IndyCar News

Gil de Ferran gained another crucial Championship point in his quest for a second consecutive CART FedEx title by claiming pole position at an unusually warm Laguna Seca Raceway before getting a bit hot under the collar himself and spinning his Marlboro Team Penske Reynard-Honda into the tyre bar

The CART organisation has admitted that it is disappointed with Honda's decision to quit the Champcar series from the end of 2002, claiming that the company had been involved in discussions over a new engine formula.

Honda Performance Development has confirmed suspicions that it would withdraw from the CART FedEx series by announcing that it will not continue beyond the end of the 2002 campaign.

Jimmy Vasser's predicted move to Team Rahal was finally confirmed at Laguna Seca on Friday when the veteran American inked a one year deal to run the Shell sponsored Lola-Ford currently piloted by Championship contender Kenny Brack who is moving to one of Vasser's old team's, Target Chip Ganassi

Last year here at Laguna Seca, Nunn saw his first-year team, with Tony Kanaan behind the wheel of the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard, qualify 14th and retire with brake problems some 20 laps from the finish.

Gil de Ferran may have taken the spoils in a typical Houston street brawl, but it was the Cinderella story of #12 Team Target driver Memo Gidley that had fans cheering, as the Californian used good strategy by his team to come from 23rd on the grid to finish third.

Texas Motor Speedway General Manager Eddie Gossage has been named the Indy Racing League's "Promoter of the Year" for 2001.

Sam Hornish Jr. and Panther Racing were the centres of attention last night, as they were awarded $1million and the Northern Light Cup at the 2001 Indy Racing League Championship banquet.

Fortunes differed greatly in the Team Rahal camp following Saturday's qualifying session for the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston with Championship leader Kenny Brack wringing every last tenth out of his Lola-Ford to secured third starting position while Max Papis floundered with a difficult

The Dayton Indy Lights Series provided another thrilling finish in its final year of competition as Briton Dan Wheldon snatched the Road Atlanta spoils from points leader Townsend Bell on the very last corner as once again the soon-to-be extinct Championship provided more quality but sadly little

After recent rumours suggesting that Goodyear were poised to make a return to American open-wheel racing in the Indy Racing Northern Light Series, current suppliers Firestone re-affirmed their status as exclusive suppliers to the IRNLS and the recently unveiled Infiniti Indy Pro Series with an ex

Answering the call to support the families of the fallen heroes and victims of the recent attacks on America, representatives of FedEx and CARA Charities announced that the fourth annual Runway Madness charity fundraiser would be turned into a "red, white and blue celebration."

The Indy Racing League will compete at California Speedway for the first time next season, as the oval racing series expands its schedule to 15 events.

The CART organisation has confirmed that it will adopt a new engine formula beginning in 2003, bringing it in line with a specification common to open-wheel racing in the United States, notably the Indy Racing League.

Michael Andretti and Team Motorola are eager to take on the streets of Houston this weekend for the Texaco/ Havoline Grand Prix. Andretti's best finish on the 1.53-mile temporary street course was a third place effort in 1999 and he is eager for a repeat of his podium finish this weekend.

Forsythe Championship Racing's Bryan Herta last raced on the streets of downtown Houston while driving for Team Rahal in 1999. The 2001 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston will mark Herta's third appearance on the tight street circuit.

Leading CART rookie Scott Dixon will have the backing of a new sponsor as the Champcar series heads for Texas and the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston this weekend.

He may have retired at the top some years ago, but Mario Andretti remains an important figure in American open-wheel racing.

Adrian Fernandez takes his eponymous CART outfit to Texas looking to take his first win of the season in a city that proved a home from home during his formative years.

One of the many new venues to have joined forces with the burgeoning Indy Racing Northern Light Series in the past two years, Kentucky Speedway, has extended its sponsorship agreement with The Belterra Casino Resort for a third season as the 1.5-mile track continues to build on its growing popula

Cristiano Da Matta believes that Helio Castroneves should have no cause for complaint following his demotion to fourth place in the official results of Saturday's Rockingham 500 at the Rockingham Motor Speedway, a demotion that gave Da Matta his first podium finish in 14 races for Newman-Haas Rac

The Rockingham 500 will now be the Rockingham 400 after CART officials decided that with delays continuing to mount and the prospect of some early evening rain, the first ever CART event at the Rockingham Motor Speedway would now be run over 168 laps as opposed to 210, a shortening of 100 kilomet

Michael Andretti has seen just about everything in his 18 year CART career and therefore he was perfectly placed to describe the dangers of practicing on ovals when the track conditions are not perfect as seen at Rockingham Motor Speedway yesterday.

Medical teams attending the scene of Alex Zanardi's accident at the Lausitzring last weekend compared what they found to something from a war zone.