IndyCar News

Target Chip Ganassi Racing's disappointing IRL IndyCar Series campaign continued at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday for while all three of the team's Panoz-Toyota's made it to the chequered flag, not one of them was in the top ten.

Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven, one half of the Aquarium Asset Management group who acquired the rights to run the Grand Prix of Long Beach, has pronounced himself 'delighted' at the city council's decision to approve the future running of the event as a round of the Champ Car Wo

Tony Kanaan, the defending champion of the Bombardier Learjet 500 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, arrived in the Lone Star State on Tuesday and engaged in some light-hearted monkey business at the Dallas Zoo.

After her stunning Indianapolis 500 debut, Danica Patrick is undoubtedly THE face of the IRL at the moment, with her merchandise sales rocketing to previously unseen levels and her popularity even threatening to rival some of the NASCAR Nextel Cup personalities.

With a trio wins and a grand total of 531 laps led at the Milwaukee Mile already to his credit, Paul Tracy entered this weekend as the most decorated active driver at the venerable one-mile oval in Wisconsin.

Champ Car fan favourite Jimmy Vasser broke PKV Racing's pole-less streak with fastest time in Friday's sole qualifying session for the Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 at Milwaukee.

The Champ Car World Series has witnessed many a change at the venerable Milwaukee Mile ever since the chequered flag first flew there over Wilbur Shaw's victory in 1933 and the 2005 event witnesses yet another as the circuit's two-year love-affair with night racing comes to an end.

Danica Patrick has been confirmed as this year's JPMorgan Chase Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. Patrick's nomination as RotY came on Monday's traditional Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Although Kenny Brack's Indianapolis 500 return ended with handling difficulties before half of the 200-lap had been completed, the 1999 event winner was still awarded the Scott Brayton's Driver Trophy.

Champ Car points leader Bruno Junqueira's hopes of finally landing the series title may have to be put on hold after the Brazilian suffered a violent accident during the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

On a day where drivers and team owners alike deferred blame on accidents either involving themselves or their drivers, Richie Hearn's well-known humility saw him accept responsibility for his crash with former IRL Champion Scott Dixon.

Long-time IRL sponsors Delphi received the 39th annual Borg-Warner Louis Schwitzer Award last week for their innovative Delphi Earpiece Sensor System.

All three Target Chip Ganassi Racing drivers will wear new helmet colours in Sunday's Indianapolis 500 using designs drawn by children at the Target House in Memphis for children receiving treatment for life-threatening illnesses.

In an unexpected twist to what appeared to be the third consecutive 'Bump Day' not to feature any actual 'bumping,' Felipe Giaffone took a last minute opportunity from AJ Foyt to qualify for next Sunday's Indianapolis 500 and send rookie Arie Luyendyk Jr home early.

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.