At the Michigan IRL race, each driver who was asked indicated that they were in contact with NASCAR Cup teams. Unfortunately, recent history shows that a move from pointy-nosed cars into NASCAR isn't a wise career choice. In fact, it might be a career-ending decision.  Juan Pablo Montoya stands a significant chance of being another pointy-nose driver who fails at NASCAR. Team Ganassi has only five wins to its credit and poor recent performance means Juan won't have a top ride by any means. More...

Champ Car is going to race in China in 2007, but Champ Car is an unknown quantity in China so the race promoter doesn't have a lot to sell.  However, that could soon change if German F3 points leader Ho-Pin Tung is successful in getting Champ Car to give him a test drive.  Tung lives in Holland so he carries a Dutch citizenship, but he's also Chinese, which could make him a perfect fit for Champ Car's new races in Holland and China.   More....

Archrivals Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy were 1-2 on the final green-white-checker restart of the rain delayed Montreal Grand Prix Champ Car race Monday, setting up what many were anticipating could be more possible wheel banging.  But Sebastien Bourdais prevailed to beat Tracy by 1.4-sec.  More....

Champ Car driver Justin Wilson got his real big break in racing when he was offered to drive in Formula One.  However, he was expected to bring money but he didn't have enough so he sold shares in himself to raise the funds in a novel concept.  I caught up with the head of Wilson's Investors Club, Stephen King in Montreal this past weekend to learn more about the club.  More....

A driving error surely cost Michael Schumacher pole position for Sunday's grand prix in Istanbul, but Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa picked up the pieces to score his first career pole.  Renault's Fernando Alonso qualified third.  More....

Champ Car President Steve Johnson announced today in Montreal that this will be the last year for the Champ Car World Series to race on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal.  He also spoke about the status of some other  rumored happenings in the series. More....

Series point leader Sebastien Bourdais survived a spin and contact with the Turn 4 wall to win the provisional pole position for Sunday's Montréal Grand Prix Champ Car race.  Bourdais was a comfortable 1/2 second up on defending race champion Oriol Servia and 9/10ths up on third place Bruno Junqueira.  More....

Denver’s in the rear view mirror and Montreal awaits the Champ Car family this weekend….with all of us wondering how the series’ major rivalries will play out this time around. It seems to me after ten races in 2006 a new level of intensity is brewing in Champ Car. A couple of significant rivalries are blossoming, fueled by genuine dislike as well as tight competition. More...

The new Champ Car DP01 was on-track today at Sebring for its first full day of testing at speed.  Although it was largely a shakedown day, test driver Roberto Moreno was able to get down into the 54 second bracket with not too much difficulty.  AutoRacing1.com has the first video and photos of the new car.  More....

Friday in Denver, Colorado I caught up with American Champ Car driver AJ Allmendinger with the Forsythe Championship Racing team.  As the only American and the hottest driver in Champ Car right now, Allmendinger has seen his career make a 180-degree turn when he switched from RuSPORT to Forsythe six races ago.  Since then he has won four of six races and moved to 2nd in the point standings.  More...

American AJ Allmendinger won his 4th Champ Car race of the year by cruising to a win in the Denver GP while Tracy and Sebastien crashed fighting for 2nd place in the last turn of the last lap allowing Bruno Junqueira and Dan Clarke to finished 2nd and 3rd. More...

Points leader Sebastien Bourdais added another point to his championship total in securing the pole position for the Denver Grand Prix Champ Car race around the Pepsi Center.  Provisional polesitter AJ Allmendinger went faster today but still ended up 2nd ahead of Justin Wilson. More.... | Press Conference

Looking to get back to his winning ways and keep his title hopes alive, Forsythe Championship Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger got on top early and cemented his status late to lead first-round Champ Car qualifying at the Grand Prix of Denver Sponsored by Bridgestone. More....

Looking ahead to a visit to the Rockies, and another joust in the streets for the Champ Car World Series in Denver. The tenth event of 2006 will be Champ Car’s first since the violent wreck in Road America testing that has taken Cristiano da Matta out of the seat, perhaps permanently.  It’ll be a somber gathering of the Champ Car family this weekend, I’d guess, since Shorty is one of the series’ most popular drivers, and one of three past champions currently active. More.....

The United States Auto Club's Sprints and Midgets will invade the fabled Salem Speedway on Saturday Night August 12 for the 49th running of the Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial. This race honors the memory of two of the great AAA and USAC stars of the 1950s. For me, Salem Speedway is hallowed grounds........... Sacred Turf. A special place in the history of American racing. More...

After being saved from bankruptcy by Kevin Kalkhoven, Gerald Forsythe and Paul Gentilozzi, this past weekend was the second most important event in Champ Car's history. This past weekend Champ Car put a stake in the ground, right in front of the line they drew in the sand. More

Saturday in San Jose, California I caught up with veteran Champ Car driver Paul Tracy with the Forsythe Championship Racing team.  As the most senior and most experienced driver in Champ Car, Tracy has a wealth of experience having driven against many great Champ Car drivers.  We talk about the new Champ Car, the future of his career, his NASCAR foray, and what he sees for Champ Car's future.  Find out why he thinks new teammate AJ Allmendinger has been faster than him.  More...

Before 67,128 sun drenched fans, Championship point leader Sebastien Bourdais stayed out of trouble that struck his main competitors and won the San Jose Grand Prix for the second year in a row.  He waltzed to an easy 6.7 sec. win over Cristiano da Matta with Justin Wilson third. More

Championship point leader Sebastien Bourdais was the only driver to dip below the 49-second barrier to wrestle the pole position away from Paul Tracy for Sunday's San Jose GP.  AJ Allmendinger was actually 2nd fastest overall but will start third because Tracy had locked in a front-row position Friday. More | Press Conference

Enjoying an evening in the air conditioned comfort of a Boeing 737, homeward-bound for a brief visit between Champ Car’s stops at the series’ two newest venues, Edmonton’s City Centre Airport and San Jose’s downtown street circuit. Air conditioning was much in demand over the weekend in Edmonton with ambient temperatures in the mid-90’s and track temps of more than 115. More.....

On a hot day before a near capacity crowd, RuSPORT's Justin Wilson finally broke through for his first win of 2006 and he did it in style by outrunning the two hottest drivers on the circuit, Sebastien Bourdais and AJ Allmendinger.   Wilson took the lead from Bourdais in the middle of the race and then won by 5.3 sec.  More... | Press Conference

Provisional pole sitter Sebastien Bourdais went even faster in his Newman/Haas Lola Ford on Saturday to win the pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix of Edmonton Champ Car race.  Despite losing his fastest lap for causing a yellow flag, Forsythe Championship Racing veteran Paul Tracy grabbed the 2nd starting position less than 1/10th of a second behind.  More... | Press Conference

While AJ Allmendinger ran into trouble, Sebastien Bourdais waited until the very end of the qualifying session to snatch provisional pole from arch-rival Paul Tracy for Sunday's Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Bruno Junqueira, Justin Wilson and Cristiano da Matta rounded out the top-5.  More...

The chariot that will carry the gladiators of the Champ Car World Series to 2007 and beyond will be unveiled to the racing world in a glittering ceremony July 28 as part of the San Jose Grand Prix Presented by Taylor Woodrow. The launch will take place Friday evening July 28 at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda Plaza.   More....

American AJ Allmendinger remains the hottest driver on the Champ Car circuit.  After winning the last two races, he stayed hot in Toronto Friday to win the provisional pole position for Sunday's Molson Grand Prix of Toronto with a lap of 58.621 sec. More...... | Press Conference