IndyCar News

Dan Wheldon's bid for a third straight IRL IndyCar Series win at the Twin Ring Motegi oval got off to a steady start on a damp Thursday in Japan as the Englishman finished the only practice session of the day with the seventh fastest time.

Tomas Enge will drive the #51 Cheever Racing Dallara-Honda in the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi on 22 April, standing in for absent team boss Eddie Cheever, who is otherwise engaged that weekend.

Britain's Katherine Legge scored the highest finish for a woman driver in the history of the Champ Car World Series with an eighth place finish in her first series start on Sunday in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The Champ Car team fronted by ex Pacific F1 boss Keith Wiggins may have undergone several changes in identity since its days as Bettenhausen Motorsports and the 2006 season is no different.

With a win and a second place in the first two races of the 2006 IndyCar season signalling a return to form after a couple of years in the doldrums, Target Chip Ganassi Racing has had no hesitation in nominating Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon for next month's 90th Indianapolis 500.

Rahal-Letterman Racing teammates Buddy Rice and Danica Patrick have spoken in public for the first time since the death of their teammate Paul Dana last weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and have confirmed that they will race in this weekend's Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg.

Ed Carpenter, the other driver involved in Paul Dana's fatal practice accident at Homestead-Miami Speedway on the weekend, has been released from hospital after only suffering minor injuries in the 200mph smash.

The buzz surrounding the start of a new season of racing quickly evaporated at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday when, just three minutes into opening practice Paul Dana lost his life in a turn two crash with Ed Carpenter.

He may be just 22 years-old, but Indy Pro Series rookie Geoff Dodge already has something of a storied racing resume and appears to have the potential for a breakthrough year with Brian Stewart Racing in 2006.

Indy Pro Series driver Nick Bussell will return for a second year in the series as a teammate to Chris Festa on Eddie Cheever's new IPS team.

The final round of this year's Champ Car World Series in Mexico City has been moved back one week so as not to conflict with All Souls Day, an important day of remembrance on the Mexican calendar.

When the green flag drops at the 2006 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Sunday, Sam Hornish Jr.

NBA star Carmelo Anthony has added "race team co-owner" to his impressive list of credentials after agreeing to partner Ron Hemelgarn and rookie driver PJ Chesson for the 2006 IRL IndyCar Series.

Charles Hall has become the latest addition to the rapidly filling Champ Car Atlantic field, having inked a deal to race for the returning Transnet Racing team in 2006.

After a mixed year in the Indy Racing League in 2005, Fernandez Racing are hoping that the decision to run two different chassis for their drivers will pay dividends, as they bid to take the title fight to Andretti Green Racing and Chip Ganassi this season.

CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology products to business, government and education, is to become the primary sponsor of the #9 CDW/RuSPORT car of Justin Wilson for the 2006 Champ Car World Series season.

There will be plenty of overtime on the Swift Engineering hours sheet in the build-up to next Wednesday's delivery date for the latest generation Champ Car Atlantic Series chassis.

Star Trek actor William Shatner, actor turned racecar driver Patrick Dempsey, former NFL quarterback John Elway and women's tennis player legend Martina Navratilova are among the expected field of drivers from film, TV and sports who will battle it out with seven professional drivers in the 30th

Amidst fears that the last remaining 'original' IRL teams would disappear in 2006, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing have confirmed that they will be participating in 2006 with none other than old-school IRL fan favourite Buddy Lazier.

Former Indy Racing League outfit, PDM Racing has announced that 2004 Infiniti Pro Series champion Thiago Medeiros will join them in their debut season competing in the prestigious USAC Silver Crown sprint race series.

Mario Dominguez says he is delighted to return to Forsythe Championship Racing for a second season after the team confirmed that he will again partner Paul Tracy in 2006.

Double Champ Car World Series champion Sebastien Bourdais got back behind the wheel of his #1 Newman-Haas Racing Lola-Ford race car for the first time in three months for a two day test at the 1.25-mile Firebird East race track on Thursday and Friday.

After becoming the youngest ever polewinner in the Formula Atlantic championship during his part campaign last season, Alan Sciuto is to return for a full assault on the series in 2006 after concluding a deal to compete with the Polestar Racing Group.

After helping steer a pair of talented young drivers toward the Champ Car World Series over the past two seasons, Brooks Associates Racing have announced that is has signed another racer with a promising future for the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship.