IndyCar News

Bruno Junqueira has enjoyed something of an up-and-down season since graduating as FIA F3000 champion of 2000.

A.J. Foyt hopes that payback can be rich for Donnie Beechler. Beechler will drive for four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Foyt in the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9 - racing for the winner's share of the $1-million-plus purse.

The Fittipaldi name is synonymous with motor racing, and last night Christian, currently carrying on the legacy in the CART FedEx Championship series, served as a presenter at the induction of his Uncle, Emerson Fittipaldi, into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, at the State Theatre in Detroit, Michi

Championship Auto Racing Teams president and CEO Joseph Heitzler has been named chairman of the board of directors for the open-wheel racing sanctioning organisation. The announcement was made by acting CART chairman and board member James Hardymon.

Co-owner of first year Indy Racing Northern Light Series team Heritage Motorsports John Mecom Jr will watch one of his cars race in his home state of Texas for the first time this weekend and both team and driver Jeff Ward will be looking to bounce back from their Indy 500 disappointment.

Kenny Brack, Michael Andretti and Scott Dixon, the first three finishers in Saunday's Miller Lite 225 at the Milwaukee Mile give their comments on the fifth round of the 2001 CART Fed-Ex Championship from Wisconsin.

With the Indianapolis 500 safely out of the way, the CART FedEx Series returns to action at the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday. Alex Tagliani, Bruno Junqueira, Nicolas Minassian, Michel Jourdain Jr, Oriol Servia and Tora Takagi give their views on the weekend....

Indy Racing League veteran Davey Hamilton won the Scott Brayton Driver's Trophy during the Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration on May 27 at Indianapolis after coming within 25 laps of giving first year team-boss Sam Schmidt a top ten finish in the Indy 500.

Shinji Nakano is hoping that his Fernandez Racing team can help him erase the memories of his accident at he one-mile Milwaukee Speedway this weekend when the CART Fed-Ex Championship reconvenes for the Miller Lite 225.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, in a partnership with Ford Racing, Shell and Simple Green, will utilise several Ford-powered Champcar drivers to help promote automobile, helmet and environmental safety among children through the formation of CART Wheels For Kids summer youth camp programme

Greg Ray: "Driving race cars, period, is fun, but winning is a lot more fun. I've got mixed emotions."

Indy 500 pole-man Scott Sharp's bid to earn his first '500 victory ends on lap one when he strikes the wall in his Kelley Racing Dallara-Aurora after leading the field past the green flag.

Kelley Racing's 2001 Indianapolis 500 went from bad to worse when its' second driver, Mark Dismore, went out of the race lead shortly before half distance with a gearbox problem.

The 85th running of the Indianapolis 500 began with two early caution periods, one for Scott Sharp and then a second just two laps after green flag racing had resumed when Sarah Fisher and Scott Goodyear collided in Turn Two, eliminating both cars.

Greg Ray once again fell foul of the concrete walls at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he tagged the outside wall in Turn Three in an effort to hold off a charging Michael Andretti, the light brush doing enough to damage his suspension.

TaeBo, the primary sponsor of defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series Champion Buddy Lazier's Hemelgarn Racing Dallara-Aurora have announced a new initiative aimed at helping all IRNLS fans to get into shape.

Scott Sharp has shown plenty of speed on the racetrack this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and his Kelley Racing team did the same in the pits to win yesterday's Coors Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge.

Pat Sullivan: We're delighted to have Buddy with us. Obviously, he comes in as the defending Indy Racing Northern Light Series champion, the only driver to win two events last year.

Indy Racing League team Heritage Motorsports has formed a unique marketing partnership with legendary rock band Aerosmith for the Indy 500, it was announced today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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2001 Fed-Ex Series new-boys Arciero-Brooke Racing have announced that the team will now be known as Arciero-Blair Racing and after missing the latest round of the CART series, rookie driver Max Wilson will be back with the team's Lola-Ford, not Lola-Phoenix at Milwaukee next Sunday.

Maurice Lacroix Swiss Watches will present the winner of the 85th Indianapolis 500 with a truly unique gift for winning the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

The starting grid for the Casino Magic 500 at Texas Motor Speedway will feature some of the top open-wheel drivers in the world, but Indy Racing has assembled an impressive collection of talented and entertaining field of competitors off the race track as well as on it.

Team Rahal's Kenny Brack scored Lola's 99th victory in the CART Fedex Championship Series at the Twin Ring Motegi on Saturday, moving the British race car manufacturer one step closer to a prestigious CART century.