2002

Geneva played host for the fourth and fifth rounds of the Junior SX Eurocup on Friday and Saturday night, where the Supercross stars of the future supported the first round of the World Supercross GP.

Scott Smith is the new Queensland champion after taking the title from Mick Poole, John Jorgensen and Davey Watt.

Patrick Racing has announced that Visteon Corporation will continue as the primary sponsor for its #20 CART entry next season, and that Oriol Servia will continue to drive for the team after impressing in the second half of 2002.

Team Rahal has announced that its nascent Toyota Atlantic programme will be backed by the Argent Mortgage Company as primary sponsor in 2003.

Infiniti Pro Series frontrunner Aaron Fike's other racing pastime has earned him a top national short-track honour, with the award of the 2002 National Midget Driver of the Year title.

Morgan Shepherd and the Victory In Jesus Racing Team have confirmed their preliminary plans for the 2003 season, in which they hope to contest both the Craftsman Truck and Winston Cup series.

Lee Dicken is returning to Hull for 2003, the club with which he first rode for in 1995 and stayed with until losing his place in 2001 then having moderately successful stints with Arena Essex and Newport.

The Arrows F1 team has made its remaining staff redundant according to reports by the British media. F1's governing body, the FIA, announced this week that the outfit had been declined entry into the 2003 World Championship 'due to reasons communicated to the team'.

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro concluded a four-day test at the Mugello circuit, Italy today and once again Luciano Burti was driving, continuing with development of new components and electronics for the 2003 season.

The calendar for the 2003 season of the Superbike, Supersport and Sidecar World Championships is as follows. The proposed round in Malaysia has been postponed until early 2004. 2003 World Superbike Championship calendar:

A.J. Foyt IV finished up his two-day Indy car test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on a positive note. The 18-year-old who will make his Indy Racing League debut at the 1.5-mile track in less than three months had a tough start in the A.J. Foyt Racing entry.

More details emerge about the management changes at the Milton Keynes based Jaguar concern with Guenther Steiner being replaced at the helm by David Pitchforth.

Attendees at the latest meeting of the Save Long Eaton Stadium campaign heard that speedway is unlikely to return to the town until 2005.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced today that Casey Mears will drive the No. 41 Target Dodge in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Larry Foyt took his first laps in a NASCAR Winston Cup car Monday at Caraway Speedway, a .455-mile banked oval in Asheboro, North Carolina.

Mark Loram has been forced to pull out of this weekend's Brighton Bonanza indoor event. Loram is still struggling with injuries sustained in the British Final two-months ago and he has been replaced by Martin Dugard who wil come out of retirement for the occasion.

For over 20 years Jack Valentine enjoyed unrelenting success with his V&M Racing partnership but times change and although V&M's skill and reputation would have been more than enough for continued achievement in the sport, it was not what Jack wanted.

Team Rahal and Honda Performance Development Inc have confirmed the speculation that former CART pilot Kenny Brack will re-sign to the squad for his return to the oval only Indy Racing League next year.

Tora Takagi has been confirmed as Mo Nunn Racing's second driver for the 2003 Indy Racing League season, finalising his switch from the CART series after two years with Derek Walker.

The Mild Seven Renault team completed its latest productive test today [Thursday], after spending three days running at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Red Bull Cheever Racing announced yesterday that they will be using Chevrolet power in the Indy Racing League competition from next year onwards.

The 17 round extravaganza that is the new 2003 World Supercross GP Championship gets underway this weekend with the first event taking place at the Geneva Palexpo in Switzerland.

Aerodynamics expert Mark Handford has joined former boss Niki Lauda in the F1 wilderness after following the Austrian through the still revolving door at Jaguar Racing.

Computer Associates and the West McLaren Mercedes Formula One team have expanded their technology partnership, with the aim of further boosting the team's race performance in 2003 and beyond.