IndyCar News

IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon has been honoured by the British Racing Drivers' Club as the recipient of the 2008 Bruce McLaren Trophy.

Conquest Racing driver Alex Tagliani took a podium finish alongside sportscar racer Joey Hand and Gatorz sunglasses owner Kerry Lynch in an end of season endurance karting event held at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Formula One's decision to end its relationship with the city of Montreal could open the door for the IndyCar Series to take up residence at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Walker Racing looks set to appear in the Firestone Indy Lights series before too long, having been tabbed by an ambitious talent spotting programme to provide the basis for driver development.

Atlantic Championship runner-up Jonathan Bomarito may be poised to spearhead an influx of runners to the Firestone Indy Lights series after enjoying a successful first outing with the RLR/Andersen team at Sebring.

With little opportunity apparently on the horizon in either the Indy Racing League or NASCAR ranks for 2009, Paul Tracy could be looking to the Middle East for a regular fix of motorsport action.

Team Australian co-owner Craig Gore has rubbished reports claiming that he has decided to turn his back on motorsport following recent emergency surgery, insisting that what he considered to be a private conversation has been taken out of context.

The future of the Formula Atlantic category has been assured following an outstanding 35th anniversary season with the confirmation that Atlanta-based businessman Ben Johnston had purchased Atlantic Racing Series LLC from Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe.

The teaming-up of Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti at Target Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2009 IndyCar Series will see the pairing 'bring out the best in each other' and has the potential to become the most successful partnership in the history of the multiple championship-winning outfit.

RLR/Andersen Racing has announced that its two-car Firestone Indy Lights team will relocate to Rahal Letterman Racing's IndyCar headquarters in Ohio, bringing the two operations closer together.

Dario Franchitti admits that a lack of championship points at the Nikon Indy 300 could lead to a better race for fans, and has said that it is a race that all drivers will want to win despite its non-championship status.

The crash helmet featuring a design based on the films of the late Paul Newman has raised nearly $41,000 for a charity close to the actor's heart after a successful internet auction closed this week.

Possibly the strongest field ever assembled for the streets of Surfers Paradise has been confirmed for next weekend's Nikon Indy 300, with all of the IndyCar Series' familiar faces making the trip 'down under'.

The quest for the 2008 IndyCar Series championship was one of the most difficult in series history, something that Indy Racing League president of competition and operations Brian Barnhart puts down, in part, to the unification of US open-wheel motorsport.

The drivers, teams, partners and officials of the Formula Atlantic Championship have gather at the Chateau ?lan in Braselton to pay tribute to the 2008 season at the annual end of season awards banquet.

New Firestone Indy Lights champion Raphael Matos has justified his decision to join the series instead of pursuing a Champ Car ride for 2008 by signing a multi-year deal to drive for Luczo Dragon Racing as it expands to a full-time entrant in the IndyCar Series in 2009.

Team Australia co-owner Craig Gore is almost certain to miss the Nikon Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise after undergoing emergency bowel surgery in a London hospital this week.

Paul Tracy's absence from the cockpit for much of the 2008 US open-wheel season is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Canadian's frustration, after it emerged that he was to sue former long-time employer Gerald Forsythe.

After a season that saw him take two wins and seven top-five finishes - including a maiden win - Carl Skerlong has seen his Atlantic Series campaign come to an early end following a high-speed accident at Road Atlanta.

Paul Newman was introduced to motor racing in 1968 while filming a movie at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and that brief relationship blossomed into a 40-year passion for the sport that included not only co-ownership of one of the most powerful teams in US open-wheel racing, but also his own s

The IndyCar Series will claim another NASCAR scalp for 2009, albeit on a lesser scale than that of Dario Franchitti, when sometime Nationwide Series runner Stanton Barrett makes the jump to open-wheel racing with Team 3G.

The success enjoyed by the unified IndyCar Series this season has provided many positive storylines but, for one stalwart of the leaner years, Sunday's Chicagoland finale may have been the downside of this year's growth.

The Indy Racing League has said that it will be reviewing and checking the positioning of transponders fitted to its competing cars in a bid to prevent the embarrassing mix-up over who had actually won Sunday's IndyCar Series finale at Chicagoland Speedway.

The parting of the ways between Dan Wheldon and Target Chip Ganassi Racing appears to be an amicable one, on the surface at least, with each paying tribute to the other following the team's decision to sign Dario Franchitti for 2009.