IndyCar News

When Jim Immke sold his partnership in the Hubbard-Immke IRL team it looked as though the likeable car dealer would disappear from the IRL paddock. However Immke has now announced that he is able to return to the series , this time with his own team.

Hot on the heals of Chip Ganassi's overwhelming success on his first trip to Indy since 1995, Roger Penske has announced his legendary team will contest the 2001 running of the Indy 500 with drivers Gil De Ferran and Helio Castroneves.

1. Juan Montoya COL Lola-Toyota 20.899. 2. Dario Franchitti SCO Reynard-Honda 20.954. 3. Patrick Carpentier CAN Reynard-Ford 20.964. 4. Gil De Ferran BRA Reynard-Honda 20.975.

The weekend after the Indianapolis 500 always used to mean a trip to Milwaukee and its famous Mile and, even though the 500 is no longer a part of the CART calendar, at least one part of the tradition still survives.

The kudos of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 continues to attract sponsorship deals for those lucky enough to make it to the grid - some even on the morning of the race itself.

Injured IRL driver Hideshi Matsuda has been released from hospital following his accident in practice for the Indianapolis 500 last week.

Gil de Ferran gave Roger Penske the 100th win of his career as a team boss by winning today's CART race at Nazareth.

Mark Blundell has apparently escaped serious injury after crashing out of the Nazareth CART round.

Britain's Mark Blundell had to be helped from his Motorola Reynard at Nazareth this evening, having been involved in a mid-race accident with Penske's Helio Castro-Neves.

CART rookie Shinji Nakano and his Walker team will not attempt to race at Nazareth this weekend after a testing crash ruled the Japanese rookie out of the original event in early April.

There will be a Swift chassis present for Saturday's Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazereth.

Roberto Moreno has been CART's Mr Consistency so far this year finishing all four races held this year in the points.

CART veteran Michael Andretti has been stripped of the points he scored at the Rio Champcar event two weeks ago, after injuring one of his pit-crew during a mid-race stop.

The Swift chassis is expected to return to the CART championship next weekend in the hands of Brazilian Tarso Marques.

Alex Tagliani followed up his impressive morning practice session by also topping the later qualifying session for tomorrow's CART Rio 200.

Carl Hogan will return to Champcar action in Australia when he runs local talent Jason bright in his debut event.

Mark Blundell heads for the CART Rio 200 this weekend hoping that his Brazilian jinx stays away.

The PacWest Racing Group has announced another new technical partnership, this time with the NTN Bearing Corporation of America.

The Player's Forsythe team has announced that sometime CART driver Memo Gidley will replace Patrick Carpentier at Long Beach this weekend, after the Canadian driver broke his wrist in an accident at home on Monday.

The much-maligned Swift chassis returns to CART action this weekend, with its team keen to prove the sceptics wrong.

New Zealander Scott Dixon has ended months of speculation and signed on the dotted line to drive in Indy Lights for PacWest.

Walker Racing has announced that CART veteran Bryan Herta will stand in for the injured Shinji Nakano for the next two races, after the Japanese driver suffered head injuries while testing at Milwaukee.

PacWest drivers Mark Blundell and Mauricio Gugelmin were among the frustrated at Nazareth, despite having as much experience of the unexpected conditions as anyone.

Bad weather had been forecast, but no-one was quite expecting snow to force the cancellation of Nazareth's Champcar event this weekend.