An Inside Look at Motorsports
The official announced attendance for Saturday in Edmonton was 66,250, despite the heavy all-morning rain and cool temperatures. This combined with Friday's attendance of 55,722 gives a today so far … Read More
Champ Car point leader Sebastien Bourdais was frustrated, or livid depending on how you want to characterize it, after stepping out of the car today after final qualifying in Edmonton. … Read More
For the second day in a row, the No. 2 Champion Racing Audi R8 of Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro posted the fastest time in Saturday morning's practice session, a … Read More
The rain has stopped and the Champ Cars are on track for a 30 min. practice in Edmonton, to be followed 10 min. later by final qualifying. The grandstands are … Read More
Rain and standing water have forced postponement of all Champ Car on-track activities in Edmonton until this afternoon. The skies have brightened and the rain is less intense now. The … Read More
Revving up its marketing and promotional engines, Old World Industries of Northbrook, Illinois, has today announced a multi-year agreement with IndyCar Series sensation Danica Patrick. Patrick, the 2005 Indianapolis 500 … Read More
Michael Waltrip is headed eventually to the Toyota camp – along with Eury Jr., according to one Detroit source very close to the situation – in what is reported to … Read More
Matt Lucas, No. 77 Penske-Jasper Racing's team engineer, and his wife Jessie welcomed their daughter to the family on Friday, July 15 at 8:52 P.M., EDT. Piper Joy Lucas weighed … Read More
Mandy Fang and her friend, Vicky Gao, both 20 and both from Beijing, China are attending the Edmonton GP Champ Car race with friends from Calgary, Canada. It's their first … Read More
NASCAR This Morning New Hampshire International Speedway 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET (Live) SPEEDINDY RACING LEAGUE 'IndyCar Series: The Fast Life' Scott Sharp, Tony Kanaan, AJ Foyt IV 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. … Read More
UPDATE #2 Nearly one week after receiving a direct hit from an F2 tornado, Atlanta Motor Speedway president and general manager Ed Clark offered his assurance that this fall's NASCAR … Read More
UPDATE More talk about the staged finish at the Kansas IRL race two weeks ago in today's Indy Star newspaper. How Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon drove in the closing … Read More
Formula One drivers could go on strike if their safety concerns are ignored, driver representative David Coulthard warned on Saturday. "Strike action could hit the second half of our season," … Read More
Olivier Panis gave the Toyota V8 its first shakedown runs at Jerez this week and got to within 3 seconds of the current V10 engine. With further development it will … Read More
UPDATE A reader asks, Dear AutoRacing1.com, How come Verstappen never got a chance in Champ Car? I remember that he and Bremer were equally impressive in the Sebring test in … Read More
"I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion," Danica Patrick said this week during this week's IRL media teleconference. "By all means, there's nothing that I want to … Read More
UPDATE #2 Speedway president Joie Chitwood said track officials were still considering whether to host Formula One's only United States race for a seventh year. "At this point in time … Read More
UPDATE It's Saturday morning in Edmonton and there is a steady rain falling. The race track is completely wet, and will probably remain so throughout the day if the weather … Read More
Trans-Am driver Paul Gentilozzi, also influential in the Champ Car series as a partner and a team owner, said the two series would like to return to racing the streets … Read More
Paul Gentilozzi further cemented his legendary Trans-Am status Friday, winning his 29th career Trans-Am pole Friday for Saturday’s Festival City 100 at the Grand Prix of Edmonton. In front of … Read More
The No. 2 Champion Racing Audi R8 of Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela posted the fastest time Friday during a sanctioned test day for the American Le Mans Series in … Read More
"To be honest, I didn't like this track too much, until a couple of minutes ago when they said I was on pole. It's a funny sort of track, and … Read More
WHAT IS YOUR SITUATION WITH YOUR CREW CHIEF, ROBBIE LOOMIS? "As long as Robbie wants to be the crew chief, he's going to be the crew chief. He's a great … Read More
After last weekend's black flag on Katherine Legge for blocking to defend her position in the Toronto race, Toyota Atlantic officials laid down the law to the drivers this weekend … Read More
