Marlboro Team Penske driver Sam Hornish Jr. topped the speed charts for the fifth time in six practice days as preparations continued for the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Hornish posted the day’s quickest lap of 40.0087 seconds, 224.951 mph in his No. 6 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Honda/Firestone.
Hornish’s teammate, Helio Castroneves, was second-fastest at 224.437 [...]

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Villeneuve BMW-Sauber (M) 1:25.379 125
2. Kovalainen Renault (M) 1:25.736 121
3. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:25.834 120
4. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:25.931 97
5. Alonso Renault (M) 1:26.003 63
6. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:26.172 91
7. Zonta Toyota (B) 1:26.261 101
8. Paffett McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:26.443 99
9. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:26.498 44
10. Jani [...]

In an ESPN Sports Poll released this week, fans ranked NHRA as their second-favorite type of motorsports attraction behind NASCAR.
NHRA received 13.4% of the votes from fans polled from January-December of 2005 to anchor the second position. NASCAR led the poll with 59.5%, while motorcycle racing came in third with 9.7% of the votes. Formula [...]

Torco Racing Fuels, a leading manufacturer of high performance fuels, has signed a multi-year agreement with NHRA to become the title sponsor of an NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event at Virginia Motorsports Park near Richmond, Va., NHRA officials announced today.
The inaugural Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals, Oct. 6-8, 2006, is the 21st of 23 [...]

Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen set the pace for Renault in Wednesday’s Formula One test session at the French circuit of Paul Ricard. There was little to separate the drivers in the times, with the top-ten runners covered by less than a second.
The track was again set up in its ‘Monaco’ configuration, with the majority [...]

Dan Clarke, 22-year-old British driver, who has crossed the Atlantic to race in the USA-based World Champ Car Series, is eager to improve on his first two race performances this weekend in Monterrey, Mexico. Moving to a more familiar type of track, a permanent road course, Clarke is hoping that he can demonstrate his potential.
The [...]