IndyCar News

When the inaugural German 500 was run in 2001, several of the current crop of veteran drivers in the Champ Car World Series were on hand to push the limits on the daunting 2.023-mile superspeedway, including Paul Tracy, Patrick Carpentier, owner/driver Adrian Fernandez, Team Rahal's Michel Jourda

SAM HORNISH Jr (#4 Pennzoil Panther Dallara-Chevrolet):

American billionaire IndyCar owner John Menard has bought one of the former Tom Walkinshaw Racing [TWR] sites, taking over TWR Engineering in the process, as he adds to previous acquisitions from the former F1 boss.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Miller Brewing Company officials announced on Friday morning (before the bar opened no less!!) that the Miller Lite brand is returning to IMS as the official beer for the Indy 500 and Brickyard 400.

In his first run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the 1995 Indy 500, Bryan Herta strapped into Dario Franchitti's regular #27T Archipelago/Motorola Dallara-Honda and posted a best speed of 225.380mph (39.9326secs) in 53 laps around the 2.5-mile Brickyard.

Single-seater ace turned NASCAR star Robby Gordon will attempt the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 'daily double' for the fifth time in his career this 25 May, racing during the day at Indy and in the evening at the Winston Cup Series race in Charlotte.

Single-seater ace turned NASCAR star Robby Gordon will attempt the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 'daily double' for the fifth time in his career this 25 May, racing during the day at Indy and in the evening at the Winston Cup Series race in Charlotte.

The skies are overcast, the crowds are gathering and the traffic is building up nicely on the A20, the most eagerly anticipated event on the 2003 British Motorsports calendar is here a last... the London Champ Car Trophy.

Backed by more than 317,000 watts of power and a state-of-the-art public address system, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway public address team is ready for the 87th Indianapolis 500, with familiar voices mixing with new talent.

Roger Yasukawa will see one of his dreams start to take shape as on-track practice for the 87th running of the prestigious Indianapolis 500 begins this Sunday.

Alex Tagliani will start fifth in Monday's London Champ Car Trophy in his back-up Rocketsports Racing Lola-Ford, the Canadian driver making plenty of progress during the second day of practice and qualifying at Brands Hatch.

Adrian Fernandez found himself relegated to his back-up Lola-Ford very early on during the first day of practice and qualifying for Monday's inaugural London Champ Car Trophy at Brands Hatch, but still managed to qualify inside the top ten around the twisty 1.2-mile Indy circuit.

Profiles in Courage is a book written by late U.S. President John F. Kennedy that studied some of the great men of history, but former Champ Car title winner Alex Zanardi may spark a need for a rewrite after what he will accomplish prior to next weekend's German 500.

Racing legend Mario Andretti was back at Brands Hatch on Saturday for the first time in more than 20 years as practice and qualifying got underway for the inaugural London Champ Car Trophy and despite his recent hi-jinks at Indianapolis, it was clear that the fire still burned.

Last year at Rockingham, Harrogate born Darren Manning was the new kid on the Champ Car block thanks to his one-off deal with Team St George/Dale Coyne Racing.

Ben Freudenberg of North Bend, Oregon, won the second Formula Dodge National Championship race of the weekend at Virginia International Raceway, leading seven of the eleven laps to take the chequered flag ahead of Barber-Champ Car Karting Scholarship driver Matt Jaskol of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Z

"I was talking to Dario Franchitti yesterday. He says, 'You know, Oriol Servia talked to me the other day. He said, to me, one of the best enjoyment I get out of the CART season is Road America, and it's gone.' Now, you know, it's back.

Current NASCAR Winston Cup driver Robby Gordon has been named as the official replacement for Dario Franchitti in Andretti-Green Racing's four-car line-up for this year's Indy 500.

Veteran IRL IndyCar Series mechanic and engineer Owen Snyder III has joined Dreyer & Reinbold Racing as the chief engineer for Robbie Buhl's entry.

Stalwart IRL team PDM Racing are currently searching for a replacement driver for rookie Scott Mayer, who failed to pass his Rookie Orientation Practice test at Indianapolis earlier this week.

All three Kelley Racing drivers entered for the 87th running of the Indianapolis 500 participated in a variety of testing held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week in preparation for the 'big event's' opening day on 4 May.

Alex Zanardi has admitted that returning to the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany next month will not hold any psychological problems for him, despite it being the track where he lost both legs and very nearly his life.

Dan Wheldon gave his Andretti-Green Racing squad just the tonic they needed after losing Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan to injury; a clean, trouble-free passage through rookie orientation practice at Indianapolis.

"It's great. It's great to get back out there. It's been a couple of years since I've run around the track. Right from the beginning, I was comfortable in the first five laps. I just want to get a good setup and a good feel for this race.