After two weeks away, several Winston Cup regulars returned to the Busch Series for the Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The 200-lap event rolled to a start under cloudy skies during a welcome break in the rain that fell on Charlotte all weekend. Read More »
De Ferran Takes Turn At Penske Pinnacle At Indy
It was de Ferras first victory in theGreatest Spectacle in Racing and it denied Castroneve chance to become the first driver to win three consecutive Indianapolis 500s. Read More »
Schumacher Heads Mixed-Up Grid For Austrian Grand Prix With Vintage Lap
Michael Schumacher will begin tomorros Austrian Grand Prix from pole position following a blistering lap at the end of the qualifying session. It is his 4th pole position of the 6 races so far this season. His Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello will begin the race in fifth spot. Read More »
Ferrari Wins Incident Packed Race In Austria
Michael Schumacher won Sundas Austrian Grand Prix in dramatic style following an incident during his first pit stop in which flames licked the side of his car and the refuelling hose. The Ferrari team extinguished the flames and sent Michael on his way to victory. Behind him, Rubens Barrichello fought a head cold to finish third and move up to third place in the Championship. Read More »
One Wild Night At NASCAR’s All-Star Event
NASCAR's Winston Cup Series returned home to Charlotte for the 2003 Winston, a nighttime event that has often been referred to as stock car racing's all-star game. Drivers and crews enjoy two consecutive weeks in the area where most of NASCAR's teams are headquartered, a break from a hectic travel schedule, and those who qualify take part in the wildest, roughest race of the season. Read More »
Deep Field, Impressive Reliability This Year
For starters, there is a driver who has won at least one IRL IndyCarTM Series race in each of the traditional 11 rows of three. All told, drivers in the 87th Indianapolis 500 have accounted for 154 Indy Racing League or CART wins, 12 IRL or CART championships and six Indianapolis 500 wins. Teams that have entered cars for the50 have tallied 19 Indianapolis 500 victories, 27 IRL or CART championships and countless IRL, CART, USAC, NASCAR, Formula One and road-racing victories. Read More »
Sebastien Bourdais Backs Up Brands Hatch Win With German 500 Pole
KLETTWITZ, Germany (May 10, 2003 Bursting with the confidence that only a first win can bring, Sebastien Bourdais (#2 Lilly Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) carried the momentum of last wees maiden Champ Car victory to EuroSpeedway Lausitz on Saturday and rolled to the pole for Sundas German 500, leading a 1-2 Newman/Haas sweep for the fifth round of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season. Read More »
Alex Zanardi Completes His Final 13 Laps At Eurospeedway Lausitz
Emotions ran high this afternoon in CARs return to EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany as 1997-98 series champion Alex Zanardi (#66 Ford-Cosworth/Reynard/Bridgestone) completed the final 13 laps of the 2001 German 500, where he was involved in an incident that resulted in the loss of his lower legs. Read More »
Bourdais Is Best Again
The 23-year old rookie withstood tremendous pressure to win Sundas 154-lap event in a photo finish over Mario Dominguez and Michel Jourdain Jr. Read More »
A Fuel Mileage Finish In The Busch Series Charter Pipeline 250
As the Winston Cup drivers enjoyed a week off, the Busch Series rolled into St. Louis for the Charter Pipeline 250. The 200 lap event was delayed by the heavy rains the swept the area early Saturday morning, and rolled to a start a half hour late amidst concerns about the drastic temperature changes between final practice and the start of the race. Read More »