SONOMA, Calif. – Ron Capps does not want to repeat his performance from last year at Infineon Raceway. Although, he did consider his runner up position to teammate Gary Scelzi pretty exciting. “You know, last year was the first time I got a taste of teammates going against each other in the final,” said Capps. [...]

Glendora, CA and Santa Ana, CA (July 25, 2006) – NHRA and WyoTech today jointly announced that WyoTech, a highly respected group of technical schools, has been named as the “Official Technical School” of NHRA. The official status provides WyoTech the opportunity to utilize the NHRA logo in advertising and promotional campaigns. In addition, WyoTech [...]

A number of stock-car crews have been playing with tire tricks the past year, trying to prevent excessive air pressure build-up and improve handling over long runs. Two of the tricks have been installing illegal air-pressure bleeders in the valve stems, and the drilling of very tiny holes in the sidewalls, which is not specifically [...]

Robert Yates Racing is trying to put 19-year-old Stephen Leicht in a Nextel Cup car in 2007, team co-owner Doug Yates confirmed Monday. Yates said that if CitiFinancial agrees to sponsor the team’s No. 88 Nextel Cup car next season, Leicht will be the driver. If the company decides to remain in the Busch Series, [...]

McLaren lost its sponsorship deal with ‘CA’ because F1 is not represented adequately enough in America. That is the revelation of Computer Associates’ boss of global branding Keith Turco, who told silicon.com that the brand opted to focus instead on the world of golf. “McLaren was very good to us,” he said. “But looking at [...]

Today’s IRL headlines 1. Patrick to join Andretti Green Racing in 2007 2. PEAK announces promotion for Chicagoland event 3. Castroneves forms friendship with Detroit Tigers’ star 1. Patrick to join Andretti Green Racing in 2007: Andretti Green Racing announced it signed Danica Patrick to drive one of the team’s IndyCar Series cars beginning in [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 – The Indy Racing League will conduct a one-day private compatibility test on Aug. 2 at the recently constructed Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, the first IRL test at the facility. The test is part of the normal process the IRL follows for new and potential venues, according to John [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Andretti Green Racing announced today it has signed Danica Patrick to drive one of the team’s IndyCar Series cars, beginning in 2007. Patrick, who was named 2005 IndyCar Series rookie of the year and 2005 Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year, becomes the third driver under contract to Andretti Green for the [...]

COLUMBUS, Ind., (July 24, 2006) – The following is a statement from NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver Tony Stewart regarding the lap 32 incident in Sunday’s Pennsylvania 500 that involved Stewart, Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards. “I’m taking 100 percent responsibility for the final incident that occurred on lap 32 between myself, the 07 (Bowyer) [...]

Direxiv appears to have finally shelved its ambitions to launch a Grand Prix team. Jean Alesi was central to the Japanese outfit’s attempt to run a sort of McLaren junior team, but the plans hit a wall when Prodrive was granted the last spot in the 2008 F1 pit lane. Now, rumours that Direxiv was [...]

Neel Jani is likely to fall out of the official Toro Rosso line-up at the end of 2006. The Red Bull junior team’s co-owner, Gerhard Berger, was quoted as saying by motorline.cc that the young Swiss will ‘probably not have a place’ at STR next year. “We want to continue with our two primary drivers,” [...]

Mercedes has become the second engine maker in Formula One to break the elusive 20,000rpm barrier. Williams’ current supplier, Cosworth, was the first to reach the milestone in qualifying trim, but at Magny Cours Mercedes’ Norbert Haug reportedly took great delight in overseeing the achievement in the back of a silver McLaren racer. “We’ve cracked [...]