Both Team Australia cars on form at Laguna Seca
Team Australia has made a positive start to the final pre-season test before the commencement of the 2007 Champ Car World Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California … Read More
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Doornbos coming to grips with Champ Car
Robert Doornbos (pictured right talking to Europe race owner Bart Rietbergen) is clearly getting to grips with Champ Car. On only his third pre-season appearance for Minardi Team USA, the … Read More
Zsolt Baumgartner out for weekend
On Friday in his first time ever in a Champ Car former F1 driver Zsolt Baumgartner from Hungary wiped out the only Champ Car the Minardi Team USA had available … Read More
NASCAR Busch ratings plummet on ESPN2
ESPN2 this year picked up all NASCAR Busch Series races, which used to be scattered across various networks. It also added more cameras to give the viewers a better race … Read More
Tracy smashes Castroneves record
UPDATE #3 It should be pointed out that if Bridgestone had brought their red option tires for this test, as we would see at all race weekends, Champ Car would … Read More
USA TV reminders for Saturday
Courtesy of TVRacer.comAMA Superbike Daytona 11:00am-12:30pm (L) SPEEDSpeedFreaks 11:30am-12:00pm ESPN2NASCAR Angels 1:30pm-2:00pm Check local listings for your time zone ABCNASCAR Busch Series Las Vegas 2:30pm-6:00pm (L) Incl Preshow Sam's Town … Read More
PKV Racing has good first day at Laguna Seca
PKV Racing had a another strong testing session during today’s first day of Champ Car World Series Spring Training at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Driver Neel Jani, … Read More
BMW’s Theissen ‘happy’ with Williams recovery
(GMM) BMW's Mario Theissen says he is "happy" that the Williams team looks likely to bounce back in 2007. With Theissen in charge, the German manufacturer worked with Williams as … Read More
Schu wishes Ferrari ‘all the best’
(GMM) A week before the start of the first season without him since 1990, retired multiple world champion Michael Schumacher has wished Ferrari "all the best" for the challenge in … Read More
Spyker set for car update in Malaysia
(GMM) The Dutch team Spyker says it will implement "significant aerodynamic updates" for the Malaysian grand prix after predicting an uncompetitive start to the 2007 season. "For Australia the goal … Read More
Paul Tracy Leads First Day at Laguna
Monterey, California – After completing what Paul Tracy described as the ‘worst test session of his career’ at MSR Houston last month, the veteran Canadian racecar driver found his way … Read More
Mazda Raceway announces Legends of Laguna Seca walk
As part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, track officials today announced the creation of the Legends of Laguna Seca, a walk of fame … Read More
Standing starts still a work in progress
We doubt that Champ Car will do standing starts for the first three races unless tomorrow's Standing Start practice goes better than it did today at Mazda Raceway. At the … Read More
Tony Kanaan: In his own words
The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring has attracted the best and brightest in motorsports throughout the years. Next week, former IRL champion Tony Kanaan gets to add his name … Read More
NBC Sports brings veterans to opening Champ Car weekends
INDIANAPOLIS – NBC Sports will lead the Champ Car World Series out of the gate in 2007 as the network carries the season-opening Vegas Grand Prix April 8, followed by … Read More
Champ Car ramps up video distribution
MONTEREY, Calif. – Champ Car, the sanctioning body of the Champ Car World Series, an international open-wheel car racing championship based largely in North America, will team with The NewsMarket … Read More
Pay By Touch primary sponsor for Gommendy
Pay By Touch showed up as the primary sponsor on the Tristan Gommendy car Friday at Mazda Raceway and a spokesperson for PKV Racing told AutoRacing1.com that there would be … Read More
Jani car decked out in new livery
We mistakenly reported yesterday that Gulfstream would be on the Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing car when in fact it showed up today on the Neel Jani car along with Red … Read More
LVMS’ Neon Garage sells out
LAS VEGAS – America's newest motorsports attraction is a complete sellout. No passes remain for the Neon Garage, the new fan-interactive area located in the center of Las Vegas Motor … Read More
Powell tries to lure NASCAR banquet to Vegas
UPDATE #3 The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series banquet will return to New York City for the 27th consecutive year in December, NASCAR Vice President Jim Hunter confirmed Friday. 01/24/07 NASCAR … Read More
Ethanol driving up corn, chicken and beef prices
WASHINGTON – Strong demand for corn from ethanol plants is driving up the cost of livestock and will raise prices for beef, pork and chicken, the Agriculture Department said Friday. … Read More
Rossi takes pole in Qatar
1 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 55.002s2 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 55.007s3 Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 55.233s4 Toni Elias Honda Gresini 1m 55.358s5 Dani Pedrosa … Read More
Honda sneaks up on Big Three
Honda Motor Co.'s Asimo is no ordinary robot. With its latest upgrade, the 4-foot Asimo, who occasionally greets visitors in English and Japanese at Honda's Tokyo headquarters, can calculate how … Read More
Toyota-wary GM ups Chevy output abroad
General Motors Corp. is increasing production of Chevrolet cars in markets such as India and Russia as it tries to retain a lead over Toyota Motor Corp., which may pass … Read More
More photos from Thursday
AutoRacing1.com has added more photos by Bob Heathcote and included captions to the photo page we published Thursday from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where the Champ Car teams were gathering … Read More