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The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in the heart of Mexico City is full speed ahead to make ready for the start of the three-day weekend of the Grand Premio Telmex-Tecate presented by Banamex.
Alex Zanardi survived the 'big one' in 2001, when he crashed at the Lausitzring in Germany, just days following the tragic events of 9/11.
Although they do not command as much fanfare as their NASCAR counterparts, an IRL IndyCar Series crew chief is just as important to his or her driver as 'Zippy' is to Tony Stewart, or 'Fatback' to Ricky Rudd.
It will be the end of an era when the chequered flag falls on the final Toyota Atlantic race of the season this weekend when the Lynx Racing team completes its final race.
the latest news from around the world, courtesy of press snoop Lynne Huntting
by Vern Morseman (PDM Racing) and Jan Shaffer (Indy 500 News Bureau) To the fan, it's the Memorial Day tradition but, to the racer, it's Mecca - the dream and the goal.
There have been some changes made for the 2004 season of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, which are designed to promote passing opportunities and make the races for exciting for the drivers and interesting for the fans, at home and abroad watching on TV.
John Barnes was a long-time mechanic and crew chief when a unique opportunity came along in 1997, and Pennzoil Panther Racing's birth underscores the fourth IRL founding principle.
With all the movement in open-wheel racing in the mid-1990s, the Indy Racing League's third founding principle didn't need much explanation but, in a letter to the Indianapolis Star newspaper on 22 October 1995, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IRL president Tony George put it clearly.
SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz G Force/Toyota/Firestone): "It was generally pretty good. I think we've geared our downforce level more for the race. We'll just see how it plays out. We concentrated on the race. We need to win the race, not qualifying."
Drivers: Mark Taylor (Panther), Thiago Medeiros (Genoa), Tony Ave (Hemelgarn)
This week's speculation that CART could come to Brands Hatch in 2003 would mean the return of ChampCars to the Kent circuit. In 1978 ChampCars under the USAC banner contested races at both Brands Hatch and Silverstone. Today Crash.net has a look back at the Silverstone race.
Drivers: Robbie Buhl, Laurent Redon, Tomas Scheckter and Shigeaki Hattori. Team personnel: Dennis Reinbold, John O'Gara and Bernard Dubot. Host: Bob Jenkins. Press Conference:
Bruce Wood, director of Cosworth's CART Champ Car program, was on hand for the opening of CART Spring Preview testing at Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca on Saturday.