in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier.

The projected 2005 race in San Jose will become a reality after city officials gave their approval to a new street race in the Californian city next July.

Rahal Letterman Racing has finally confirmed the expansion of its Indy Racing League IndyCar Series programme and the addition of Danica Patrick to the existing driving squad.

During a whistle-stop promotional book tour of the United States last week, Alex Zanardi managed to find time to discuss his key moments of the past three years with the Champ Car media.

J.L. West Motorsports will field a two-car team in the Menards Infiniti Pro SeriesT in 2005, team and league officials recently announced. The team, which is co-owned by Jeff and Laura West, expects to announce its drivers in the near future.

With less than a month until Christmas, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and their partners are releasing a special edition five-disc DVD box set of the highly popular Indianapolis 500 'Legacy Series.'

With an impressive amount of open-wheel talent in its driver development system, the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford has focused its efforts this off season in opening doors and providing young racers the opportunity to move up through the Champ Car ranks.

Some of the top rising stars in the Champ Car World Series driver development system got the opportunity to showcase their skills in a 750hp Champ Car during testing at Sebring International Raceway on Monday.

Czech star Tomas Enge says he is hopeful of having a second season of IRL racing next year, to add to the two events he did at the end of the 2004 season.

During the Grand Prix of Monterrey at the Laguna Seca back in September, the History Channel spent time with Paul Tracy and the Forsythe Championship Racing team filming the defending 2003 Series Champion for the prime time television series 'Tactical to Practical'.

The Champ Car World Series has confirmed that the Molson Indy Vancouver will not be part of the calendar in 2005.

Having announced the purchase of Cosworth Racing with fellow Champ Car World Series co-owner Gerald Forsythe in London, Kevin Kalkhoven will now head back to the USA to guest on the Wind Tunnel program, on SPEED Channel, on Thursday.

Six young racers raced their ways to national titles at the Snap-on Stars of Karting Presented by the Indy Racing League National Championship finale last weekend at the Walt Disney World Kart track in Florida.

Continuing to prove that it's the top developmental series for the future stars of open-wheel racing, the Toyota Atlantic Championship saw a number of its recent graduates experience success on the track this season in the Champ Car World Series.

Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe, co-owners of the Champ Car World Series and heads of the PKV and Forsythe Championship Racing Champ Car teams, have been unveiled as the new owners of Cosworth at a press conference in London.

IndyCar drivers and Rahal Letterman Racing co-owner Bobby Rahal will be among the notables attending the Snap-on Stars of Karting awards banquet tonight [11 November], kicking off the national championship finals weekend in Orlando.

Patrick Carpentier has signed to drive for the Red Bull Cheever Racing IRL IndyCar Series team in 2005, according to his now former boss Gerry Forsythe.

Alex Zanardi took CART by storm in 1997 and 1998 winning the drivers' title back-to-back. The Italian though was soon the victim of some less than complimentary remarks, despite the fact that his results spoke for themselves.

Menards Infiniti Pro Series team owner Kathryn Nunn admits that she has some difficult decisions ahead of her, after being impressed by each of the seven female drivers that ran in one of her cars at Texas Motor Speedway this week.

Four drivers turned 60 laps apiece at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday, as Nunn Motorsports began a three-day evaluation of female racing talent in its Menards Infiniti Pro Series car.

Justin Wilson and Nelson Philippe experienced mixed fortunes in final qualifying for the Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate in Mexico City, as Wilson scored third on the grid, but Philippe was unable to qualify and improve his time from Friday when he overheated the clutch in his Mi-Jack Conquest Lola aft

Tony Kanaan and Thiago Medeiros are both from Brazil and drove No.11 entries this season in Indy Racing League events. They also share the distinction of being champions of their respective series.

Fernandez Racing and its sister team Super Aguri Fernandez Racing have been deeply saddened over the tragic death of teammate and friend John Martin Jr. who lost his life in a surfing accident in Nassau, Bahamas, on Friday.