IndyCar News

CART FedEx Series team Sigma Autosport have been dealt a hefty blow ahead of their second year of competition with the news that the team's technical director and co-founder Dave Luff, has left the organisation he helped onto the Champ Car grid along with Dave Wieringa and Paul Cherry.

David Pook, the 30-year-old son of CART president Chris Pook, has been injured in a private testing accident at Phoenix International Raceway.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced today that Bruno Junqueira will team with Kenny Brack for the 2002 CART FedEx Championship series.

The Simple Green CART Safety Team became the first recipients of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) Photographic Committee's "Straight Shooter" Award at last weekend's 32nd Annual AARWBA Awards Banquet in Pomona, Calif.

With 50 days remaining before the first practice session of the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series at Fundidora Park in Monterrey, Mexico, virtually every team is now focused on testing their 2002 machinery.

Long-time Indy Racing League entrant and motorsports equipment supplier Sinden Racing Service has confirmed that it will field a car in the 2002 Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series.

Driver Dario Franchitti and the #27 Team KOOL Green crew opened their off-season testing program on January 10th-11th at Sebring International Raceway.

ABC Sports , the network of the Indy Racing League and home of the prestigious Indianapolis 500, announced Jan. 14 that veteran broadcaster Bob Jenkins has been promoted to host of its coverage of the Indianapolis 500 and the IRL.

After a miserable debut in which they failed to qualify for last year's Indy 500, Brayton Racing have secured the funds to complete a full 15-race Indy Racing League programme in 2002 with sponsorship from Pit Bull Energy Drinks and a number of other associate sponsors including the fans themselv

Team Xtreme, one of the most exciting prospects of the Indy Racing League in the past three years, has shut its doors after failing to secure the budget to compete in 2002 leaving driver Airton Dare out in the cold and without some of the money owed to him by the three-year old team.

The merger between Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Treadway-Hubbard Racing appears to be paying dividends before the 2002 Indy Racing League season begins with newly appointed driver Anthony Lazzaro turning some highly impressive laps in his first off-season test with the team at the Homestead-Miami

George Mack's dream of becoming an open-wheeled oval racing star is one step closer to reality this weekend after the former karter sailed through his Indy Racing League rookie orientation test at the Homestead-Miami Speedway where he hopes to make his IRL debut on March 2nd.

CART has revealed veteran racing engineer Lee Dykstra as its new director of technology and competition, with one eye on formulating new rules for future series.

All full-time Indy Racing League entrants will be allotted a total of 183 sets of Firestone Firehawk tyres for the 2002 season, with 138 sets designated for race use, 15 sets for open tests and 30 sets for private testing.

Blair Racing officials announced Jan. 9 that the team will compete in the Indy Racing League in 2002 with driver Alex Barron. Barron, from San Diego, will drive a Dallara chassis with Chevrolet engines.

Americans Craig Baltzer, Colin Flemming, and Charlie Kimball along with Canadian Ward Imrie each claimed a coveted Barber-CART Karting Scholarship that grants them a full season of racing in the 2002 Skip Barber Formula Dodge National Championship.

The Indy Racing Infiniti Pro Series has appointed veteran publicist Ashleigh Higgins as its first manager of media relations for its debut year of competition in 2002 as support for the still-to-race series slowly begins to gather momentum ahead of its debut race next July at Kansas.

Rick Galles is facing an anxious Christmas period as the clock ticks down to a self-imposed sponsorship deadline that should decide whether both his eponymous team and driver Al Unser Jr are on the 2002 Indy Racing League starting grid when the season opens at Homestead in March.

Canadian standout Michael Valiante has cemented his deal with Lynx Racing for the 2002 Toyota Atlantic campaign, and will act as team leader in his second season in the class.

In addition to finishing second in the 2001 CART Toyota Atlantic championship in his second year with the team, Lynx Racing driver David Rutledge found himself being nominated for several end-of-year awards.

New CART President and CEO Chris Pook was subject to a media grilling shortly after his appointment to the hot seat in the troubled US series.

New CART President and CEO Chris Pook was subject to a media grilling shortly after his appointment to the hot seat in the troubled US series.

Roberto Moreno, one of the most popular drivers in the entire CART FedEx Championship Series, looks set to miss out on a drive in the Championship next year after new Patrick Racing signing Townsend Bell was allocated the team's No.20 Reynard-Toyota driven by the veteran Brazilian in 2001.

Buddy Lazier showed off the speed and durability of the new Chevy Indy V8 engine during a two-day test this week at California Speedway, turning consistent laps of 223mph and topping out at 225.15mph.