IndyCar Previews

Canadian Michael Valiante returns to the site of his first career Toyota Atlantic triumph this weekend, as the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship makes its 20th appearance at the famed Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Over the past 29 years, racing superstars like Gilles Villeneuve, Bobby Rahal, Jimmy Vasser, Jacques Villeneuve and Patrick Carpentier first made names for themselves in Formula Atlantic competition - now, as CART support series begins its 30th anniversary season in Mexico, a new crop of up-and-c

He's Brazilian by heritage and resides in Fort Lauderdale, but Gil de Ferran will likely always have a soft spot in his heart for Chicago.

The FedEx Championship Series recently concluded its most grueling stretch of the season, with six races in seven weeks.

This year's enthralling Fed-Ex Championship Series reaches its climax this weekend on the two-mile Fontana Superspeedway where any one of five drivers can still win the title.

Australia's glamorous Gold Coast is the setting for the penultimate round of this year's CART Fed-Ex Championship Series and although Gil De Ferran has a 19-point lead there are still eight other drivers who can win the title.

In 1997 Mark Blundell crossed the finishing line with 0.027 seconds to spare over the chasing Gil De Ferran and less than half a second over Raul Boesel, who took the lead just metres after the chequered flag fell, in what still is the closest finish in Champ Car history.