IndyCar News

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

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.

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.

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.

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.