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UPDATE An official announcement is still missing, but Toyota has effectively confirmed that it will switch from Michelin to Bridgestone tires for the 2006 F1 season. Michelin's Edouard Michelin let … Read More
Now that he has signed a multiyear contract to drive for legendary team owner Roger Penske in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series beginning in 2007, Kurt Busch admitted he has … Read More
According to reports in the German press, Cologne based team Toyota may have made a $20m per-year offer to new world champion Fernando Alonso to switch from Renault in 2007. … Read More
Christian Klien says his formula one bosses have not yet decided who will be David Coulthard's teammate in the 'senior' grand prix team next year. Although the Austrian is definitely … Read More
We quizzed HVM co-owner Keith Wiggins today on whether Cedric the Entertainer will help him bring sponsorship to the CTE-HVM team Q. Keith, you've struggled with finding sponsorship here these … Read More
NASCAR’s car of tomorrow [COT] will get another test drive on Monday, October 31st following the cup race in Atlanta. The teams of Jack Roush, Roger Penske, Rick Hendrick, Ray … Read More
UPDATE #2 Toyota is about to double its involvement in F1 with a deal to supply engines to Williams in 2007. This will probably be announced this weekend and will … Read More
UPDATE #7 This rumor is now 'fact' with today's announcement. See Home Page for the story. 10/06/05 This rumor is about to go to 'fact' today as we hear HVM … Read More
From the Indy Star:Question: The new schedule for the IRL is depressing. It looks like the IRL is slowly circling the drain. Hasn't the IRL just become a feeder series … Read More
Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato will probably be the drivers for the new Honda 'B' team next year. "Anthony has got a good chance," said Honda's Nick Fry. "He has … Read More
Toyota F1 president John Howett believes it is 'possible' that the grand prix calendar will feature an exhausting twenty races for the 2006 season. At a world council meeting in … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, we announced 12 weekends of the 14 that we plan to hold. I mentioned to our teams and the people in the paddock that we … Read More
Trans-Am will be the 6th race on the Long Beach weekend card if there is a Trans-Am next year. The five known events are Champ Car, Atlantics, Drifting, Toyota Pro … Read More
Darrell Waltrip's Truck Series driver, #17-David Reutimann will test a Michael Waltrip-owned Nextel Cup car at Atlanta today, and if all goes well, Reutimann will try to qualify it for … Read More
UPDATE #4 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with today's announcement. A 2006 return with Champ Car to Mexico City is still under discussion. Check out AutoRacing1.com's Home page for … Read More
Matt Kenseth was busy testing last week at Kansas and Charlotte, and while his immediate concern was working on his Busch setups, the 2003 Cup champion and his fellow Roush … Read More
Similar to its purchase of CASCAR in Canada, NASCAR is looking to monopolize stock car racing on the entire North American continent. Rumor has it that talks are ongoing with … Read More
The debut of Porsche’s all-new LMP2 car was postponed from the Petit Le Mans due to concerns about the stamina of its chassis. There are no concerns about its speed, … Read More
Red Bull will not fund a 'Friday' driver for its newly acquired Minardi team in 2006, owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed. But he told Italian magazine Autosprint that Swiss youngster … Read More
Don't think for one minute that Champ Car has given up on Asia and the Pacific Rim just because the South Korea race was cancelled for the second year in … Read More
UPDATE #2 This cheater has been suspended even longer. See Hot News page for the details. 10/01/05 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact.' Crew chief Todd Berrier was suspended for … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1,com, I had an English friend I was chatting with yesterday who told me that Bernie Ecclestone was in on the Montreal thing. He said that … Read More
UPDATE We now are getting more details from Germany. The plan is to run Timo Glock in free practice at EuroSpeedway, but still Timo Scheider would do the race (things … Read More
Our sources tell us that a team currently in the Grand-Am series will soon announce they are leaving to go to ALMS and run in the LMP1 category. No work … Read More
