IndyCar News

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.

A three-judge appeals panel has issued a modification to the initial decision of the CART Protest Judges regarding Honda Performance Development's protest of the 15 June extension to the manifold pressure relief - or 'pop-off' - valve.

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

The 2002 Indy Racing Northern Light Series will increase to 14 races with the addition of ex-CART venues Nazareth and Michigan and the disappearance of Atlanta as the oval-based series plans to go one better than 2001.

Hemelgarn Racing's Buddy Lazier dominated Saturday nights SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond leading a massive 187 of 250-laps after being given a car he described as "perfect".

Current CART Fed-Ex Championship leader Kenny Brack and off-track buddy Patrick Carpentier will take time out from their racing duties at several race weekends during the second half of the CART season to display their musical talents with their band R.P.M in a number of fan concerts.

One of the real highlights of Sunday's Freightliner/GI Joe's 200 was the fighting drive that carried Christian Fittipaldi's Newman-Haas Racing 'Bluelight special to third place overall in highly treacherous conditions that caught the Brazilian out on the opening lap but then laid down to a beauti

CART and Michigan International Speedway [MIS] have jointly announced that the Champcar series will not return to race at the two-mile oval after this year's event. The announcement was made last night by CART chairman/CEO Joseph Heitzler and MIS President Brett Shelton.

Bryan Herta's difficult 2001 campaign continued at Portland on the weekend, as rain made the eighth round of the CART FedEx Series something of a lottery.

One of the highlights of a sodden Freightliner/GI Joe's 200 was the outstanding performance of rookie Max Wilson who scored a fine fourth place finish for the hard-trying Arciero-Blair team to finally open his CART account after a year of toil thus far in 2001.

The Indy Racing Northern Light Series makes its first trip to the smooth, three quarter mile Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night for the SunTrust Indy Challenge 200 on what promises to be a history making night in Virginia.

Portland International Raceway has been good to Newman-Haas Racing since it first appeared on the CART calendar back in 1984 and the team have visited the winners circle on no less than five occasions.

A long, wide start/finish straight, an absurdly tight first chicane, several slow technical sections and a fast sweeping back straight and final corner make Portland International a definite road racers paradise but as Michael Andretti has shown over the years, you don't have to have a road racin

Target Chip Ganassi Racing have announced that Memo Gidley will replace Nicolas Minassian in the cockpit of the No. 12 Target Toyota/Lola this weekend at Portland, Oregon.

Richie Hearn (pictured in 1998 driving for Della Penna Motorsports in CART) will start 16th for Sam Schmidt Motorsports entry in the Radisson Indy 200 on June 17 at Pikes Peak International Raceway, substituting for the injured Davey Hamilton.

Davey Hamilton has undergone another surgery at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis as doctors continue to repair his shattered feet while the other Texas casualty, Robby McGehee has been allowed home to resume his recovery from a broken left leg.

Mo Nunn Racing driver Tony Kanaan will not start the Tenneco Grand Prix of Detroit for a second consecutive season after a major qualifying crash left him with a mild concussion.

Both Patrick Racing Reynard-Toyota's will carry the familiar Visteon livery at this weekend's Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, home to the company's world headquarters.

Team Rahal drivers Kenny Brack and Max Papis endured a frustrating day of qualifying on Belle Isle for the Detroit Grand Prix.

Amidst the controversy and potential courtroom arguments surrounding the Tenneco Grand Prix of Detroit, Team Rahal drivers Kenny Brack and Max Papis did as best they could in attempting to find the correct balance for Sunday's race, if it takes place.

A large shadow currently hangs over the Tenneco Grand Prix of Detroit after Honda filed an official injunction with the district supreme court to stop the sixth (or is that seventh) round of the 2001 CART Fed-Ex Championship over CART's latest ruling that mandates a 3/4 inch extension on the ma

After a long period of deliberation, Stan Wattles has elected to retire from the cockpit and move into team ownership following a disappointing start to the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series Championship with Hemelgarn Racing.

Current Indy Racing Northern Light Series point's leader Sam Hornish Jr was demoted to third place in the official results of Saturday's Casino Magic 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway after a review of the TV footage revealed that he had passed Felipe Giaffone under caution.