IndyCar News

Sam Schmidt Motorsports has won 20 races and two drivers championships in the past four seasons of Indy Pro Series competition and the team's dominance is perhaps no where more evident than at Nashville Superspeedway, where they have won the last three races at the 1.33-mile concrete oval.

With the Mont-Tremblant blocking row not have settled amicably, a second incident between Sebastien Bourdais and Robert Doornbos in the Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto could have caused a flashpoint, but the Frenchman decided not to make an issue of contact that put him out of the race.

After knocking on the door over the past few weeks, French rookie Franck Perera picked up his first career Champ Car Atlantic pole position in final qualifying for Sunday's race at Mont-Tremblant.

For the third consecutive Champ Car Atlantic qualifying session, points leader Raphael Matos added to his championship lead as he guaranteed himself a front row starting spot for Sunday's race at Mont-Tremblant.

Dario Franchitti's victory at the 91st Indianapolis 500 has inspired sponsor Canadian Club to develop a commemorative Canadian Club Indy 500 Collector's Edition bottle for its whisky.

European Minardi's two-seaters are back on-track again following a nine-week intermission, with the Champ Car F1x2 getting into gear to embark on an extremely busy summer programme.

Alex Lloyd passed polesitter Wade Cunningham with ten laps to go to win the Iowa 100 Indy Pro Series event, setting a new all-time victory record for the class in the process

Paul Tracy took the use of wings at Burke Lakefront Airport to extremes as he finally returned to the top step of the Champ Car podium in Cleveland.

Indy Pro Series points leader Alex Lloyd may 'only' have finished second in both Liberty Challenge races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the weekend, but he was greeted by a familiar face after stepping down from the podium in race two.

Hideki Mutoh earned his first career Indy Pro Series pole position, winning the SWE Pole Award for race one of the Liberty Challenge double-header on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Although he was prevented from challenging for outright pole position, Robert Doornbos was nonetheless delighted to have emerged as the fastest driver in the wet during final qualifying at Portland.

Scott Sharp has admitted that the word 'polesitter' sounded good after he used a pair of blazing laps to claim the front of the grid for Saturday's Bombardier/Learjet 550 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Sebastien Bourdais has admitted he is not keen on the idea of standing starts in the Champ Car World Series on the eve of the Portland Grand Prix, the first race to be started in such a way.

Having been team-mates in the 2006-07 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, James Hinchcliffe and Kevin Lacroix will finally meet on track this weekend as the latter makes the step up to the Champ Car Atlantic Championship at Portland International Raceway.

Two of the IndyCar Series' more celebrated competitors took it upon themselves to add a little more colour to proceedings 'after hours' in the ABC Supply/AJ Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Helio Castroneves' Milwaukee jinx struck again on Sunday when a comfortable lead in the ABC Supply/AJ Foyt 225 was wiped out in an instant as the rear wing mounting on his Penske Dallara collapsed.

Briton Alex Lloyd continued his relentless march towards the 2007 Indy Pro Series title with another emphatic victory at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday.

Brazilian Helio Castroneves secured his second AAMCO Transmissions Pole Award in as many races at the famous Milwaukee Mile and his fourth in just six races so far this season on Saturday in qualifying for the ABC Supply Co/AJ Foyt 225.

Marc Williams, who finished 17th on his Indy Pro Series and oval track debut in the Freedom 100, has announced that he will complete the season with Michael Crawford Motorsports.

The 91st Indianapolis 500 has been red flagged after 113 of the scheduled 200 laps due to rain.

Leading technology brand Lenovo was the highest profile addition to the sponsorship roster for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, having agreed a deal to back the #98 car of veteran Alex Barron.

As expected, the Forsythe Championship Racing line-up will change again for next weekend's Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, with Paul Tracy having been cleared to return to action following his back-breaking shunt in Long Beach.

Richie Hearn has admitted that he is banking on a decent run in Sunday's Indianapolis 500 to give his racing career a boost after several years out of the limelight.

The third day of qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was once again blessed with warm spring sunshine as the returning Roger Yasukawa led a list of ten drivers to provisionally book their place in next Sunday's big race.