IndyCar News

by Lynne Huntting . It was very much a case of 'as you were' in the seventh day of the Northern California jury trial involving Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven.

The Champ Car World Series has announced that it will increase the horsepower available under the Power-to-Pass system for the final round of the season in Mexico City.

Former IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan is to contest the ninth round of the Japanese Formula Nippon Series at Suzuka next month.

Paul Tracy was left to rue a fuel gamble that didn't pay off after seeing a third podium finish of the Champ Car World Series season slip through his fingers at Surfers Paradise.

Italian Super Bike rider Alex Pignone completed a successful Indy Pro Series test in a Cheever Racing-fielded race car at Kentucky Speedway on Monday, October 9.

Nelson Philippe insists that he will be a force to reckon with at next weekend's Champ Car round in Surfers Paradise, despite having only stepped back into a Panoz DP01 for the first time this week.

Nelson Philippe will return to the Champ Car World Series for the final two rounds of the 2007 campaign, having been hired by Conquest Racing to pilot the #34 entry previously raced by Matt Halliday and Jan Heylen.

The IndyCar Series has announced a 'restructuring' of its earnings distribution designed to provide a financial foundation for new and existing teams committed to running the entire IndyCar Series schedule.

Dario Franchitti was honoured with a $1million cheque for securing his first open-wheel title in the United States, and admitted that it was not yet certain that he will be headed for NASCAR in 2008.

The Champ Car World Series' uncertain future appeared to be stabilised slightly overnight with the announcement that Laguna Seca will return to the schedule in 2008, albeit at the expense of another of the championship's much-vaunted street courses.

If Logan Gomez and Alex Lloyd raced anything besides Indy Pro Series cars, their close finish at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday might have been ruled a dead heat.

Although he has to watch his recently defeated title rival Hideki Mutoh make his Indycar Series debut at Chicagoland this weekend, newly crowned Indy Pro Series champion Alex Lloyd didn't appear to be too down in the dumps as he claimed his fifth pole position of the season ahead of Sunday's Chic

Scotland's Dario Franchitti is the 2007 Indycar Series champion after winning the season ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland in the most dramatic way possible.

Adam Andretti, the younger brother of veteran racer John Andretti and nephew of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, passed his Indy Pro Series rookie test at Chicagoland Speedway on Thursday [August 30].

Bridgestone's executive director of race operations for the Champ Car World Series, Al Speyer, is expecting a high-powered show for the fans at Assen this weekend, even if he has had to base his assumption on motorcycle racing.

The six Champ Car World Series stars attending Thursday's press conference in Assen took the chance to meet some of the young Dutch stars of tomorrow as well as experiencing some unique Dutch culture.

Team Australia has one last chance to shine before its home event on the streets of Surfers Paradise in October, and Will Power is already counting on the Aussie success rate at Assen as a good omen.

Having been forced to sit out the opening leg of the Champ Car World Series' trip to Europe, Dan Clarke has been given the nod to return to action this weekend in the Netherlands.

The planned final round of this year's Champ Car World Series has been cancelled for financial reasons, reducing the season to just 14 events and joining China on the list of events postponed or abandoned this year.

Dan Clarke has admitted that he just wants to 'move on' from the incident that saw him suspended from the Champ Car Grand prix of Belgium on the opening day at Zolder.

Eponymous Indycar Series team owner Marty Roth will add a second car to his arsenal in the season finale at Chicagoland next month for the redoubtable PJ Chesson.

Dan Clarke's exclusion from the opening round of Champ Car's European Tour at Zolder marked a clamp-down on a driver many felt had over-stepped the mark on numerous occasions, but the Briton remained tight-lipped about the incident that caused his downfall.

This weekend will mark a return to familiar surroundings for the majority of the Champ Car World Series field as it heads to Europe for a double-header 'flyaway' beginning at Zolder, in Belgium.

The awards have been handed out in the Champ Car Atlantic Series after the season drew to a close last weekend with the Grand Prix of Road America.