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V8 Supercar star to replace Hunt in Lexmark.
Toyota Atlantic star Josh Hunt has made the decision to surrender his drive in this year's Lexmark Indy 300 race in favour of a second year in the TA series next season, with Australian V8 Supercar driver David Besnard set to take his place.
IRL firms up 2005 schedule.
The addition of the Honda Grand Prix gives the 2005 IndyCar Series a 17-race schedule, made up of 14 ovals, two road courses and a temporary street circuit.
St Pete to be series' first non-oval race.
The Indy Racing League's initiative to enhance its schedule with the addition of road and course events continued with the addition of St Petersburg to the 2005 schedule.
Post-qualifying quotes - Molson Indy Montreal.
Driver quotes after second qualifying for the Molson Indy Montreal - round ten of the Champ Car World Series. Sebastien Bourdais: (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone)
Champ Cars announce McDonald's deal.
The Champ Car World Series has announced a partnership with McDonald's that will see the fast food chain serve as the "Official Fast Food Restaurant of Champ Car" through the 2006 season.
McDonald's partnership press conference.
Team members: Paul Newman, Carl Haas, Sebastien Bourdais Champ Car members: Kevin Kalkhoven, Dick Eidswick McDonalds USA: John Lewicki
Mi-Jack switch Philippe to Lola.
Mi-Jack Conquest has announced that it will be running a second Lola chassis this weekend in Montreal for Nelson Philippe.
TA: Freshman Festa puts lessons to one side.
Chris Festa differs from most new students in the way he spends his spare time.
Q&A: IRL founder Tony George.
On 27 January 1996, plans that Indianapolis Motor Speedway President and CEO Tony George presented two years earlier for a new open-wheel series came to fruition at Walt Disney World Speedway.
Q&A: Eddie Cheever, Jack Arute.
As the IRL IndyCar Series reaches its 100th race, two figures who were present at the very first event give their thoughts and personal memories of the Series' first eight and a half years.
Indy construction gets underway on Gold Coast.
The construction of one of the finest motor racing street circuits in the world takes only 96 days on Australia's bustling Gold Coast. Wednesday 18th August marks the start of construction of the Lexmark Indy 300 circuit, as the countdown continues towards the October 21 to 24 Event.
Resurfacing underway at Indy.
Four time Indy 500 winner Al Unser was on hand to oversee the start of the biggest resurfacing project at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the original brick track surface was removed more than 30 years ago.
Bourdais delighted with 'most beautiful win.'
Sebastien Bourdais produced one of the drives of his life to win the Grand Prix of Denver after fighting back up the field from a spin at the very first corner of the race to take his fifth win of the Champ Car season.
Rookie Gregg claims pole in maiden IPS outing.
Travis Gregg, making his debut in the IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series, won pole position for this weekend's Kentucky 100, seeing off the challenge of current points leader Thiago Medeiros.
Surfers promoters split from Forsythe.
The D3 Motorsport Development group, responsible for the Champ Car World Series events in Mexico City, Surfers Paradise and Monterrey, have resigned from Forsythe Racing Inc.
Champ Car organisers modify pit stop rules.
The Champ Car World Series has announced that it has modified its mandatory pit-stop rules with immediate effect. A single mandatory pit stop, made under green or yellow flag conditions, is now required within a specified race lap window during all Champ Car World Series events.
A weekend in the life of a Penske tyre technician.
While the average IndyCar Series spectator may not realize the importance and depth of the tyre technician's roles and responsibilities, you can be assured there's never a slow moment for John Turpin and Josh Sides, the tyre technicians for Marlboro Team Penske teammates Sam Hornish Jr and Helio
Q&A: Buddy Rice, Vitor Meira.
Since his breakthrough win at the Indy 500, Buddy Rice had led the chase of Tony Kanaan and the Andretti-Green Racing powerhouse in the IRL IndyCar Series ably supported by his equally fired-up Rahal-Letterman Racing teammate Vitor Meira.
Despite Michigan loss, AGR still dominating 2004.
Tony Kanaan may have lost out to Buddy Rice in the last round of the IRL IndyCar Series at the Michigan International Speedway but that blip doesn't disguise the fact that Kanaan and his Andretti-Green Racing teammates have dominated the 2004 season to date and are collective favourites for victo
Feature: Constructing the Grand Prix of Denver.
As any motorsport fans knows, the logistical effort behind any street race is truly gargantuan and the Champ Car event on the streets of Denver is no different as Londoner Martyn Thake, director of operations for this years race, knows only too well.
Tagliani: I'm glad my first win came here.
The Rocketsports Racing team had a fantastic weekend at Road America, with Alex Tagliani claiming his first ever Champ Car victory and debutant Guy Smith taking a top ten finish.
Post race quotes: Grand Prix of Road America.
Driver quotes following the Grand Prix of Road America - won by Alex Tagliani, his first Champ Car victory. Alex Tagliani - race winner: #8 Johnson Controls Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone
Chrnelich takes Champ Car role.
The Champ Car World Series has announced that Joe Chrnelich has been appointed as its new Executive vice president of development, government affair and planning.
Junqueira hoping for Road America triple.
The Champ Car World Series reaches its halfway point this weekend with Round Eight at Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin, posing an opportunity for Brazilian Bruno Junqueira to claim a third Road America win.