Chevy happy with R07 engine
Chevrolet engineers are happy with the way the new R07 engines looked after racing last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Five cars had the new engine, with Denny Hamlin's ninth-place … Read More
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HOUSTON, Texas — Allow us for a moment to imagine how things should be. Three-time champion Sebastien Bourdais, trying to earn an unprecedented fourth consecutive Champ Car title, would test … Read More
Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda series leader Raphael Matos (#6 ProWorks) continues to raise the bar at this weekend’s Fast Trac 100 at the … Read More
The best of the best will start from pole position in each of the American Le Mans Series’ four sports car classes later this afternoon in Houston for the Lone … Read More
MRI results determined Alex Figge has a mid-thoracic compression, there are no fractures. Figge was involved in a late race incident at the Toyota Grand of Long Beach last weekend. … Read More
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing teammates Sebastien Bourdais and Graham Rahal were 1-2 in morning Champ Car practice in Houston Saturday. Justin Wilson moved up to third quick ahead of Team Australia teammates … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement that Moreno will indeed sub for the injured Figge. See hot news for the details. 04/20/07 Speculation in the Houston … Read More
JAPAN'S top auto company, Toyota Motor Corporation is expected to report a record operating profit of 2.25 trillion yen ($22 billion) for the year to March, up 20 per cent, … Read More
That’s what Graham Rahal, a senior at Columbus, Ohio’s New Albany High School, says anyway. Rahal, son of Champ Car great and former Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, set third-fastest … Read More
NASCAR will look into whether Juan Pablo Montoya violated any of its rules by using an obscene gesture that was telecast by a Speed in-car camera during the final Busch … Read More
Ikuo Shimizu, president of Mobilityland, which operates Suzuka Circuit and Twin Ring Motegi, announced his retirement effective July 1, 2007 at a sponsor's party on Saturday night at Twin Ring … Read More
Robert Clarke (President, Honda Performance Development) was quite happy with another Honda win in Saturday's Indy Japan 300 and another perfect weekend in terms of reliability for Honda's engines. "Another … Read More
New Zealand native Matt Halliday is a rookie this year in the Champ Car World Series. Friday in Houston he talks about slowly getting used to Champ Car and gaining … Read More
Japanese favorite Kosuke Matsuura lost control in Turn 2 of the first lap and made contact with the SAFER barrier of the Honda Indy 300 in Motegi, Japan. He was … Read More
Sebastien Bourdais spent two days driving a motor home from California to Texas before returning to the vehicle he handles for a living. Bourdais' wife, Claire, gave birth to a … Read More
Race organizers spent at least $200,000 on improvements to the JAGFlo Track at Reliant Park ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix of Houston after drivers last year complained the course … Read More
HOUSTON, Texas (April 20, 2007) – About the only thing that can slow down Raphael Matos (#6 ProWorks) these days is a damaged race car. Although he suffered a broken … Read More
An appeal against the $150,000 award of damages made to Tony Purnell in his claim for libel against BusinessF1 Magazine and its editor Tom Rubython has been rejected. Purnell was … Read More
Due to residual back pain from his incident in the final laps of last weekend’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Alex Figge will not compete in this weekend’s Grand … Read More
UPDATE Gerald Forsythe contacted AutoRacing1.com to say "I agree 100% with Kevin's statement. There is some in the media that have nothing better to do with their time than to … Read More
The morning session got off of a cautious start as damp patches on the track saw the MotoGP riders re-acquainting themselves with the circuit without attacking it at full pace. … Read More