Kosuke Matsuura hits safety truck
While the safety crew was cleaning up the Alex Barron and Vitor Meira wreck, Japanese driver Kosuke Matsuura creamed the safety truck under caution and was eliminated. As a portion … Read More
An Inside Look at Motorsports
Greg Pickett continued his long legacy of Trans-Am excellence Saturday in front of 66,250 fans, by winning the Festival City 100 at the West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton. … Read More
As if overcoming mechanical problems wasn’t enough, rookie Charles Zwolsman (#11 Landtran Systems/Boychuk Transport) also conquered a wet track Saturday in Edmonton to earn his fourth career pole position in … Read More
Leader Tony Kanaan has crashed hard into the outside wall at Nashville and collected Darren Manning when his right front suspension collapsed. Both drivers are OK, but their cars are … Read More
In what could be the biggest crowd to ever watch a Trans-Am race, just about all 66,250 in attendance for Champ Car qualifying today in Edmonton stayed to watch the … Read More
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