While many fans, team owners and race officials held their collective breath during the re-introduction of standing starts recently in the Yokohama Presents the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, the competitors themselves showed that all the hype and trepidation was really unwarranted. A “new” starting format proved to be no big deal for [...]

George isn’t sure what the odds are for bringing F-1 back for an eighth year in 2007, but he is steadfast in his desire to do so.
George said he did not know if Sunday’s crowd was larger than the 2005 turnout, a race that was spoiled by 14 drivers pulling off the track over concerns [...]

If Bill Lester lands a Nextel Cup ride in the future - he has only two starts, both this year, but drives for Bill Davis Racing, which has two open seats for its Toyota program in 2007 - he may already have met his sponsor: Tampa-based Checkers/Rally’s.
Lester, who has a partial sponsorship deal with the [...]

Juan Pablo Montoya’s nightmare season is plumbing new depths, with fresh rumours that his McLaren departure could be more imminent than expected.
Dr Dieter Zetsche, CEO of engine partner Mercedes’ parent company DaimlerChrysler, said at Indianapolis last Sunday that the ideal driver line-up for 2007 is Fernando Alonso alongside Kimi Raikkonen.
Montoya then had his second first-lap [...]

Two NASCAR teams have contacted Montreal’s Patrick Carpentier about a future in the stock car series.
A refugee of the Champ Car and Indy Racing League, Carpentier has had offers to join a NASCAR Busch Series team and a Craftsman Truck series team this season as a prelude to a full season deal in 2007.
It is [...]

Erica Enders, the most decorated female driver in the history of NHRA’s Pro Stock category, has severed ties with Victor Cagnazzi and will be driving an independent car fielded by Don Schumacher Racing.
Gene Wilson, the 2002 Auto Club Road to the Future winner, will drive a fourth DSR Pro Stock car.
Tommy Lee, who had been [...]