Juan Martinez, crew chief for double MotoGP title runner-up Sete Gibernau while at Gresini Honda, will return to the Ducati Marlboro Team - where he moved with Gibernau in 2006 - as crew chief for the factory's new signing Nicky Hayden.
Forsythe Championship Racing sported a different look for the Mexican season finale, in which both David Martinez and Buddy Rice scored solid top ten finishes on their Champ Car debuts.