IndyCar News

With only ten weeks to go the UK's fastest race at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, Scotland's Dario Franchitti is looking forward to racing on the streets of Toronto in his bid to take the 2002 CART title. British viewers can catch all the action live on Sunday evening on Sky Sports Extra.

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Lynx Racing has won three times, twice from the pole with a Canadian driver, in the Toyota Atlantic race at the Toronto Molson Indy - and is going for a hat trick this weekend with Vancouver's Michael Valiante.

"Chicago was the first race we could have gone to. We chose not to because I love road racing, you know, my goal is Formula 1, so it seemed kind of silly to go out and run an oval first that we have no experience on in the car.

As the CART FedEx Series tries to weather the current storm and begin its proper rebuilding process in 2003 the series announced yet another change behind the scenes promoted Shelley Shafer to Senior Manager of Promotions.

Kyle Krisiloff, son of former Champcar driver Steve Krisiloff, has announced that he will compete in the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship Series, beginning at the Molson Indy Toronto this weekend.

What a race, in more ways than one. Sam Hornish Jr. earned his third victory of the Indy Racing League season by passing Gil de Ferran with two laps remaining to win the SunTrust Indy Challenge on June 29 at Richmond International Raceway.

When Roger Penske signalled his intent to join the IRL in 2002 some observers mentioned that they might have cleaned up at Indy in '01 but wait till they get to Richmond where the IRL will show its true colours.

Despite not making the Indy Racing League's inaugural trip to the Richmond International Raceway last year the Marlboro Team Penske steamroller continued on a cloudy Friday night in Virginia as Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves claimed a crucial front row clean sweep for the SunTrust Indy Chall

Short-track veteran Ronnie Johncox will return to the Indy Racing fold with his own Infiniti Pro Series operation after confirming he will pilot the No. 8 Rev 1 Racing entry in the inaugural IPS Championship, which will make its debut July 7th at Kansas Speedway.

While most high-school students are enjoying their summer vacation and avoiding summer school, A.J. Foyt IV actually is looking forward to furthering his education.

The SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway on 29 June will be the 15th scheduled night race in Indy Racing League history and, if either defending champion Buddy Lazier or Scott Sharp - last year's fifth-place finisher - wins, he will become the IRL king of nocturnal racing.

After undergoing successful test at the last oval race on the CART FedEx calendar at Milwaukee, all teams will use a new two-stage pit-lane speed limiter in this weekend's CART Grand Prix of Chicago.

After winning the pole on CART's last visit to a one-mile oval and backing it up with a fine second place finish, Adrian Fernandez is looking to finish the job and score a maiden owner/driver win this weekend at Chicago.

The CART FedEx Championship Series will have an even larger audience throughout the world beginning with this weekend's CART Grand Prix of Chicago as series partner Octagon CSI has finalized a deal with FOX Sports International to broadcast live races in five more regions of the globe.

A plaque in memory of CART FedEx Championship driver Jeff Krosnoff and track worker Gary Avrin is to be unveiled on Wednesday, July 3rd at Exhibition Place in Toronto, replacing a makeshift memorial which stood at the site of the accident that took their lives during the 1996 Toronto Molson Indy.

On Aug. 31, 2001, plans for the Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series were unveiled at Chicagoland Speedway, two days before the inaugural Delphi Indy 300 Indy Racing League event at the 1.5-mile oval.

After two days of meetings with its Franchise Board in early-June, CART has announced several rule changes slated to take effect during the 2002 season to reduce costs for teams and improve the competition on the race track.

"Richmond is like fighter planes in a gym. You never get to rest, to back off, or to sweep a mistake under the carpet. If you make a mistake at this place, you will spin. End of story. It's ultra-exciting." - Eddie Cheever

Ten drivers will turn their first official laps in an Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series car at Open Tests scheduled for June 22 and 24 at Gateway International Raceway and Chicagoland Speedway, respectively.

Double FedEx Championship Series winner Alex Zanardi will receive the Greg Moore Achievement Award at this year's Black and White Gala Dinner in Toronto on 4 July.

Off-road and open-wheel racing veteran Gary Peterson will drive the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers entry in the 2002 Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series, the first driver/owner to commit to the new development series.

In a move that will keep the CART FedEx Championship Series in touch with its rich racing heritage while addressing the issue of escalating costs, Championship Auto Racing Teams and Cosworth Racing have reached a two-year agreement that will see the fabled turbocharged Cosworth Racing V8 engine s

Blair Racing and its driver Alex Barron attacked the one-mile track at Pikes Peak International Raceway vying for a top finishing position in Sunday's Radisson Indy 225.