San Bernardino may study track’s impact
The California Speedway near Fontana attracts thousands of fans at its race weekends throughout the year. San Bernardino County officials want to find out what that means for the local … Read More
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Chevy off to fast start
If the Chase were to begin today, the field of contenders would include three Ford cars – and nine Chevys. That's in part due to the Hendrick domination in Car … Read More
Over 40K attend first Vegas GP
The difference between grating noise and exciting sound was in the ears of the beholders this weekend as cars hurtled close to 180 mph through the streets of downtown Las … Read More
First Vegas GP a Home Run
A press conference was held after today's inaugural GP where Champ Car President Steve Johnson, Vegas GP owners Dale Jensen and Brad Yonover, Vegas GP President Jim Freudenberg and circuit … Read More
Final corner in Vegas one of best
Bobby Rahal commented after winning the Historic Grand Prix race in Las Vegas Sunday that the final corner (Turn 12) at Las Vegas is one of the best racing corners … Read More
Wirth helping Sofio
Aspiring Champ Car driver Andreas Wirth is coaching Atlantic driver Justin Sofio this weekend in Las Vegas. Likewise David Martinez is coaching young Mexican David Garcia. Both Wirth and Martinez … Read More
Zolder almost ready
We spoke to the race promoter for Champ Car's Zolder, Belgium race Meindert van Buuren and he tells us that all upgrades necessary for the August Champ Car race are … Read More
Roush predicts how Toyota will destroy them
After all the buildup from Detroit rivals about the Toyota monster crushing NASCAR competition, the season so far has seen quite the opposite, with most Toyota teams struggling just to … Read More
UNLV basketball players to start Vegas GP
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) basketball’s star players, who led the team to a place among the Sweet 16 in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, are announcing the official … Read More
Champ Car TV Sunday
UPDATE Champ Car fans in Canada can watch the first two races of the season on NBC because the NBC feed from the USA is shown in Canada. In about … Read More
Overheard in Las Vegas – 5
All the Champ Car teams worked late into the night on the refueling problem caused by a design defect in the new Panoz DP01. It seems the car will not … Read More
Monster Energy signs on with Paul Tracy
CARLSBAD, Calif., – Monster Energy and its iconic M-claw logo will adorn the side of Champ legend Paul Tracy’s helmet, effective this weekend at the streets of Las Vegas race … Read More
Muller to sit in for Enge
Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing announced today that Dirk Muller (a native of Germany, living in Monaco) will fill-in for regular team driver Tomas Enge (a native Czech who also lives … Read More
Malaysia: Sunday news in brief – 2
Ferrari chief excuses Massa mistake Toro Rosso poke fun at buyout rumors No Friday tester for BMW in Bahrain Ferrari chief excuses Massa mistake Ferrari's sporting director Stefano Domenicali has … Read More
Liuzzi and Sato blame each other
Vitantonio Liuzzi and Takuma Sato pointed the finger at each other after tangling on the first lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Toro Rosso and the Super Aguri were … Read More
Rookies run into problems in Las Vegas
UPDATE #2 Another reader writes, I'm writing in response to Preston Smith's email and your comment. It seems that the primary issues with the DP01 seem to be electrical and … Read More
Malaysia: Sunday news in brief
Raikkonen eyes 'strong' race on Sunday High chance of rain at Sepang Bernie wants shakeup at 'shabby' Sepang Albers has food poisoning F1 to discuss improved cockpit protection Bernie wants … Read More
Edwards makes Nashville a bore-fest
Carl Edwards made sweet music all day at Nashville Superspeedway, winning the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Now, with the Gibson Guitar trophy given to all … Read More
NASCAR clips Toyota’s wings
LEBANON, Tenn. – In a technical bulletin issued this week, NASCAR has ordered Toyota Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series teams to use a different intake manifold in an effort … Read More
Wickens wins Atlantic pole
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Canadian teen Robert Wickens (#3 Red Bull/INDECK) proved on Saturday that Red Bull really does give you wings – at least on the streets of Las … Read More
Las Vegas Practice 3: Power fastest
Team Australia's Will Power recorded the top practice speed in Saturday morning practice 3 in Las Vegas for Champ Car's Vegas GP. Sebastien Bourdais led most of the session but … Read More
Champ Car finalizes European race dates
INDIANAPOLIS The Champ Car World Series today finalized the European portion of its 2007 race schedule, announcing the movement of the Zolder date. (See our full 2007 Champ Car schedule) … Read More
Overheard in Las Vegas – 4
Downtown Las Vegas was packed with people last night. Over 50,000 showed up for the Champ Car concert where Bon Jovi showed up unannounced. It was wall-to-wall people and locals … Read More
USA TV reminders for Sunday
Courtesy of TVRacer.com Formula 1 Malaysia 2:30am-5:00am (L) SPEEDChamp Car Las Vegas 3:30pm-6:00pm (L) NBCChamp Car Vegas Grand Prix on Race Director 4:00pm-6:00pm (L) (Webcast)Formula 1 Replay Malaysia 3:30pm-6:00pm (R) … Read More
Coulthard will not lose ten grid places
(GMM) Despite widespread reports to the contrary, we understand that David Coulthard will not move to the back of the grid for Sunday's Malaysian GP. It is believed that reports … Read More