An Inside Look at Motorsports
NASCAR's new satellite network radio deal with Sirius may kick off sooner than originally planned, according to NASCAR sources who say Sirius may buy out the last year of XM … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, It never ceases to amaze me how the NASCAR bubbas don't see what I think I see, NASCAR's manipulation of the qualifying times to conveniently … Read More
UPDATE Comparing the Champ Car calendar with the Brazilian Stock Car calendar, we discovered that Christian Fittipaldi will be able to run 10 Champ Car races. NOKIA STOCK CAR SERIESMay … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Allstate announced a title sponsorship deal for the Brickyard 400. The August race, which will be renamed the Allstate 400 at the … Read More
UPDATE The Multimatic Technical Centre (MTC) and Dynamic Suspensions North America are located in Markham (i.e. north of Toronto). 04/27/05 It's widely believed that one of the reasons the Newman/Haas … Read More
Williams' Nick Heidfeld; as quick as teammate Mark Webber, but not nearly as secure? Grove principal and co-owner Sir Frank Williams told Germany's 'Bild' publication that the 27-year-old – favored … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is downgraded to 'false,' Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it would not raise its car prices to help U.S. rivals, breaking with its chairman's comments … Read More
UPDATE Phoenix is the latest in a long line of events that the IRL managed to usurp from CART/Champ Car that have since failed, which has to run chills down … Read More
Chris Economaki states in this week's National Speed Sport News that reports from Daytona indicate NASCAR, pleased with the success of its recent BGN event in Mexico City, is considering … Read More
Hamilton, Jr.'s first appearance at the famed Nashville Fairgrounds track (now called Music City Motorplex) in years ended with fist flying and police cars cruising the pits. And the incident … Read More
UPDATE #3 Martin Truex says he was "flattered" by the attention he received regarding his uncertain status for next season. Dale Earnhardt Inc. has not yet signed Truex for 2006, … Read More
UPDATE There is some speculation whether Chevy will lose some of its best Nextel Cup teams or drivers to Toyota and Honda. Downgrade to junk status seems certain for GM … Read More
Recall the pop-off valve controversy in CART whereby a big hubbub was made by Toyota and Honda over the Honda clever way of fooling the pop-valve into allowing a higher … Read More
The troubled Italian industrial company Fiat SpA is in talks with India's Tata Motors to enter into some form of joint venture, which it is hoped will save the indebted … Read More
UPDATE #3 McLaren's Adrian Newey will either take a break or retire from Formula One at the end of 2005. That is the logical deduction of the highly lauded technical … Read More
Hungarian driver Zsolt Baumgartner popped up in the Imola F1 paddock last weekend. With the rule now slightly freed, the former Minardi and Jordan driver reportedly 'met with several teams' … Read More
A trio of F1-owning banks appear primed to make 'management' changes. Having won power in a settlement with 'impresario' Bernie Ecclestone, a spokesman for Bayerische Landesbank confirmed the speculation in … Read More
Buddy Lazier will try his hand at a NASCAR truck in an open test Tuesday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway. With nothing available full-time in the IRL (he does have … Read More
Considering that the drivers who will be available after the 2006 season are far superior to those who will be available at the end of this year, it would be … Read More
Robert Yates is cranking up plans for a third Ford team next season, and every top NASCAR crew chief worth his salt is looking at that opportunity – particularly if … Read More
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has confirmed he will continue to rotate his drivers this season and that could spell bad news for David Coulthard. Red Bull test driver … Read More
UPDATE #2 A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I'm so glad you had that article on the Rumors page about what Graham Rahal said during the Star Mazda Series race at … Read More
Ferrari 'breakthrough' or magic Bridgestone? Whether one or the other, the reigning title winner left 2005 championship leader Renault a little worried at Imola. Fernando Alonso struggled with a damaged … Read More
Fueled by the overwhelming success and obvious spectator enjoyment of the drifting that Champ Car, Formula D (www.formulad.com) and Champ Car's Mediawide Marketing brought to the 31st Annual Toyota Grand … Read More
