2002

Somerset Rebels have confirmed they will be operating in the Premier League again next season with Mario Jirout as their top rider.

We're not expected to win the championship and I'm not expecting to win it by any means. The experience that Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin, Jeff Gordon, and even Tony Stewart - even everybody in the top 10 has a shot at it. But I like being the underdog right now.

"The first time [she accelerated in the McLaren] was like, 'Whoa, OK. Thank God it's got traction control.' It was great. It was fun. I didn't get to light it up very much.

Mildenhall Fen Tigers promoter Tony Mole has moved swiftly and emphatically to quash rumours that the West Row club is up for sale.

Preparing to assume the lead role in powering the CART FedEx Championship Series in 2003 and '04, Cosworth Racing put its new 2003-spec XFE engine on the dyno this week where it underwent its first endurance testing in advance of expected road testing later in the year.

It's going to be a dramatic brace of Superbike races this weekend at Donington Park as the final step in the 2002 title chase boils down to a breathtaking battle royal for Team Virgin Mobile Aiwa Yamaha.

MonsterMob Ducati rider Steve Hislop silenced his critics by setting fastest time in all three sessions at today's practice day in readiness for Sunday's British Superbike Championship showdown at Donington Park.

MSS Kawasaki stars Pete Jennings and Steve Allan head to Donington for the final round of the British Supersport and Superstock championships with the same thing in mind. Both of the MSS Kawasaki riders are determined to end the season on a high.

This weekend sees the Ducati Monster S4 Challenge in action for the last time this season. The Championship, which was won at the last round at Oulton Park by Juan Kinnish from Laxey in the Isle of Man, is still wide open further down the field.

Organizers of the Red Bull F1 Driver Search program revealed the identities of the 15 young American drivers who will vie for fully funded 2003 racing seasons.

In the wake of his angry retirement from the Sure For Men Rockingham 500, Adrian Fernandez is pleased that CART have said they will address the three-tier pitlane speed limit and the issue of speeding in the pits under yellow at the end of the year.

After the asphalt of Sanremo, Skoda Motorsport face a different challenge on the other side of the world - Rally New Zealand (October 3-6). The team are bringing two Octavia WRCs to the Antipodean event for the first time in several years.

The idea to run a 24-hour race at Le Mans was born in 1922 at the Salon de l?Automobile in Paris. At the same location, some eighty years later, the race organising Automobile Club de l?Ouest [ACO] handed over the historic Le Mans trophy to Audi.

Ricardo Mauricio will have to wait a little longer before getting his first laps in behind the wheel of a full-blooded Indy Racing League car after Mother Nature put paid to his initial test session with Re Bull Cheever Racing on Thursday at Kentucky.

The Benelli Sport team struggled on the first day at Imola, finishing 20th in the first timed qualifying session.

Injured Winston Cup driver Bobby Hamilton is doing his best to get back behind the wheel of his No. 55 Chevrolet after suffering shoulder and wrist injuries in a Craftsman Truck Series crash at Richmond earlier this month.

Neil Hodgson and James Toseland started the last round of the 2002 Superbike World Championship at Imola as they mean to go on.

Speculation that Eddie Jordan may have been a bit premature in announcing his engine deal with Ford and Cosworth can finally be laid to rest, following today's confirmation from the Blue Oval.

Albion KTM UK's Stephen Sword closed the gap to only eight points in the battle for the British 125cc Motocross Championship after taking two straight victories and the overall win at Hawkstone Park, Shropshire last Sunday.

Best known for the famous Indy 500 race, the American Indianapolis circuit is also the oldest on the world championship calendar with the first race dating back to 1909.

Australian Michael Byrne is the latest rider to sign up for the British International Supercross round at Sheffield Arena on October 19-20.

Freestyle rider Mike Metzger will be the star of the show at the opening round of the British International Supercross series after agreeing to show off his famous back flip stunt.

On Friday, September 27, sometime Indy Racing League driver Jimmy Kite will return to his roots at the Auto Tyre and Parts Race Park in Benton, Missouri.

Jaguar duo Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa talk about the United States Grand Prix, what they have been doing since the Italian GP and a lot, lot more: Q: Eddie (Irvine). What is the plan for this weekend?