2003

Complete qualifying times from Queensland Raceway, Willowbank, Queensland - the seventh round in the 2003 Australian V8 Supercars Championship. Qualifying times - Queensland Raceway:

Complete unofficial starting lineup for Sunday's New England 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedwway. NOTE: Bud Pole qualifying rained out - grid decided on owners points

Jenson Button made a solid start to his home Grand Prix when he posted the ninth fastest lap in today's first qualifying session. Team-mate Jacques Villeneuve ended the day in 13th position, but both should be in the top ten tomorrow reckon the team.

The inspirational story of Alex Zanardi's emotional return to the cockpit of a 750hp CART Champ Car thrilled racing fans across the globe when he turned laps around the two-mile EuroSpeedway Lausitz at an average speed of 194 mph less than two years after losing both legs in an accident at the sa

Round eight of the Motocross World Championships visits one of it's oldest and most treasured venues this weekend: Namur.

Dreamers Candles will sponsor the 2003 IRL Infiniti Pro Series season finale on October 11th at the Texas Motor Speedway. The dreamerscandles.com 100 will take place on the high-banked, 1.5-mile oval at Texas and should be one of the most spectacular races of the season.

After several, largely secret test sessions with Panther Racing and some of the other currently underpowered Chevrolet IRL teams, the struggling manufacturer has finally submitted an official request to the IRL to allow them to introduce a new unit that will hopefully allow them to compete with T

When the CART Champ Car World Series moved its corporate headquarters to Indianapolis last spring, the intention was to put the open-wheel sanctioning body in close proximity to many of its teams, suppliers and sponsors.

"I had a backup offer from P.K. Racing to do Laguna Seca for them in the Champ Car Series and there was talk of actually continuing the season with the team. That's when Dario consulted with his doctor and they decided to operate.

Sam Schmidt Motorsports has filed a third entry for the Nashville 100 IRL Infiniti Pro Series race on Friday at Nashville Superspeedway, as Ross Fonferko will drive the No. 6 Dallara-Infiniti as a teammate to series regulars Brandon Erwin and Tom Wood.

Mickael Pichon enters round eight of the 2003 Motocross GP World Championships this weekend at the historic Namur circuit in Belgium still in control of the points standings - but under intense pressure from Stefan Everts.

Factory KTM rider Jamie Dobb enters the Grand Prix of Belgium, round eight of the Motocross GP World Championship, this weekend at the historic Namur circuit hoping for a repeat performance of his finest ever GP ride - in 16 years of competition at the highest level.

Bernie may not like the place, Max may slate it, but there's plenty to keep the fans enthused about the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, as Crash.net finds out. British Beef

28-year-old Sebastien Loeb has agreed a two-year extension on his current Citroen contract, meaning that either Colin McRae or Carlos Sainz - both former world champions - will be out of a drive with the team next season.

One of the world's biggest movie stars comes together with one of the world's biggest sporting events this Sunday, July 20th, when Arnold Schwarzenegger will make an unprecedented appearance at the British Grand Prix as a guest of Jaguar Racing, promoting his latest blockbuster Terminator 3: R

David Coulthard was today presented with the coveted Hawthorn Memorial Trophy in advance of this weekend's Foster's British Grand Prix, at Silverstone (pictured).

In the run-up to the British Grand Prix, Jaguar today announced that they will use virtual reality mannequins of drivers' Mark Webber and Antonio Pizzonia to help design their 2004 machine - the first time technology of this nature has been used to shape a Formula One car.

After a double retirement and non-start at Magny-Cours, Renault F1's trio of regular drivers are looking to set matters straight when they turn out for the team's second home race of the season at Silverstone this weekend.

Veteran Indy Racing League crew chief Kevin 'Rocket' Blanch has joined the Indy Racing League as technical manager for the IndyCar Series, having decided to give up his job with double champions Panther Racing.

The WCM team's belated 2003 MotoGP debut proved to be an incident packed affair, with the ten-year-old Yamaha two-strokes - called up to temporarily replace the teams controversial four-stroke racer - spitting off, and injurying, both riders over the British GP weekend.

As had been widely tipped since the French Grand Prix weekend, leading beer brand Budweiser has joined forces with the BMW WilliamsF1 team to serve as an 'official sponsor' for the next few seasons.

Toyota Motor Sales USA and Toyota Racing Development have submitted their official Tundra race truck to NASCAR officials as it seeks approval to join the Craftsman Truck Series next year.

In a fraction of a second, Aaron Yates' mistake ended Eric Bostrom's Laguna Seca weekend - and possibly his AMA SBK title hopes. The American Suzuki rider low-sided at the start of Sunday's first WSBK race - collecting a whole host of stars in the process.

Race one at Laguna Seca lasted only as far as turn one when Aaron Yates lost control of his Suzuki under braking, and took out Frankie Chili, Eric Bostrom, Troy Corser and Neil Hodgson in the process.