Bourdais leads opening Champ Car practice
Three-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais has been on a hot streak since joining the series in 2003. Notching wins at almost every track Champ Car has run on, but … Read More
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Kanaan tops practice at Kentucky Speedway
Pos Driver Time Diff Speed 1 Tony Kanaan (11) 24.4014 … 218.348 2 Dario Franchitti (27) 24.4185 0.0171 218.195 3 Scott Dixon (9) 24.5072 0.1058 217.405 4 Sam Hornish Jr … Read More
McNish wins ALMS pole
Allan McNish put his Audi TDI diesel car on pole for Saturday's Generac GP ALMS race qualifying over 2 seconds per lap faster than his pole last year. Audi teammate … Read More
Last Busch race for Montoya
Watkins Glen will mark the last series appearance for Montoya in the Busch series this season. He will devote the remainder of the season to the Nextel Cup Series. He … Read More
NASCAR TV ratings continue to plummet
Last weekend's Nextel Cup race at Pocono, broadcast on ESPN, received a 4.5 national rating, down 12 percent from last season's event, according to Nielsen Media Research. Last year's race … Read More
Monster Truck Accident Injures 9
UPDATE Here is a video of the Monster truck as it crashed. 08/10/07 A monster truck performing stunts in front of an auto parts store plowed into a crowd of … Read More
Hamlin leads rain delayed practice
Denny Hamlin led a rain-delayed Nextel Cup practice session Friday at Watkins Glen International, turning a lap of 121.528 mph in Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 11 Chevrolet. The session was … Read More
Werner puts Audi on top again
Just as it did during Thursday’s test session, Audi held the top two spots in Friday’s first official practice session for the Generac 500 at Road America. This time it … Read More
Young drivers get key tests
Today at Road America Joel Miller and Patrick Barrett (pictured right in white shirts) were announced as recipients of this year's Team USA Scholarship, which will see them doing six … Read More
Dalziel cleared to compete
Ryan Dalziel completed nine laps at Road America late Thursday afternoon to determine whether his broken collarbone had healed enough to compete at this weekend’s Generac Grand Prix at Road … Read More
Mo Nunn is back in the game
We spoke to Mo Nunn who is working with the struggling Forsythe team this weekend to see if he can help them out. No commitments have been made beyond this … Read More
NHLR statement on Bourdais
It was announced today that Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing (NHLR) driver Sebastien Bourdais will join the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team in 2008. Bourdais was contracted to NHLR through 2008 but … Read More
Road America weekend benefits from ad blitz
Weather, maybe. Indifference, perhaps. But if the Champ Car-American Le Mans doubleheader weekend at Road America falls short of expectations, it won't be because of a lack of promotion on … Read More
NASCAR’s front-runners feel an urge to merge
NASCAR teams are racing each other to combine assets and take on savvy investors in an effort to remain competitive.Teams fielding or building toward four-car powerhouses that cost less per … Read More
Toro Rosso confirms Bourdais
Scuderia Toro Rosso announces that Sebastien Bourdais will drive for the team in the 2008 Formula 1 season. The 28 year old Frenchman will be free to join the team … Read More
STR must make midfield jump – Berger
(GMM) Team co-owner Gerhard Berger says Toro Rosso must make the jump into formula one's midfield before too long. The Austrian veteran said: "If for whatever reason this is not … Read More
Massa invites Alonso to charity kart race
(GMM) In an apparent peace-offering, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has invited Fernando Alonso to his annual end-of-season charity go-kart race in Brazil. A report by the news agency Associated Press … Read More
Weekend USA TV Reminders
UPDATE The full Saturday and Sunday TV listings are now shown below. 08/09/07Courtesy of TVRacer.comFridayNASCAR Nextel Cup Replay -High Definition Pocono Pennsylvania 500 12:00am-2:30am (R) HDNetNASCAR Live! Watkins Glen 1:00pm-2:00pm … Read More
Last USA race for Champ Car for 3.5 months
Race fans, pay close attention to this weekend's Generac Grand Prix of Road America (ABC, Sunday, 3 p.m. ET). It's the Champ Car World Series' last appearance in the United … Read More
A history lesson
Ok, this isn't about motosports, and maybe we'll getting too old to admit we lived through much of this history, but a student at Cal Tech put together a series … Read More
Foul-mouthed Hamilton tells his boss to ’F’-himself
UPDATE McLaren said on Thursday that the stories that Hamilton had used the "F word" when talking to Dennis were not true. "Over the last few days there has been … Read More
Dumbreck to drive for Petersen Motorsports
Invariably, the subject around Peter Dumbreck always turns to Mercedes and Le Mans. Dumbreck was a young Mercedes works pilot in 1999 and was running third overall in a Mercedes … Read More
Bobby Gerhart released from hospitalized
UPDATE Bobby Gerhart, injured during last Saturday’s ARCA RE/MAX Series Pennsylvania 200 at Pocono Raceway, was released Wednesday afternoon from Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Gerhart, diagnosed with a … Read More
Fogarty wins 8th straight Grand-Am pole
With blistering pace and a smooth hand at the wheel, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing driver Jon Fogarty seized the pole for tomorrow’s Crown Royal 200 at The Glen, and in the … Read More