IndyCar News

Arie Luyendyk Jr, the 2003 IRL Crew 'Most Popular Driver Award' winner for the Menards Infiniti Pro Series, will return to the IRL support category with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in 2004.

Mi-Jack Conquest Racing was reunited with its 2003 driver Mario Haberfeld at Sebring late last week, as the combination put in a full day's testing ahead of the forthcoming Champ Car World Series.

The Formula Dodge National Championship, an official ladder series to the Champ Car World Series, announced its 2004 schedule today.

Sources in South Africa claim that the country is poised to ink a deal to bring the Champ Car World Series to the streets of Durban in the next couple of years.

With less than a month to run before the opening round of the 2004 Indy Racing League series at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Red Bull Cheever Racing team-mates Alex Barron and Ed Carpenter gave the squad a morale boost by running at the head of the times in testing.

Veteran team owner UE 'Pat' Patrick, has confirmed rumours that he is set to quit the series he helped found in the 1970s in order to set up shop with its bitterest rival.

The Skip Barber Racing School has announced that it will not run its renowned Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2004, replacing it at several high-profile events with a boosted National Championship Series.

As part of Wednesday's decision in an Indianapolis courtroom, OWRS partners Paul Gentilozzi, Kevin Kalkhoven, and Gerald Forsythe have agreed to purchase the Pro-Motion Agency which operates the Toyota Atlantic Championship.

The Champ Cars World Series will headline the Grand Prix of Road America on 8 August, after the circuit and the series' new owners - Open Wheel Racing Series - reached an agreement to stage the 23rd consecutive event at the track shortly after OWRS had seen off an attempt by the IRL to drive it o

The Indy Racing League and Delphi Corp's combined efforts to bring the most sophisticated safety aid racing technologies to the sport will be further realised in the 2004 season when, in a motorsports first, the IRL safety trucks will go equipped with two Delphi on-board camera systems for increa

What could become the final battle between the warring Champ Car and Indycar factions appears to have begun, following news that the Indy Racing League has tabled an offer for the CART assets wanted by Open Wheel Racing Series.

Long-time race sponsor GI Joe's has refused to commit money to any Champ Car event at Portland International Raceway in 2004 until definite news of the series' future is received.

Duane Sweeney, who waved the chequered flag as the chief starter when Al Unser and Rick Mears each won the Indianapolis 500 for a fourth time, died earlier this week at his home in Wisconsin. He was 81.

Super Aguri Fern?ndez Racing today announced that 24-year-old Kosuke Matsuura of Aichi, Japan, will pilot its #55 Panasonic ARTA Honda-powered Panoz G Force/Firestone entry in the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series.

Andretti Green Racing announced today it has reached an agreement with the Archipelago Exchange [ArcaEx] to become a major sponsor on Dario Franchitti's #27 Honda-powered Dallara during the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar(TM) Series season.

Johnson Controls has announced its continued sponsorship of Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports Racing in the 2004 Champ Car World Series, where it is expected to appear on the car driven by the recently re-signed Alex Tagliani.

RuSPORT technical director Gerald Tyler has left the team, leaving a valuable piece missing from the set-up ahead of its proposed participation in this year's revived Champ Car World Series..

Purex Detergents has confirmed that it will return as the co-primary sponsor of the #24 entry fielded by Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series.

Red Bull Cheever Racing has confirmed that it will revert to a two-car team for this year's IRL IndyCar Series season, with Alex Barron driving the #52 entry and rookie Ed Carpenter the #51.

Despite a comprehensive review of Tony Renna's fatal accident at Indianapolis Motor Speedway two months ago, Indy Racing League officials have admitted that the reasons for the crash remain uncertain.

Key chassis and engine changes for Indy Racing League IndyCar Series cars, highlighted by a reduction in engine size from 3.5 litres to three litres, will be made in 2004 starting at the 88th Indianapolis 500 in May in an effort to reduce speeds and ensure safer and exciting racing, IRL officials

Indy Racing League team owner Tom Kelley has revealed that communications industry leader Rick Weidinger has invested in, and acquired, a minority interest in Kelley Racing ahead of the 2004 IndyCar season.

CART CEO and president Chris Pook has admitted that, while disappointed to see the initial rescue plan for the series fall by the wayside, he is happy with the new agreement with Open Wheel Racing Series that should see the Champ Car World Series run in 2004.

Just days after it reported the untimely deaths of two stalwart employees, Indianapolis Motor Speedway has had to add the name of James 'Jim' Phillippe to the list.