An Inside Look at Motorsports
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement – see Hot News page. 12/15/06 The Champ Car World Series will have an ownership announcement regarding one of its … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement – see Hot News article. Butch Leitzinger will team with Andy Wallace in one of the two Dyson Porches … Read More
Bill Lester's chances of landing a Nextel Cup ride in 2007 have dimmed with news that he has left the Bill Davis Racing fold to sign a full-time Craftsman Truck … Read More
According to former McLaren man Jo Ramirez, new McLaren recruit, Lewis Hamilton, should fare well up against current double world champion, Fernando Alonso, in the upcoming 2007 Formula One championship … Read More
(GMM) Luca di Montezemolo has expressed confidence that Ferrari will win the world championships in 2007. Even without Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn for the first time in a decade, … Read More
UPDATE Confirming what we heard in Mexico City, AutoRacing1.com has confirmed that Champ Car will have a 2006 yearbook, but it will not be published by Autocourse as in the … Read More
The only team that is owned by minorities in NASCAR, World Racing Team (WRT), may have to shut its doors. The team raced in just one event this past season, … Read More
Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is used to hosting major events — it's been the home of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix since 1978 — so it's no surprise that … Read More
Former Champ Car driver and race winner Michel Jourdain, Jr. thought that moving to NASCAR would be a panacea, so he threw away what career he built up and tried … Read More
With rookies Neel Jani and Clivio Piccione looking set for PKV Racing's first two seats in 2007, word is that the team may want to have a veteran too. Servia … Read More
On Saturday, December 16 at 10:00 a.m., consumer, labor and community activists will join striking United Steelworkers (USW) Goodyear employees to protest Goodyear's assault on the living standards of its … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false.' There will be no replacement for Scott Speed in the Race of Champions. The USA team is unable to get any US drivers … Read More
UPDATE Greg Biffle will soon begin rehabbing the right shoulder he dislocated when he had a tire blow at Las Vegas last week when he was doing a Goodyear test … Read More
(GMM) Despite not winning a grand prix for Toyota so far, Germany's Ralf Schumacher remains one of the highest paid drivers on the F1 grid. That is the claim of … Read More
There are currently only three seats available in Formula 1. The Toro Rosso team has yet to confirm their two drivers and at Spyker F1 there is one seat available. … Read More
McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren would consider allowing Mika Hakkinen to test on a more regular basis if the Finn wanted to follow up his run in its car … Read More
For decades it has been said that open wheel drivers are the targets for crashes in NASCAR, especially rookies, to prove NASCAR drivers are the best. It's quite easy to … Read More
Some of the F1 teams have expressed their dissatisfaction towards tire manufacturer Bridgestone as they found out that not all the teams will be treated equally next season. During a … Read More
Ford Motor Co. is delaying plans to build a new, low-cost assembly plant in North America and may abandon the plan entirely, Ford Americas President Mark Fields said Tuesday. Plans … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today as in fact the McDonald's Champ Car Ad for Bourdais does appear on the back page of the sports section of today's … Read More
UPDATE A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I don’t believe Dan Davis for a second. It is embarrassingly obvious he is leveraging the schedule as a way out of Champ Car. … Read More
(GMM) He may not turn a single wheel in anger, but retired seven time world champion Michael Schumacher will earn as much as twelve times more in 2007 than McLaren … Read More
