IndyCar News

Dan Wheldon has walked away from a horrifying late race accident at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in which his Dallara-Honda got airborne, flipped over and spun upside down through the short chute between turns three and four.

Gil de Ferran, who was rumoured to be considering retirement after injuring his back for the second time in less than a year earlier this season at Phoenix, made a triumphant return to the cockpit on Sunday as he justified his decision to swap from Dallara to G Force and drove to the biggest win

Sarah Fisher will support the Girl Scouts' new "Girls Go Tech" campaign throughout the 2003 IRL IndyCar Series season, starting at the 87th Indianapolis 500.

Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush lead a long list of well-known names and faced expected to be at the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 87th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

Created to provide generations of open-wheel and motorsports fans with high-quality home entertainment products, Shoreline Media Group (SMG) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions have announced a marketing agreement for the sales and distribution of home DVD and video products featuring the

Complete Carb Day speeds for the 87th Indianapolis 500 at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

With anticipation building for Sunday's Indianapolis 500, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing expressed its relief at finally having secured a sponsor for the #23 Chevrolet-powered Dallara driven by Sarah Fisher.

Preparing a racecar throughout the month of May at Indianapolis is a tedious, thankless process, but it can pay dividends both for a driver and those behind the scenes.

Hot on the heels of the announcement that the Kraft corporation had joined Tony Kanaan's assault on the Indianapolis 500 comes news that battery giant Energizer has added its support for the Andretti Green Racing pilot.

Twelve of the fastest pit crews in motorsport will challenge for bragging rights at Indianapolis Motor Speedway tonight [22 May], looking to take away the first-place trophy and $30,000 winner's cheque in the 27th annual Checkers/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge.

"The hard part was knowing that we didn't have a sponsor on the race car, and you watch all these drivers walking in and out of the garage knowing that any one of them for the right check or the bad time of the day for the car owners I could be out of the ride.

World of Outlaws star Craig Dollansky made an impact on his Infiniti Pro Series debut last weekend but not the kind he wanted to after an early race accident left him nursing a fractured lower spine.

The third incarnation of Dallara's IRL IndyCar Series chassis has been given the 37th Borg-Warner Louis Schwitzer Award less than a week after the Italian firm's IR3 took pole for the Indy 500 with driver Helio Castroneves.

"It was a pretty good day. We went out obviously running full tanks like everybody else, trying to get a race setup. The car is working really good. We had one big moment down there in Turn 1 where I had full opposite lock to catch the racecar.

Greg Ray and his new Access Motorsports team have confirmed that current associate backers TrimSpa will increase their role to that of primary sponsors for the Indy 500 and the remainder of the 2003 IRL IndyCar season.

"It is very frustrating. We had a great car and a great weekend going. To start and just run a couple of corners and then have the yellow come out, it just teases you.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Herron School of Art representatives unveiled the official logo for the 2004 Indianapolis 500 on Thursday. The logo represents a clean, retrospective design worthy of the heritage of the world's most prestigious auto race.

Borg-Warner Inc., the automotive supplier whose name has been on the world-famous Borg-Warner Trophy since 1936, will award a $50,000 bonus to Helio Castroneves if he wins the Indianapolis 500 for a third consecutive year.

Arie Luyendyk Jr, currently leading the polls as the most popular driver of the 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season, has been handed a double boost for Saturday's historic Freedom 100 with the news that the legendary Smith & Wesson gun making firm will provide personal sponsorship while current a

Former IRL IndyCar drivers Scott Harrington and Billy Roe have joined the field for the historic Freedom 100 Infiniti Pro Series event at Indianapolis this weekend, swelling the field to a series-best 19.

Tony Kanaan and Robby Gordon placed their Andretti Green Racing Dallara-Honda's on the front row in a cold and blustery "Pole Day" qualifying session on Sunday for the 87th running of the Indianapolis 500.

"I think actually the car, the other night when we did the first few laps, was slightly faster. There is a problem with the electronic throttle, which we have installed, which tends to make a lot of spikes in the boost because it operates directly the butterfly.

"Yeah, it was a lot of fun, for sure. It was a lot of stress, too. But I think we did such a great race with Mario [Dominguez]. We just had a very little struggle when he didn't really see me and I had one wheel alongside and I went across the grass. I think that's why they penalized him.

Round five of the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford marks a return to the state-of-the-art EuroSpeedway Lausitz after a year's absence due to the track's recent financial difficulties.