IndyCar News

The Indy Pro Series will feature a series-record 16 races - including seven races on ovals, seven on road courses and two on street courses - next season, and will compete three times at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Heading into the final round of the 2006 Champ Car World Series having been forced to adopt not only an all-new, but also a rookie line-up, Forsythe Racing's debutants David Martinez and Buddy Rice nonetheless acquitted themselves admirably during first qualifying around the Mexico City circuit.

With Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice moving on to pastures new, Rahal Letterman Racing has confirmed that it will cut back to a two car entry in the 2007 Indy Racing League, with Scott Sharp coming in to partner Jeff Simmons.

Having almost gone out of business just twelve months ago, Panther Racing has announced a new partnership with Super Aguri that will see Kosuke Matsuura join Vitor Meira in a two car assault on the 2007 Indy Racing League.

Two-thirds of Forsythe Championship Racing's new-look Mexico City line-up, Buddy Rice and David Martinez, completed over 400 trouble-free miles in their first test with the squad at the MSR Houston road course yesterday.

Mario Dominguez is hoping to put a successful end to what he has described as one of the worst years of his Champ Car career by building on his Surfers' Paradise result at the season finale in Mexico City next weekend.

Justin Wilson will travel to Mexico City for the final round of the Champ Car World Series, although the RuSPORT team will have Adam Carroll on standby should the former F1 racer be unable to compete due to his broken wrist.

In only his second race for the team, Mario Dominguez carried Rocketsports Racing to a first podium finish of the Champ Car World Series season at Surfers Paradise.

Turn four on the 2.795-mile Surfers Paradise street circuit proved to be the bugbear of PKV Racing's Katherine Legge on Saturday as the British Champ Car rookie and Crash.Net columnist struggled to find her rhythm.

No sooner had RuSPORT returned to full two-car strength than another injury blow reduced it to a single entry for Surfers' Paradise, after Justin Wilson was ruled out of the rest of the meeting after picking up a wrist injury in practice.

Dr Henry Bock will retire as senior director of medical services for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League at the end of the year, ending an era that has seen him involved in both some of the more horrific accidents and revolutionary safety advances.

Champ Car World Series president Steve Johnson has admitted he is hopeful that European races will be added to the 2007 schedule 'in the next few weeks'.

British Champ Car rookie and Crash.Net columnist Katherine Legge walked away from the biggest accident of her career on Sunday at Road America after a possible rear wing failure pitched her off the track and into a series of sickening somersaults.

Sebastien Bourdais cursed the rain that he claims prevented him from taking provisional pole position around Road America, the Newman/Haas driver instead having to settle for fifth place in a changeable qualifying session.

Pink Champ Cars have been few and far between in what is a male-dominated arena, but that is set to change this weekend, as Katherine Legge's #20 Bell Micro Lola-Cosworth will be transformed in support of Ford Motor Company's 'Warriors in Pink' programme.

The new Panoz DP01 Champ Car has drawn attention from the past, present and possible future of the series during the latest test session at Sebring.

Champ Car Atlantic racer Graham Rahal has completed his two-day test session with Newman Haas Racing after a second trouble free day of running of Sebring.

The number of confirmed events on the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series schedule has risen to seven with news that the 1.33-mile concrete surfaced Nashville Superspeedway has retained its place on the calendar.

RuSPORT has confirmed that it will continue to run a single car in the latest round of the Champ Car World Series at Road America, despite rumours that Dario Franchitti was to be brought in for the final three rounds of the season.

Jay Howard entered this season's Indy Pro Series with a resume filled with wins and championships, but never expected to be on course for another crown. However, with one race to go, the Englishman finds himself in line to add the Firestone Firehawk Cup to his list of accomplishments.

CR Crews will gain further open-wheel experience this weekend, having confirmed a seat in the final round of the Indy Pro Series at Chicagoland Speedway.

AJ Foyt IV has been handed a plum ride for the final round of this year's Indy Racing League Indycar championship, having been called up to replace the injured Dario Franchitti at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend.

Dan Andersen, a key player in American racing for almost 20 years as a series administrator and team owner has announced that his team, Andersen Racing, will enter the Indy Racing League's Indy Pro Series in 2007.

While first qualifying was getting underway in Montreal, the week long test of the new Panoz DP01 Champ Car was coming to a close 1,500 miles away in Sebring.