McLaren loses appeal
UPDATE (GMM) McLaren's appeal over the 'cool fuel' issue was deemed inadmissible by the FIA court on Friday, thus confirming that Kimi Raikkonen is officially the 2007 world champion. Kimi … Read More
An Inside Look at Motorsports
The NASCAR Chase has seen plummeting TV ratings and now comes word that of the 10 Chase races, only four have sold out (Homestead, New Hampshire, Kansas and Phoenix) and … Read More
IndyCar Series drivers Tony Kanaan and Vitor Meira are among the drivers who will compete in the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champs. The event, which is hosted by Formula 1 … Read More
Jon Wood, driver of the No. 21 CarRacing.com Ford F-150 will lead the field for Friday night's Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Wood set a new track qualifying record of … Read More
Williams F1 today welcomed the findings of the FIA’s International Court of Appeal (ICA), investigating the matter of the fuel temperatures recorded at the Brazilian Grand Prix earlier this year. … Read More
UPDATE The final rating for last weekend's Nextel Cup race at Phoenix was a 3.8, down 19.5% from last year's 4.7 final rating. 11/12/07 The overnight TV Rating for the … Read More
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced today that Patrick Hespen has taken the position of Public Relations Manager, to handle communications efforts at the legendary Monterey Peninsula road course. Patrick is … Read More
Jim Beam today announced that it will continue its relationship with Robby Gordon Motorsports as the primary sponsor of the No. 7 Ford driven by Robby Gordon for 13 Sprint … Read More
AutoRacing1.com readers might remember the August NASCAR race at Michigan Speedway, which finally ran in the fog after 3 days of steady rain. As part of the news coverage, a … Read More
Date Track/VenueApril 18 – 20 Grand Prix of Long Beach (GT only)April 25 – 27 VIRginia International Raceway (Touring Car only)May 16 – 18 Miller Motorsports ParkJune 5 – 8 … Read More
Timo Glock (GMM) Timo Glock is free to race for Toyota in 2008, the German media sources SID news agency and Bild-Zeitung newspaper reported on Friday. It emerged earlier this … Read More
UPDATE According to AutoRacing1.com sources This deal is done and, therefore, this rumor is upgraded to 'fact.' today. We await the formal announcement 11/15/07 According to AutoRacing1.com sources soon to … Read More
The arrest of a NASCAR driver on drug charges may have at least temporarily tanked his promising career, but he says it probably saved his life – and inspired him … Read More
Roush Fenway Racing announced Thursday that championship crew chief, Robbie Reiser, has been appointed General Manager of Roush Fenway Racing’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team operations. “This is a great opportunity … Read More
The MotoGP teams again dodged the rain at Sepang in Malaysia today as they continued testing in preparation for the 2008 season. A wet track in the morning delayed the … Read More
The odds were in General Motors Corp.'s favor, considering that three of the five finalists for Green Car of the Year came from the General. The Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid, however, … Read More
If NASCAR goes green, 31-time manufacturers' champion Chevrolet will be there for the green flag. In an exclusive interview with The Republic last week, NASCAR Chairman Brian France raised the … Read More
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa hints that F1 drivers are not the best in the world by stating without computer aids that practically drive the car for them, they will crash … Read More
Valentino Rossi could retire from MotoGP if he has another bad year in 2008, the former world champion said yesterday. "At the moment I really don't know how long I … Read More
Racing legends David Pearson, Dave Marcis, Harry Gant, James Hylton, Geoff Bodine and more have signed up to race in The Old School Racing Champions Tour (OSRCT) in 2008. Scheduled … Read More
UPDATE The full Saturday and Sunday TV listings are now shown below. 11/15/07 Courtesy of TVRacer.comFridayNASCAR Now 12:30am-1:30am ESPN2NASCAR Live! Homestead-Miami 10:00am-10:30am (L) SPEEDNASCAR Craftsman Truck Practice Homestead-Miami 10:30am-11:30am (L) … Read More