New Porsche to smoke ALMS field
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
Liuzzi, Speed, for ’06 seats
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
Champ Car still eyes Asia
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
NASCAR to suspend another cheater
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
Was Bernie involved in Montreal shenanigans?
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
Timo Glock to A1GP
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
Grand-Am team to move to ALMS
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
Honda and Vodafone?
The rumor in Formula 1 circles is that Honda is on the verge of signing a sponsorship deal with Vodafone for 2007. The British mobile operator has been sponsoring Ferrari … Read More
Sato out of F1 ride, eyes A1GP
UPDATE #3 Rumor has it that Sato may accept a ride in the A1GP series starting with the Portugal race. This does not mean he is out of a F1 … Read More
Next Finn with eye on F1
With the GP2 title lost to Nico Rosberg, Finland's Heikki Kovalainen is now resetting his focus towards formula one. The 23-year-old, who is a member of Renault's young driver program, … Read More
Honda to take 100% ownership of BAR
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See hot news page for the full story. 01/18/05 Honda could take100 percent ownership of the BAR F1 team at the end … Read More
Football team eyes Burton
UPDATE The team is petitioning NASCAR for #98, and Tony Raines appears to be the top candidate to fill the driver's seat. Sporting News 09/30/05 Bill Saunders, managing partner for … Read More
Penske and Toyota’s 8 Cup teams
UPDATE #3 We are upgrading this rumor to 'strong.' Toyota will support eight Nextel Cup teams when its cars make their debuts in 2007, but none of them is likely … Read More
NASCAR to stop “slam” drafting
Elliott Sadler blamed Jimmie Johnson for starting a seven-car wreck on lap 20 of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway, saying it was too early in the race for Johnson to … Read More
Honda going NASCAR racing
UPDATE We are bumping this rumor up to 'strong' now. Honda, long-rumored to be interested in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing, is now trying to hire NASCAR engine builders for its … Read More
Bahrain to get ’06 opener
Bahrain will almost certainly host the first grand prix of next year. With regular kick-starter Melbourne keen to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games, it is revealed that March … Read More
GPMA set to lose Williams, Bernie wins
The 'breakaway' threat in formula one may be about to fizzle out. Reports in the British press suggest that Sir Frank Williams, boss of the team set to split with … Read More
NASCAR to phase in Car of Tomorrow
NASCAR may be heading to a phased introduction of the so-called "car of tomorrow," rather than have all teams switch over completely in time for the 2007 season. That means … Read More
Toyota wants to badge the Cosworth
According to Robin Miller on Wind Tunnel, Chip Ganassi has made many calls to Kevin Kalkhoven about using the Cosworth engine next year and that Toyota wants to badge it … Read More
Tony George to quit IRL for Grand-Am
According to Robin Miller on Wind Tunnel Sunday night, he was talking to an IRL team owner and told him that Tony George asked him (the team owner) what he … Read More
Penske eyes return to Champ Car
Robin Miller was talking about Chip Ganassi possibly running six Champ Car races in 2006 on Wind Tunnel Sunday Night. A caller phoned in to say that a friend of … Read More
Uprising: Owners may dig in their heels to resist new models
This Winston Salem Journal article says, NASCAR president Mike Helton took a very tough-guy stance in last week's potentially momentous meeting with half a dozen of stock-car racing's top car … Read More
2006 F1 Silly Season
We have created a new 2006 F1 Silly Season page that will be maintained until all the race seats are filled. A link can be found at the top of … Read More
Loss of creativity could deter Toyota and Honda
In the wake of a ruling by NASCAR officials that will make the type of rear shock absorbers used last week at Dover by Hendrick Motorsports illegal in the future, … Read More
Cheating allowed in NASCAR
This Times-Dispatch article talks about how furious the other NASCAR Nextel Cup teams are over the fact that the 1st and 2nd place Dover finishers of Jimmie Johnson and Kyle … Read More