2002

The opening round of the 2002 DTM will see several firsts at the Hockenheimring's short circuit this weekend.

After dominating round one of the MB4U National Supersport 600 championship at Silverstone, V&M Racing's Jim Moodie narrowly missed out on another victory by the thickness of his Pirelli tyre, at the second round of the series at Brands Hatch, on Sunday 14 April.

Lawrence Hare is in Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital with serious neck and back injuries. The Exeter rider crashed heavily when chasing home star Craig Watson in Heat 10 of the Falcons' Premier Trophy meeting at Newport on Sunday afternoon.

In the 2001 race at Welkom, South Africa, Shinya Nakano (Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3) continued to impress the MotoGP 500 World Championship paddock in his second outing aboard the YZR500 with a sensational fourth place.

Sunday marks the start of a new era as the newest track in the country at the Camarthen Showground opens its doors to speedway at 3pm this Sunday. The go-ahead came last Friday as SCB Manager Ronnie Allan gave the thumbs up to the Camarthen Dragons.

Essencial Motorsport driver Jesper Carlsen finished fifth in both round three and four of the British F3 Championship. Carlsen is still among the top drivers and is now second overall in the Scholarship class championship.

After back-to-back successes on the asphalt of Corsica and Catalonia, the 206 WRC enters a new phase of its 2002 campaign with the rock-strewn Cyprus Rally, a terrain that wasn't particularly favourable to it last year.

Italian Andrea Bartolini was bitterly disappointed with his third placed position at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, the 500cc race was dominated by Belgian Joel Smets with countryman Stefan Everts in second place.

Kawasaki's Mickael Maschio won the Spanish 125cc GP after a race long battle with the Swiss KTM rider Phillip Dupasquier, the Kawasaki rider moved to the top of the points table after Steve Ramon (KTM) winner of the series opener in Holland crashed on the start straight and could only finish 22nd

Complete event timetable for this weekend's Cyprus Rally - the fifth round of the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship: Thursday 18 April: 1800 Ceremonial Start, Lemesos Friday 19 April:

Kenny Wallace will drive the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet this Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in place of Kevin Harvick, who has been "parked" by NASCAR for his actions during Saturday's Craftsman Truck Series race.

CART's 2002 resurgence gathered pace on Saturday at Long Beach as the MG Rover Group and John Judd announced their intention to supply engines to the 2003 CART FedEx field bringing to the series one of the most revered names in British motoring heritage.

Volatile Kevin Harvick has been controversially 'parked' by NASCAR ahead of Sunday's Virginia 500 at the Martinsville Speedway after he followed up his recent Busch Series remonstrations with a Craftsman Truck Series banging match with Coy Gibbs.

Californian Joey Hand returned to the site of his Toyota Atlantic debut and blitzed the rest of the field in his BG Products Swift-Toyota to take pole position for a race tat has traditionally been very kind to his DTSP Motorsports team.

Jimmy Vasser was the fly in Toyota's ointment at Long Beach on Saturday as he used all his experience to put his Ford powered Lola on pole position for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and begins his 2002 title challenge.

Michael Schumacher celebrated becoming the longest-serving Ferrari driver in history by leading a comfortable 1-2 finish for the Scuderia in front of its adoring tifosi .

Six rookie drivers earned the opportunity to qualify for the 86th running of the Indianapolis 500 after completing the Rookie Orientation Program on Saturday, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Ricky Carmichael's march towards back-to-back AMA US Supercross titles was stopped after six straight wins by team-mate Nathan Ramsey on Saturday night, as the Honda four-stroker beat the favourites in an eight-man thriller.

Gorgeous twins Nina and Sami Rose will officially announce the arrival of the newly-ponsored Phones4u Dienza Ducati team to the 2002 Motorcycle News British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend.

Sebastien Bourdais won his second FIA F3000 race by leading from lights to flag at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari this afternoon [Saturday].

MG Rover and Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc., who run the hugely popular CART FedEx Championship Series, have today announced a new engine supplier relationship that will bring the famous MG brand and its winning motor racing heritage to American open-wheel Champ Car racing for the first tim

America's biggest race, the Indianapolis 500 could witness the debut appearance of the latest in 'soft-wall' technology, an idea that started some years ago but looks to have finally found a home in 'The Greatest Spectacle on Earth.'

310 Racing's George Mack and five others will have to wait an extra day before taking their biggest step yet in the pursuit of a dream as the first day of the 2002 Indy 500 Rookie Orientation program fell foul of the rain.

Promatecme UK Limited will today [Saturday 13 April] launch a new trading title and corporate image, as well as confirming major development plans for the company.