IndyCar News

While smoking in public places is largely restricted in many US states, Miami's exclusive Porcao restaurant in Miami has opened a specific area where lovers of fine tobacco can congregate, an area named after Emerson Fittipaldi and his Fittipaldi Cigars brand.

A black tie gala at the Hyatt Regency Miami on Sunday evening saw the 30th anniversary celebration of the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship officially draw to a close as participants, sponsors, series officials and members of the media gathered to honour 2003 series champion AJ Allmendinger and h

American driver Tony Renna will drive the #10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry next season, racing alongside 2003 Indy Racing League contender Scott Dixon and leaving Tomas Scheckter out in the cold.

Newly-crowned Infiniti Pro Series champion Mark Taylor made an impressive Indy Racing League debut by completing 150 laps with reigning Indy Racing League champions Panther Racing at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday [Wednesday].

Rocketsports Racing's Alex Tagliani was left fuming after being taken out of Sunday's Grand Prix Americas in Miami by an errant Alex Sperafico while the Canadian born driver was on course for a possible podium finish.

Going back through many long and lean years as Bettenhausen Motorsports, the newly-rebuilt Herdez Competition team has pushed its team into the spotlight on occasion in the last two years of racing in the Champ Car World Series, but on a sunny Sunday in Miami, the duo of Mario Dominguez and Rober

The 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford grid will swell to 20 for the first time in Mexico City next month as Derrick Walker confirmed that native Mexican Luis Diaz will campaign a third Walker Racing Reynard-Ford in the Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and four-time 500 victor Rick Mears are the latest racing legends selected for the inaugural 'Firestone Heroes of Indy' celebration at Texas Motor Speedway's Indy Racing League finale on Sunday 12 October.

SCOTT DIXON (#9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz G-Force-Toyota):

Panther Racing driver Mark Taylor reflects on taking his seventh Infiniti Pro Series victory of the year at California Speedway, clinching the title and a lot, lot more...

Scott Dixon currently lies second in the IndyCar Series point standings with 427 points - trailing Helio Castroneves by only 12.

With Alex Barron already ensconced in the Red Bull Cheever entry this weekend, it fell to the Indy Racing League's other 'supersub', Richie Hearn, to replace Buddy Lazier at Hemelgarn Racing for the Fontana round.

The glitz and glamour surrounding the upcoming Grand Prix Americas will have an intriguing sub-plot as the teams and drivers of the CART Champ Car World Series battle for supremacy on the streets of Miami next weekend.

The proposed takeover of Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc [CART] by Open Wheel Racing Series LLC continues on track, after the latter allowed the 18 September deadline for backing to pass by.

Indy Racing League officials have released next year's calendar, which contains 16 races, including the jewel in the crown Indianapolis 500.

Joe Granatelli, Andy Granatelli's older brother who helped fabricate the famed turbine race car that nearly won the 1967 Indianapolis 500, died last Saturday in Woodland Hills, California aged 84.

The Herdez Competition team has revealed that it will become the first in Champ Car history to field two Mexican drivers, when rookie Roberto Gonzalez partners Mario Dominguez at the 17th round of the CART World Series in Mexico City next month.

The field continues to fill for the inaugural Firestone Heroes of Indy event at Texas Motor Speedway. The race is scheduled for Sunday, October 12th at 1 p.m. prior to the season finale Chevy 500k Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race.

Leading Infiniti Pro Series team Sam Schmidt Motorsports has announced that veteran Taylor Fletcher will drive the #9 Olive Crest Foundation entry for the remainder of the 2003 IPS season beginning with the next event at California Speedway next weekend.

Indy Racing League fans planning to visit the Texas Motor Speedway for the season-ending Chevy 500 will also get to enjoy a very special support race, featuring ten of the sport's biggest names at Indianapolis down the years.

Panther Racing, the most successful team in Indy Racing League history with 13 IndyCar Series wins, 6 Infiniti Pro Series victories and two overall IRL driver's titles, has begun its search to replace Sam Hornish Jr in the #4 Pennzoil Dallara-Chevrolet next year as well as auditioning candidates

CART Champ Car irregular Gualter Salles was left shaken by his involvement in a fatal accident, in which a journalism student died, during one of his Brazilian V8 Stock Car forays at the weekend.

20 lead changes, the closest three-way finish in series history, three drivers leading their first laps of the year and the continuation of an eight year record were just some of the facts thrown up by Sunday's Delphi Indy 300.

Stalwart IRL team owner John Menard has announced that his Menard's chain of hardware stores will become the co-title sponsor of next year's Infiniti Pro Series.