An Inside Look at Motorsports
UPDATE Update shown in red below. 10/03/07 Title 'almost' out of reach, Ferrari admits Toyota needs top car to woo Alonso, says Haug Hamilton wants to keep cherished trophies Fuji … Read More
UPDATE Nationwide has reached an agreement to be the title sponsor of NASCAR's No. 2 series beginning in ‘08, sources told SportsBusiness Journal, replacing Anheuser-Busch. Terms of the deal were … Read More
Andretti Green Racing announced today that Brazilian Vitor Meira will join drivers Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan behind the wheel of the #26 XM Satellite Radio Acura ARX-01a in this … Read More
Updated 10-3-07 Pos. (LW) Driver (Series) Pts 1. (19) Lewis Hamilton (F1) 8.391 2. (9) Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) 8.207 3. (8) Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) 7.946 4. (12) Clint Bowyer (NASCAR) … Read More
Q. How gratifying was it to see the team finally score its first point on only its third race with the new B-spec car? Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer: It's … Read More
Q. After 15 tough races for the team, you must be delighted with the outcome of the Japanese Grand Prix. Colin Kolles, Spyker team principal: After Midland failed to score … Read More
Scott Riggs has signed a contract with Haas/CNC Racing to drive one of the team’s two Chevrolets in 2008, sources close to the team confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The team … Read More
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will have to win both the Chinese and Brazilian Grand Prix to get a realistic chance of winning the Formula 1 championship for the third time … Read More
UPDATE SPEED will interrupt regularly scheduled programming at approximately 10:30am/et Wednesday, October 3rd in order to bring viewers a live press conference from the headquarters of Chip Ganassi Racing in … Read More
(GMM) According to intensifying speculation and reports, moves that could have a major impact on the makeup of formula one in the future are currently taking place behind the scenes. … Read More
Tuesday, the cars with which Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finished the Japanese Grand Prix in third and sixth place respectively, were already available to the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro crews … Read More
T. Angstadt, B. Barnhart, J. Chitwood MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome everybody assembled here in the room, and we are also on a teleconference and live via … Read More
The penultimate race of the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this coming weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit. This year will mark the fourth running of the Chinese … Read More
PR guru Max Clifford believes Lewis Hamilton is on course to become the highest-earning British sportsman of all time. Hamilton is on the brink of crowning a sensational debut season … Read More
JR Motorsports officials announced Tuesday that Tony Eury Sr. would take over as crew chief of the No. 88 Busch Series Chevrolet driven by Brad Keselowski. The team said it … Read More
Robert Yates Racing released Busch Series driver Stephen Leicht, effective as of the end of the 2007 season, the driver announced on his Web site. Leicht drove a partial Busch … Read More
For the BMW Sauber F1 Team and Robert Kubica, the Chinese GP represents the last of this year's back-to-back race weekends. The BMW Sauber F1 Team driver recalls his Shanghai … Read More
General Motors Corp. reported September U.S. sales that were essentially flat — at just shy of 338,000 — compared with the same month a year ago. The nation’s largest automaker … Read More
If there were any doubts as to whether Highcroft Racing belonged in the Acura factory camp, Duncan Dayton’s team put them to rest a year ago at Petit Le Mans. … Read More
Through the mayhem of rain delays, a race shortened from 267 to 210 laps and wrecking cars, Chad Knaus, crew chief for the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team, avoided all … Read More
Gateway International Speedway officials say former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve is scheduled to test at the track Oct. 16. Villeneuve is making the move to NASCAR and will attempt … Read More
UPDATE #2 Andy Hillenburg, a former racer who owns a driving school, submitted the winning bid of $4 million for the North Carolina Speedway when it went on the auction … Read More
This WSOC Charlotte article says — Bruton Smith, owner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., said Tuesday that if Concord does not work with him on a controversial drag strip, he’ll take … Read More
According to Jeff Gordon, Talladega Superspeedway got pretty dicey at times. And that was with only 20 cars running in a pack. During testing. In September, NASCAR held a Car … Read More
