Legge Wins SPEED Performance Award
Champ Car World Series driver Katherine Legge was honored last night at the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards. Legge won the award for Biggest Hit of 2007 for her spectacular crash, … Read More
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Sergio Hernandez won't race in GP2 in 2007. The 22-year-old Spaniard, who was involved in the GP2 Series since the debut of the championship in 2005, signed a deal to … Read More
Evernham Motorsports' Erin Crocker ran a lap of 49.391 seconds, 182.219 mph to capture the pole position for the 44th running of the ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway. Crocker … Read More
Miller Brewing Co. today issued a NASCAR challenge to competitor Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., and the temporary naming rights to Milwaukee's Miller Park would be stake. The long-standing "battle of the … Read More
Van der Steur Racing has signed young Adam Pecorari to contest the 2007 American LeMans Series season in LMP2 competition. The team will campaign a Radical chassis powered by the … Read More
Valvoline Evernham Racing crewman Craig Curione is expected to return for the Budweiser Shootout this weekend. Curione was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR following an altercation where he reportedly pushed Kevin … Read More
With a new baby girl on the way in July, #24-Jeff Gordon isn’t making noises about retiring. Far from it. Gordon has insisted all winter that he’s more fired up … Read More
UPDATE This week's Autosport magazine reports that Cristiano da Matta acknowledges that he will not return to racing until 2008 at the earliest. He's determined to make a comeback, but … Read More
[Editor's Note: Toyota was spending over $100M per year in CART, now Champ Car, so this estimate of $200M per year, given NASCAR's higher TV ratings and sponsor exposure, is … Read More
(GMM) Sir Frank Williams has threatened to widen the argument over 'customer cars' in F1. The boss of the Oxfordshire based team has already sided with Spyker's Colin Kolles in … Read More
(GMM) McLaren may boycott future tests at Jerez if the circuit does not ramp up paddock security, according to world champion Fernando Alonso. In an interview with Spanish television network … Read More
UPDATE #3 (GMM) Ho-Pin Tung is still in talks with teams about becoming a formula one test driver. That is the claim of the Dutch-born Chinese racer's manager, Bert Winkler. … Read More
San Diego has the Gaslamp Quarter, Miami has South Beach and Denver has LoDo. Now, a group of private developers wants to create a hip hangout spot in downtown Phoenix, … Read More
Five drivers passed the Indy Pro Series rookie test Feb. 7-8 on the 1-mile oval at Phoenix International Raceway, bringing the number of drivers who have passed the rookie test … Read More
In this Toronto Star article Champ Car president Steve Johnson admits the sponsorship challenges facing Champ Car but points out that the series is in better shape than it was … Read More
Torrance, Calif., – Get a behind-the-wall look at history-in-the-making as the first new automaker in nearly 50 years races the clock to make it to the Great American Race. After … Read More
UPDATE #1 Reminder: This special featuring Mario Andretti will air immediately following the SPEED Performance Awards Thursday night. 02/05/07 SPEED will air a 30-minute special Feb. 8 at 10:00pm/et entitled … Read More
UPDATE The inaugural SPEED Performance Award show airs tonight at 9:00 PM EST on SPEED TV. Three-time Champ Car Champion and McDonald's driver Sebastien Bourdais is one of six drivers … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, Do you know anything about European TV – Coverage for Champ Car? Eurosport 1 and 2, AB Moteurs or others? Alexander from Germany Dear Alexander, … Read More
Alex Yoong, has been announced as the 2006 winner of the British Racing Drivers’ Club Bruce McLaren Trophy. This accolade is awarded each year to a driver residing in the … Read More
UPDATE Dale Earnhardt Jr. says that ownership in Dale Earnhardt Inc. is still the prevailing issue in his contract negotiations with the company his father founded. Speaking at NASCAR Media … Read More