2002

Tickets are now on sale for the 2002 Grand Prix Party, where celebrities from the glamorous worlds of F1 and pop music join forces in aid of the Brain and Spine Foundation.

Life after Martin Dugard has officially started for Eastbourne with the announcement of their entire 2002 squad. Joe Screen, David Norris, Dean Barker, Stefan Andersson, Krzysztof Cegielski, Savalas Clouting and Toni Svab will line-up for the Eagles following the retirement of Dugard.

Reve Red Bull squad boss Ben Atkins has again claimed that it is world superbikes or bust for his British title-winning team.

Team Sauber Petronas began its 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship campaign today at Spain's Circuit de Catalunya, just outside Barcelona, the opening day of a three-day test for the team at the circuit.

Todd Bodine and Joe Nemechek have been friends off the race track for a number of years and this season they will be teammates for Haas/Carter Motorsports. The two drivers spoke about returning to the track and their hopes for Daytona Speedweeks.

Jimmie Johnson set out his stall for the 2002 Raybestos Rookie of the Year crown at first opportunity as he paced the opening day of Winston Cup testing at the Daytona International Speedway behind the wheel of his Rick Hendrick/Jeff Gordon owned No.48 Chevrolet.

Roger Lobb is on his way back to Exeter - after missing 18-months of action through suspension. Lobb has agreed terms with Falcons promoter Colin Hill to return to the club for their last season at the County Ground. Lobb was banned for failing a drugs test.

Casey Atwood and the No.7 Jim Smith-owned, Ray Evernham operated Ultra Motorsports Winston Cup squad will bear the colours of the Sirius Satellite Radio Company during the 2002 and 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup seasons. The partnership officially debuts at the Daytona 500 in February.

Peter Sauber has confirmed that he has re-purchased Red Bull's stake in his F1 team and that he now plans to sell the shares to Credit Suisse. Sauber told the BBC : "I have bought back the shares of Sauber Holding AG from Red Bull GMBH."

It takes a lot to get Tony Stewart up in the morning - never mind early in the morning.

Motorsport fans can join the celebrations of Vauxhall's comprehensive victory in the 2001 British Touring Car Championship by taking advantage of a series of special offers at participating dealers throughout the UK this month. To coincide with the Autosport International

Team Factory Connection / Honda Racing's Mike 'The Rock' LaRocco came to Round one of the EA Sports Supercross Series in Anaheim with one goal in mind - to win!

Anaheim provided a sparkling opening round to the 125 West series, with Travis Preston snatching a hard-fought victory on the very last lap of the final.

Niki Lauda faced the press at the launch of the Jaguar R3, the Austrian triple-champion discussing his hopes for the team he now heads in the 2002 season.

Further to the outline issued prior to the end of last season, motorcycling's governing body - the FIM - has amended several points regarding the new look MotoGP championship to be introduced in 2002.

Eddie Irvine has told journalists that he wanted Luciano Burti to rejoin Jaguar as test driver after his shunt in last year's Belgian Grand Prix.

Honda has decided to give its various MotoGP entries a uniform look by revising the design of the venerable NSR500 two-stroke to resemble that of the new RC211V.

Plans to resurrect Wimbledon speedway have moved a step closer following approval of the new track. And a new signing could be announced soon.

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.

Sam Ermolenko is refusing to confirm reports of his retirement at the end of the 2002 season. The Wolverhampton legend has now joined Belle Vue in a loan deal from Monmore Green and in doing so he has rejected Peterborough.

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.

Good to his word, AJ Foyt announced his 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup driver before the first week of the New Year was out and from his much-discussed shortlist of talent, he opted for third year NWC driver Stacy Compton to pilot his No.14 Pontiac in his third year as a Winston Cup team owner.

Australian, Lee Herne, has become the fifth rider to sign for the Kent Sweepers sponsored Arena-Essex Hammers Speedway team for the 2002 season.

Jaguar Racing has revealed that Castrol will join the team as a technical partner for the 2002 season, following the recent end of the outfit's deal with rival brand Texaco-Havoline.