An Inside Look at Motorsports
UPDATE The rumor is quickly downgraded to 'false.' The City gave the track the test days and noise days it required last week. The Journal de Montreal is working off … Read More
UPDATE #2 More evidence that the ABC/ESPN TV deal for Champ Car caught NASCAR folks off guard, Dean McNulty writes in his latest Sun article: The light at the end … Read More
Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs said Tampa product Aric Almirola is likely to make his Nextel Cup debut next season as part of a plan to enter him in … Read More
UPDATE #4 QUESTION: I sent Robbie Buhl a message at Robbie Buhl Racing and got a reply. Is he starting his own team? (Ryan, Noblesville, Ind.)ANSWER: No, I don’t think … Read More
Robby Gordon says he wants to get his Nextel Cup team right first before making any decisions concerning a run in the Indianapolis 500, but that it's still possible that … Read More
Mark Martin said he was leaving the book open on possibly returning to Roush Racing. Next year, Martin will race 20 Nextel Cup points races in Chevrolets for MB2 Motorsports, … Read More
NASCAR CEO Brian France told reporters Sunday the sanctioning body is considering tweaking next season's Chase format by awarding extra championship points to race winners. "We're looking at making the … Read More
UPDATE #10 (GMM) Official confirmation is still lacking, but team co-owner Gerhard Berger again said Toro Rosso will contest the 2007 season with the same race drivers. Scuppering speculation that … Read More
Greg Specht, a veteran NASCAR field manager and the director of racing operations for Ford, is indicating he will be turning the reins over to someone else for 2007 and … Read More
Many a complaint was aimed at the Mickey Mouse chicane the Champ Cars had to use at this year's Mexico City race to slow the cars before the blind and … Read More
Haas CNC Racing team manager Bill Ingle said Sunday that the team would expand to field two full-time Nextel Cup Series cars next season. Hass currently fields the No. 66 … Read More
Jayski reports hearing that PPI Motorsports will close up shop after the 2006 season, that the pit crew has been hired by Michael Waltrip Racing and most of the team/crew … Read More
UPDATE freecreditreport.com and McDonald's, Team Rensi's Busch sponsors, will be on Robert Yates Racing's Nextel Cup #38 and #88 cars as associates sponsors in 2007. SceneDaily.com 11/17/06 Robert Yates said … Read More
GKN PLC, a Britain-based supplier of technology that transmits rotational power to a vehicle's wheels, said Friday it has entered into exclusive discussions with Visteon Corp. to buy Visteon's European … Read More
UPDATE Here is the full transcript of the Q&A session with Max Mosley as provided by the FIA. 11/16/06 (GMM) F1's annual calendar could expand to twenty races in the … Read More
Ryan Smithson reports "am hearing that Jimmy Spencer is back part-time in the Nextel Cup Series next year with a new team called Revelocity Racing. It was formed by a … Read More
UPDATE As we told you in the rumor on November 12th, expect the new Champ Car TV deal to shock you. See Hot News page for ABC/ESPN announcement. 11/12/06 According … Read More
A spokeswoman for Formula One's newly sole tire supplier has denied suggestions that the first test of the winter period may have to be called off or curtailed. Despite announcing … Read More
UPDATE #2 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates will enter Juan Pablo Montoya in the Ford 400 qualifying field in the #30 Texaco/Havoline Dodge. It will be his first attempt … Read More
UPDATE #2 This RDS article says Tagliani will not be back with Team Australia as they prefer two Australian drivers (Briscoe and Power). He is talking to several other teams, … Read More
UPDATE #3 This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Dale Earnhardt Inc. Vice President Richie Gilmore disputed reports that his company could be buying all or part of Robert Yates … Read More
A leaked copy of Toyota Motor Corp.’s “global master plan" calls for grabbing 14% of the world car market by 2010 as the company moves toward unseating rival General Motors … Read More
Ford officials have picked up the pace with Robby Gordon, the company's newest NASCAR driver, adding an engineer to crew chief Greg Erwin's staff. However, car owner Robert Yates, for … Read More
