IndyCar News

In what many CART fans hope will be the last move in a rather disjointed month at Dale Coyne Racing, former Indy Lights race winner Geoff Boss has signed to drive the team's #11 Lola-Ford, starting this weekend at Laguna Seca and continuing (hopefully) for the remainder of the season.

"The last two years, obviously, were really difficult for me, not being able to race and after winning the two championships and then doing the Indy Lights season with Team Green, which didn't go as well as I had hoped.

"Since we crashed at Indy, we have gotten a new car, and everything within the setup is pretty close to the same as it was before Indy. It is a cool track, a pretty fast mile oval. After the accident, we are just trying to get back in it. I'm not really worried about the championship right now.

"Qualifying well is a big factor at Laguna because there aren't a lot of passing opportunities during the race. Pit strategy comes into play quite a bit.

It was hard to find a person at Texas Motor Speedway who wasn't happy to see Al Unser Jr drive his Kelley Racing Dallara-Toyota into victory lane at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Tora Takagi finished an IRL career-best third in Saturday night's Bombardier 500k for Mo Nunn Racing and the #12 Pioneer team. However his first IRL podium didn't come without controversy after he nudged teammate Felipe Giaffone and Scott Sharp into the wall less than ten laps from home.

Brazilian Airton Dare is in a stable condition in a Dallas hospital after breaking his right leg and arm in a practice accident on Thursday at the Texas Motor Speedway. Team Owner AJ Foyt has tabbed former Team Menard driver Jaques Lazier as a replacement.

Former IRL series Rookie of the Year Airton Dare has been confirmed to will drive an AJ Foyt Racing entry in the Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend [7 June].

Racing legends Mario Andretti and CART Champ Car co-founder UE 'Pat' Patrick will relinquish their positions as members of the Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc board of directors next month, although both plan to stay involved in the sport they have helped define for five decades.

"I'm excited about getting back into the regular race weekend rhythm. After missing Texas and Colorado last year, it will be great to get both of the Texas races back under my belt again since we have support from AOL and GMAC to get us through the 2003 season.

Champ Car veteran Bryan Herta will make his Indy Racing League IndyCar Series debut on Saturday night for Michael Andretti's Andretti-Green stable at the fearsome Texas Motor Speedway.

Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport has been a fixture on the CART Champ Car schedule longer than any other temporary street circuit in the world, and the fans that have made Cleveland part of the racer's diet since 1982 got a chance to pick at CART's buffet Monday night.

Scotland's Ryan Dalziel claimed his first career Toyota Atlantic victory by eking out a 0.339secs advantage over fellow second-year competitor Kyle Krisiloff at the Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 presented by Miller Lite last night.

Officials from Wisconsin State Fair Park and CART Champ Car have confirmed a new three-year operating agreement that will see the Bridgestone and Ford-backed series continue to race its 750hp Champ Cars at the historic Milwaukee Mile on its traditional date through to at least the 2006 racing sea

Puerto Rican driver Victor Gonzalez took pole position for Saturday's Barber Dodge Pro Series Race at the Milwaukee Mile after recording a lap of 29.706secs around the 1.032mile oval.

After a seven-week hiatus, the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship returns to action this weekend at the historic Milwaukee Mile for round three of the twelve-race 2003 schedule -, the Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 presented by Miller Lite.

American chassis manufacturer Panoz G-Force clinched its third Indianapolis 500 victory, with Gil de Ferran taking the win for the Penske team - which also ran a rival Dallara chassis for double-winner Helio Castroneves.

Buddy Rice led the Chevrolet engine to its best finish in the 87th Indianapolis 500 when he drove the #52 Red Bull Cheever Racing car to eleventh place in Sunday's big race.

Doug Hardwick, the vent man for Shinji Nakano's #54 Beard Papa's Dallara-Honda, has been released in good condition from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis following an incident during yesterday's Indy 500.

Gil de Ferran, who was rumoured to be considering retirement after injuring his back for the second time in less than a year earlier this season at Phoenix, made a triumphant return to the cockpit on Sunday as he justified his decision to swap from Dallara to G Force and drove to the biggest win

Dan Wheldon has walked away from a horrifying late race accident at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in which his Dallara-Honda got airborne, flipped over and spun upside down through the short chute between turns three and four.

Preparing a racecar throughout the month of May at Indianapolis is a tedious, thankless process, but it can pay dividends both for a driver and those behind the scenes.

With anticipation building for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing expressed its relief at finally having secured a sponsor for the #23 Chevrolet-powered Dallara driven by Sarah Fisher.

Complete Carb Day speeds for the 87th Indianapolis 500 at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.