Conquest Racing has confirmed that it is putting British driver Dillon Battistini onto the grid for his IndyCar series d?but in this weekend's race at Kentucky.
IndyCar has managed to persuade Firestone to remain as the series' tyre supplier for two more years through to 2013, reversing last week's decision by the company to pull out.
AJ Foyt IV will return to the IndyCar Series fray - and the #14 AJ Foyt Racing Dallara - for this weekend's Bombardier Learjet 550k round at Texas Motor Speedway, spearheading a series of driver changes in the lower reaches of the field.
Alex Tagliani will race in next weekend's Indianapolis 500 despite failing to qualify for the race on Bump Day, after his Conquest Racing team opted to place the Canadian in temporary team-mate Bruno Junqueira's car.
Conquest Racing's new relationship with the Rubicon Sports Agency has yielded a first sponsorship announcement in the run-up to this year's Indianapolis 500, preparations for which get underway at the Brickyard today [Tuesday].
Two further teams have announced that they will not be running at this weekend's IndyCar Series open test at Barber Motorsports Park, joining AJ Foyt Racing and newcomers Team 3G on the outside looking in.
Jaime Camara provided all the highs for Conquest Racing in Saturday's SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway before what appeared to be a career-best result went begging.
Jaime Camara became the first driver to take a trip to the medical centre in the build-up to this month's Indianapolis 500, after crashing on the second day of rookie orientation at the Brickyard on Monday.
From being trumpeted as Conquest Racing's first signing of its new relationship with Australian investment house Opes Prime, Franck Perera has become the first casualty of the season following the sponsor's recent collapse.
Conquest Racing took another step towards its goal of becoming a contender in the new IndyCar Series by announcing that it had signed a technical partnership with Forsythe Performance Research, a subsidiary of Forsythe Racing Inc.
Despite optimism that he would be able to reveal which team he would contest the forthcoming Champ Car World Series campaign with before this weekend's Sebring group test, Franck Perera has decided to postpone an announcement.