IndyCar News

For much of this year's Indy Racing Northern Light Series, Eddie Cheever and his self run team have upheld the honours for engine supplier Infiniti, often being the only representative for the Japanese concern.

Leading motorsport weekly Motoring News this week confirmed that the still under construction Rockingham oval will be a part of the expanded 2001 CART schedule.

1999 Indy Racing Northern Light Series rookie of the year Scott Harrington has finally landed a permanent drive in the championship with the Mid-America Motorsports outfit.

Texas Motor Speedway has suddenly become a key figure in a possible reconciliation between America's two leading single seater championships after appearing on a provisional 2001 Champ Car schedule recently.

Roberto Moreno scored an emotional first Champcar win at Burke Lakefront Airport tonight, after dominating the 100-lap race from start to finish.

Back-to-back races are always tough, no matter what series you race in, but at least I can go to Oregon this weekend knowing I have history on my side.

In 1997 Mark Blundell crossed the finishing line with 0.027 seconds to spare over the chasing Gil De Ferran and less than half a second over Raul Boesel, who took the lead just metres after the chequered flag fell, in what still is the closest finish in Champ Car history.

Tony Kanaan's season took a turn for the worse on Saturday when he crashed his Reynard-Mercedes at high speed at the Belle Isle circuit in Detroit.

Andrew Craig's three year tenure as CEO of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) came to an in Detroit on Friday when he announced his resignation from the post during a board of directors meeting this morning.

The hottest story in Belle Isle today is that CART CEO Andrew Craig has quit his role at the head of America's premier single-seater series.

Although the Formula One circus is in town just across the water, American single-seater focus will fall on the Motor City this weekend.

Dr Jim Logan is a well respected Air Force veteran and chiropractor. He has been involved in the US racing scene since the late 1970s and has recently established his own IRL team.

Canadian Champ Car star Patrick Carpentier was the centre of attention at Bagotville airfield in Quebec last weekend when he pitted his Reynard-Ford against a CF-18 Hornet jet fighter, one of the air-forces most potent weapons.

It certainly has been a baptism of fire for Norberto Fontana in this year's Fed Ex Champ Car series. Just six races in this year's championship and the Della Penna driver is yet to score a point and has failed to start two of the last three races due to a persistent injury.

Anyone who witnessed the Casino Magic 500 at Texas will have forgiven whoever was responsible for the race being delayed for a day by rain.

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.