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The only type of car Paul Tracy has driven with a roof on top is one of his myriad street machines but that will change with the 2005 running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Paul Tracy. Photo by Linda Rydell. Tracy,...

Rahal Letterman Racing, winners of the 2004 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race - and MBNA pole position - with Buddy Rice has clarified its plans for the upcoming Indy Racing League IndyCar Series 17-race season. Danica Patrick. Photo by Shawn...

One of the biggest U.S. cities yet to host a major motorsports event is finally getting a chance: San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, has a tentative agreement with Champ Car to run a race downtown to a potential crowd of 120,000...

It is rather apropos that Indy Racing League IndyCar Series team owner Eddie Cheever announced the hiring of Patrick Carpentier to partner Alex Barron on Veteran's Day in the United States. Eddie Cheever and Patrick Carpentier. Photo by...

Trying to take away the thunder from Indy Racing League IndyCar Series competitors Red Bull Cheever Racing, Forsythe Championship Racing - owned by Open Wheel Racing Series principal Gerald Forsythe - announced the departure of long-time driver ...

Besting a field of nineteen drivers, newly crowned 2004 Champ Car World Series champion Sebastien Bourdais put on a dominating performance in winning the Mexico City Grand Prix. Pitstop for Sébastien Bourdais. Photo by Ford Motor ...

The hotly contested Champ Car World series concludes the years competition today as nineteen drivers will determine the outcome of what has been the most thrilling season in recent memory. Sébastien Bourdais. Photo by Bridgestone - ...

Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais set a new track record and moved one step closer to the Champ Car World Series title today when he claimed pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix of Mexico. Sébastien Bourdais. Photo by Bridgestone - Dennis...

It's come down to the final event in the 2004 Champ Car World Series as Newman/Haas Racing Team drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira vie for the Vanderbilt Cup and a piece of Champ Car history in Mexico City. Michael ...

Defending Champ Car World Series champion Paul Tracy sailed to the pole on the streets of Surfers Paradise under sunny skies on the Gold Coast in Australia for Sunday's penultimate race of the CCWS 2004 calendar. Paul Tracy. Photo by...

Red Bull Cheever Racing's preparations for the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series 17-race campaign began yesterday with the team's first test of a rookie driver. Narain Karthikeyan. Photo by Dave Dyer. Indian driver Narain ...

If you expected Alex Zanardi to lose his zest for life after having both legs amputated above the knee by a competitor's race car at EuroSpeedway Lausitz on September 15, 2001 you'd be wrong. Zanardi, who claims he hasn't shed a tear over the ...

Peter Jennings made him one of ABC's "Person of the Week" honorees on a Friday April evening a few years; Mario Andretti counts him as a lifelong friend. Where there's a major American- based open wheel race weekend, Father Phil De Rea has been...

Adrian Fernandez took the battle today in the Toyota Indy 400 by 0.0183 seconds, but second finisher Tony Kanaan won the war. The 2004 Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series championship belongs to the driver of Andretti Green Racing's ...

After posting the fourth quickest time in qualifying yesterday, Darren Manning impacted the turn two wall and SAFER barrier at California Speedway, suffering a slight concussion and severe back contusion, according to Dr. Henry Bock, Indy Racing...

Situations change pretty quickly in the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series. Case in point is today's qualifying session for the Toyota Indy 400, race ...

Super Aguri Fernandez Racing is first out of the box to announce their 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series plans, bringing back potential Bombardier Rookie of the Year candidate Kosuke Matsuura to the ...

A cool California morning contributed to quick speeds in the first practice session as 22 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series drivers prepared for Sunday's Toyota Indy 400, race ...

Earlier this summer, Kathryn Nunn became the first woman to own an Indy Racing League Menards Infiniti Pro Series team, a move that has since paid off with three victories for lead driver P.J. Chesson and now encompasses a two-car squad with ...

There are only two contests left in the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series' 16-event campaign and two drivers remain with a chance of winning the title. Andretti Green Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon are mathematically eligible for...

Last year at this time, Sam Hornish Jr. was on a roll. The 2003 season had been a roller coaster ride for the 2001- 2002 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, who had to contend with a moribund Chevrolet engine that was replaced at Michigan...

It's dejà vu time for Tony Kanaan, leading the point standings for the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series. Kanaan, the Brazilian who completed his first year of IndyCar Series racing in fourth place in 2003 has a 75-point advantage in this...

Patrick Carpentier became the first driver to win back-to-back races at Laguna Seca since 1998-99, by taking a time-shortened Monterey Grand Prix victory in the Champ Car World Series. Pitstop for Patrick Carpentier. Photo by Todd ...

The Indy Racing League IndyCar Series intended to hold a 200-lap Delphi Indy 300 race on the 1.5-mile D-shaped Chicagoland Speedway oval this afternoon, but instead it looked like a hockey fight broke out. Victory lane: race winner...

Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais solidified his place on the pole for Sunday's Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey, leading a charge of foreign drivers to the front of the grid during Champ Car World Series qualifying on Saturday. Sébastien...

No matter what they do, Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan always seem to find themselves in parallel positions. Their scenario won't be much different tomorrow when 22 Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series combatants take the green flags for Race ...

In a last-minute effort, Canadian Patrick Carpentier grabbed the provisional pole Friday on a near-perfect lap, guaranteeing him a front-row spot for Sunday's Champ Car World Series race at Laguna Seca Raceway. Patrick Carpentier. Photo...

Well before the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series pays its first visits to Infineon Sears Point Raceway or Watkins Glen International in 2005, the League is taking its show to the streets. The streets of St. Petersburg, FL, to be specific,...

In a day of unpredictable lead changes, Newman/Haas driver Bruno Junqueira held off all comers to take a highly competitive Champ Car World Series victory in Montreal Canada. Podium: race winner Bruno Junqueira. Photo by Kurt ...

You don't have to look far down the entry list in the Champ Car World Series to see who has taken another pole position this year. Sophomore driver Sebastien Bourdais secured his place again as the man to beat with a outstanding last-lap charge in...

Marlboro Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr. claimed the front row for tomorrow's Firestone Indy 225. It is the 100th IRL race, taking place at the track Roger Penske paved -- and also the track where Team Penske won its...

Champ Car World Series driver Sebastien Bourdais recovered from an early spin and worked his way up through the pack to take top prize at the Grand Prix of Denver. The victory for the Le Mans, France native was his fifth this season and eighth...

There was a Mexican hat dance in victory lane at today's Belterra Casino Indy 300, as Adrian Fernandez, the sole owner- driver in the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series earned his first career IRL win on the high banks of Kentucky Speedway's ...

Sebastien Bourdais continued to be hot, this time on the streets of Denver. The Newman/Haas Racing driver blazed around the 1.647-mile street course at 98.740 miles per hour (1:00.413) to take the provisional pole earning himself a front-row start...

INDIANAPOLIS, August 10, 2004 - Is Rahal Letterman Racing the team to beat this year for the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series title? It's starting to look that way with the results posted to date by drivers Buddy Rice ( ...

In another barn-burner of a race on the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway oval, Buddy Rice won his third Indy Racing League IndyCar Series event of the year in the ...

Current IndyCar Series points leader Tony Kanaan will start from the pole position for Sunday's Michigan Indy 400 after qualifying at 215.871 mph. Kanaan, who has been a model of consistency on race day by finishing in the top-five in the last...

After setting the second fastest lap of the morning session, Tony Kanaan shaved nearly two-tenths of a second in the second session, topping the day's speed charts with a lap of 214.797 mph around the high-banked two-mile Michigan International ...

Starting from the pole and never looking back, defending Molson Indy champ Paul Tracy made it two in a row in Vancouver with a clean sweep and flag-to-flag victory in round seven of the Champ Car World Series. His victory marks the 28th time he's...

Dario Franchitti won his first Indy Racing League IndyCar Series event at the historic Milwaukee Mile oval, leading the most laps (111 of 225) in his ...

Under clear skies and hot temperatures, Canadian veteran driver Paul Tracy continued his domination of speed on tracks in his native country, securing pole position for the second straight yeat at the Molson Indy Vancouver. His final qualifying...

The field for this afternoon's Menards A.J. Foyt Indy 225 has been reduced to 21, as Scott Dixon, the 2003 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion has not been cleared to drive today. Dixon had two accidents yesterday. The first occurred in...

It's just been a matter of time before Vitor Meira would take MBNA Pole Position during the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series campaign. The Brazilian driving for Rahal Letterman Racing earned pole today on the oldest oval in continuous use,...

The Canadian superstar duo of Forsythe Racing put on quite a show today along with the two Newman/Haas Racing superstars. The top four after today's first qualifying session for the Vancouver weekend were: Paul Tracy, Sebastien Bourdais, Patrick...

The Indy Racing League's premier IndyCar Series begins its second half of the 2004 campaign on one of the most historic racing circuits in the United States, The Milwaukee Mile. The Mile has been in operation since 1903, predating even the ...

Tony Kanaan won the Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway after holding off a last lap challenge from Sam Hornish’s Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota. After spending several laps trying to determine Kanaan’s weakness, Hornish...

Rahal Letterman Racing teammates Buddy Rice and Vitor Meira will start on the front row in Saturday evening's Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway. Rice has earned four career poles while substituting for Kenny Brack who injured in...

Despite his twelve years at the top of open wheel racing, Adrian Fernandez is still learning the ropes in the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series. Adrian Fernandez. Photo by indyracing.com/Ron McQueeney. He joined the League's...

Sebastien Bourdais took over the drivers' championship lead in the Champ Car World Series with a victory at a caution-filled Molson Indy in Toronto on Sunday. Despite several incidents throughout the race that brought out full- course yellows and...

Sebastien Bourdais set a new qualifying lap record and clinched the pole position for the 19th running of the Champ Car Molson Indy in Toronto. It is the Frenchman's third pole of the year and eighth of his career which ties him with Jimmy Vasser...

Hometown hero Paul Tracy took the provisional pole of the Molson Indy Toronto, surviving a challenge by Sebastien Bourdais late in the first of two qualifying sessions scheduled for this weekend. Tracy edged out the Frenchman by only three ...

Buddy Rice and teammate Vitor Meira staged a classic duel in the final ten laps of the Argent Mortgage Kansas Indy 300 today and logged the second-closest finish in Indy Racing League IndyCar Series history. Buddy Rice takes the...

Buddy Rice continued on a roll, earning his third MBNA Pole Position for Sunday's Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race. Driving the ...

The field for Sunday's Indy Racing League IndyCar Series Argent Mortgage Kansas Indy 300 race at Kansas Speedway is down to 21 cars this morning, after Access Motorsports packed their trailer and departed this state-of-the-art 1.5-mile oval...

The look of the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series paddock is changing rapidly right now. Earlier this week, Panther Racing announced it was parting ways with rookie Mark Taylor, and a day later Al Unser Jr.'s retirement became ...

Townsend Bell will make his return to American open-wheel racing this weekend with Panther Racing. The two-time IndyCar champion team signed the former Indy Lights champion today. Bell's first race will be at Kansas Speedway this weekend in the...

Racing is a young man's game. At one time turnover of drivers came by death; in these modern days of HANS devices, SAFER barriers and a plethora of safety items that keep drivers working into their 40s and beyond, retirement must be a deliberate...

These are tough times for journeymen drivers, the guys who show up on any Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race weekend hoping that they might land the next great ride. Just think of them as a group of "Buddy Rice in waiting." Vitor...

Learning on the job is not an option in the highly competitive world of the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series. After six races and five DNFs due to accidents, it's apparent the time has come for Panther Racing and its rookie driver Mark Taylor...

Donuts were served by Sebastien Bourdais after he won his second race of the season, winning the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, beating his Newman/Haas teammate, Bruno Junqueira, by a little over a second. Bourdais started the race from pole...