New GM engine not quite ready
GM's new R07 engine may not be ready for prime time. Introduced last fall, the new engine is the first to be designed specifically for racing by GM. It was … Read More
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Bridgestone explains visible tire differentiation plans
Bridgestone has confirmed that it will make its two specifications of dry-weather race tires visibly different from each other, after an eleventh hour change to this year’s Formula One Sporting … Read More
Q and A with Ashley Force
Like father, like daughter. Ashley Force made her NHRA POWERade Funny Car debut earlier this season, following in the tire tracks of her father, 14-time champion John Force. Ashley, driver … Read More
Denver residents tell NASCAR to stay out
Yet another city is rejecting NASCAR. Over the past two years city after city has told NASCAR it's not interested in its form of entertainment. NY City, Washington State, Portland … Read More
RuSPORT-Rocketsports alliance bearing fruit
It appears to be that the engineering alliance between the RuSPORT and Rocketsports team will bear much fruit this year. Rather than having no teammates, Justin Wilson (RuSPORT – pictured … Read More
Chrysler recalls almost 1/2M vehicles
Chrysler Group said on Friday it would recall over 489,000 vehicles, including recent models of the Jeep Liberty, Dodge Durango and its all-new Dodge Avenger sedan. The recall was the … Read More
Mexicans comment on their Champ Car prospects
Imagen Deportiva, Imagen Radio, one of the must respected news radio stations in Mexico sent a special reporter to Laguna Seca Friday and reports the following: David Martinez statement of … Read More
Fan Forum Q and A from Mazda Raceway
Present: Gill Campbell, CEO and General Manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Steve Johnson, President of Champ Car Kevin Kalkhoven, Co-owner of Champ Car Question: "It's been 3 years since … Read More
Team PR from final day of Champ Car testing
Minardi Team USA Minardi Team USA and driver, Robert Doornbos, took up today where they left off yesterday at the Champ Car World Series Spring Training event at Mazda Raceway … Read More
Junqueira fast, then crashes
Bruno Junqueira proved that he was fast Saturday at Mazda Raceway Seca. Taking over the Dale Coyne car driven by Andrew Ranger Friday, Junqueira's lap times were a whopping 2.2 … Read More
Burton busch-whacks Busch to win in Vegas
Jeff Burton wrecked Kyle Busch coming to the finish line to win the Sam's Town 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Photo by CIA Stock Photo shows Busch … Read More
Bourdais shatters F1 record in Champ Car
With 10 minutes left in today's test session Sebastien Bourdais (pictured right on a fast lap) has shattered the lap record at the 11-turn, 2.238 mile Laguna Seca set last … Read More
Fernandez and Diaz and Sebring
Next week’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring may be the most important race in the careers of Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz. The two will lead the charge for … Read More
USA TV reminders for Sunday
Courtesy of TVRacer.comNASCAR RaceDay Las Vegas 2:00pm-4:00pm (L) SPEEDNASCAR Nextel Cup Las Vegas UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 4:00pm-8:00pm (L) FOXMotoGP 250 Qatar 5:00pm-6:00pm (3/10/07) SPEEDMotoGP World Championship Qatar 6:00pm-7:00pm (3/10/07) SPEEDThe SPEED … Read More
Bourdais lowers Champ Car record
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais lowered the Champ Car lap record Saturday morning to 1m06.380s on the 11-turn, 2.238 mile Laguna Seca Raceway in his No. 1 McDonald's car. That … Read More
Gelles signs 2nd and 3rd driver
Gelles Racing now has three drivers signed for their Atlantic team in 2007. Brazilian Luis Mussi was the 2nd driver signed for the season at Gelles. He joins the previously … Read More
On balance Champ Car better off
Dear AutoRacing1.com, I enjoyed your latest article and found it to be a fair assessment of where Champ Car is at. Some key weak areas for sure, but on balance … Read More
Top NASCAR team takes ride-buyer
Ride-buying even goes on in NASCAR with its top teams it seems. "Canada's best young stock car driver may fall victim to Roush-Fenway Racing's need for cash. Peter Shepherd, 21, … Read More
Legge confirmed at Dale Coyne? No
UPDATE Katherine Legge has denied that she has agreed with terms to join Dale Coyne Racing in 2007, despite reports to that effect. "Nothing has been agreed yet," she insisted, … Read More
Mexican fans trash WRC cars
Rocks were purposely placed on the road in front of the competing cars and thrown at them while at speed in the Rally Mexico Friday. Speaking at the end of … Read More
Stewart blasts junk Goodyear tires
UPDATE “It [stinks]," Stewart said. “You think a company like Goodyear can do a lot better job than what they’re doing. Especially for a company that’s been in this business … Read More
Charges dropped against Bobby Unser
Misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and obstructing an officer have been dropped against three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser, who was arrested along with his brother during a fracas at … Read More
Casey Stoner defeats Rossi in Qatar
Casey Stoner was the worthy victor of today’s Commercialbank Grand Prix Of Qatar, taking his first ever win in the premier class on his race debut for Ducati. The Australian … Read More
Sepang GP ticket giveaway
In an effort to avoid a total embarrassment because of horrible ticket sales, the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will be giving out 10,000 free tickets to students throughout the country … Read More
Miller slams Champ Car again
In this SPEED TV article Robin Miller paints a very bleak picture for Champ Car. He came to Champ Car's Spring Training media event and wasn't impressed in the least … Read More