First win special for Marco Andretti: Michael Andretti knew his son Marco had inherited the family’s gift for driving at a very early age.

Roger Penske, who owns teams in the Indy Racing League and Nascar, said Saturday that he was working on a plan that would allow his I.R.L. driver Sam Hornish Jr. to race in some Nascar second-tier Busch Series and lower-level ARCA events next season. That would be in addition to a full I.R.L. schedule for [...]

Dodge teams will get the new nose they wanted in 2007.

The Champ Car World Series confirmed a Sun story yesterday that Ottawa is near the top of the list to replace the Grand Prix of Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

If the Indy Racing League’s compatibility test at Daytona International Speedway is successful, they will likely race there, according to the buzz in the garage area at Infineon Raceway this weekend.

If and when Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) earns the Vanderbilt Cup a third straight time for winning the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford title, he can look back to a cloudy Montreal Monday as the day when the path to the crown was cleared.

Roush Racing is still awaiting word on whether the National Guard will return as primary sponsor on the No. 16 Ford driven by Greg Biffle next year.

Despite flirting with a switch to Renault V8s, Red Bull Racing will stick with Ferrari power in 2007, team chief Christian Horner has said.

Eurosport France reported on Sunday afternoon from Istanbul that Toyota test driver Ricardo Zonta is on the verge of switching to the same role at Renault for 2007.

Pedro de la Rosa has basically excluded speculation that he could be in the running for departing Fernando Alonso’s vacant Renault seat in 2007.