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Just call it A.J. & Justin's grand adventure as the two RuSPORT Champ Car World Series drivers are among the stellar pilots who will undertake the 44th annual Rolex 24 at Daytona on 28-29 January 2006. A.J. Allmendinger and Justin ...

"I remember seeing the sky and wondering when I was going to hit the wall," recalled Ryan Briscoe of his massive accident little more than a week ago during the Peak Antifreeze 300 on Chicagoland Speedway's 1.5-mile oval. Ryan ...

The reigning IndyCar Series champion is taking his ...

Rain scuttled Fast Friday practice just past the midway point as the first round of many severe thunderstorms expected much later this afternoon arrived shortly after Paul Dana's hard hit of the Turn 2 SAFER barrier at Indianapolis Motor ...

For the first time in their Indy Racing League IndyCar Series participation, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has firmed plans for a second car at the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race well before Indy's opening day. Autograph session: Jeff ...

Dan Wheldon really wanted to wrap up his first Indy Racing League IndyCar Series title on the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway oval this afternoon but it wasn't to be. Wheldon needed a 107-point cushion after this race but leaves the Windy City with...

The draw for the qualifying order was moved forward by two hours when heavy rains saturated the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Scott Sharp will be the first driver eligible to qualify when MBNA Pole Day qualifying begins at noon local...

He had to beat a girl to do it, but Sam Hornish earned his fourth career pole position this afternoon during qualifying for Saturday's third annual Bridgestone Indy Japan 300. Pole winner Sam Hornish Jr. celebrates. Photo by Firestone...

Cristiano da Matta carried his Portland victory momentum into Cleveland, Ohio to earn his first Champ Car World Series provisional pole since his return to the open-wheel series. The top spot today guarantees him a front row starting spot and one...

Practice for the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race began in earnest today on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval as 39 car and driver combinations took laps 1506 mostly trouble-free laps in preparation for the May 29th...

There's only one day remaining before the six drivers battling for JP Morgan Chase Rookie of the Year honors in the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race take the green for their first Greatest Spectacle in Racing. This year the winning rookie will be...

The Indy Racing League fans witnessed another thrilling IndyCar Series race on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway oval this afternoon, as Scott Sharp scored his ninth career victory in the AMBER Alert Portal Indy 300 over Vitor Meira, the American ...

Twenty-two Indy Racing League IndyCar Series combatants took their first practice steps of the season today in preparation for the tenth-anniversary season, which kicks off Sunday with the Toyota Indy 300 on Homestead-Miami Speedway's 1.5-mile ...

The Indy Racing League and Indianapolis Motor Speedway garnered all the excitement and tension they were hoping for with today's MBNA Pole Day for the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Pole winner Tony Kanaan celebrates. Photo by Jim ...

Danica Patrick's whirlwind life continues unabated since her two fourth place finishes in the most recent Indy Racing League IndyCar Series events at Twin Ring Motegi and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Danica Patrick. Photo by Shawn Payne...

The Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series teams and drivers took their first laps on the 12-turn, 2.26-mile Infineon Raceway Sears Point road course today under clear, cool and windy skies. Eighteen drivers took 671 laps over a three-hour period ...

The Indy Racing League IndyCar Series teams began their initial open practice today in preparation for a 17-race campaign that will include road, street and oval circuits for the first time in the series history. Fast speeds in both the morning...

It's often said that racing makes strange bedfellows and what could be more unusual than the situation facing Adrian Fernandez? The owner of two Indy Racing League IndyCar Series teams, Super Aguri Fernandez Racing and Delphi Fernandez Racing,...

When Duane "Pappy" Carter Sr. first raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1947, he had no idea his offspring would still be hurtling across the famous yard of bricks nearly six decades later. Though the 11-time Indy 500 starter and...

The track opened for practice today as teams and drivers prepare to contest the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Danica Patrick. Photo by Dan Helrigel - IRL. Today and tomorrow...

It's been less than 24 hours since Dan Wheldon drank milk in Victory Lane, having won the 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in his third try. Has the magnitude of his name change from "Dan Wheldon" to "Dan Wheldon, Indy winner" sunk in ...

Morris Nunn has pretty much seen it all and done it all in motorsports. Nunn has worked with and/or owned Formula One teams, done the same in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League and now, well, maybe it might be time to play a bit more golf with...

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway decided to give media a chance for one-on-one interviews with all 33 qualified drivers for Sunday's 89th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race today. It was a great opportunity to talk with drivers who might otherwise not be...

When the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series opened the 2005 season at Homestead Miami Speedway in March, Dan Wheldon provided fans with a preview of what was to come over the next 16 races. The young Englishman's dream season kicked off with a ...

Rahal Letterman Racing prides itself on being a team that is, to put it bluntly, insular. When Kenny Brack had his horrific accident in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series season closer at Texas Motor Speedway in October of 2003, the team ...

The Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing team had some hard decisions to make when regular Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver rookie Paul Dana sustained fractures to his T-7 and T-8 vertebrae in a practice-closing accident at the Indianapolis Motor ...

As the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series prepares to begin its new season with upwards of 30 Daytona Prototypes on hand for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the sanctioning organization took a few minutes to look at one special team with one special...

It was no April Fool's joke: the Indy Racing League's 21 IndyCar Series stars made right turns today on the 1.8- mile, 14-corner street circuit that includes part of the local general aviation airport. Helio Castroneves. Photo by...

The unforgiving SAFER barrier that lines the four distinct turns of the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway claimed its first victim of the month early this afternoon. Wrecked car of Buddy Rice. Photo by Michael C. Johnson. With just...

Sebastien Bourdais ended a 19-year drought for Newman Haas racing at the Long Beach Grand Prix, taking top honors in the opening round of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford. Canadian Paul Tracy finished in second...