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Two of the three principals of Open Wheel Racing Series, LLC, Paul Gentilozzi and Kevin Kalkhoven, spoke to the media today about their plans for the future of the "racing series formerly known as CART." That's right, formerly! While the CART...

Seventy-three entrants started the NASA Thunderhill 25 Hour race under a cloudy sky that quickly turned from drizzle into rain, flooding many pit areas leaving little to wonder what the remaining long hours of the endurance race would be ...

Each year the professional members of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) vote by closed ballot to select the year's Auto Racing All-American Team. The highest vote-getter - among all categories - receives the...

TOLEDO OH (12-4-03) Egnatius "Iggy" Katona, the winningest driver in ARCA RE/MAX Series history, died Thursday, December 4 in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was 87. Katona, who earned 79 career series wins, also held the all-time...

Speed itself is not the only way to win endurance races. It is usually done with a combination of thorough preparation, fast equipment, teamwork and great strategy. Now you have to add physiology and understanding the human half of the equation to...

Joe Gibbs Racing has signed United States Auto Club (USAC) racer J.J. Yeley to a multi-year contract beginning in 2004. Gibbs, who has won two Winston Cup championships with Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart since its inception in 1992, has long been...

You may not expect a five-time local track champion and current points leader getting choked up over an umpteenth win on his home turf. But that's exactly what Dean Freitas did after beating the USAC boys Sunday morning in the rain-delayed...

Who says it never rains in Hawaii? The USAC visitors painfully learned the fallacy of that notion Saturday night as intermittent but substantial showers greeted the normally arid plains of Central Oahu. At 9:00 pm, shortly before the scheduled...

The inaugural USAC Hawaiian Sprint Car Classic kicked off its doubleheader Friday night at Hawaii Motor Speedway, with yellow flags galore punctuating the evening from the first heat race on. As the bus transporting the visiting Southwest Sprint...

Forty years since professional level drivers last went head-to-head in a race on Hawaiian soil, the dust shall fly again this weekend courtesy of the stars from USAC's fledgling Southwest Sprint Car Series. The inaugural Hawaiian Sprint Car...

Hello Isabel, meet Mid-Ohio! After Hurricane Isabel came ashore on Thursday in North Carolina, the fast-moving storm carried heavy rain to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course all night Thursday and into Friday morning. Since Friday marks the switch...

Rookie sensation and 2003 champion, A.J. Allmendinger captured his ninth CART Toyota Atlantic Championship pole of the season this afternoon at Miami, tying a record set by the legendary Gilles Villeneuve for most Atlantic’s poles in a ...

After electrical problems forced pole sitter and 2003 champion A.J. Allmendinger to pit before the green flag, third-place starter Michael Valiante took advantage of Allmendinger's demise on the streets of Miami. Michael Valiante. Photo...

While J.J. Yeley clinched his second consecutive series championship with a runner-up showing, California's Bud Kaeding stole the spotlight by scoring his first career USAC Weld Racing Silver Crown Series triumph in Sunday's shortened O'Reilly...

"Cactus Jack" Yeley's son is on the verge of an accomplishment that only one man has achieved in the past: J.J. Yeley stands to win championships this season in all USAC's top divisions. J.J. Yeley. Photo by Kenneth Plotkin. Tony ...

A.J. Allmendinger clinched the CART Toyota Atlantic 2003 Championship today on the streets of Denver, Colorado. The young RuSPORT rookie has had his sights set on the title since being crowned the 2002 Barber Dodge Pro champion. "Amazing, I...

DENVER -- MotoRock LLC has signed a multi-year agreement to become title sponsor of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup. The Series will now be known as the MotoRock Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup. The agreement is a ...

Rojas wins flag-to-flag MONTREAL, QUEBEC (August 24, 2003)- Memo Rojas of Mexico City, Mexico, led every lap of the Barber Dodge Pro Series race in Montréal today to take his second win of the season. 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion Leo...

Lynx Racing's Michael Valiante survived a first lap collision with pole sitter A.J. Allmendinger and went on to win his second Toyota Atlantic Championship race of 2003. Michael Valiante. Photo by Michael Kim. The victory, just 0.6 ...

(Lexington, OH, August 9, 2003) Toyota Atlantic Series points leader A.J. Allmendinger claimed his sixth pole of the season for RuSPORT Racing, as he bested a field of 17 cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. A.J. Allmendinger. Photo by...

Brooklyn, Mich. (June 12, 2003) -- The rain on this wet Thursday at Michigan International Speedway has all the ARCA cars under tarps and all the drivers are huddled in their transporters staying warm and dry. Even the press stayed away on a cold...

INDIANAPOLIS - SportsBusiness Journal held the second annual Open-Wheel Racing Summit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking over the fourth floor Media Center that overlooks the 2.5-mile historic oval's front ...

Imagine one's surprise when they received a special invitation to drive a specially prepared stockcar around a superspeedway. Motorsport.com was invited to Michigan International Speedway to partake in a special Media Day. . Photo by...

INDIANAPOLIS, May 21 - Robby McGehee, driver of the Panther Racing/Pedigo Chevrolet Dallara Chevrolet Firestone ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (May 13, 2003) - Phyllis Dorricott confirmed today that Kyle Krisiloff, of Carmel, Ind., has signed to drive with Dorricott Racing for the remainder of the 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship. He joins Luis Diaz, of Mexico City,...

LANSING, Mich. -- Boris Said, driver of the No. 33 ACS Express Racing Ford Mustang, has been assessed penalties and fines after statements made during Round 2 of the Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup in Long Beach, Calif. April ...

Alex Lloyd won an eventful Formula Renault race at Snetterton. One single lap saw Lloyd move up from fifth to second and, with leader Tom Sisley already hit with a 10 second penalty, Lloyd held on to second place and got promoted to winner as he...

The opening round of the Formula Renault UK championship took place on Saturday as part of a double-header supporting the British Formula Three Championship. Mike Conway eventually took a convincing victory, helped early on by a backmarker, and ...

Boris Said took his first victory for the 2003 season at the track where until today wins had eluded him. The ACS Ford Mustang driver was elated to get his 12th career win on the Streets of Long Beach. The BFGoodrich® Tires Cup Trans-Am Series...

JASPER, FL-After being forced to sit out most of last season due to a work injury, 'The Peoples Champion' Jason Petty, of Creedmore, NC, proved he was back in the hunt for a Triple Crown in the WKA/Ultramax Racing Chassis Speedway Pavement Series...