An Inside Look at Motorsports
The following presents average Nielsen ratings for each network airing races during the ’05 IRL season, as well as race-by-race ratings, with comparisons to ’04. It appears Danica Patrick did … Read More
The NASCAR Channel, oops we mean SPEED, is adding a one-hour NASCAR Champions Week special Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. ET. Hosted by John Roberts and Shannon Spake, the special … Read More
Fourth and final day of testing this week for Ferrari, the Italian team working at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Under clear skies and a temperature varying between 28-33°C (track … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1, What will the future hold for NASCAR if GM and Ford's marketshare continues to be eroded by the Asian automakers, (Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, … Read More
UAW officials from Chrysler Group plants across the country will meet in Dearborn today and Tuesday to discuss whether the union should give Chrysler the same health care concessions that … Read More
Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to release 2006 sales targets next month that, if realized, would push it past General Motors Corp. as the world's largest automaker, according to a … Read More
Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella has had his driving license confiscated for speeding just six days after appealing to Italian teenagers not to engage in street racing. Fisichella was stopped … Read More
HDNet will give U.S. racing fans an exclusive front-row seat December 3 as NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon and X-Games champ Travis Pastrana compete in the 2005 Race of Champions – … Read More
Known upcoming F1 test dates by team Renault Barcelona : November 30 to December 2Jerez: December 7 to 9Jerez: December 14 to 16 Ferrari Jerez: December 7 to 16 Toyota … Read More
SBC, which closed its merger with AT&T on Friday [Nov 18th], plans to sell Cingular Wireless under the fabled AT&T name, Ed Whitacre, the chairman and CEO of the combined … Read More
When NASCAR failed to recognize the career accomplishments of Ricky Rudd during what might have been his final drivers meeting, his crew chief, Michael McSwain, came to the rescue. During … Read More
Sonny Hutchins, one of the best stock-car drivers in Richmond history and a member of the famed "Strawberry Hill Mod Squad," died this morning. He was 76. Hutchins raced for … Read More
Car owner Cal Wells still isn't revealing his plans for 2006, but he said that tentative plans to do some deal next season with Doug and Robert Yates didn't get … Read More
Richard Boyle, the rear tire changer on Scott Riggs' #10 Chevy of MB2 Motorsports , escaped serious injury when he was struck by Ricky Rudd's #21 Ford during a pit … Read More
Reed Sorenson, who finished 28th in the 400, was waiting to board one of the helicopters just prior to the crash. "I was the next one in line to go," … Read More
UPDATE On track this morning will be:Chanoch NissanyKatherine LeggeJuan CaceresDavide Rigon 11/21/05 The Minardi F1 Team today commenced the final test of its 21-year history, at the Autodromo Vallelunga, near … Read More
UPDATE #3 Johnny Campiglia went to cosmetology school and got a job as a hairdresser before deciding to make a major career change. ''He wanted to do something different,'' said … Read More
Vitantonio Liuzzi has admitted that Squadra Toro Rosso, the renamed Minardi team, is his likely 2006 home. But the Italian, who raced just four times for Red Bull's senior team … Read More
MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has vowed to take his time in deciding whether to switch from two wheels to formula one. The colorful Italian, who finished an impressive second at … Read More
F1 teams' voluntary 30-day test agreement will be scrapped if Ferrari do not come to the party. BAR-Honda principal Nick Fry warned that the Italian team, which refused to sign … Read More
UPDATE Ameriquest Mortgage Company, one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders, announced today a landmark partnership with Roush Racing to serve as the team’s primary sponsor of four of its … Read More
The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup pole winners who thereby qualify and will compete in the 2006 Bud Shootout at Daytona in February: Car No. Driver Sponsor Make TBA Michael Waltrip … Read More
As he celebrated winning the NEXTEL Cup on Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Tony Stewart couldn't forget the dream victory that helped propel him to his second NASCAR season title. … Read More
