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UPDATE #2 This MLive.com article says, The Indy Racing League is close to finalizing its 2007 schedule, and there is still no agreement between the IRL and Michigan International Speedway … Read More
Wood Brothers/JTG Racing will again field one Nextel Cup team [in 2007], two Busch Series teams, and two Craftsman Truck teams. The team also expects to field a second Nextel … Read More
The newly released 2007 schedule for the Champ Car World Series provides tangible evidence that hopes for a merger to reunite Champ Car with the nation's other major open-wheel auto-racing … Read More
Don't think for one short moment that the France family does not only want to monopolize auto racing in North America. Now they are branching out and are starting a … Read More
NASCAR announced that the Busch Series will again be in March in Mexico City in 2007. This means the month of March will have three international race events, two of … Read More
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Mike Wallace was nearly sick on Saturday at Kansas Speedway after he lost more than half a second between practice and qualifying for the Yellow 300 … Read More
So much for the unification of the Champ Car Series and the Indy Racing League. Remember the talk this summer that the merger was all but complete? One newspaper even … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. According to the team Bourdais will drive for Newman/Haas Racing in 2007. 09/29/06 According to AutoRacing1.com sources, Champ Car powerhouse team Newman/Haas … Read More
UPDATE (GMM) South Korea's successful landing of a formula one race in 2010 and beyond is a blow for the hopes of a GP in Russia (and Mexico). At the … Read More
(GMM) Jean Todt says discussions about possibly moving the 2007 Ferrari customer engine deal from Red Bull Racing to Toro Rosso are still taking place. The Ferrari boss was believed … Read More
How much longer before NASCAR (and ISC – both owned by the France family) buys USAC and owns the short tack open wheel grassroots series? Not long we suspect as … Read More
(GMM) Michael Schumacher's manager has once again denied reports that the 37-year-old Ferrari veteran could be eyeing a switch to another racing series or to Jean Todt's pitwall perch. ''Team … Read More
(GMM) Spyker's 2007 race driver Christijan Albers could next year test for Ferrari, it has emerged. Written into the Silverstone based team's new formula one engine contract with Ferrari, negotiated … Read More
UPDATE #4 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement by Spyker that they will use Ferrari engines in 2007. Cosworth is out of F1 after this season. Cosworth's … Read More
A reader asks, Dear AutoRacing1.com, In your rumors you had mentioned that in 2007 there would be at least 3 Champ Car/ALMS doubleheaders. Now the IRL has announced two doubleheaders … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today with today's announcement. 09/29/06 Rumor has it that the ALMS will be announced as a support race for the IRL when Detroit … Read More
Ferrari will soon be 90% Fiat's, Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne said. Italian news reports, covering Marchionne at the world auto show in Paris, quoted Marchionne as saying that at … Read More
UPDATE World rally champion Sebastien Loeb has had surgery after breaking his right arm in a fall off his mountain bike, his Kronos team said. "I underwent surgery on Wednesday … Read More
UPDATE A reader responds, After going to the Milwaukee race for 12 years, which is in the middle of graduation time, and seeing little or no advertising for years, I … Read More
The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Hervé Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), in the presence of Mr. Paul Butler (Secretary of … Read More
Atlanta – Racing is an expensive proposition at any level. With bills mounting, and no financial help in sight, Matt Varsha’s bid for the 2006 Star Mazda Championship presented by … Read More
