IndyCar News

Lafayette Venetian Blind has partnered with the Indy Racing League's Playa Del Racing IndyCar Series team as an associate sponsor of the #21 Panoz/Toyota/Firestone driven by Jacques Lazier, commencing with the team's debut at the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race on May 29.

The Champ Car World Series has competed in Monterrey for each of the last four seasons, drawing large crowds and providing exciting and challenging racing for not only the fans, but also for the teams and drivers.

New IRL team Playa Del Racing have revealed a new associate sponsor for Jaques Lazier in the upcoming Indy 500.

Several months after announcing a deal that seemed set to take Jimmy Kite away from his open-wheel roots, the popular Georgia based driver will now step into the void left by the injured Paul Dana at Hemelgarn Racing in the Indianapolis 500.

Former Menards Infiniti Pro Series driver Arie Luyendyk Jr will make his Indycar Series debut in this month's Indianapolis 500 for stalwart outfit CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsport.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing's rookie driver Ryan Briscoe was the only Indy 500 contender to strike the wall during Sunday's rescheduled MBNA Pole Day qualifying session and will now have to wait until next weekend before assuring his place in the 33-car starting line-up.

With his Indy 500 rookie dreams on hold for at least another year, Paul Dana will remain at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis until at least Sunday with a fractured T-7 vertebrae.

Scott Dixon switched back to his Panoz chassis for the second official day of practice at Indianapolis on Wednesday and instantly headed towards the top of the speed charts as his Indy 500 chassis dilemma deepened.

The familiar #18 of stalwart IRL minnows PDM Racing will not be a part of this year's Indy 500 after the team confirmed it had joined forces with Canadian Marty Roth's eponymous outfit for the month of May.

Veteran racer Tom Wood's painful 14-month rehabilitation programme has been rewarded with a drive in the Futaba Freedom 100 at Indianapolis with crack team Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

Venezuelan driver Luis Alberto Schiavo will test one of Dale Coyne Racing's Champ Cars at Putnam Park next week, with a view to possibly graduating to the series in the next year or so.

Imran Husain became the first Indian born driver to turn a competitive Menards Infiniti Pro Series lap at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday running for Genoa Racing.

PKV Racing has announced the signing of former Penske and Herdez Competition engineer Tom Brown as its new technical director.

After making the perfect start to his defence of the Champ Car World Series title last weekend in Long Beach, Sebastien Bourdais made it two wins in a week as he became the first Champ Car driver in ten years to win an event in the International Race of Champions competition.

Newman/Haas Racing has unveiled Centrix Financial as title sponsor of its two-car assault on this year's Indianapolis 500, carrying one of its Champ Car sponsors into the rival IndyCar series.

The new Team Australia Champ Car World Series entry will begin its 2005 championship attack from seventh and 17th on the grid after qualifying for the Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The IndyCar Series' newest team Vision Racing has filed two entries for this year's Indianapolis 500, with veteran Jeff Ward slated to join regular driver Ed Carpenter in Tony George's line-up.

To commemorate its partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League as Official Timekeeper and Watch, TAG Heuer unveiled the 2005 Indy 500 Chronograph on Wednesday.

Former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin L. Powell will drive the pace car in the parade laps of this year's Indianapolis 500.

One of the largest computer firms in the world, Bell Micro, has announced that they will provide primary sponsorship for former Champion Cristiano da Matta in 2005.

Despite being new to the IndyCar Series, Jaques Lazier is confident that his new outfit, Playa Del Racing, can compete with the best during this year's Indy 500.

As the postmark deadline for Indy 500 entries passed, a late influx brought the current starting field up to 31 with several more expected to be added in the coming days.

The Champ Car World Series and Ford Motor Company has announced a multi-year extension of their agreement that will see the fabled auto manufacturer continue as one of the presenting sponsors of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Rocketsports Racing has confirmed that German driver Timo Glock will partner Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2005 with sponsorship from DHL global. The former Jordan F1 pilot will drive the teams #8 DHL Global Lola-Ford.