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Team Cheever 'lean and mean' for 2003.
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.
Emmo, 'Mad Max' for second Conquest?
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.
Andretti to retire after Indy 500.
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 confirms Bourdais.
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.
Dana to drive for Kenn Hardley Racing in IPS.
Open-wheel racing veteran Paul Dana has signed to drive for Kenn Hardley Racing during the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series season, team manager John Paul Jr. announced Jan. 29.
Lemarie gets nod at PK Racing.
Former FIA International Formula 3000 contender and BAR Formula One test driver Patrick Lemarie, was today named as the driver for PK Racing, the new Champ Car World Series team owned by Craig Pollock and Kevin Kalkhoven.
New power generation for Panoz G-Force.
IRL IndyCar Series chassis manufacturer Panoz G-Force has set its sights firmly on a championship title and an Indy 500 victory for 2003 after putting in the hours creating what it believes is the best new generation car on the grid.
Aventis, Racing for Kids to sponsor Kansas IPS.
Racing For Kids and Aventis Pharmaceuticals have partnered to become the title sponsor for the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series event at Kansas Speedway on 6 July.
Fernandez smiling but sore after Champ Car return.
Champ Car veteran Adrian Fernandez made his return to the cockpit last weekend at Laguna Seca following a three-month layoff recovering from a fractured vertebrae.
Alex Muller tests for PDM.
Former FIA Formula 3000 driver Alex Muller successfully passed the speed phase of his Indy Racing League IndyCar Series rookie test at Fontana yesterday driving for PDM Racing.
Golf Tournament raises $17,500 for Brian's Wish.
Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever Jr.
Q&A: Paul Gentilozzi and Alex Tagliani - Pt.2.
Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports team, which is adding the new-look CART Champcar to existing Trans-Am commitments this season, recently confirmed speculation by naming Canada's Alex Tagliani as driver of the Johnson Controls-backed entry.
F2000 veteran Urlin to compete in IPS.
Zetec Formula Ford 2000 veteran Jonathan Urlin will compete in the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series season for Brian Stewart Racing, team officials announced Jan. 16. Urlin, 20, from London, Ontario, finished third in the 2002 Zetec Formula Ford 2000 championship.
Penske name Beresford as technical director.
Nick Goozee, Managing Director of Penske Cars, Ltd., announced that Nigel Beresford has been named Technical Director of the company.
CART confirms Cleveland night race.
Already a unique event in the world of racing, CART's annual trip to the Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland will have an added twist in 2003 with news that the series has secured plans to run next year's event at night.
CART unveils new look, logo.
The Bridgestone Presents the 2003 Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford unveiled a new corporate look and company logo on Wednesday.
Tom Wood to complete full IPS season with Schmidt.
Canadian Tom Wood will return to Sam Schmidt Motorsports for the entire 2003 IRL Infiniti Pro Series season after contesting three races for the team last year.
Western Union, Duesenberg Brothers join IPS.
Western Union, a worldwide leader in money transfer services, will team with Duesenberg Brothers Racing for the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series, Western Union officials announced Jan. 9.
CART returns to EuroSpeedway Lausitz.
Returning to one of the finest oval tracks in Europe, the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford will complete its May European Tour with an event at EuroSpeedway Lausitz featuring a battle on the state-of-the-art two-mile oval May 10-11.
CART confirms Brands Hatch date.
Following through on a promise to return Champcar racing to Europe in 2003, CART has confirmed that it will race at the fabled Brands Hatch circuit.
Newbury to engineer title for Helio?
Marlboro Team Penske has announced that Grant Newbury will be double Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves' race engineer for the 2003 Indy Racing League (IRL) IndyCar Series season.
Coyne strengthens Engineering team.
Dale Coyne Racing is stepping up its commitment to being a competitive force in the 2003 Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford with the hiring of vastly experienced and highly respected engineer John Bright.
Barber Karting Scholarship winners announced.
Joe D'Agostino, Phillippe Gelinas, Matt Jaskol, and David Jurca have been selected as the winners of the Barber-CART Karting Scholarship at Sebring International Raceway from a field of sixteen karters.
MidgetCar Champ gets IPS taster.
2002 North American Auto Racing Series (NAMARS) Regional MidgetCar Champion Aaron Pierce got his first taste of an Infiniti Pro Series car on Monday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, hoping it'll prove to be a preview of things to come.