Fox’s broadcast of Saturday night’s Pepsi 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race earned an overnight Nielsen Media Research rating of 4.7 and a 10 share, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports.
The rating is 4.1 percent lower than the 4.9/12 overnight figures NBC earned when it carried the race under the rotation system used in 2005.

CHAMP CAR PRE-RACE QUOTES MOLSON GRAND PRIX OF TORONTO
Sebastien Bourdais #1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone - “Toronto is a place we’ve had a really good balance the last two years with the McDonald’s car so I’m pretty happy to come back. It’s a great race for Champ Car. Molson has been doing a great job to promote [...]

Hoosier hero Tony Stewart received more accolades and one-of-a-kind awards for winning the 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard during a public ceremony and media event July 5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
Stewart, a native and resident of nearby Columbus, Ind., accepted his race winner’s ring from IMS President and Chief [...]

The F1 Commission met on Thursday, with the most notable rule-change being a five-minute chop to the last section of ‘knockout’ qualifying.
The change, cutting the session from 20 to fifteen minutes, is to take effect at Magny Cours, according to Auto Motor Und Sport magazine.
Progress was also made in the ongoing row about Max Mosley’s [...]

Jacques Villeneuve has indicated that he might be prepared to take a pay-cut in order to prolong his career in F1.
”I am fast, experienced and not expensive,” said the French Canadian, who has impressed so far in 2006 but is not guaranteed a new contract at BMW-Sauber.
35-year-old Villeneuve, who in 1997 won the World Championship [...]