IndyCar News

The fact that half of the 24 starters of Sunday's Michigan 500 failed to make the finish shows how tough the event is. Unfortunately two of the 12 retirements came from the PacWest team in what will rank as one of the most disappointing weekends of the year for the squad.

Under fire Jaguar Racing star Johnny Herbert was an interested spectator at last weekend's CART event at Michigan Speedway - and it was unlikely that he was just paying fellow Brit Dario Franchitti a return visit.

Paul Tracy is not a known qualifying specialist. The Canadian's last pole came at Milwaukee back in 1997 and the Team KOOL Green driver has since built himself a reputation as being a better racer than qualifier.

Michigan Speedway is a fearsome two mile D-shaped oval that makes today's Champ Cars look like Micro Machines even though they are averaging more than 200mph for the entire race, less cautions and pit-stops.

Not content with hosting each major US race series in 2001, Texas Motor Speedway has now put itself forward as the site of the first Olympic auto event.

The tragic accident that claimed the life of Greg Moore at the season ending Marlboro 500 at Fontana last November cast a shadow over what had been a tremendous season of racing.

Memo Gidley will make his return to the Fed-Ex Championship Series this weekend at Michigan for Team Della Penna whose regular driver Norberto Fontana is still not comfortable with driving on Superspeedways.

Reynard Champcars will take to the track in the UK for the first time next year, following yesterday's announcement of an oval race at Rockingham Speedway.

Eddie Cheever's emotional first win for Infiniti at Pikes Peak put him atop the Indy Racing Northern Light Series standings, and favourite for this years title.

For much of this year's Indy Racing Northern Light Series, Eddie Cheever and his self run team have upheld the honours for engine supplier Infiniti, often being the only representative for the Japanese concern.

Leading motorsport weekly Motoring News this week confirmed that the still under construction Rockingham oval will be a part of the expanded 2001 CART schedule.

1999 Indy Racing Northern Light Series rookie of the year Scott Harrington has finally landed a permanent drive in the championship with the Mid-America Motorsports outfit.

Texas Motor Speedway has suddenly become a key figure in a possible reconciliation between America's two leading single seater championships after appearing on a provisional 2001 Champ Car schedule recently.

Roberto Moreno scored an emotional first Champcar win at Burke Lakefront Airport tonight, after dominating the 100-lap race from start to finish.

Back-to-back races are always tough, no matter what series you race in, but at least I can go to Oregon this weekend knowing I have history on my side.

In 1997 Mark Blundell crossed the finishing line with 0.027 seconds to spare over the chasing Gil De Ferran and less than half a second over Raul Boesel, who took the lead just metres after the chequered flag fell, in what still is the closest finish in Champ Car history.

Tony Kanaan's season took a turn for the worse on Saturday when he crashed his Reynard-Mercedes at high speed at the Belle Isle circuit in Detroit.

Andrew Craig's three year tenure as CEO of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) came to an in Detroit on Friday when he announced his resignation from the post during a board of directors meeting this morning.

The hottest story in Belle Isle today is that CART CEO Andrew Craig has quit his role at the head of America's premier single-seater series.

Although the Formula One circus is in town just across the water, American single-seater focus will fall on the Motor City this weekend.

Dr Jim Logan is a well respected Air Force veteran and chiropractor. He has been involved in the US racing scene since the late 1970s and has recently established his own IRL team.

Canadian Champ Car star Patrick Carpentier was the centre of attention at Bagotville airfield in Quebec last weekend when he pitted his Reynard-Ford against a CF-18 Hornet jet fighter, one of the air-forces most potent weapons.

It certainly has been a baptism of fire for Norberto Fontana in this year's Fed Ex Champ Car series. Just six races in this year's championship and the Della Penna driver is yet to score a point and has failed to start two of the last three races due to a persistent injury.

Anyone who witnessed the Casino Magic 500 at Texas will have forgiven whoever was responsible for the race being delayed for a day by rain.