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Witherill and Fike to stay put in 2003.
Cory Witherill and Aaron Fike will return to Hemelgarn/Johnson Motorsports for the 2003 Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series season, team officials have announced.
Rules changes approved as new advisors named.
A CART Franchise Board meeting at the organisation's Indianapolis headquarters resulted in a number of positive rule changes for 2003, and also established the members of the 2003 technical advisory and safety advisory committees.
Herdez nearing second car for Moreno?
After several previously unsuccessful attempts to expand from one to two cars, reports from Mexico and several CART 'insider' forums indicate that Keith Wiggins' Team Herdez outfit are finally set to add a second driver to their lineup.
Zanardi nearly takes the win in kart return.
Two times CART champion Alex Zanardi has been showing that racing is still his life despite the horrific injuries he suffered at Germany's Lausitzring last year which left the CART and F1 star near death and without his lower limbs.
Walker signs Lavin, Corona for 2003.
Mexican Rodolfo Lavin has been signed to drive for Walker Racing in 2003 with sponsorship from the Corona brewing company.
Tough decision ahead for Newman-Haas.
Newman-Haas Racing's General Manager, Brian Lisles says that the 2002 Champion team faces a tough decision over who to chose as a teammate to Bruno Junqueira with Ricardo Zonta, Sebastien Bourdais and Jon Fogarty all closely matched.
CART planning another Conquest?
Former IRL team Conquest Racing and Brazilian Mario Haberfeld are set to join the 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford according to reports on our sister site Crash Brazil .
Fleming takes $100,000 Barber-CART Scholarship.
After three days of intensive competition at Sebring International Raceway, the Barber Dodge Pro Series was able to announce the winners of the annual Barber-CART Scholarship run-off, with Colin Fleming taking the top prize of $100,000 in funding towards the 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series season.
Barber Dodge to open 2003 at St Pete.
Organisers at the Grand Prix of St Petersburg have revealed that the inaugural 2003 event will host the season opening Barber Dodge Pro Series round during the 21-23 February race weekend.

F3000 veteran Cioci passes IRL rookie test.
European Formula 3000 veteran Marco Cioci passed the speed phase of his Indy Racing League rookie test, driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, on Dec. 18 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Rain curtails Wheldon test.
Dan Wheldon and Andretti Green Racing tested for nearly five hours at the California Speedway on Monday before rain arrived early in the afternoon and curtailed the Englishman's day.
Six to square up in Barber CART Runoff.
The Barber-CART Scholarship Runoff will take place this week at Sebring International Raceway as six aspiring racers vie over $300,000 in scholarships to compete in the 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series.
Brother of former PacWest boss dies.
Keith McCaw, the 49 year-old brother of former PacWest Racing team owner Bruce McCaw, has been found dead in his Seattle home.

IRL hires new press/media relations trio.
The Indy Racing League has expanded its efforts in public relations and media relations with the hiring of three veteran sports public relations professionals: John Griffin, Kent Johnson and Tom Savage.
Zonta, Sellers taste CART power at Sebring.
Brazilian Ricardo Zonta and US Formula Ford 2000 Champion Bryan Sellers both tested with Newman-Haas Racing at the Sebring International Raceway on Monday in the car driven by Christian Fittipaldi in 2002.
Special prize for Gidley's 'Kart Clinic' winner.
The Hawaii-based Memo Gidley Karting Clinic and the legendary Jim Russell Racing school have teamed up to offer a very special prize to an aspiring racing driver involving a three-day 'Techniques of Racing' course at the Infineon Raceway.
Blair Racing gone?
Blair Racing, the team which finished fifth in the 2002 Indy Racing League points standings with driver Alex Barron, appears to have folded.
Simple Green to make televised charity donation.
Simple Green, the naming sponsor of CART's Safety Team, will be represented by Public Relations Director Jessica Carter on NBC's popular "Today" show in New York City this Sunday when the company donates $50,000 to charity.
Zonta gets Newman/Haas test.
Ricardo Zonta has revealed that he will test for reigning CART champions Newman/Haas next week, joining Justin Wilson and Sebastien Bourdais at a three-day Sebring shoot out.

Taylor hits US track with Panther Racing.
Mark Taylor has turned his first laps in an Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series car December 9 and 10 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Cheever withdraws from Scheckter wrangle.
Aggrieved team owner Eddie Cheever has officially dropped his legal pursuit of former driver Tomas Scheckter's contract, owing to problems elsewhere in its TWR partner company.
Ganassi takes delivery of first '03 G-Force.
Panoz G-Force has unveiled its 2003 Indy Racing League challenger, delivering the first car to Target Chip Ganassi Racing - the team that earned pole position for the manufacturer for this year's Indianapolis 500.

More testing for new Chevy.
Chevrolet continued its pre-season preparations for the 2003 Indy Racing League season on Monday at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway as double IRL champion Sam Hornish Jr and Team Menard duo Jaques Lazier and Vitor Meira tested the new Chevy Indy V8 engine.

Patrick hires Challis, confirms Lolas.
Visteon/Patrick Racing has confirmed that Steve Challis will assume the responsibilities of Chief Engineer and that the team will campaign Lola cars in the 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.