RuSPORT driver’s family overwhelmed by the support they’ve received from friends and fans around the world
RuSPORT and Champ Car to hold press conference on Friday morning on-site at Grand Prix of Denver
LOVELAND, Colo., Aug. 9, 2006, 6:45 pm EDT – Champ Car World Series driver Cristiano da Matta (#10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth / Lola / Bridgestone) [...]

SPEEDTV.com/Robin Miller is reporting that Andretti/Green Racing was able to sign Danica Patrick because it’s struck a $21 million deal with Motorola to sponsor the Indy Racing League’s most popular driver.
Sources say it’s a three-year deal for $7 million a season which, by today’s standards, is a blockbuster.
Michael Andretti’s relationship with Motorola goes back to [...]

Pro Football Hall of Fame member and former Cincinnati Bengal standout Anthony Munoz will serve as grand marshal of the Meijer Indy 300 presented by Coca-Cola and Secret.
“Being a little ‘heavy-footed’ myself, it will be an honor for me to be at the race and be the grand marshal,” Munoz said. “The fun thing for [...]

Fans with an eye to the sky Sunday morning prior to the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen likely are going to see an unusual banner being towed by plane.
The banner’s message in the air above the road course in the mountains of New York state’s Southern Tier won’t be an advertisement for some company [...]

NASCAR’s official entry list Tuesday showed Elliott subbing for Mayfield, and the team later released a statement confirming the switch. It said Mayfield’s long-term future with Evernham is undecided - but his name had been removed from the company letterhead.
That meant putting Elliott in the car because as a former NASCAR champion, he should have [...]

A former African-American crewman who once worked on NASCAR’s Winston Cup circuit sued the governing body of the U.S. stock car series on Tuesday for race discrimination and breach of contract.
David Scott, who worked as a motorcoach driver to one of the racing teams, claimed NASCAR executives deceived him and did not fulfill promises of [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. set to become a free agent at the end of next season, constant but casual negotiations are under way to re-sign NASCAR’s most popular driver.
“We talk about it all the time,” Gilmore said. “It’s different when you work on his contract because it’s business, it’s family. It’s very complicated when you work [...]

Jeff Purvis is now at his Clarksville, TN home to begin the recovery process after being seriously injured in a highway accident on Saturday near Cullman, AL. Purvis, who competes with the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series, was visited today by series Founder and Director Mike Vaughn.
“Jeff is now at home, sitting up and [...]

NASCAR’s 2004 Nextel Cup Series champion Kurt Busch today became the first driver to turn laps on Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s new pavement and high-banked turns. The Las Vegas native drove a car from the Richard Petty Driving Experience (RPDE) which was painted to resemble his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge. Busch had [...]

European Commission Pressures Countries/Teams to Fall in Line
A Renault spokesman has explained why it was the only tobacco-sponsored team at the Hungarian grand prix last weekend to wear its cigarette logos. Keen-eyed observers noted that while Phillip Morris-backed Ferrari and BAT-funded Honda ran their unbranded liveries, Renault raced around the Hungaroring with the logos [...]