IndyCar News

The third incarnation of Dallara's IRL IndyCar Series chassis has been given the 37th Borg-Warner Louis Schwitzer Award less than a week after the Italian firm's IR3 took pole for the Indy 500 with driver Helio Castroneves.

Former IRL IndyCar drivers Scott Harrington and Billy Roe have joined the field for the historic Freedom 100 Infiniti Pro Series event at Indianapolis this weekend, swelling the field to a series-best 19.

Arie Luyendyk Jr, currently leading the polls as the most popular driver of the 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season, has been handed a double boost for Saturday's historic Freedom 100 with the news that the legendary Smith & Wesson gun making firm will provide personal sponsorship while current a

Borg-Warner Inc., the automotive supplier whose name has been on the world-famous Borg-Warner Trophy since 1936, will award a $50,000 bonus to Helio Castroneves if he wins the Indianapolis 500 for a third consecutive year.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Herron School of Art representatives unveiled the official logo for the 2004 Indianapolis 500 on Thursday. The logo represents a clean, retrospective design worthy of the heritage of the world's most prestigious auto race.

Tony Kanaan and Robby Gordon placed their Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda's on the front row in a cold and blustery "Pole Day" qualifying session on Sunday for the 87th running of the Indianapolis 500.

"I think actually the car, the other night when we did the first few laps, was slightly faster. There is a problem with the electronic throttle, which we have installed, which tends to make a lot of spikes in the boost because it operates directly the butterfly.

"Yeah, it was a lot of fun, for sure. It was a lot of stress, too. But I think we did such a great race with Mario [Dominguez]. We just had a very little struggle when he didn't really see me and I had one wheel alongside and I went across the grass. I think that's why they penalized him.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Miller Brewing Company officials announced on Friday morning (before the bar opened no less!!) that the Miller Lite brand is returning to IMS as the official beer for the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400.

American billionaire IndyCar owner John Menard has bought one of the former Tom Walkinshaw Racing [TWR] sites, taking over TWR Engineering in the process, as he adds to previous acquisitions from the former F1 boss.

SAM HORNISH Jr (#4 Pennzoil Panther Dallara-Chevrolet):

When the inaugural German 500 was run in 2001, several of the current crop of veteran drivers in the Champ Car World Series were on hand to push the limits on the daunting 2.023-mile superspeedway, including Paul Tracy, Patrick Carpentier, owner/driver Adrian Fernandez, Team Rahal's Michel Jourda

Round five of the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford marks a return to the state-of-the-art EuroSpeedway Lausitz after a year's absence due to the track's recent financial difficulties.

In his first run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the 1995 Indy 500, Bryan Herta strapped into Dario Franchitti's regular #27T Archipelago/Motorola Dallara-Honda and posted a best speed of 225.380mph (39.9326secs) in 53 laps around the 2.5-mile Brickyard.

Single-seater ace turned NASCAR star Robby Gordon will attempt the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 'daily double' for the fifth time in his career this 25 May, racing during the day at Indy and in the evening at the Winston Cup Series race in Charlotte.

Single-seater ace turned NASCAR star Robby Gordon will attempt the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 'daily double' for the fifth time in his career this 25 May, racing during the day at Indy and in the evening at the Winston Cup Series race in Charlotte.

The skies are overcast, the crowds are gathering and the traffic is building up nicely on the A20, the most eagerly anticipated event on the 2003 British Motorsports calendar is here a last... the London Champ Car Trophy.

Alex Tagliani will start fifth in Monday's London Champ Car Trophy in his back-up Rocketsports Racing Lola-Ford, the Canadian driver making plenty of progress during the second day of practice and qualifying at Brands Hatch.

Roger Yasukawa will see one of his dreams start to take shape as on-track practice for the 87th running of the prestigious Indianapolis 500 begins this Sunday.

Backed by more than 317,000 watts of power and a state-of-the-art public address system, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway public address team is ready for the 87th Indianapolis 500, with familiar voices mixing with new talent.

Racing legend Mario Andretti was back at Brands Hatch on Saturday for the first time in more than 20 years as practice and qualifying got underway for the inaugural London Champ Car Trophy and despite his recent hi-jinks at Indianapolis, it was clear that the fire still burned.

Profiles in Courage is a book written by late U.S. President John F. Kennedy that studied some of the great men of history, but former Champ Car title winner Alex Zanardi may spark a need for a rewrite after what he will accomplish prior to next weekend's German 500.

Adrian Fernandez found himself relegated to his back-up Lola-Ford very early on during the first day of practice and qualifying for Monday's inaugural London Champ Car Trophy at Brands Hatch, but still managed to qualify inside the top ten around the twisty 1.2-mile Indy circuit.

Last year at Rockingham, Harrogate born Darren Manning was the new kid on the Champ Car block thanks to his one-off deal with Team St George/Dale Coyne Racing.