IndyCar News

In addition to a winning purse of $1,744,855, Indy 500 champion Sam Hornish Jr has been named as the 2006 winner of the Scott Brayton Award as the driver who best epitomises the spirit of the late driver.

PDM Racing's Brad Brewer has been awarded with the Clint Brawner Award, an honour designed exclusively for chief mechanics who display unrivalled dedication during the Indianapolis 500.

After starting the 2006 season with just a singleton entry, Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing team has confirmed that it has signed Estonian Tonis Kasemets to its second car for at least six events later this year.

Having successfully qualified for his first Indianapolis 500 with his family run team Arie Luyendyk Jr's bid for glory in the 90th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing has been boosted by the arrival of two new sponsors for his #61 Panoz-Honda.

In what has become a popular part of the Indy 500 tradition, the 33 starting drivers of this years Indianapolis 500 made a whirlwind stop in New York City on Monday as the hype surrounding next Sunday's race gets into full swing.

Aspiring IRL IndyCar Series team Playa Del Racing have secured sponsorship from FedEx for next weekends Indianapolis 500.

Despite the late change in their driving lineup, Indianapolis 500 hopefuls Playa Del Racing are looking forward to a successful race next Sunday with drivers Jaques Lazier and Roger Yasukawa.

British Champ Car rookie Katherine Legge may not be pleased with a final result of 15th in Sunday's Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey but her final result masked a fighting performance from the 25 year-old PKV Racing driver.

Roger Yasukawa has sealed a late deal to contest this years Indianapolis 500 with Playa Del Racing in place of Jon Herb and quickly vindicated the decision by posting the 28th fastest time in qualifying on Saturday.

British Champ Car rookie Katherine Legge says that she is continually surprised by the support shown by her PKV Racing crew as she prepares for the second leg of her first back-to-back Champ Car race weekends in Monterrey.

As expected, Max Papis has been hired to drive a second Cheever Racing entry in this year's Indianapolis 500, despite having been out of a full-time open-wheel ride for several seasons.

Indy 500 hopefuls Team Leader Motorsports have secured major sponsorship for their first attempt at an IRL IndyCar Series race from Dutch vodka distillers Effen.

Katherine Legge was left frustrated after her second Champ Car outing, having endured a string of problems throughout the two-hour night event at Reliant Park in Houston.

PKV Racing rookie and Crash.Net columnist Katherine Legge had her bid for a second consecutive top ten finish derailed on Saturday night in Houston when a brush with the tyre barriers cost her 15 laps.

The sponsor on his Forsythe Racing Lola translates as the 'Pride of Mexico' and Mario Dominguez was certainly living up to his billing after securing his maiden pole position for the Houston Grand Prix.

The B-52's and Third Eye Blind will be the headline acts for the Miller Lite Carb Day concert on Friday May 26th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

One of the many reasons behind Sebastien Bourdais' awesome double title winning run in the Champ Car World Series has been his ability to succeed at new venues, having won at every new venue added to the series since he joined Newman-Haas Racing in 2003.

Brazilian Airton Dare will make his return to the IRL IndyCar Series for the first time in two years after being confirmed as the driver of the #88 Panoz-Honda entered by Sam Schmidt Motorsports for this year's Indianapolis 500.

IRL IndyCar Series stalwarts PDM Racing have announced that former Indy Pro Series Champion Thiago Medeiros will lead their annual assault on the Indianapolis 500.

Indianapolis 500 aspirant Playa Del Racing has added a third team co-owner into the mix in their efforts to qualify for their second Indy 500 later this month.

Al Unser Jr's return to the Indianapolis 500 will be supported by both A1 Team USA and GEICO, which both confirmed a tie-up with the American's #31 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara-Honda overnight.

Recently married, Marty Roth has sold his Indy Pro Series equipment - but the Canadian isn't about to mourn the loss of his racing career in favour of family commitments as he plans to move on up to the Indy Racing League.

One beneficiary of the current squeeze in the IRL IndyCar Series is the supporting Indy Pro Series, whose teams are making rich pickings of the engineers and mechanics that suddenly find themselves surplus to requirements on the main tour.

Dario Franchitti missed out on a potential podium finish in the Japan Indy 300 after a pit lane incident put him a lap down and placed one of his crew in hospital.