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UPDATE #6 American developers planning to build a domed indoor race circuit in Plainfield, CN have received zoning approval for the project from the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. In … Read More
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UPDATE #6 American developers planning to build a domed indoor race circuit in Plainfield, CN have received zoning approval for the project from the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. In … Read More
The future of MG Rover could be decided in Russia following reports that administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers have received approaches from metals mogul Oleg Deripaska and Nikolai Smolenski, owner of sports carmaker … Read More
UPDATE #2 Another reader adds, Dear AutoRacing1.com, If Champ Car does indeed have serious thoughts about running a race in L.A. then they should move forward with those plans regardless … Read More
UPDATE Roger Penske usually likes to make a splash when he announces a new racing endeavor. But recently The Captain seemed to go to great depths to downplay his entry … Read More
Formula Superfund, the single-seater championship built out of the old Euro3000 series, will be relaunched for an Asian market next month. formula-3000.net has learned that Martin Schneider, the head of … Read More
UPDATE Comparing the Champ Car calendar with the Brazilian Stock Car calendar, we discovered that Christian Fittipaldi will be able to run 10 Champ Car races. NOKIA STOCK CAR SERIESMay … Read More
UPDATE The Multimatic Technical Centre (MTC) and Dynamic Suspensions North America are located in Markham (i.e. north of Toronto). 04/27/05 It's widely believed that one of the reasons the Newman/Haas … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is downgraded to 'false,' Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it would not raise its car prices to help U.S. rivals, breaking with its chairman's comments … Read More
Recall the pop-off valve controversy in CART whereby a big hubbub was made by Toyota and Honda over the Honda clever way of fooling the pop-valve into allowing a higher … Read More
The troubled Italian industrial company Fiat SpA is in talks with India's Tata Motors to enter into some form of joint venture, which it is hoped will save the indebted … Read More
UPDATE #2 A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, I'm so glad you had that article on the Rumors page about what Graham Rahal said during the Star Mazda Series race at … Read More
Fueled by the overwhelming success and obvious spectator enjoyment of the drifting that Champ Car, Formula D (www.formulad.com) and Champ Car's Mediawide Marketing brought to the 31st Annual Toyota Grand … Read More
Our sources in Mexico tell us that Roberto Gonzalez is close to a sponsorship deal that will see him re-start his Champ Car career in Monterrey. His management team is … Read More
UPDATE We are hearing that Dover is trying to get the IRL and Champ Car to talk in the hopes of reaching some sort of agreement. Champ Car has reached … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact.' Billionaire racing team owner Dietrich Mateschitz was in a very jolly mood at Imola, having announced a new engine deal with Ferrari for … Read More
UPDATE A fierce rivalry is brewing between the Chinese and Japanese for worldwide supremacy in the automobile market. Certainly Japan has a big lead now, but the Chinese are coming, … Read More
With labor costs 1/20th that of the USA and 1/30th that of Europe, China threatens to put North America and Europe completely out of the automobile industry. This Detroit Free … Read More
Volume on Dover Motorsports stock (NYSE: DVD) has been up to nine times higher per day than the historical average. Is someone buying Dover stock to influence the Long Beach … Read More
UPDATE #3 As we have reported for a number of years, there is plenty of room in the world for another GP series because F1 simply can't add anymore races … Read More
General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union appear headed for a historic clash as spiraling health care costs seemingly threaten the very survival of the world's largest carmaker. … Read More
Who will be the promoter at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin State Fair Park this year? The Fair has booked Champ Car, IRL and NASCAR events for its famed Milwaukee Mile, but … Read More
UPDATE #5 Another writes, Dear AutoRacing1, As a die-hard Champ Car fan and a casual IRL fan (hey I have to watch something on the off weeks) I have been … Read More
UPDATE #8 This Indy Star article says a lot of the same rhetoric on this topic. Brian Barnhart said a few things that make it clear the IRL would prefer … Read More
Our Beijing sources tell us that plans for the expansion of the Goldenport track are getting closer to reality. BAMSA, the government owned company that Champ Car signed the agreement … Read More
This Long Beach Press Telegram article says, It's the hunch here that Jim Michaelian and Dover Motorsports will wind up switching their Long Beach Grand Prix allegiance to Tony George … Read More