Sellout expected in San Jose
There is promotion and advertising all over the San Francisco Bay area for the inaugural Champ Car race in San Jose at the end of July. Former Toronto promoter Bob … Read More
An Inside Look at Motorsports
There is promotion and advertising all over the San Francisco Bay area for the inaugural Champ Car race in San Jose at the end of July. Former Toronto promoter Bob … Read More
McLaren drivers have a dilemma – there's too many good ones and not enough race seats. Pedro de La Rosa is often the fastest in testing, yet he remains a … Read More
UPDATE We are hearing that Swift is now the front-runner to get the chassis contract for the new Atlantic series. Swift makes the current car and it appears to be … Read More
UPDATE Danish TV tonight confirmed Nicolas Kiesa as the 3rd driver for Jordan. One interesting side note about Kiesa is that he admitted to TV2 Denmark that he tried to … Read More
This Portland Oregonian article says, (key excerpts) Portland race promoter Mike Nealy was slightly alarmed when he read Internet speculation that suggested the city's Champ Car race might move to … Read More
In addition to the rumors that Panther Racing is eyeing Champ Car, AutoRacing1.com has gotten wind of another new Champ Car team forming. Details are sketchy at this time, but … Read More
UPDATE #5 AutoRacing1.com has learned that although it will be ready sooner, the 2006 Champ Car schedule will be revealed during the Denver GP race weekend in a little over … Read More
UPDATE #4 Look for this sponsorship renewal announcement to be made at the next Champ Car race in San Jose, California. Mark C. 07/18/05 We are close to upgrading this … Read More
We are hearing that in San Jose Champ Car will make a major announcement about the Formula Atlantic Series that will see the series Champion be guaranteed a $1 or … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' as Wilson has a seat with RuSPORT for next year and possibly beyond. 07/17/05 AutoRacing1.com chatted with Dr. Jonathan Palmer this morning in … Read More
Phil Hill and Mario Andretti still maintain interest in Formula One for personal reasons as well as professional. Hill's 30-year-old son, Derek, has been trying to make his way up … Read More
UPDATE This Edmonton Sun article has more on Legge's comments about her readiness for Champ Car. 07/17/05 After winning her second Toyota Atlantic race in just eight starts we hear … Read More
UPDATE We are raising this rumor to 'strong' today. As exclusively reported last Wednesday, Turkish GP2 driver Can Artam is tipped to soon drive onto the grand prix scene. The … Read More
UPDATE Servia's prediction of drivers making mistakes in the Edmonton race due to fatigue proved prophetic. More than one driver reported their steering wheel felt very heavy by the end, … Read More
Today’s race-day attendance of 78,080 boosted the three-day attendance for the inaugural West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton to 200,052. This makes today’s event the highest-attended Champ Car race … Read More
The Edmonton GP has released their official attendance for the weekend and the numbers are spectacular.55,722 – Friday66,250 – Saturday78,080 – Sunday (Highest ever in Canada, previous high Toronto 73,000)200,052 … Read More
We sat with Champ Car team owner Paul Newman in the lobby of a downtown Edmonton hotel last night for an hour to talk racing and watch the Busch Series … Read More
Nelson Piquet Jr will follow up his experience of driving the 1987 Williams-Honda FW11B by taking the wheel of another of his father’s old Formula One machines, the Lotus 101-Judd … Read More
Readers of AutoRacing1.com know that we have pressed for Champ Car to start promoting their drivers better and to make the ones who deserve to be, heroes. All successful sports … Read More
The official announced attendance for Saturday in Edmonton was 66,250, despite the heavy all-morning rain and cool temperatures. This combined with Friday's attendance of 55,722 gives a today so far … Read More
Champ Car point leader Sebastien Bourdais was frustrated, or livid depending on how you want to characterize it, after stepping out of the car today after final qualifying in Edmonton. … Read More
For the second day in a row, the No. 2 Champion Racing Audi R8 of Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro posted the fastest time in Saturday morning's practice session, a … Read More
The rain has stopped and the Champ Cars are on track for a 30 min. practice in Edmonton, to be followed 10 min. later by final qualifying. The grandstands are … Read More
Rain and standing water have forced postponement of all Champ Car on-track activities in Edmonton until this afternoon. The skies have brightened and the rain is less intense now. The … Read More
Mandy Fang and her friend, Vicky Gao, both 20 and both from Beijing, China are attending the Edmonton GP Champ Car race with friends from Calgary, Canada. It's their first … Read More