With a trio of Wisconsin oval-track wins and 531 laps led to his credit, Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) entered this weekend as the unquestioned king of Milwaukee as the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford rolled into Beer Town for this weekend's Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Presented by U.S. Bank. Read More »
Production Version of Mazda MX-Crossport Concept SUV to be Launched in 2006
Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced that the vehicle shown as the MX-Crossport at January's North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich., will formally move from concept to production vehicle. Read More »
Grubnic Becomes First Non-North American to Win an NHRA Top Fuel Event, Downs Dixon At O’reilly Summer Nationals
Australian Dave Grubnic sped past Larry Dixon in the finals of the 17th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka to become the first non-North American to win an NHRA Top Fuel event. Read More »
Wheldon Outduels Patrick in Closing Laps for Indianapolis 500 Victory
Dan Wheldon shared a chug from the winner's traditional bottle of milk with team co-owner Michael Andretti in Victory Circle . For both, it was satisfying. Read More »
Patrick Comes Close in ‘500’ Debut
Danica Patrick's No. 16 Rahal Letterman Racing Argent Pioneer Panoz/Honda/Firestone stalled, spun and sputtered during the 89th Indianapolis 500. It also finished fourth. Read More »
Alonso Wins ‘heated’ Race in Nurburgring
Fernando Alonso won his fourth race of the season this afternoon after grabbing the lead from Kimi Raikkonen on the penultimate lap of an action packed European Grand Prix. Read More »
XM to Provide First Satellite Radio Broadcast of the Indianapolis 500
PRNewswire - XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR), the nation's leading satellite radio provider with over 4 million subscribers, today announced that it will provide the first satellite radio broadcast of The Indianapolis 500 with coverage of the race on Sunday, May 29. Read More »
Kanaan Tops Field to Secure Pole for 89th Indianapolis 500
Tony Kanaan went out early in qualifying, posted the best time and then waited. And waited. His patience was finally rewarded. Read More »
Dysons Finish 1-2, Make History at American Le Mans at
There was a 1-2 finish at the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio on Sunday. Read More »
Brack blitzes pole speed
Kenny Brack, who is the substitute driver for injured defending champion Buddy Rice, qualified 23rd in the 33-car field -- the highest he could have started under the qualifying procedure -- with a four-lap average of 227.598 mph (2 minutes, 44.0866 seconds) over the 2.5-mile oval. Read More »