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Luyendyk, Mears added to 'Heroes of Indy' event.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and four-time 500 victor Rick Mears are the latest racing legends selected for the inaugural 'Firestone Heroes of Indy' celebration at Texas Motor Speedway's Indy Racing League finale on Sunday 12 October.
Post-race quotes - Toyota Indy 400.
SCOTT DIXON (#9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz G-Force-Toyota):
Q&A: Mark Taylor - IPS champion.
Panther Racing driver Mark Taylor reflects on taking his seventh Infiniti Pro Series victory of the year at California Speedway, clinching the title and a lot, lot more...
OWRS presses on with CART acquisition.
The proposed takeover of Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc [CART] by Open Wheel Racing Series LLC continues on track, after the latter allowed the 18 September deadline for backing to pass by.
Crime drama to film at Miami CART event.
The glitz and glamour surrounding the upcoming Grand Prix Americas will have an intriguing sub-plot as the teams and drivers of the CART Champ Car World Series battle for supremacy on the streets of Miami next weekend.
Hearn subs for Lazier.
With Alex Barron already ensconced in the Red Bull Cheever entry this weekend, it fell to the Indy Racing League's other 'supersub', Richie Hearn, to replace Buddy Lazier at Hemelgarn Racing for the Fontana round.
Q&A: Scott Dixon.
Scott Dixon currently lies second in the IndyCar Series point standings with 427 points - trailing Helio Castroneves by only 12.
Oval-only IRL calendar set for 2004.
Indy Racing League officials have released next year's calendar, which contains 16 races, including the jewel in the crown Indianapolis 500.
More drivers added to 'Firestone Heroes' event
The field continues to fill for the inaugural Firestone Heroes of Indy event at Texas Motor Speedway. The race is scheduled for Sunday, October 12th at 1 p.m. prior to the season finale Chevy 500k Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race.
Herdez announces all-Mexican line-up for Mexico.
The Herdez Competition team has revealed that it will become the first in Champ Car history to field two Mexican drivers, when rookie Roberto Gonzalez partners Mario Dominguez at the 17th round of the CART World Series in Mexico City next month.
Former Indy mechanic Joe Granatelli dies
Joe Granatelli, Andy Granatelli's older brother who helped fabricate the famed turbine race car that nearly won the 1967 Indianapolis 500, died last Saturday in Woodland Hills, California aged 84.
Enge, Bell, Barron, Taylor top Panther test list.
Panther Racing, the most successful team in Indy Racing League history with 13 IndyCar Series wins, 6 Infiniti Pro Series victories and two overall IRL driver's titles, has begun its search to replace Sam Hornish Jr in the #4 Pennzoil Dallara-Chevrolet next year as well as auditioning candidates
Series organises Indy legends race.
Indy Racing League fans planning to visit the Texas Motor Speedway for the season-ending Chevy 500 will also get to enjoy a very special support race, featuring ten of the sport's biggest names at Indianapolis down the years.
Fletcher to complete Pro Series year with Schmidt.
Leading Infiniti Pro Series team Sam Schmidt Motorsports has announced that veteran Taylor Fletcher will drive the #9 Olive Crest Foundation entry for the remainder of the 2003 IPS season beginning with the next event at California Speedway next weekend.
Salles involved in fatal stock car accident.
CART Champ Car irregular Gualter Salles was left shaken by his involvement in a fatal accident, in which a journalism student died, during one of his Brazilian V8 Stock Car forays at the weekend.
Post race notes - Chicagoland.
20 lead changes, the closest three-way finish in series history, three drivers leading their first laps of the year and the continuation of an eight year record were just some of the facts thrown up by Sunday's Delphi Indy 300.
First pole in six years for Hearn.
Single seater veteran Richie Hearn drove to his first IRL IndyCar Series pole since August 1996 as he planted the #2 Team Menard Dallara-Chevrolet on the top of the charts for Sunday's Delphi Indy 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway.
Menards to sponsor 2004 Infiniti Pro Series.
Stalwart IRL team owner John Menard has announced that his Menard's chain of hardware stores will become the co-title sponsor of next year's Infiniti Pro Series.
Q&A: Kenny Brack.
"Well, we were very consistent in the first nine races you mentioned, and I guess, it is one of those things, you know, in racing where the longer you go without a non-finish, the closer to one you get, and surely that was the case for our team, too.
Barron in for Rice at Red Bull Team Cheever.
'Super-sub' Alex Barron has been drafted in as a surprise last minute replacement for Buddy Rice ahead of this weekend's Delphi Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway for Eddie Cheever's Red Bull sponsored team.
PDM supplements sponsorship for Carpenter entry.
PDM Racing has revealed that one of the world's leading dietary supplement companies will be the primary sponsor for its entry in the upcoming IndyCar event in Chicago.
No injuries after Hunter-Reay fire.
A large, if invisible pit fire in the stall of American Spirit Team Johansson rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay was perhaps the most dramatic image of Sunday's Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver, an image that can be looked at with relief in the knowledge that nobody was injured.
Picture perfect for NHR in Denver.
Brazilian Bruno Junqueira delivered team owners Paul Newman and Carl Haas top honours in the team's 350th Champ Car start on Sunday afternoon in Denver.
Servia not happy with Friday form.
Patrick Racing's Oriol Servia will maintain his season-long streak of qualifying inside the top ten if he maintains his overnight position in final qualifying for Sunday's Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver although the Spanish born driver was far from happy with his Friday performance in the