IndyCar News

There will be plenty of overtime on the Swift Engineering hours sheet in the build-up to next Wednesday's delivery date for the latest generation Champ Car Atlantic Series chassis.

Star Trek actor William Shatner, actor turned racecar driver Patrick Dempsey, former NFL quarterback John Elway and women's tennis player legend Martina Navratilova are among the expected field of drivers from film, TV and sports who will battle it out with seven professional drivers in the 30th

Amidst fears that the last remaining 'original' IRL teams would disappear in 2006, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing have confirmed that they will be participating in 2006 with none other than old-school IRL fan favourite Buddy Lazier.

Former Indy Racing League outfit, PDM Racing has announced that 2004 Infiniti Pro Series champion Thiago Medeiros will join them in their debut season competing in the prestigious USAC Silver Crown sprint race series.

Mario Dominguez says he is delighted to return to Forsythe Championship Racing for a second season after the team confirmed that he will again partner Paul Tracy in 2006.

Double Champ Car World Series champion Sebastien Bourdais got back behind the wheel of his #1 Newman-Haas Racing Lola-Ford race car for the first time in three months for a two day test at the 1.25-mile Firebird East race track on Thursday and Friday.

After becoming the youngest ever polewinner in the Formula Atlantic championship during his part campaign last season, Alan Sciuto is to return for a full assault on the series in 2006 after concluding a deal to compete with the Polestar Racing Group.

After helping steer a pair of talented young drivers toward the Champ Car World Series over the past two seasons, Brooks Associates Racing have announced that is has signed another racer with a promising future for the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship.

Panther Racing's uncertain future looks certain to include a single-car Indy Racing League campaign, following reports that the team had inked a deal with former Rahal Letterman driver Vitor Meira.

Yet another new team has been added to the list of 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Series competitors in the form of California based outfit NCDL Tech. With the new team also comes a new and highly rated American driver in the form of Ryan Spencer-Smith.

For its first full season in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, PR1 Motorsports will rely on two drivers that have a history of success with the team.

Officials at the Milwaukee Mile have confirmed that they plan to add the increasingly popular SAFER Barrier to the entire length of its one-mile oval this spring.

Rahal Letterman Racing has announced a season long partnership with Meijer and Coca-Cola Enterprises as associate sponsors of Danica Patrick for the 2006 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series.

Paul Dana will get a second bite at the IRL IndyCar Series cherry in 2006 with Rahal-Letterman Racing thanks to his partnership with Ethanol and is looking forward to having a better time of it than he did during his injury shortened rookie season.

PKV Racing completed its third round of driver evaluations last week at Sebring with British sensation Katherine Legge joined by Renault's Formula One test driver Franck Montagny.

Well, that's Christmas and New Year done and dusted - although I am still waiting for the present I wanted most this year.

In line with speculation over the Christmas break, Rahal Letterman Racing has signed a multi-year deal with Team Ethanol that will see Paul Dana pilot the third RLR entry in this year's Indy Racing League.

Veteran Champ Car World Series team co-owner Derrick Walker and teamed up with one of his former drivers in Mario Haberfeld to create a new three-car team in the North American Formula BMW Championship.

While worries over securing a full 33-car starting field may occupy the minds of many a race fan during the build-up to the traditional 'Month of May,' Indianapolis Motor Speedway is intent on celebrating the spectacle of one of the greatest races in the world during this, its 90th year.

IRL IndyCar Series front-runners Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan will be two of the star attractions in Brazil's most high profile endurance event this weekend as they take part in the 50th Anniversary Mil Milhas event at Interlagos on Saturday.

Two-time IndyCar champion Sam Hornish Jr and rival Scott Sharp have again been picked to represent that Indy Racing League in the annual International Race of Champions [IROC] series, but Indy 500 and 2005 IRL kingpin Dan Wheldon will be missing from a largely American-dominated line-up.

Geoff Dodge, the Knoxville Nationals "Fast Track to Indy" Rookie of the Year who will compete in at least six Indy Pro Series races for Brian Stewart Racing in 2006, moved into a home a block away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on January 7.

Add Vitor Meira to the growing list of IRL IndyCar Series drivers and owners planning to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.

The American equivalent to Britain's AA or RAC service, the American Automobile Association is one of the countries oldest motoring organisations, one that is older than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway itself.