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Houston attendance observation
The paddock and infield at Houston today is as busy as the LBGP. There are wall-to wall-people here. The stands don't show it but the place is full of things … Read More
No end in sight for IndyCar-Champ Car rift
HOUSTON, Texas — Allow us for a moment to imagine how things should be. Three-time champion Sebastien Bourdais, trying to earn an unprecedented fourth consecutive Champ Car title, would test … Read More
Matos and Hinchcliffe top Houston quals
Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda series leader Raphael Matos (#6 ProWorks) continues to raise the bar at this weekend’s Fast Trac 100 at the … Read More
Chevy happy with R07 engine
Chevrolet engineers are happy with the way the new R07 engines looked after racing last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Five cars had the new engine, with Denny Hamlin's ninth-place … Read More
Audis top race day warm-up
Audi returned to the top of the timing sheet Saturday morning in a 30-minute warm-up for the American Le Mans Series’ Lone Star Grand Prix with Rinaldo Capello showing the … Read More
Houston front-runner stats
The best of the best will start from pole position in each of the American Le Mans Series’ four sports car classes later this afternoon in Houston for the Lone … Read More
Nothing broken on Figge
MRI results determined Alex Figge has a mid-thoracic compression, there are no fractures. Figge was involved in a late race incident at the Toyota Grand of Long Beach last weekend. … Read More
Teammates 1-2 in morning practice
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing teammates Sebastien Bourdais and Graham Rahal were 1-2 in morning Champ Car practice in Houston Saturday. Justin Wilson moved up to third quick ahead of Team Australia teammates … Read More
Spengler on pole! Paul di Resta impresses in third
A dream start into the new DTM season. In bright sunshine and in front of packed grandstands, the 20 drivers staged a fascinating battle in the fight for the first … Read More
Rossi takes pole in Turkey
Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session for the third race in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship took place at Istanbul Park under clear, sunny skies in comfortable temperatures, with Valentino Rossi taking … Read More
Senior Prom is overrated
That’s what Graham Rahal, a senior at Columbus, Ohio’s New Albany High School, says anyway. Rahal, son of Champ Car great and former Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal, set third-fastest … Read More
Indy Japan 300 post-race notebook
Ikuo Shimizu, president of Mobilityland, which operates Suzuka Circuit and Twin Ring Motegi, announced his retirement effective July 1, 2007 at a sponsor's party on Saturday night at Twin Ring … Read More
Another perfect weekend for Honda
Robert Clarke (President, Honda Performance Development) was quite happy with another Honda win in Saturday's Indy Japan 300 and another perfect weekend in terms of reliability for Honda's engines. "Another … Read More
Matt Halliday talks about Champ Car progress
New Zealand native Matt Halliday is a rookie this year in the Champ Car World Series. Friday in Houston he talks about slowly getting used to Champ Car and gaining … Read More
Kosuke Matsuura crashes
Japanese favorite Kosuke Matsuura lost control in Turn 2 of the first lap and made contact with the SAFER barrier of the Honda Indy 300 in Motegi, Japan. He was … Read More
Bourdais drives motor homes too
Sebastien Bourdais spent two days driving a motor home from California to Texas before returning to the vehicle he handles for a living. Bourdais' wife, Claire, gave birth to a … Read More
Houston track a real driver’s track
Race organizers spent at least $200,000 on improvements to the JAGFlo Track at Reliant Park ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix of Houston after drivers last year complained the course … Read More
Matos dominates first-round Atlantic qualifying
HOUSTON, Texas (April 20, 2007) – About the only thing that can slow down Raphael Matos (#6 ProWorks) these days is a damaged race car. Although he suffered a broken … Read More
Purnell wins in court
An appeal against the $150,000 award of damages made to Tony Purnell in his claim for libel against BusinessF1 Magazine and its editor Tom Rubython has been rejected. Purnell was … Read More
Figge to miss Houston Grand Prix
Due to residual back pain from his incident in the final laps of last weekend’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Alex Figge will not compete in this weekend’s Grand … Read More
Turkey: Stoner leads afternoon practice
The morning session got off of a cautious start as damp patches on the track saw the MotoGP riders re-acquainting themselves with the circuit without attacking it at full pace. … Read More
NASCAR officials refuse to panic as ratings drop
Even with more story lines to sell, NASCAR still is luring fewer eyeballs to its races. Ratings are down 11% for the first seven Nextel Cup Series races this season … Read More
Champ Car Poised for Continued Growth
INDIANAPOLIS – With two Champ Car World Series races already etched into the history books, 2007 is looking like it will continue to see the series grow. During the last … Read More
NASCAR and Champ Car weekend TV ratings
UPDATE #2 The final TV rating for the Long Beach Champ Car race fell to a 0.6/1 share (from a 0.7 overnight) and the final TV rating for the NASCAR … Read More