An Inside Look at Motorsports
International Speedway Corp. got an unexpected lift last week for its proposed 85,000-seat NASCAR speedway in Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs. State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer … Read More
Far from waving goodbye to the US grand prix, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone reckons he is shaping up to sign a new contract for five more races at the irked … Read More
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I read with great interest this Robin Miller article on ChampCar.ws that talks about Paul Tracy's rumored move to NASCAR. I have watched the IRL … Read More
Jordan driver Narain Karthikeyan on Monday indicated that he might drive for other teams in the coming year. “I have impressed a lot of people. What happens I will have … Read More
UPDATE #2 Joe Gibbs Racing has released driver Jason Leffler from his driving duties in the no. 11 FedEx Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. Former Nextel Cup Champion … Read More
UPDATE #2 This related article talks about NASCAR's acceptance into mainstream America and its readiness to make a big impact globally. If open wheel racing does not get its act … Read More
UPDATE #2 GM Racing needs to get its house in order. NASCAR didn't appreciate Joe Gibbs Racing bringing a 2006 Monte Carlo to Atlanta last week that was unprepared to … Read More
UPDATE #2 Rumors persist that Roush Racing's Matt Kenseth is the top choice to replace Rusty Wallace, who's retiring, in the #2 Penske Racing car. Sources say Kenseth is sponsor … Read More
Cary Agajanian, Jason Leffler's attorney, would not confirm reports that car owner Joe Gibbs has offered to buy out the remaining 18 months of Leffler's contract for $5 million, but … Read More
UPDATE Don't be surprised if you see the Giuffre brothers once again promoting the Milwaukee Mile races. Our sources tell us they are working on it. 08/08/05 Per the Milwaukee … Read More
AutoRacing1.com sources tell us that Force 10 and Elan Motorsports, who announced the formation of a joint relationship today (see Hot News press release) will be one of the companies … Read More
UPDATE #3 According to SPEED's Robin Miller, he says this rumor is true that Penske will dump Toyota one year early and switch to Chevy in 2006 to keep Chevy … Read More
NASCAR's top series could soon have its first African-American driver in nearly 20 years, as Bill Lester and team owner Bill Davis have discussed the possibility of putting Lester in … Read More
Former world champion Mika Hakkinen has distanced himself from speculation about a possible return to Formula One. Reports in the German press have linked the Finn with a move to … Read More
Next year's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg could open the Indy Racing League season, Indianapolis Motor Speedway vice president of communications Fred Nation confirmed Saturday. St. Petersburg's race was … Read More
UPDATE After qualifying Saturday afternoon, Kenseth was more conciliatory, saying he was not unhappy that McMurray is joining the Roush organization, apparently in 2007, and apparently as driver of Martin's … Read More
Michael Waltrip denied one of this weekend's hottest rumors that he will replace Jason Leffler in the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Chevrolet starting at Watkins Glen. When asked directly by … Read More
Chrissy Wallace plays basketball and softball, a sport in which she fielded college scholarship offers. But, she said, "I realized last year that racing was my true dream." Her dad … Read More
Riggs reportedly is under consideration to join Valvoline at Ray Evernham's new third team in '06. Evernham said yesterday the team has been meeting with available drivers but has nothing … Read More
UPDATE #2 Matt Kenseth and Casey Mears on Saturday denied recent speculation that they would leave their respective teams in favor of driving the #15 Chevrolet at Dale Earnhardt Inc. … Read More
UPDATE It is becoming apparent that the delay in the IRL schedule is because not all the race contracts are signed. According to the Forth Worth Press Telegram, Texas Motor … Read More
UPDATE DEI's bid to hold sponsor NAPA to field a third team next season hinges on DEI's signing one particular, unnamed driver, which DEI executives yesterday said they didn't expect … Read More
NASCAR may be reconsidering its proposed testing-limit and tire-lease concepts, garage sources said. NASCAR had offered the ideas as ways of reducing cost and travel for the teams. Apparently, however, … Read More
UPDATE On-again, off-again reports of Toyota's future plans continue to pop up here and there. Toyota officials continue to leave their NASCAR plans open-ended, saying they are committed to running … Read More
