IndyCar News

During the first day of practice and qualifying for the Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver, Team Rahal and their Toyota Atlantic Championship team sponsors Argent Mortgage Company announced a charitable program that will raise funds for Camp Heartland based upon the on track performance of th

Bruno Junqueira returns to The Mile High City as the defending race winner of the Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver. The Brazilian drove wire-to-wire to claim his third career victory in last year's inaugural event on the 1.647-mile temporary street circuit.

After finishing eighth in last weekend's Molson Indy Montreal, Adrian Fernandez and his Fernandez Racing concern will take to the streets of the 'Mile High City' this weekend for the Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver.

Following last weekend's Firestone Indy 225, and the news that Indy Racing League veteran Gil de Ferran is to retire at the end of the 2003 campaign, there could be no more obvious targets for the weekly interview than the Brazilian and his replacement at Penske, double IRL champion Sam Hornish J

PK Racing has wasted little time in announcing its replacement for the recently-departed Max Papis, naming former Formula One star Mika Salo in its sole entry for this weekend's Grand Prix of Denver.

For the second weekend in succession, stalwart IRL operation Team Menard have elected to withdraw from an IRL IndyCar Series event after substitute driver Jaques Lazier crashed the team's primary #2 Dallara-Chevrolet just six laps into Friday's opening practice session at the Nazareth Speedway.

"We are pretty close to the [new] deal. Everything was not quite done yet. I told Panther Racing I would let them know by mid-August. I wanted to keep my word to them.

Earlier this week IRL IndyCar Series drivers Scott Dixon, Sarah Fisher and Sam Hornish Jr. swapped racing overalls for bowling shoes as they participated in the "PeyBack Bowl" at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis in a charity event set-up by pro-footballer Peyton Manning.

As the 2003 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship heads into its final, three-race stretch run - beginning with Saturday's Molson Indy Montreal - rookie AJ Allmendinger holds a 20-point lead over Scotland's Ryan Dalziel, but the RuSPORT driver is well aware that the glory could still be snatched away

Jaques Lazier's apparently love/hate relationship with John Menard is back on again for the time being after the Colorado-based native was re-hired by Menard in place of the injured Vitor Meira for this weekend's Firestone Indy 225.

Indy Racing League veteran Billy Roe will drive in the final three Infiniti Pro Series races of the season for Kenn Hardley Racing.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. announced today that team owner Derrick Walker has relinquished his position as a member of the Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Just one day after his crushing, ninth career, IRL IndyCar Series victory in Sunday's Belterra Casino Indy 300, double defending IRL Champion Sam Hornish Jr announced that he would be leaving Panther Racing at the end of the current season.

The strong performances of the Panoz G Force chassis continued on Saturday at the Kentucky Speedway as three of the five drivers using the Anglo-American built chassis qualified inside the top ten in the closest starting grid in series history.

Sunday's Belterra Casino Indy 300 on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway tri-oval is the 12th of 16 events on the 2003 IRL IndyCar Series calendar but only the second in which Mo Nunn Racing's Tora Takagi will use a Dallara chassis.

The 2004 IRL IndyCar Series calendar will remain at 16 dates after series officials confirmed plans for next year between practice sessions on Saturday at the Kentucky Speedway.

"I could not have asked for better teammates. Certainly, with Michael's help, initially as a teammate as well as team owner, and certainly Tony Kanaan, that has been a fantastic help. I think being in this situation has helped speed up my learning curve.

Kentucky is famous for horsepower of the four-legged variety, but the focus at this weekend's Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway will be on the horsepower of the new Gen IV Chevy Indy V8.

A clash between Michael Valiante and points leader A.J.

Fernandez Racing has restructured its engineering department with the departure of Race Engineer David Watson earlier this week. The changes will take effect with this weekend's Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, Round 13 of the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Currently contending for the points lead in the Star Mazda North American Championship, aspiring US single-seater racer Moses Smith has found enough time and funds to explore his options in the Infiniti Pro Series this weekend.

AJ Allmendinger did not go faster than his time from provisional qualifying on Friday, but turned a lap quick enough to pace final qualifying and add to his Toyota Atlantic championship lead heading into Sunday's Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres.

PAUL TRACY (#3 Player's/Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone):

With the second half of the Toyota Atlantic Championship now underway, the series heads north for the second of the three Canadian races on the schedule, at the historic 1.52 mile course in Trois Rivieres in Quebec.