An Inside Look at Motorsports
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Thursday that Mike Helton, the sanctioning organization's president, will tell the drivers prior to Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway that such behavior will no … Read More
Portugal is warming up to race back onto the F1 calendar. A $130 million grand prix circuit, with possible funding support of the government, is reportedly being planned for the … Read More
After 15 races without rain, Brazil seems highly likely to follow Belgium’s pattern of upset weather. Thursday is cloudy and the expected ambient temperature high is 23 degrees Celsius. It … Read More
UPDATE #4 The news that Indianapolis is to host the United States Grand Prix on July 2 has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons amongst the Grand Prix venues in … Read More
Prince Malik ado Ibrahim, a Nigerian who was briefly involved in F1 in the 1990s, when he was announced as a 20% owner of the Arrows F1 team. Alas, Malik … Read More
In an exclusive press conference on Monday held at Shanghai's Garden Hotel, FIA President Max Mosley, looked back on the success of last years inaugural Chinese Grand Prix and expressed … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is now 'fact' with today's USGP announcement – see Hot News page. [Editor's Note: Did Bernie and Tony choose the July 4th weekend date to adversely affect … Read More
UPDATE #2 Here is a list of teams that have expressed interest in competing in the 2006 Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Some interesting names. Quite impressive. More…. 09/21/05 Make that … Read More
Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's rights manager, gave advice to organizers of the A1 Grand Prix series, a potential rival to the most-watched motor sport. The first A1 race is at … Read More
The door is open. Will anyone representing the Champ Car World Series walk through? With Chevrolet and Toyota on their way out, there's not much good news for the IRL. … Read More
When Indy Racing League President and COO Brian Barnhart announced the 2006 IRL schedule at a luncheon meeting of the Madison Ave. Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society at Sardi’s … Read More
If statistics spoke for themselves, Christian Klien would be a dead-certainty to retain his Red Bull drive next to David Coulthard in 2006. The young Austrian, by the end of … Read More
He might be a bit bored at grands prix, but Vitantonio Liuzzi is just relieved that '06 will be his year in formula one. Red Bull's Italian driver, who had … Read More
UPDATE #2 AutoRacing1.com sources tell us again it's looking likely that 9 of 16 races will be on network TV in 2006, about six on CBS and about three on … Read More
Steve Johnson, Champ Car's new President – "We are in talks with several other teams, so I see that number [number of teams] growing, and growing rapidly. Speaking of growing, … Read More
New Champ Car President Steve Johnson said on today's media teleconference, "The '06 schedule was announced prior to my coming in. We'd love to have a more tight, compact schedule, … Read More
New Champ Car President Steve Johnson said on today's media teleconference that they are deep in talks with several major team and series sponsors and to stay tuned for some … Read More
New Champ Car President Steve Johnson said on today's media teleconference that they are looking to add a 16th race for next year and he specifically mentioned Philadelphia as a … Read More
While there have been rumors that a new Ontario oval race track capable of playing host to a top NASCAR event is on the drawing board, no concrete or pavement … Read More
Word has already been leaked to the staff at NBC and TNT not to expect to come back following the 2006 [NASCAR Nextel Cup] season. Yahoo Sports. [Editor's Note: Champ … Read More
Jenson Button's reported escape from his 2006 Williams contract may have cost as much as $36 million. An official announcement is due as early as Tuesday or Wednesday, but no … Read More
UPDATE Jack Roush confirmed on Sunday that Jamie McMurray, who is slated to move from Chip Ganassi Racing to Roush Racing in 2007, might wind up in the #97 Ford, … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. There will be a partial refund issued by California Speedway to RV owners because there will be no IRL race. 09/15/05 We … Read More
Although on TV they are not saying anything (Dan Wheldon proclaimed on SPEED News Sunday that Watkins Glen is better than Spa, imagine that!), word we are getting from the … Read More
'Autosport' claims that the latest Jenson Button saga is nearing an end after Williams reportedly agreed a $19m deal to let him stay at BAR. BAR, Frank Williams' team and … Read More
