CHARLOTTE, N.C. – NASCAR officials were pleased Monday with their first test of unleaded fuel and remain on schedule to have the gas in all of its series by 2007. The unleaded gasoline was used in Saturday night’s Busch Series race in St. Louis, the first of a four-week test run of the fuel. NASCAR [...]

Today’s IRL headlines 1. After 400 grueling miles, new points leader gives fans a second show 2. Drivers reap post-race rewards 3. Who’s the next Indy Pro Series winner? 1. After 400 grueling miles, new points leader gives fans a second show: It’s been a mentally challenging climb back to the top of the IndyCar [...]

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Roger Penske plans to bring open-wheel racing back to Belle Isle, and he’s hoping to get it on next year’s Indy Racing League schedule. Penske, sitting in a black leather chair in his motor coach before Sunday’s IRL Firestone Indy 400, said he has had informal discussions with Detroit officials. “The first [...]

Bill Weber will stay with TNT to broadcast their slate of NASCAR Nextel Cup races in 2007. Weber said he “talked briefly” to ABC/ESPN, which next year inherits NASCAR late-season coverage from the current joint venture of NBC and TNT that Weber currently hosts. But Weber says he always figured he’d stick with TNT because, [...]

Robert Yates Racing told its organization on Monday that its two Nextel Cup crew chiefs, Tommy Baldwin and Slugger Labbe, would no longer be with the team. Baldwin and Labbe were brought to RYR amid great fanfare by team manager Eddie D’Hondt, but D’Hondt was fired on May 23. With Baldwin and Labbe gone, RYR [...]

Both MF1 cars were disqualified from the results of the German Grand Prix here Sunday when their cars were found to have illegal rear wings. The Russian-owned cars were found to have rear wings that flexed excessively at high speeds. Flexible or movable devices are not allowed under Formula One’s technical regulations. In a statement, [...]

Mark Webber’s future stepped into clouded territory on Monday, as the ‘option’ on his Williams contract was due to expire. Sir Frank Williams has not yet exercised the clause to retain the highly-rated Australian race driver for 2007, mostly because it will also trigger a wage-increase that he can ill-afford to pay the 29-year-old. When [...]

Flavio Briatore pointed the finger squarely at Renault’s tyre supplier after championship leader Fernando Alonso failed to finish higher than fifth at Hockenheim. For the third Grand Prix in succession, the French team was beaten by the Bridgestone-shod Ferrari package in Germany, following Renault principal Briatore’s earlier insistence that Michelin should ‘wake up’. ”Today everyone [...]

SONOMA, Calif. — Top Fuel rookie J.R. Todd upset three-time NHRA POWERade world champion Tony Schumacher for the second time in three weeks Sunday to earn the trophy of the $1.3 million Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals. Just as he did in Denver 14 days ago, the 24-year-old Todd simply outran Schumacher, earning this win in 4.619 [...]

BROOKLYN, Mich., Sunday, July 30, 2006 – A mechanical malfunction and a miscalculation – plus Helio Castroneves’ fourth victory of the season – gave the Marlboro Team Penske driver the IndyCar® Series point lead. Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Honda-powered Dallara, defeated Vitor Meira by 1.6229 seconds to win the Firestone Indy [...]

SAN JOSE (July 30, 2006) – Champ Car Race Operations is reviewing today’s physical confrontation between drivers Alex Tagliani and Paul Tracy during the running of Sunday’s Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose Presented by Taylor Woodrow. Tagliani confronted Tracy on Pit Lane after an on-track accident on Lap 54, resulting in a physical [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 30, 2006) – It was a little bit street party, a little bit street fight and a whole lot of Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) on a sunny Sunday in San Jose as the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford hit the 1.443-mile downtown street circuit in [...]