IndyCar News

Champ Car Atlantic racer Graham Rahal has completed his two-day test session with Newman Haas Racing after a second trouble free day of running of Sebring.

The number of confirmed events on the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series schedule has risen to seven with news that the 1.33-mile concrete surfaced Nashville Superspeedway has retained its place on the calendar.

RuSPORT has confirmed that it will continue to run a single car in the latest round of the Champ Car World Series at Road America, despite rumours that Dario Franchitti was to be brought in for the final three rounds of the season.

Jay Howard entered this season's Indy Pro Series with a resume filled with wins and championships, but never expected to be on course for another crown. However, with one race to go, the Englishman finds himself in line to add the Firestone Firehawk Cup to his list of accomplishments.

CR Crews will gain further open-wheel experience this weekend, having confirmed a seat in the final round of the Indy Pro Series at Chicagoland Speedway.

AJ Foyt IV has been handed a plum ride for the final round of this year's Indy Racing League Indycar championship, having been called up to replace the injured Dario Franchitti at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend.

Dan Andersen, a key player in American racing for almost 20 years as a series administrator and team owner has announced that his team, Andersen Racing, will enter the Indy Racing League's Indy Pro Series in 2007.

While first qualifying was getting underway in Montreal, the week long test of the new Panoz DP01 Champ Car was coming to a close 1,500 miles away in Sebring.

The heat was turned up in more than one sense at Sebring on Wednesday as the first test of the new Panoz DP01 Champ Car continued at the Florida circuit.

The Panoz DP01, the chassis that will be used in the Champ Car World Series from 2007, has turned its wheel for the first time at the Sebring International Raceway, in the hands of experienced racer Roberto Moreno.

The man behind the Provimi Veal relationship with the Indianapolis 500 and in particular double winner Arie Luyendyk, Richard Lawrence 'Dick' Miller, has died.

The brand new Iowa Speedway has already announced a primary sponsor for its maiden IRL IndyCar Series race next year thanks to the state Corn board.

The 2007 IRL IndyCar Series schedule continues to come together piece by piece with news that both Kentucky and Texas will once again form part of next seasons title chase.

Paul Tracy has been hit with a three point penalty and a $25,000 fine for the incident late on in the Grand Prix of Denver that forced both the Canadian and Newman Haas driver Sebastien Bourdais to retire.

Katherine Legge battled her way to a ninth place finish in the Grand Prix of Denver, but admitted that the race had been one to keep her on her toes throughout.

On a weekend where he needs to make a strong statement in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, Graham Rahal came out firing with both barrels on Friday in Denver.

The results of any of the Champ Car Atlantic races so far this year have been tough to predict and that doesn't look to be any different this weekend in Denver.

Cristiano da Matta's family arrived at his bedside in the Theda Clark Medical Centre over the weekend, ready to monitor his slow recovery from head injuries sustained in a testing accident at Road America last week.

Cristiano da Matta is in intensive care at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin after being involved in an accident with a deer while at the wheel of his RuSport Lola.

The IRL IndyCar Series has added the brand new Rusty Wallace designed Iowa Speedway to its calendar in 2007.

Champ Car race officials are set to take a dim view of the pit-lane altercation between Paul Tracy and Alex Tagliani during the minutes after both drivers crashed out of the San Jose Grand Prix in controversial fashion.

The Champ Car World Series had been hoping that an all-new chassis would result in a similar influx of new teams into the series such as the boom seen in the supporting Atlantic Championship this year.

The Panoz DP01 Champ Car finally made its debut in front of the racing community at an exclusive unveiling ahead of this weekend's San Jose Grand Prix, and received a rapturous welcome from all concerned.

As the championship battle reaches a fever pitch in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship, it's time for the combatants to demonstrate their street smarts while the series enters its final quarter.