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Defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay describes a lap of Surfers Paradise.

Texas Motor Speedway has developed a nasty habit of throwing a gut-wrenching incident into its IRL season finale, and Red Bull Cheever Racing driver Alex Barron was thankful to walk away from the 2004 incident.

Walker Racing will be back to a two car entry for this weekends Lexmark Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, with V8 Supercar driver David Besnard stepping in to partner Mario Haberfeld for the Australian event.

by Rob Wilkins Alex Zanardi made his name in Indy Cars, winning the championship back-to-back in 1997 and 1998. He was a well-respected and admired racing driver, and still is, despite that accident in Germany back in 2001.

by Rob Wilkins Alex Zanardi was dealt a devastating blow in 2001, when he suffered an appalling crash in Germany which cost him both his legs. He never gave up though, and although he insists he is no 'superman', the Italian is an example for us all.

Exactly one year ago on Tuesday, Kenny Brack suffered appalling injuries in a vicious crash at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Newman-Haas Racing teammates Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira have not always seen eye to eye this year but both insist that all is well between the two as they prepare for the penultimate round of the series in Surfers Paradise. ERIC MAUK:

Behind every successful driver is a successful team. Guillaume 'Rocky' Rocquelin, chief engineer for the #6 Newman Haas Lola driven by Bruno Junqueira, answered questions on the series and the team with just two races left in the 2004 Champ Car World Series season.

During the course of the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series Championship, Red Bull Cheever Racing has published a series of diary excerpts from various members of their organisation from the drivers to the owner himself.

American teenage swimming sensation and Texas native Dana Vollmer will serve as the Grand Marshal for next weekend's IRL IndyCar Series Championship finale at the Texas Motor Speedway

Though separated by almost twelve years, Tony Kanaan and Thiago Medeiros both achieved their goals at California Speedway last weekend, taking the Indy Racing League and Infiniti Pro Series titles respectively.

Eight Champ Car World Series drivers have amassed $10 million in earnings over their long racing careers but the American Mojave Aerospace Ventures team led by Burt Rutan and Paul Allen picked up the same amount in a little under two hours on Monday.

The brother tandem of P.J. and James Chesson have taken the Indy Racing League Menards Infiniti Pro Series by storm this year. They have done it their way with fun, being free spirits and going fast.

The California 100 Menards Infiniti Pro Series event ended with a new winner and a newly crowned Champion upside down after a spectacular last lap collision.

The Indy Racing League Menards Infiniti Pro Series will feature a series-high 14 races in 2005, including three events on road courses and one street course, league officials have announced.

With just three weeks to go until the Lexmark Indy 300, Indy Fever is already taking hold in Surfers Paradise with more than 50 events on the official off track calendar.

Earlier this week former Indy 500 driver Lyn St James and current Menards Infiniti Pro Series team owner Kathryn Nunn announced plans to test a number of female drivers in one of the team's Dallara-Infiniti's at the Texas Motor Speedway in November with a view to signing a female driver for the 2

Sam Hornish Jr's last IRL IndyCar Series victory came all the way back in February at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and this weekend's Toyota Indy 400 could be his best chance yet to break Honda's dominance as he goes for a third consecutive win at the two-mile California Speedway.

Mario Haberfeld and Walker Racing had a busy weekend as the Champ Car World Series visited the 1.5-mile oval at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but even after their best efforts, 14th place in the Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona was all they were rewarded with.

Lexmark Indy 300 General Manager James O'Brien has welcomed the news that V8 Supercar driver David Besnard will take part in the Champ Car race at Surfers Paradise next month.

A tenth of a second isn't much, but that's all it took for Sebastien Bourdais to make poor results at Montreal and Laguna Seca a distant memory as he took a sixth win of the season in the Bridgestone 400 - the first Champ Car race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

After almost a year away from racing, Kenny Brack made his return to competition last weekend, behind the wheel of a Porsche in his native Sweden.

Although they do not command as much fanfare as their NASCAR counterparts, an IRL IndyCar Series crew chief is just as important to his or her driver as 'Zippy' is to Tony Stewart, or 'Fatback' to Ricky Rudd.

Mario Haberfeld will be hoping for some luck this weekend at Las Vegas as the Cummins Walker Racing driver attempts to climb into the top ten of the Champ Car World Series standings.