Katherine Legge I’m no crash test dummy
When Bernie Ecclestone answered a telephone call from someone identifying herself as Katherine Legge, the godfather of Formula 1 responded with instant recognition. "Oh, the lady who crashed an F1 … Read More
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Q and A with Renault’s Tim Densham
Q. Tim, what has been the design philosophy of the new R27 chassis? Tim Densham – Renault Chief Designer: R27 is our second-generation V8 car, following on from last year's … Read More
Riggs lead morning testing in Vegas
Scott Riggs led the first test session Monday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, turning a lap of 183.511 mph in his Valvoline Evernham Racing No. 10 Dodge. Tony Stewart was … Read More
Andretti honored at EMPA convention
Marco Andretti, the 2006 IndyCar Series Bombardier Rookie of the Year, was honored with the T. Wayne Robertson Newsmaker of the Year Award Jan. 27 at the annual Eastern Motorsports … Read More
Productive Sebring Open Test for Conquest Racing
It was a productive open test for the Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Atlantic Team this past weekend in Sebring, Florida as Matt Lee and Patrick Hogan completed over 200 trouble-free laps … Read More
Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary
The marathon relay celebrating Ferrari's 60th anniversary started this morning from the Italian Embassy in Abu Dhabi at 10 a.m. local time. The relay will involve over 10,000 Ferrari owners … Read More
Racing Fans Put NASCAR Bets on Fast Track
Las Vegas, NV – NASCAR has become one of the hottest sports bets in America, and Pregame.com, the internet’s premiere bet-centric information site, is giving casual bettors the fuel they … Read More
Dodge dangles a carrot in front of drivers
Dodge officials have decided to up the ante to have one of the manufacturer's drivers win the Daytona 500. So if a driver in the manufacturer's fold wins the Feb. … Read More
Quotes of the Week
UPDATE MICHAEL WALTRIP, NASCAR driver and team owner“I think people who don’t believe Toyotas ought to race in NASCAR are the ones who still don’t understand why the North won … Read More
Montoya to have own Sirius Satellite Radio Show
Somewhat shunned by the uppity F1 contingent, NASCAR is taking Juan Montoya and making him a star, like only NASCAR can. They are one of the few sanctioning bodies who … Read More
Standing start testing up next for Champ Car teams
INDIANAPOLIS – When sitting down to create the new Panoz DP01 Champ Car, Elan Motorsports Technologies and Champ Car engineers designed the new car to be sleeker and racier, with … Read More
Las Vegas Testing today
NASCAR's greatest drivers are about to get their first look at the sport's newest race track. A record 55 drivers are scheduled to take part in NASCAR Preseason Thunder Las … Read More
Starter partners with JGR
Starter, a leader in developing licensed and innovative team apparel and footwear, formally announced a partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing to develop footwear and apparel solutions for the NASCAR team's … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief
Daytona winner Montoya rules out F1 return Mother can't afford to see Hamilton's debut DC defends Hamilton amid crash furor Renault deal better for Red Bull – Newey Webber says … Read More
Had it with biased SPEED reporter
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I have had it with SPEED Report's Nicole Manske and her obvious anti-Champ Car bias. She's obvious pro-IRL and gushes all over them. Tonight she … Read More
A lap around Assen
Photos below take you on a lap around the Assen TT circuit where Champ Car will visit for the first tine on September 2, 2007. Note that the main pit … Read More
Champ Car’s Tagliani smashes Daytona record
After spending the week testing his new Panoz DP01 Champ Car with Rocketsports Racing in Sebring, Alex Tagliani jumped into his rental car and headed north to Daytona to join … Read More
Buemi to replaced injured Jani
Sebastien Buemi has been called upon again to represent the Swiss A1GP team in the upcoming Australia race after regular driver Neel Jani hurt his hand in a car door, … Read More
Daytona 24: Hour 20 standings
Standings at the 20h25min mark of 24h race.POS NO CLASS DRIVER LAPS BEHIND STATUS 1 11 DP Ryan Dalziel 548 0.000 Active 2 01 DP Juan Pablo Montoya 548 2.388 … Read More
Gordon admits NASCAR driver shortcomings
Interviewed live on SPEED TV Sunday morning during the Rolex 24 Hour endurance classic NASCAR's best road racing driver, Jeff Gordon, admitted that he could not get within 1-second of … Read More
Daytona 24: Hour 19 standings
POS NO CLASS NAME LAPS BEHIND STATUS 1 01 DP Pruett/Duran/Montoya 511 0.000 Active 2 11 DP Carpentier/Duno/Dalziel/Manning 511 14.011 Active 3 02 DP Dan Wheldon 510 1LAP Active 4 … Read More
Mazzacane injured in Porsche crash
Porsche's pursuit of both Chip Ganassi Racing and possible honors in the Rolex 24 at Daytona took a hit in the tenth hour of the race when both the leading … Read More
Daytona 24: Hour 12 standings (Red Flag)
Ryan Dalziel in the No. 11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac Riley leads at the halfway point in the Rolex 24 At Daytona under a red flag as track workers make repairs to … Read More
Daytona 24: Hour 9 standings
POS NO CLASS DRIVER BEHIND LEADER 1 11 DP Darren Manning 0.000 2 01 DP Salvador Duran 0.503 3 02 DP Dan Wheldon 14.484 4 05 DP Karl Wendlinger 17.479 … Read More
Matos leads Atlantic test times at Sebring
SEBRING, Florida– In the first day of open testing Saturday for the 2007 Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, it sort of felt like the … Read More