IndyCar News

Preparing for the sixth of 14 events that make up this year's IRL IndyCar Series championship season Scotland's Dario Franchitti still believes that he is well in the hunt for the 2006 title despite his Watkins Glen failings.

With six races in the next eight weeks 2003 IRL IndyCar Series Champion Scott Dixon is poised to begin a run similar to that which carried him to the title three years ago and figures there are plenty of opportunities for him to recapture the title.

Of all the circuits the IRL IndyCar Series visits, nowhere more epitomises the kind of breathtaking, heart-stopping group racing that has become the series' main point of attraction (other than Danica Patrick!) than the Texas Motor Speedway.

Actor and race fan turned active driver Patrick Dempsey, star of the hit ABC television show Grey's Anatomy, will give the command to start the engines for Saturday night's 10th annual running of the Bombardier Learjet 500k.

1998 Indy 500 winner Eddie Cheever will not look back on the 2006 Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix with a great degree of fondness after he was called an idiot by both Danica Patrick and Michael Andretti and was also trashed on live TV by Michael's son Marco.

It took just one lap around the Milwaukee Mile today to dispel any and all myths that the Champ Car World Series points leader Sebastien Bourdais would continue the struggles that had plagued him in each of his three previous Milwaukee trips.

Despite his heartbreak at missing out on Indianapolis 500 victory last Sunday, the team behind rookie Marco Andretti believes that his run at Indy will do wonders for his future form.

If Sam Hornish Jr thought he could enjoy the spoils of Indianapolis 500 victory quietly he was mistaken as the week following his dramatic '500 win has been nearly as hectic as the week leading up to last Sunday's race.

In addition to a winning purse of $1,744,855, Indy 500 champion Sam Hornish Jr has been named as the 2006 winner of the Scott Brayton Award as the driver who best epitomises the spirit of the late driver.

PDM Racing's Brad Brewer has been awarded with the Clint Brawner Award, an honour designed exclusively for chief mechanics who display unrivalled dedication during the Indianapolis 500.

After starting the 2006 season with just a singleton entry, Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing team has confirmed that it has signed Estonian Tonis Kasemets to its second car for at least six events later this year.

Having successfully qualified for his first Indianapolis 500 with his family run team Arie Luyendyk Jr's bid for glory in the 90th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing has been boosted by the arrival of two new sponsors for his #61 Panoz-Honda.

In what has become a popular part of the Indy 500 tradition, the 33 starting drivers of this years Indianapolis 500 made a whirlwind stop in New York City on Monday as the hype surrounding next Sunday's race gets into full swing.

Aspiring IRL IndyCar Series team Playa Del Racing have secured sponsorship from FedEx for next weekends Indianapolis 500.

Despite the late change in their driving lineup, Indianapolis 500 hopefuls Playa Del Racing are looking forward to a successful race next Sunday with drivers Jaques Lazier and Roger Yasukawa.

British Champ Car rookie Katherine Legge may not be pleased with a final result of 15th in Sunday's Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey but her final result masked a fighting performance from the 25 year-old PKV Racing driver.

Roger Yasukawa has sealed a late deal to contest this years Indianapolis 500 with Playa Del Racing in place of Jon Herb and quickly vindicated the decision by posting the 28th fastest time in qualifying on Saturday.

British Champ Car rookie Katherine Legge says that she is continually surprised by the support shown by her PKV Racing crew as she prepares for the second leg of her first back-to-back Champ Car race weekends in Monterrey.

As expected, Max Papis has been hired to drive a second Cheever Racing entry in this year's Indianapolis 500, despite having been out of a full-time open-wheel ride for several seasons.

Indy 500 hopefuls Team Leader Motorsports have secured major sponsorship for their first attempt at an IRL IndyCar Series race from Dutch vodka distillers Effen.

Katherine Legge was left frustrated after her second Champ Car outing, having endured a string of problems throughout the two-hour night event at Reliant Park in Houston.

PKV Racing rookie and Crash.Net columnist Katherine Legge had her bid for a second consecutive top ten finish derailed on Saturday night in Houston when a brush with the tyre barriers cost her 15 laps.

The sponsor on his Forsythe Racing Lola translates as the 'Pride of Mexico' and Mario Dominguez was certainly living up to his billing after securing his maiden pole position for the Houston Grand Prix.

The B-52's and Third Eye Blind will be the headline acts for the Miller Lite Carb Day concert on Friday May 26th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.