Today’s IRL headlines 1. AGR reaps benefits from association with Indy Pro Series program 2. Bucknum races at site of father’s only Indy-style victory 3. Michigan governor to join Ethanol Pump Tour 4. Team Penske shoots for first MIS IndyCar Series win 1. AGR reaps benefits from association with Indy Pro Series program: When IndyCar® [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet and NASCAR’s three-time Most Popular Driver, will be the first NASCAR driver to appear as an in-studio guest on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”, the Emmy Award-winning news program. Dale Jr. will appear Thursday, August 10. The show airs at 11 pm ET [...]

Speculation That F1 Will not Return to Indy Next Year Indianapolis boss Tony George has called off his planned journey to London for talks about the future of the US GP. Bernie Ecclestone jetted out of America earlier this month without settling the issue of a new contract with Indy chiefs, sparking George’s announcement that [...]

Bobby Ginn, president and founder of the Celebration, Fla.-based Ginn Resorts, a privately held resort development and management firm, has purchased all the shares of MB2 majority owner and founder Nelson Bowers. Ginn, 57, takes immediate ownership of the Mooresville, N.C.-based team, which fields Chevrolets for drivers Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin in the Nextel [...]

Benny Parsons is all about winning. He’s the 1973 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion; a Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 winner; and, in recent years, has emerged as one of NASCAR’s leading television and radio commentators. Now, Parsons is calling upon that winning attitude as he battles lung cancer. Parsons, 65, had experienced difficulty breathing [...]

Jean Todt has accepted a lucrative offer to remain in charge of the Ferrari team beyond 2006. It was revealed this month that the one-year proposal, courtesy of President Luca di Montezemolo and reportedly too good to refuse, would almost certainly also indicate that Michael Schumacher was likely to stick around. A source in the [...]

The boss of BMW’s F1 team has refused to rule out speculation that Friday test driver Robert Kubica will be promoted to a race seat next year. Dr Mario Theissen, Motorsport Director at the German squad which still retains the former ‘Sauber’ moniker, admitted that while Nick Heidfeld’s continuing berth is secure, the team is [...]