IndyCar News

The lure of winning the Indianapolis 500 continues to exert a strong pull on Michael Andretti but, not content with fielding son Marco in an attempt to get the famous family name on the Borg-Warner Trophy, Andretti Sr also intends to make his Indycar Series comeback at the race next season.

Maury Kraines, former boss of the distinctive Kraco backed Champ Car efforts of the 1980's and early 1990's, died last week aged 84. Kraines, who was the winning car owner in the classic 1992 Indianapolis 500, suffered a heart failure at his California home.

This year's IRL IndyCar Series sensation Danica Patrick is currently leading the voting for the USA Today backed Female Athlete of the Year.

Champ Car's newest team owner, Cedric the Entertainer introduced his business partners and acquaintances from the entertainment world to his latest venture when he and the team held a CTE Racing cocktail party at the luxurious Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills last weekend.

The future of one of the IRL's longest serving teams could be in doubt according to a report on the website of U.S. based cable channel Speed TV.

The newly formed GTI Atlantic team will rely on some gifted racing engineering experience and a promising young British driver eager to make a strong comeback when it joins the Champ Car Atlantic Championship in 2006.

Drivers are getting younger every day. That certainly seems to be the case in the realm of the Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford as the Mi-Jack Conquest Racing team strapped in 15-year old Richard Phillippe to have a play this past week.

No sooner did he take the Vanderbilt Cup for winning his second Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford than champion Sebastian Bordais was off to take part in an IROC race. Now the Champ Car season's over he's off Baja racing.

Organisers of the San Jose Grand Prix have announced major changes to the event for 2006 including a revised track layout and an increase in grandstands. All spectators will be able to enjoy better viewing facilities in 2006 while the Champ Car paddock itself has also been extended.

Double Champ Car World Series title winner Sebastien Bourdais has admitted that he fears next season will be his final chance to break into Formula One.

The Australian Supreme Court has dismissed Marcus Marshall's application to compel Wright Patton Shakespeare to provide him with a seat in the Team Australia line-up at this weekend's final Champ Car round in Mexico.

After more than 20 successful seasons as a team owner in the Champ Car World Series, Paul Newman has decided to branch out and run a team in the supporting Formula Atlantic series from 2006.

Eddie Jones reckons that new IndyCar Series champion Dan Wheldon can join the ranks of legends such as AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, Al Unser and Johnny Rutherford, and he's a man that ought to know.

Given the presence of Will Power driving for Team Australia at the recent Lexmark Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise there was always going to be difficulties encompassing three drivers in the yellow and green Champ Car squad and an early decision has been made with regards to Marcus Marshall who has b

Danica Patrick and Arie Luyendyk Jr. were honored as the 'Most Popular Driver' in the IRL IndyCar Series and Menards Infiniti Pro Serie, respectively, at the DownForce Banquet on October 22 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Oriol Servia opened up Saturday's running in the Lexmark Indy 300 round of the Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford with the fastest time at a gloriously sunny Surfers Paradise street course in Australia.

New Menards Infiniti Pro Series champion Wade Cunningham has been penalised and fined for unsportsmanlike behaviour during the season finale at California Speedway on the weekend, but still retains the title.

Ryan Hunter-Reay has expressed his disappointment at the news that Rocketsports Racing is to bring in sportscar racer Michael McDowell to replace him for the final two races of the Champ Car World Series season.

Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan, two of the late Greg Moore's closest friends, put on a fitting show to end the IRL IndyCar Series' tenure at the two-mile California Speedway, finishing 1-2 at the track that claimed Moore's life in 1999.

Another of the Indianapolis 500's past alumni has made it to the great track in the sky with news that former Indy 500 starter Wayne Weiler passed on earlier this week after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Grand-Am Daytona Prototype star Michael McDowell will get a late-season opportunity to race in the Champ Car World Series after impressing during a test with Rocketsports Racing last week.

Queenslander Will Power is set to join the Champ Car World Series for the Surfers' Paradise round of the championship, joining Team Australia in a third car using a Lola chassis.

The Champ Car World Series has announced its latest evolution in chassis design with the news that a new Panoz DP01 chassis built by Elan Motorsports Technologies will be paired with a turbo-charged Ford-Cosworth engine on every Champ Car from the start of the 2007 season.

Despite having yet to finalise a new contract with the Andretti-Green team - and being touted as a possible F1 driver with either Williams or BMW next season - recently-crowned Indy Racing League champion Dan Wheldon has said that he will be fighting to run with the #1 plate next season.