IndyCar News

"Unfortunately for us it was pretty cold there when I got to drive the two-seater, so Brian [Barnhart] was always chirping in my ear, 'Hey, keep it slowed down, keep it slowed down.' But we went an average of about 153mph to 155mph with each of the passengers, and then they told me we went 166mph

Despite losing their 2002 CART FedEx Series date following the collapse of the EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, German CART fans are eagerly anticipating Andre Lotterer's debut on Sunday in a race they can watch in its entirety on German TV.

Craig Perkins, the engineer for top Indy Racing League rookie Laurent Redon in 2002, was killed in an automobile accident earlier this week near his home in Austin, Texas.

Indy Racing League driver Richie Hearn returned to the cockpit for the first time since being injured at Kentucky Speedway, when he turned laps with Sam Schmidt Motorsport at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week.

Mo Nunn Racing will double its efforts for the 2003 Indy Racing League season by expanding to a two-car team and partnering with Toyota, team owner Morris Nunn said last night.

Honda Performance Development, its technical partner Ilmor Engineering and Andretti Green Racing successfully completed the first on-track test of the new Honda Racing HI3R Indy V-8 engine on Friday at Miami-Homestead Speedway.

Jaguar Formula One test driver Andre Lotterer will get his first taste of Champcar action when he lines up for a one-off drive with Dale Coyne Racing at the season-closing race in Mexico City next weekend.

Jack Rodgers, one of the original investors behind Bettenhausen Motorsports and later minority team owner of Herdez Competition, has passed away at the age of 67.

Ron Green, who has served as director of media relations for the Indy Racing League since 1999, will become the director of public relations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway effective Dec. 1.

Four finalists have been revealed ahead of this year's Greg Moore Legacy Award presentation, with representatives from the three main CART-supported series vying for the prestigious recognition.

Nearly all great racecar drivers from every era of open-wheel racing have started their racing careers by competing in some form of karting, and CART has now taken further steps to ensure that those that start in karts have an opportunity to grow into the Champcar drivers of the future.

Jimmy Vasser's victorious - and record-breaking - domination of the California 500, in which he led 148 of the 250 laps en route to a tenth career win, capped a highly successful weekend for both the native Californian and his #8 Shell Team Rahal crew.

Ford claimed their third victory at the two-mile California Speedway in the last four years on Sunday, as Team Rahal's Jimmy Vasser became the first double Fontana winner in The 500 Presented by Toyota.

The crew of the #8 Shell Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone driven by Jimmy Vasser and led by Bharat Naran had been on top of the heap of the Craftsman Pit Crew Challenge standings all season, and showed why when it came to crunch time Friday at California Speedway.

Indianapolis 500 fans have the opportunity to view one-of-a-kind trophies and other memorabilia from the collection of three-time Indy winner Wilbur Shaw, thanks to a new exhibit opening at the IMS Hall of Fame Museum this weekend.

In the 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series event in California, the 2.029-mile oval served as the site for a record world closed-course record lap for auto racing when Gil de Ferran turned in a qualifying lap at a blistering 241.428 mph in just 30.255 seconds.

Indy Racing League driver George Mack has kept busy during the off-season by helping his younger brother Lloyd, 21, with his racing career.

Adrian Fernandez was injured in the spectacular first-lap accident at Surfers Paradise last Sunday, but still managed to take questions when the pre-Fontana media call came around.

Continuing what has been in a concerted effort this season to help teams educate prospective sponsors, CART have announced that it will hold a Business-to-Business Forum in partnership with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. on Thursday at the California Speedway.

The five fastest pit-crews in the CART FedEx Series will battle it out for the coveted Craftsman Pit Crew Challenge this weekend at the California Speedway near Fontana with the Team Rahal Shell crew looking to defend their 2001 title.

Christian Fittipaldi looked a sure bet to earn his sixth podium and fourth second place finish of the season in the Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise but he dropped to an 11th place finish due to a call to end the race later than most expected.

CART personnel: Adam Saal [CART Vice President of Communications]; Chris Kneifel [CART Steward] and John Lopes [Vice President of Racing Operations]. Host: Merrill Cain. Press conference.

Monsoon-like conditions made a mockery of Sunday's Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise and led to the strangest result of this, or perhaps any other season as rookie Mario Dominguez claimed a bizarre victory for Keith Wiggins' Herdez Competition outfit.

Sections of the Southwest Vista grandstand at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are being dismantled and rebuilt as part of the Speedway's normal offseason maintenance program.