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Championship Auto Racing Teams president and CEO Joseph Heitzler has been named chairman of the board of directors for the open-wheel racing sanctioning organisation. The announcement was made by acting CART chairman and board member James Hardymon.

Kenny Brack, Michael Andretti and Scott Dixon, the first three finishers in Saunday's Miller Lite 225 at the Milwaukee Mile give their comments on the fifth round of the 2001 CART Fed-Ex Championship from Wisconsin.

With the Indianapolis 500 safely out of the way, the CART FedEx Series returns to action at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday. Alex Tagliani, Bruno Junqueira, Nicolas Minassian, Michel Jourdain Jr, Oriol Servia and Tora Takagi give their views on the weekend....

Shinji Nakano is hoping that his Fernandez Racing team can help him erase the memories of his accident at he one-mile Milwaukee Speedway this weekend when the CART Fed-Ex Championship reconvenes for the Miller Lite 225.

Indy Racing League veteran Davey Hamilton won the Scott Brayton Driver's Trophy during the Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration on May 27 at Indianapolis after coming within 25 laps of giving first year team-boss Sam Schmidt a top ten finish in the Indy 500.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, in a partnership with Ford Racing, Shell and Simple Green, will utilise several Ford-powered Champcar drivers to help promote automobile, helmet and environmental safety among children through the formation of CART Wheels For Kids summer youth camp programme

Greg Ray: "Driving race cars, period, is fun, but winning is a lot more fun. I've got mixed emotions."

Greg Ray once again fell foul of the concrete walls at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he tagged the outside wall in Turn Three in an effort to hold off a charging Michael Andretti, the light brush doing enough to damage his suspension.

The 85th running of the Indianapolis 500 began with two early caution periods, one for Scott Sharp and then a second just two laps after green flag racing had resumed when Sarah Fisher and Scott Goodyear collided in Turn Two, eliminating both cars.

Kelley Racing's 2001 Indianapolis 500 went from bad to worse when its' second driver, Mark Dismore, went out of the race lead shortly before half distance with a gearbox problem.

Indy 500 pole-man Scott Sharp's bid to earn his first '500 victory ends on lap one when he strikes the wall in his Kelley Racing Dallara-Aurora after leading the field past the green flag.

TaeBo, the primary sponsor of defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series Champion Buddy Lazier's Hemelgarn Racing Dallara-Aurora have announced a new initiative aimed at helping all IRNLS fans to get into shape.

Pat Sullivan: We're delighted to have Buddy with us. Obviously, he comes in as the defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series champion, the only driver to win two events last year.

Scott Sharp has shown plenty of speed on the racetrack this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and his Kelley Racing team did the same in the pits to win yesterday's Coors Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge.

2001 Fed-Ex Series new-boys Arciero-Brooke Racing have announced that the team will now be known as Arciero-Blair Racing and after missing the latest round of the CART series, rookie driver Max Wilson will be back with the team's Lola-Ford, not Lola-Phoenix at Milwaukee next Sunday.

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Indy Racing League team Heritage Motorsports has formed a unique marketing partnership with legendary rock band Aerosmith for the Indy 500, it was announced today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Racing and rock-and-roll fans will enjoy a full day of entertainment at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Coors Carb Day on May 24. The event marks the final day of track activity leading up to the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on May 27.

Team Rahal's Kenny Brack scored Lola's 99th victory in the CART Fedex Championship Series at the Twin Ring Motegi on Saturday, moving the British race car manufacturer one step closer to a prestigious CART century.

The starting grid for the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway will feature some of the top open-wheel drivers in the world, but Indy Racing has assembled an impressive collection of talented and entertaining field of competitors off the race track as well as on it.

Maurice Lacroix Swiss Watches will present the winner of the 85th Indianapolis 500 with a truly unique gift for winning the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

Kenny Brack scored Team Rahal's first Fed-Ex Series victory for over a year in Saturday's Firestone Firehawk 500 while a retro-looking Max Papis scored his second points paying finish of the 2001 season with a steady run to sixth spot for the Lola-Ford team.

Kenny Brack continued Ford's stranglehold on victory lane at the Honda-owned Twin Ring Motegi circuit by taking a well deserved win in a gripping Firestone Firehawk 500 despite a contentious late caution period caused that resulted in a one-lap dash to the flag.

Miller Genuine Draft, a major part of Miller Brewing Company's auto racing heritage, returns to the track this week as part of the brewery's sponsorship for Team Rahal's 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series programme.