An Inside Look at Motorsports
Doug Yates, son of Robert Yates Racing Owner Robert Yates and leader of Team Ford Racing’s NASCAR Nextel Cup engine program, and Tommy Baldwin, who served as Kasey Kahne’s crew … Read More
UPDATE #2 The folly of F1 is such that Karthikeyan will pay $5 million to be a test driver in F1 next year after being a regular driver this year. … Read More
"I think Sebastien Bourdais is the fastest man on the planet," the Spaniard said in an interview with the official ChampCar.ws site. “I'm not going to say he's the best … Read More
Porsche's entry into the LMP2 class of ALMS (with Honda rumored to be close behind) could ultimately doom the series says Grand-Am President Roger Edmondson. "If you look at ALMS … Read More
Midland, and Italian racing car constructor Dallara, will probably split at the end of 2005. Giampaolo Dallara's company, until June, was hard at work on the 2006 'MF1 Racing' racer, … Read More
The little team formerly known as 'Minardi' could be about to make a significant step up the grand prix grid next year. Now called 'Squadra Toro Rosso', the Faenza based … Read More
Ralf Schumacher will not seek a replacement for his fired long-time manager Willi Weber. It is reported in the German press that the 30-year-old Toyota driver will handle his own … Read More
We hear that the Grand Am people are thinking about using Finlay Motorsports driver Memo Gidley's image on a T-shirt as part of their new merchandising program designed to 'make … Read More
Rumor has it that Champ Car co-owner and team owner Paul Gentilozzi and Champ Car driver Paul Tracy, are both angling to get a ride in the Rolex 24 Hour … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is now fact – see Hot News page for press release from the speedway. 11/14/05 The 23.8-acre midway will incorporate 12 acres that are currently the … Read More
In 2006 Cosworth will supply V10 engines to the Minardi (Now Red Bull) team and V8 engines to Williams. Williams is reported to be switching to Toyota power in 2007 … Read More
According to reports from Germany, Panasonic Toyota Racing driver Ralf Schumacher has parted ways with his long term manager, the same one who manages his highly successful seven time championship … Read More
China's assemblers are likely to make and sell 6.4 million passenger cars, vans, buses and trucks in 2006, spurring the nation to surpass Germany as the world's third-largest vehicle maker, … Read More
German carmaker Volkswagen, with the Audi brand, could be planning to enter formula one, a newspaper in Munich has reported. 'TZ' wrote on Saturday that 'VW' may be considering a … Read More
Valentino Rossi's father Graziano has told the Italian media that his great MotoGP champion son Valentino will be in F1 in 2007. "Valentino will need to concentrate the entire 2006 … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement. See Hot News page. 11/10/05 J.J. Yeley, who drives in the NASCAR Busch Series for Joe Gibbs Racing, will replace … Read More
UPDATE Crew chief Tommy Baldwin was noncommittal yesterday about his future plans, despite increasing speculation he wouldn't be back with car owner Ray Evernham as head of Kasey Kahne's team. … Read More
Although perhaps only one new part-time single car team may come into Champ Car in 2006 (Eurointernational), we may see grids as high as 22 or more cars in some … Read More
UPDATE #5 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Bobby Labonte said Friday that he's "looking forward to being a part of the race team" when he joins Petty Enterprises … Read More
Blaney confirmed Tuesday that he expects to seal a deal for a full-time ride perhaps as soon as next week. He's in negotiations with more than one team. Once a … Read More
In this Hot News item we report NASCAR's new rules with regard to how many cars any given team can race in NASCAR. But that doesn't apply to Roush Racing … Read More
We have noted on a number of occasions that the relationship between the France family and Champ Car is improving, while the France's relationship with the IRL does not appear … Read More
UPDATE #3 Other rumors say Ganassi will indeed use Honda power and Dallara, instead of Panoz, chassis. With Panoz doing Champ Car in 2007, we suspect the IRL will become … Read More
UPDATE #2 We already had this rumor as 'fact' way back in July. Now in November SPEEDTV.com finally reports the same info. “We have a title sponsor in place for … Read More
