Casey Mears was hired Wednesday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports, earning a seat with one of NASCAR’s super-teams. The move had been widely expected since last week, when Mears informed car owner Chip Ganassi he would not be coming back in 2007 on the same day Brian Vickers asked to be released from his Hendrick [...]

Car owner Joe Gibbs says he won’t keep Tony Stewart from running in races other than Nextel Cup events, but Gibbs is not fond of the practice as his driver recovers from a broken shoulder blade. Stewart’s injury was discovered after he crashed in last month’s Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The incident happened [...]

Car owner Chip Ganassi, who has an unexpected hole to fill on his NASCAR team, said Tuesday that IRL driver Dan Wheldon is not a candidate to replace Casey Mears. “There is no story here,” Ganassi said. “Dan has a commitment to Target right now to drive an Indy car and that’s where he’ll stay.” [...]

In a landmark announcement, historic Indianapolis Raceway Park has been renamed O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis name and logo were unveiled during a press conference today at the multi-purpose motorsports complex. O’Reilly Auto Parts is one of the nation’s largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts. The track entitlement [...]

Forsythe Championship Racing is proud to announce that it has partnered with A.J. Allmendinger to drive the #7 INDECK Ford-Cosworth/Bridgestone/Lola beginning at the G.I. Joe’s Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland, the fifth round of the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, which takes place June 16 – 18 [...]

Ten years ago Jacques Villeneuve raced a Formula One car in front of his home crowd for the first time. Now the 1997 Formula One World Champion goes back to Montréal as a newly married man. Here the BMW Sauber F1 Team driver reflects on his life and racing career. It is ten years since [...]