IndyCar News

Racing and rock-and-roll fans will enjoy a full day of entertainment at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Coors Carb Day on May 24. The event marks the final day of track activity leading up to the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on May 27.

Kenny Brack scored Team Rahal's first Fed-Ex Series victory for over a year in Saturday's Firestone Firehawk 500 while a retro-looking Max Papis scored his second points paying finish of the 2001 season with a steady run to sixth spot for the Lola-Ford team.

Kenny Brack continued Ford's stranglehold on victory lane at the Honda-owned Twin Ring Motegi circuit by taking a well deserved win in a gripping Firestone Firehawk 500 despite a contentious late caution period caused that resulted in a one-lap dash to the flag.

Indy Racing Northern Light Series standout Eliseo Salazar and his wife, Kari, easily won the pole position at South Miami Hospital early yesterday [15 May] with the birth of their first son, Eliseo Salazar VI.

CART Charities - the charitable arm of Championship Auto Racing Teams - announced today that it has donated several items of memorabilia to the Eastern Motor Racing Association [EMRA] in exchange for the right to use the Vanderbilt Cup as the championship trophy for the FedEx Championship Series.

Miller Genuine Draft, a major part of Miller Brewing Company's auto racing heritage, returns to the track this week as part of the brewery's sponsorship for Team Rahal's 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series programme.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway's annual Armed Forces Day salute to the United States military is scheduled for May 20. The day is also Bump Day for Indianapolis 500 competitors - the final day of qualifying for the 85th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing."

After the controversial Champcar race at the Texas Speedway two weeks ago, Kristian Kolby's manager has decided that his driver should use the HANS device for the rest of the Indy Lights season.

Returning to the Indianapolis 500 after a year of supposed retirement, Arie Luyendyk was a natural target for the media in teh build-up to the great race.

Eddie Cheever Jr.: "We took the #51 Excite@Home T-car out this afternoon, and we made some gains. I think we're starting to get a handle on the handling.

Bill Vukovich II, who finished second in the 1973 Indianapolis 500 and drove in the race 12 times, returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 8 for the first time in nearly a decade.

Veteran Indy Racing driver Dr. Jack Miller announced May 8 that he will not participate in the 85th Indianapolis 500, instead concentrating on his recovery from a concussion suffered in a racing crash last month.

Double world champion Nigel Mansell will return to the driving seat of a Champcar at the opening ceremony of Rockingham Motor Speedway later this month.

With the announcement that Chip Ganassi was passing over his CART rookies Nicolas Minassian and Bruno Junqueira in favour of a pair of old hands for the Indy 500, the new line-up - and their bosses - became media targets at the Brickyard today.

Arciero Brooke Racing announced at Nazareth that Rosa Elena Torres had left her position as team PR representative.

After a successful short-oval debut in practice and qualifying for the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, the eye-catching WheelFX technology developed by Adflash will make its next appearance on the two Newman-Haas cars in June at The Milwaukee Mile.

Texas Motor Speedway has announced that it would begin issuing refunds by mail to all ticket holders who purchased tickets for last Sunday's postponed CART FedEx Championship Series event.

Owner-driver Adrian Fernandez admitted that he was puzzled by the problem which eliminated him from the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix at Nazareth on Sunday.

Lyn St James ran her final two laps of the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway before slowly making her way down pit-road and handing her racing helmet to Speedway President Tony George and announcing her retirement from top-line Single Seater Racing.

Mauricio Gugelmin was forced to withdraw from this Sunday's Lehigh Valley Grand Prix at the Nazareth Speedway after the tragic passing of his six year old son Giuliano who died Thursday morning after a brave fight against cerebral palsy.

Nazareth Speedway hosts world famous drivers at its races each year, but received a visit from another world class entertainer when legendary rock artist Mark Knopfler visited the track this weekend.

The power of the Ford-Cosworth XF engine was on display at Texas Motor Speedway last Saturday, as the manufacturer claimed the top-four spots on the grid - now it aims to do the same again this weekend.

Delphi Automotive Systems' title sponsorship of the Indy Racing Northern Light Series event on Sept. 2, 2001, at Chicagoland Speedway was announced at a press conference on May 2, with the event to be titled the Delphi Indy 300.

Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan North America, has signed an agreement with TWR Group to complete the development of the new 3.5litre V8 Infiniti racing engine and to provide technical support for its Indy Racing programme, it was announced today [Thursday].