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G Force unveils changes for IRL in 2003.
Chassis manufacturer G Force will have a new look and name and increased commitment to the Indy Racing League in 2003, company officials announced Sept. 14.
Result - Rockingham 500.
Complete results from Saturday's Sure For Men Rockingham 500 at the 1.479-mile Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, round 15 of the 2002 CART FedEx Championship.
Qualifying press conference - Rockingham.
Merrill Cain: Let's get started with our top-three press conference following qualifying for tomorrow's Sure For Men Rockingham 500. We are joined by our polesitter Kenny Brack, driver of the #12 Target/Toyota/Lola Bridgestone.
Sprint star Kruseman to make debut at Texas.
Popular sprint-car driver Cory Kruseman will make his Indy Racing League debut with PDM Racing in this weekend's Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Q&A: Sam Hornish Jr and Helio Castroneves.
Questions to and answers from Sam Hornish Jr. and Helio Castroneves in the Indy Racing League press conference.
Q&A: Luyendyk and Foyt.
Questions to and answers from Arie Luyendyk Jr. and A.J. Foyt IV at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Castroneves, Rice fined for poor conduct.
Championship contender Helio Castroneves and rookie stand-out Buddy Rice have both been slapped with fines following last weekend's penultimate race of the season at Chicagoland.
Q&A: Darren Manning and Phil Barker - Pt.1.
This weekend's Rockingham 500 sees the debut of a new, all-British entry, as Yorkshireman Darren Manning pilots the Team St George Lola-Cosworth against the regulars of the CART FedEx Championship Series.
Panther signs Brit Taylor for IPS.
Just hours before giving Daniel Wheldon his Indy Racing League debut at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Pennzoil Panther Racing snapped up another Briton to leads its first assault on the supporting Infiniti Pro Series for 2003.
Hornish Jr takes Chicago pole.
Sam Hornish Jr won his first MBNA Pole Award since the opening round of the season at Homestead on Saturday afternoon at Chicagoland as he watched his Championship rivals struggle to crack the top ten.
Rice, Cheever top the speed charts at Chicago.
Red Bull's Buddy Rice and Eddie Cheever Jr. were in top form on Friday, setting the two fastest speeds of the day in practice at the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
Rice fastest as practice begins.
Buddy Rice led a Red Bull Team Cheever 1-2 during the opening practice session of the weekend at the Chicagoland Speedway as Infiniti powered cars took four of the top five positions on the 1.5-mile track.
Q&A: Jon Fogarty.
"This is going to be hard to articulate, but it was kind of like time was standing still. So, the moment took forever. But at the same time, I don't actually remember it taking a lot of time. It's a place I've never been before in my entire life of mind set.
TMS reveals sponsor for Infiniti Pro Series final.
Texas Motor Speedway has announced that BG Products Inc will sponsor the inaugural Infiniti Pro Series race at the circuit, expanding the company's involvement in the sport from team sponsor to event backer.
Gearbox heartbreak for Nakano.
Shinji Nakano was within touching distance of playing a part in what would have been a best ever double finish for Fernandez Racing when he suffered a gear selection problem during his final pitstop and was forced to retire.
It's not just the Yanks coming to Rockingham.
The CART FedEx Championship Series may be the cornerstone of American Open Wheel racing outside of the Indianapolis 500 but with its ever-increasing international presence comes an equally increasing number of foreign personnel.
Dixon to pilot Coors 'Silver Bullet' in Denver.
Target Chip Ganassi Racing will feature a new paint scheme for the Shell Grand Prix of Denver this weekend, as Colorado-based brewer Coors features on the #44 Lola-Toyota driven by Scott Dixon.
Q&A: Rocky Moran Jr.
"Basically as far as Toyota Atlantics go, I was offered a great opportunity mid-season, 1999, to move in with a P1 racing team. I spent a year and a half there, basically Dave Cutler, a Microsoft engineer, who is a good friend of ours, he wanted to put me in the car and give me an opportunity.
Transnet Racing to skip season finale.
Transnet Racing have announced that due to lingering problems with the race car as a result of a crash sustained during the last few minutes of Friday qualifying, the team will not compete in the Toyota Atlantic Championship season finale in Denver.
Barron/Blair continue to impress.
Alex Barron and the Rayovac Blair Racing team have continued to quietly prove they are one of the top units in the Indy Racing League, despite being new to the series.
Priestley released from hospital.
Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series driver Jason Priestley has been admitted to an undisclosed orthopaedic rehabilitation centre after being released last weekend from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Cheever Racing tastes new experience - finishing.
Buddy Rice finished fourth and Eddie Cheever Jr tenth in the Gateway Indy 250 at Gateway International Raceway, starting a new era for a team that had struggled to finish races this season.
Hampton holds the key to Gateway.
During most of Sunday's 80-lap, Gateway 100 Infiniti Pro Series race at Gateway International Raceway, Ryan Hampton was the rabbit. On the event's four restarts, however, he became a sitting duck.
De Ferran leads Penske 1-2.
The pendulum better known as the Indy Racing League point standings continued to swing on Sunday after Gil de Ferran earned his second victory of the season at the Gateway Indy 250.