IndyCar News

Cahill Racing's Robby McGehee very likely holds a distinction that no other driver entered in this coming Sunday's Belterra Resort Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway holds: He won his last race.

Former Indy Lights competitor Chris Menninga has spent the past week in the cockpit of the No. 92 Hemelgarn/Metro Racing Oldsmobile-powered Dallara chassis after successfully completing his Indy Racing Northern Light Series rookie orientation test.

The next A.J. Foyt - literally - is rushing into the future of open-wheel auto racing. A.J. Foyt IV, grandson of the legendary four-time Indianapolis 500 champion of the same name, already is involved in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc., and ESPN International, its worldwide television rights holder and partner, have completed an agreement with leading Italian television group Mediaset for the airing of CART's two European races on Italian national television.

Johnny Herbert is reported to have matched CART regular Alex Barron for pace on his first outing in a Champcar yesterday [Tuesday].

PacWest's Mauricio Gugelmin sustained a bruised left leg following a single-car accident during Friday afternoon's practice session at the Chicago Speedway.

Although an Indy Racing League winner in the past, the last couple of years were hard for series veteran Billy Boat until he linked up with Curb Records for 2001 - and took second place at the Nashville Speedway last weekend.

Patrick Carpentier pulled out of a riveting three-car draft coming off the final turn of the final lap to earn his first career FedEx Championship Series victory in an exhilarating Harrah's 500 at Michigan International Speedway.

Paul Tracy will start fourth and Team KOOL Green teammate Dario Franchitti will line up 25th after qualifying was rained out today for Sunday's Michigan 500 and the grid was established based on results of the morning practice session.

An Indy racing car will grace Indiana's commemorative quarter scheduled for distribution in August 2002.

Patrick Racing's Roberto Moreno, despite a morning practice crash, is 10th and Jimmy Vasser 17th on the combined speed charts following the first day of practice for the Harrah's 500 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Patrick Racing compete in their final Michigan International Speedway event this weekend with drivers Roberto Moreno and Jimmy Vasser and for team-boss Pat Patrick Sunday's Harrah's 500 will be a special event indeed.

Harrah's Entertainment, more widely linked to the rival IRL series, has been named the title sponsor of this week's CART FedEx Championship Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

Second year Champ Car team Mo Nunn Racing announced on Saturday the engagement of IMG Motorsports as the two-car race team's exclusive sponsorship and marketing agency in a move that symbolises their rise towards the front end of the CART grid this season.

Just aiming to finish a third race in succession is something that most teams wouldn't think twice about but most teams haven't had the foul luck of Bryan Herta and the Zakspeed-Forsythe Racing outfit this season but now that they have a podium finish under their belts the American driver believe

Long-time Indy Racing broadcaster Bob Jenkins had the opportunity to sit down at talk to injured Indy Racing Northern Light Series driver Davey Hamilton at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indianapolis where the IRNLS veteran is recovering from the horrific leg injuries he suffered at the Texas Mot

With six career CART victories in Toronto including last year, Michael Andretti will be the man in everyone's sights this weekend but after a disappointing first half to the 2001 season in terms of victories and podiums, his crown is delicately balanced between almost a dozen other drivers.

Unsure of where he would be racing in 2001, following a disappointing debut year in FIA F3000, Kristian Kolby justified his decision to move across the Atlantic by posting his first win on the Dayton Indy Lights series at Kansas on Sunday.

He may not have opened his wins account for 2001, but Newman-Haas driver Christian Fittipaldi has provided much of the excitement in recent CART FedEx series races, and heads to Toronto seeking his third career victory.

Dale Coyne Racing/Team PRG still intends to return to the CART Fed-Ex Series sometime this year but no specific date has been targeted for the team's return after several prospective outings were shelved.

Complete Indy Racing Northern Light Series Drivers standings after the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at the Kansas Speedway, round eight of the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series Championship.

Scott Sharp edged out practice pace setter Eddie Cheever to take pole position for Sunday's Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at a very hot Kansas Speedway with the Kelley Racing driver taking his first pole since that fateful day at Indy in May.

Last Sunday at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport Memo Gidley served notice to the CART Fed-Ex series that he will be a major force to be reckoned with for the rest of the year as he makes full use of the opportunity presented to him by Chip Ganassi.

The battle for the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series championship is beginning to have a sense of d?j? vu.