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The path to racing stardom can be an expensive one, and a number of current Champ Car and Toyota Atlantic stars have not forgotten how unforgiving the trip to the top can be for a young driver.

Shortly before Christmas the Herdez Competition team was struck by tragedy when two of its key crew members were killed in an automobile accident whilst returning from the Mexican International Auto Show.

Champ Car aspirant Michael Valiante has revealed that, since his long-awaited debut in the category this season, two teams have stepped up their efforts in order to sign him for 2005.

Marlboro Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Pope John Paul II while he was in the Vatican for the 7th Congress of Circus Workers, last Thursday 16 December.

The ITLA Capital Corporation, part of the Imperial Capital Bank, will continue to sponsor the Champ Car World Series season opener in Long Beach in 2005, increasing its overall exposure after a successful debut year.

Derrick Walker believes it is a sign of the recovery of the Champ Car World Series that a number of drivers are now looking to the American-based championship as a viable option away from Formula One.

There may be over seven months until the Champ Car World Series arrives in Edmonton, but excitement is already building ahead of the race on 17 July.

The offseason racing exploits of Champ Car stars Sebastien Bourdais, Jimmy Vasser, Oriol Servia and Michel Jourdain Jr did not go unnoticed by one of the top stars of the series who has decided that he had better get in on the action.

Tony George, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards last Sunday in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier.

The projected 2005 race in San Jose will become a reality after city officials gave their approval to a new street race in the Californian city next July.

Rahal Letterman Racing has finally confirmed the expansion of its Indy Racing League IndyCar Series programme and the addition of Danica Patrick to the existing driving squad.

During a whistle-stop promotional book tour of the United States last week, Alex Zanardi managed to find time to discuss his key moments of the past three years with the Champ Car media.

J.L. West Motorsports will field a two-car team in the Menards Infiniti Pro SeriesT in 2005, team and league officials recently announced. The team, which is co-owned by Jeff and Laura West, expects to announce its drivers in the near future.

With less than a month until Christmas, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and their partners are releasing a special edition five-disc DVD box set of the highly popular Indianapolis 500 'Legacy Series.'

With an impressive amount of open-wheel talent in its driver development system, the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford has focused its efforts this off season in opening doors and providing young racers the opportunity to move up through the Champ Car ranks.

Some of the top rising stars in the Champ Car World Series driver development system got the opportunity to showcase their skills in a 750hp Champ Car during testing at Sebring International Raceway on Monday.

Czech star Tomas Enge says he is hopeful of having a second season of IRL racing next year, to add to the two events he did at the end of the 2004 season.

During the Grand Prix of Monterrey at the Laguna Seca back in September, the History Channel spent time with Paul Tracy and the Forsythe Championship Racing team filming the defending 2003 Series Champion for the prime time television series 'Tactical to Practical'.

The Champ Car World Series has confirmed that the Molson Indy Vancouver will not be part of the calendar in 2005.

Having announced the purchase of Cosworth Racing with fellow Champ Car World Series co-owner Gerald Forsythe in London, Kevin Kalkhoven will now head back to the USA to guest on the Wind Tunnel program, on SPEED Channel, on Thursday.

Six young racers raced their ways to national titles at the Snap-on Stars of Karting Presented by the Indy Racing League National Championship finale last weekend at the Walt Disney World Kart track in Florida.

Continuing to prove that it's the top developmental series for the future stars of open-wheel racing, the Toyota Atlantic Championship saw a number of its recent graduates experience success on the track this season in the Champ Car World Series.

Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe, co-owners of the Champ Car World Series and heads of the PKV and Forsythe Championship Racing Champ Car teams, have been unveiled as the new owners of Cosworth at a press conference in London.