IndyCar News

Former IRL IndyCar Series contender Brandon Erwin will drive the No. 99 Natural Golf / Sam Schmidt Motorsports entry in the Infiniti Pro Series, beginning with next weekend's season opener at Homestead/Miami Speedway.

PDM Racing and its rookie IRL IndyCar driver Scott Mayer are busy preparing themselves for the upcoming Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead with Mayer proclaiming himself "way ready" to finally make his series bow.

Hemelgarn Racing has announced they will continue tradition and long-standing relationship with driver Buddy Lazier, competing in the 16-race IndyCar Series season.

Paul Tracy romped home to victory in the 2003 Champ Car World Series season opener in St Petersburg after early race leader Sebastien Bourdais made a rookie mistake and slapped the tyre barriers.

You may not be allowed to buy a drink in the United States until you are 21 but, as of this weekend, you can drive a 165mph Toyota Atlantic car or, for the less adventurous, a 155mph Barber Dodge Pro Series machine as evidenced by BDPS driver Nelson Philippe.

American Spirit Team Johansson have confirmed that Merlins Energy Source, a natural energy drink containing the always mysterious 'Guarana Seed' will provide associate sponsorship for both Jimmy Vasser and Ryan Hunter-Reay this year.

Patrick Racing have announced Infineon technologies as a major associate sponsor for the 2003 Champ Car World Series to add to their backing from Visteon with a view to expand from one to two cars in the future.

The 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series will once again bring the best and the brightest of the future of open wheel racing together to fight for the series title but, with so much talent in its field, the championship is far from a clear-cut one.

For the past two seasons, Team Rahal has captured the Craftsman Pit Crew Challenge (CPCC) championship utilizing two different crews to win the championship. 2003 will see the Gigante sponsored pit crew of Michel Jourdain Jr gunning for three in a row.

Coming back from a major back injury last April, Jaques Lazier will return to the seat of the Johns Manville Menards Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone car for the 2003 IRL IndyCar Series, Team Menard owner John Menard announced today.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves is still hearing friends and fans talk about his amazing save during the season-opening True Value IROC race Feb. 14 at Daytona International Speedway.

Pan-European satellite network Eurosport has signed a deal to carry the majority of the 2003 Champ Car World Series live across the continent.

The Champ Car field for the 2003 season opening event in St Petersburg has been swelled to 19 with the official announcement that racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi and business partner James Dingman have joined forces with Conquest Racing to run Portuguese rookie Tiago Monteiro this year.

Matt Beardsley will return to the Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series in 2003, as his family-owned team has formed a technical alliance with the crew, equipment and facilities of IndyCar Series standout Billy Boat.

Impressive rookie Sebastien Bourdais saved his best for last on Thursday at Sebring International Raceway, carding the best time of the three-day Champ Car Spring Training testing session with a top lap of 50.584 seconds (118.781mph).

NASCAR Winston Cup star Kurt Busch will swap his Roush Racing Ford Taurus for a Team Rahal Lola-Ford today at Sebring when he takes the team's back-up #9 chassis out for a few laps of the Sebring Raceway.

Tuesday was a bad day for the Indy Racing League's 'Bowtie Brigade' as the previously dominant Chevy V8 IndyCar motor found itself comprehensively outshone by new arrivals Toyota and Honda at the two-mile California Speedway in Fontana.

Jack B. Hinkle, who owned cars that Jack McGrath placed on the front row of the Indianapolis 500 five years in a row during the early 1950s, died in his sleep last weekend at his home in Kansas, aged 90.

Looking to put some muscle and increased speed in its brand and company positioning, PacifiCare Health Systems has reached an agreement with the Newman-Haas Racing team to sponsor its #1 car in the CART series for 2003.

Finance house Conseco has been conformed as title sponsor of the car to be driven by IndyCar rookie AJ Foyt IV in this year's Indy Racing League Series, while team owner AJ Foyt has also announced that his grandson will be partnered by IRL veteran Shigeaki Hattori for the first four races of the

Following a year full of near-misses and 'what ifs,' Eddie Cheever's eponymous Indy Racing League team has been aided in its preparations for the upcoming season thanks to its alliance with Team Menard and a primary focus just a single-car.

Rumours doing the rounds in CART Champcar circles at present are linking Max Papis and none other than Emerson Fittipaldi to a possible second car to run out of Conquest Racing's hauler in 2003.

Michael Andretti will retire following May's Indianapolis 500 after a distinguished career that has spanned two decades, a CART title, a season with the McLaren Formula One team and more than 40 CART victories.

Newman-Haas Racing has announced that Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais will join Brazil's Bruno Junqueira in attempting to earn the team its fifth CART Champcar title in this season's Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.