IndyCar News

by Lynne Huntting Kevin Kalkhoven finally testified as a defendant in the ongoing JDSU insider trading civil case in Oakland District Court on Thursday, and was on the stand for most of the session.

Walker Racing has announced that it has completed its driver line-up adding two more cars to the stable, as Leo and Greg Mansell will join the team to compete in the 2008 Champ Car Atlantic Championship.

by Lynne Huntting

Don Freeland, an eight-time starter in the Indianapolis 500 from 1953-60 and the third-place finisher in 1956, died last week in San Diego after a period of declining health. He was 82.

Sebastien Bourdais thanked the fact that his strong run in provisional qualifying guaranteed him a spot on the front row of the grid for his last Champ Car World Series after a disappointing final session at Mexico City.

by Lynne Huntting Hollywood actor-turned-race driver Frankie Muniz is much in evidence at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez this weekend, leading to suggestions that he has settled his Champ Car Atlantic ride for next season.

by Lynne Huntting Among the turmoil of this year's Champ Car World Series, the impending exit of RuSPORT ranks highly, but the sponsor that has kept the team going for the past two years admits that it has no regrets about pulling the plug.

by Lynne Huntting It was the end of a long week in Oakland District Court for the civil jury trial of Kevin Kalkhoven and three other former executives of JDS Uniphase of Milpitas CA.

by Lynne Huntting . It was very much a case of 'as you were' in the seventh day of the Northern California jury trial involving Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven.

The Champ Car World Series has announced that it will increase the horsepower available under the Power-to-Pass system for the final round of the season in Mexico City.

Former IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan is to contest the ninth round of the Japanese Formula Nippon Series at Suzuka next month.

Paul Tracy was left to rue a fuel gamble that didn't pay off after seeing a third podium finish of the Champ Car World Series season slip through his fingers at Surfers Paradise.

Italian Super Bike rider Alex Pignone completed a successful Indy Pro Series test in a Cheever Racing-fielded race car at Kentucky Speedway on Monday, October 9.

Nelson Philippe insists that he will be a force to reckon with at next weekend's Champ Car round in Surfers Paradise, despite having only stepped back into a Panoz DP01 for the first time this week.

Nelson Philippe will return to the Champ Car World Series for the final two rounds of the 2007 campaign, having been hired by Conquest Racing to pilot the #34 entry previously raced by Matt Halliday and Jan Heylen.

The IndyCar Series has announced a 'restructuring' of its earnings distribution designed to provide a financial foundation for new and existing teams committed to running the entire IndyCar Series schedule.

Dario Franchitti was honoured with a $1million cheque for securing his first open-wheel title in the United States, and admitted that it was not yet certain that he will be headed for NASCAR in 2008.

The Champ Car World Series' uncertain future appeared to be stabilised slightly overnight with the announcement that Laguna Seca will return to the schedule in 2008, albeit at the expense of another of the championship's much-vaunted street courses.

If Logan Gomez and Alex Lloyd raced anything besides Indy Pro Series cars, their close finish at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday might have been ruled a dead heat.

Although he has to watch his recently defeated title rival Hideki Mutoh make his Indycar Series debut at Chicagoland this weekend, newly crowned Indy Pro Series champion Alex Lloyd didn't appear to be too down in the dumps as he claimed his fifth pole position of the season ahead of Sunday's Chic

Scotland's Dario Franchitti is the 2007 Indycar Series champion after winning the season ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland in the most dramatic way possible.

Adam Andretti, the younger brother of veteran racer John Andretti and nephew of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti, passed his Indy Pro Series rookie test at Chicagoland Speedway on Thursday [August 30].

Bridgestone's executive director of race operations for the Champ Car World Series, Al Speyer, is expecting a high-powered show for the fans at Assen this weekend, even if he has had to base his assumption on motorcycle racing.

The six Champ Car World Series stars attending Thursday's press conference in Assen took the chance to meet some of the young Dutch stars of tomorrow as well as experiencing some unique Dutch culture.