"We are pretty close to the [new] deal. Everything was not quite done yet. I told Panther Racing I would let them know by mid-August. I wanted to keep my word to them.
As the 2003 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship heads into its final, three-race stretch run - beginning with Saturday's Molson Indy Montreal - rookie AJ Allmendinger holds a 20-point lead over Scotland's Ryan Dalziel, but the RuSPORT driver is well aware that the glory could still be snatched away
Ryan Newman's last appearance at Bristol Motor Speedway caused a lot of jaws to drop as he shattered the track record in qualifying. The 14.908 second recordsetting lap was the first one any driver had ever turned in the 14- second bracket at the .5333-mile concrete Bristol bowl.
In the shadows of Mount Panorama, the mountain that made him famous, Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock has had his final practice run prior to Saturday's start to the 2003 Australian Safari.
The 2003 Motocross World Championships enter its final three week period this weekend with the first of three Grand Prix remaining in the 12 round campaign for the MotocrossGP, 125 and 650 classifications.
Renault F1's Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso have high hopes this weekend for the Hungarian Grand Prix following a positive season and a three-four finish at the German GP three weeks ago.
Robert Yates Racing announced today that effective immediately Todd Parrott will assume crew chief duties for Elliott Sadler and the #38 M&M's Racing Team.
The Mild Seven Renault F1 today [Wednesday] announced its driver line-up for the 2004 Formula One season. Maintaining the strong relationship built up over the 2003 season, Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso will once again spearhead Renault's Formula 1 challenge next year.
Citroen Sport has signed Renault's Simon Jean-Joseph for 2004, seemingly making him their 'third driver', following changes to the FIA World Rally Championship rules back in June.
Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. announced today that team owner Derrick Walker has relinquished his position as a member of the Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. Board of Directors, effective immediately.
2003 125 East Supercross Champion Branden Jesseman sustained a fracture of the right radius during Saturday practice at Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville, Minnesota.
Ricky Carmichael is now firmly in the drivers seat for a record fourth AMA 250 Motocross title. The 23-year-old Floridian expanded his championship lead over rival Kevin Windham to a commanding 63 points after winning last week at Millville.
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda team co-ordinator, Martin Pople talks about his role at the Brackley based team, who he relies on most, his favourite F1 venue and a lot, lot more... Q: Martin, what do you love about your job?
Dieter Gundel - as his name would suggest, Ferrari's electronics and control software engineer is another of the growing band of key international figures that have made the legendary Italian team so successful in recent years.
Dieter Gundel - as his name would suggest, Ferrari's electronics and control software engineer is another of the growing band of key international figures that have made the legendary Italian team so successful in recent years.
Dean Ellison and the D&B Firepower Ducati Team supported by Alcatel head to Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire this weekend - one of the most exciting and entertaining tracks on the British Superbike Calendar.
T.D.B Recruit.com rider Paul Young is to miss the last three rounds of the 2003 British Superbike championship. On his doctors advice Young is to undergo surgery as soon as possible to correct a long-standing spinal injury.
2001 FIA World Rally Champion Richard Burns, who gained his title driving an Impreza WRC, has today signed a two-year contract that will see him return to Subaru from the start of next season.
Just one day after his crushing, ninth career, IRL IndyCar Series victory in Sunday's Belterra Casino Indy 300, double defending IRL Champion Sam Hornish Jr announced that he would be leaving Panther Racing at the end of the current season.
Winston Cup veteran Jimmy Spencer has been suspended for one week and fined $25,000 by NASCAR after punching Kurt Busch in the face shortly after Sunday's GFS Marketplace 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.
The organisers of the 50th Macau Grand Prix have today announced a provisional programme for the event taking place from the 13th-16th of November. The schedule is as follows: 13th November - Thursday:
Nigel Sadler appeared to have finally shaken off the winter cobwebs ,albeit in August, with his performance for Rye House against Arena Essex on Saturday. And nobody was more happy than the man himself.
With 16 races a year spread around the globe, a race team of 60 to organise and in excess of 20 tonnes of freight to get to the right place at the right time, the job of team co-ordinator is a key one for any F1 team. Within Lucky Strike BAR Honda it's a role filled by Martin Pople.