IndyCar News

Yet another new name was added to the CART FedEx Series hierarchy on Friday when investment and finance broker James Grosfeld was appointed to the CART Board of Directors to help aid the series with "a number of initiatives that will help us grow our business," according to CART Chairman Joe Heit

Former Formula One driver Johnny Herbert continued to adapt to the oval version of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, turning the fastest lap of the day at 222.366 mph in the No. 35 Heritage Motorsports Menards G Force/lnfiniti/Firestone.

Mo Nunn Racing became the second CART FedEx Championship team owner to confirm a full-time operation in the rival Indy Racing League series when he announced a deal to run 2001 IRL rookie of the year Felipe Giaffone in a Hollywood sponsored entry in addition to a single car CART team sponsored by

Team Rahal driver Max Papis gave the Firestone Racing program one of its sweetest victories today when he won the Honda Grand Prix featuring the Shell 300 at Laguna Seca Raceway.

A third place finish for defending series champion Gil de Ferran was more than enough for Honda to clinch the 2001 CART manufacturers' championship at Laguna Seca.

Team Rahal driver Max Papis led just the final 16 laps of the Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca Raceway, but brought home a number of records en route .

Oriol Servia has been released from hospital following his acrobatic exit from the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey.

A bitterly disappointed Paul Tracy turned on the CART stewards after retiring from the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey after an accident in the pits.

Gil de Ferran gained another crucial Championship point in his quest for a second consecutive CART FedEx title by claiming pole position at an unusually warm Laguna Seca Raceway before getting a bit hot under the collar himself and spinning his Marlboro Team Penske Reynard-Honda into the tyre bar

Jimmy Vasser's predicted move to Team Rahal was finally confirmed at Laguna Seca on Friday when the veteran American inked a one year deal to run the Shell sponsored Lola-Ford currently piloted by Championship contender Kenny Brack who is moving to one of Vasser's old team's, Target Chip Ganassi

Honda Performance Development has confirmed suspicions that it would withdraw from the CART FedEx series by announcing that it will not continue beyond the end of the 2002 campaign.

The CART organisation has admitted that it is disappointed with Honda's decision to quit the Champcar series from the end of 2002, claiming that the company had been involved in discussions over a new engine formula.

Last year here at Laguna Seca, Nunn saw his first-year team, with Tony Kanaan behind the wheel of the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard, qualify 14th and retire with brake problems some 20 laps from the finish.

Texas Motor Speedway General Manager Eddie Gossage has been named the Indy Racing League's "Promoter of the Year" for 2001.

Gil de Ferran may have taken the spoils in a typical Houston street brawl, but it was the Cinderella story of #12 Team Target driver Memo Gidley that had fans cheering, as the Californian used good strategy by his team to come from 23rd on the grid to finish third.

Sam Hornish Jr. and Panther Racing were the centres of attention last night, as they were awarded $1million and the Northern Light Cup at the 2001 Indy Racing League Championship banquet.

Fortunes differed greatly in the Team Rahal camp following Saturday's qualifying session for the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston with Championship leader Kenny Brack wringing every last tenth out of his Lola-Ford to secured third starting position while Max Papis floundered with a difficult

After recent rumours suggesting that Goodyear were poised to make a return to American open-wheel racing in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series, current suppliers Firestone re-affirmed their status as exclusive suppliers to the IRNLS and the recently unveiled Infiniti Indy Pro Series with an ex

The Dayton Indy Lights Series provided another thrilling finish in its final year of competition as Briton Dan Wheldon snatched the Road Atlanta spoils from points leader Townsend Bell on the very last corner as once again the soon-to-be extinct Championship provided more quality but sadly little

The CART organisation has confirmed that it will adopt a new engine formula beginning in 2003, bringing it in line with a specification common to open-wheel racing in the United States, notably the Indy Racing League.

The Indy Racing League will compete at California Speedway for the first time next season, as the oval racing series expands its schedule to 15 events.

Answering the call to support the families of the fallen heroes and victims of the recent attacks on America, representatives of FedEx and CARA Charities announced that the fourth annual Runway Madness charity fundraiser would be turned into a "red, white and blue celebration."

Leading CART rookie Scott Dixon will have the backing of a new sponsor as the Champcar series heads for Texas and the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston this weekend.

Forsythe Championship Racing's Bryan Herta last raced on the streets of downtown Houston while driving for Team Rahal in 1999. The 2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston will mark Herta's third appearance on the tight street circuit.