News By Topic: Championship Auto Racing Teams

CART: Mo Nunn Racing Tandem Tops Speed Charts in Germany

Sep 14, 2001

September 15, 2001 or Mike Zizzo (248) 362-8800 LAUSITZ, Germany (September 15, 2001) - Mo Nunn Racing drivers Tony Kanaan and Alex Zanardi took to the new EuroSpeedway oval immediately Friday when they topped the speed charts for Saturday's American Memorial before a crowd of 39,627. The event, previously titled the G ... Continue reading

CART: Statement Regarding Michael Andretti's Travel to the German 500

Sep 14, 2001

September 14, 2001 Michael was scheduled to depart the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 via commercial airline. Due to the terrorist attacks and subsequent cancellation of all air travel on Tuesday morning, Michael was unable to depart the United States. At th e current time Michael is in his hometown of Na ... Continue reading

CART: Rain wipes out test day at German 500

Sep 14, 2001

September 14, 2001 LAUSITZ, Germany (September 14, 2001) - Daylong rains forced cancellation of Thursday's scheduled test sessions for the inaugural German 500, Round 16 of the FedEx Championship Series, on the two-mile EuroSpeedway oval. Weather permitting, Friday's activities will begin with a two-hour Champ Car prac ... Continue reading

CART race weekend to focus on tributes to victims of Tuesday tragedy

Sep 14, 2001

September 14, 2001 LAUSITZ, Germany (Sept. 14, 2001) - The victims of Tuesday's tragedy in the United States will be commemorated throughout the race weekend during Championship Auto Racing Teams' German 500 at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. CART and EuroSpeedway officials have redirected celebratory events and activities plann ... Continue reading

CART: FedEx Championship Series expands it frontiers to Germany

Sep 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 DETROIT (September 11, 2001) - The most competitive racing series in the world takes an historic step this weekend when the FedEx Championship Series begins a two-week European trip with the German 500 at the EuroSpeedway in Lausitz, Germany (7:30 a.m. ET Saturday, live, ESPN). The German 500 will ma ... Continue reading

CART: Gidley and Junqueira anxious for inaugural event in Germany

Sep 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 Lausitz, Germany - Team Target heads overseas this weekend to compete in the inaugural German 500 at the new EuroSpeedway located in Lausitz, Germany. The CART FedEx Championship Series will make its debut on German soil on Saturday in the German 500. The two-mile tri-oval features wide racing lanes ... Continue reading

CART sets out new direction for developmental system

Sep 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 DETROIT (September 11, 2001) - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc., announced today that, in an effort to provide a more viable and effective system of racing development for open-wheel racing teams and drivers, it will consolidate its operational and marketing efforts behind a single, top-level dev ... Continue reading

CART joins Entertainment Expert CIE, Forsythe Racing to stage Mexico event

Sep 7, 2001

September 7, 2001 MEXICO CITY - Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. today announced it has reached agreement with Mexico-based entertainment giant Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE) and CART racing team Forsythe Racing to conduct a round of CART's FedEx Championship Series in Mexico City beginning in ... Continue reading

CART: Tagliani becoming on of the brightest stars in open wheel racing

Sep 6, 2001

September 6, 2001 In his second season with Player's/Forsythe Racing, Alex Tagliani is one of the young, rising stars campaigning the CART FedEx Championship Series. After failing to finish any of the first four races of the 2001 season, Tagliani has rebounded to make five top-10 finishes, including his first career po ... Continue reading

CART: John Lopes named to lead CART Racing Operations

Sep 6, 2001

September 6, 2001 DETROIT – Looking to retain an individual with racing experience on a variety of levels, Championship Auto Racing Teams announced today that it has named John Lopes Senior Vice President of Racing Operations for the open-wheel racing sanctioning organization. Lopes, whose most-recent experience ... Continue reading

CART: BBC2 Grandstand to provide television coverage of inaugural Rockingham 500

Sep 5, 2001

September 5, 2001 DETROIT (September 4, 2001) - Championship Auto Racing Teams announced today that its worldwide television rights holder and partner, ESPN International, has reached an agreement with BBC2 Grandstand to provide television coverage of the inaugural Rockingham 500, scheduled for Saturday, September 22 a ... Continue reading

CART: Max Wilson continues struggle in open wheel series

Sep 4, 2001

September 4, 2001 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada -- Arciero-Blair Racing with driver Max Wilson competed in round 15 of 21 events in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race Sunday in the Pacific Northwest. The FedEx Championship Series driver finished 25th. The race looked promising for the team after runni ... Continue reading

CART: Michael Andretti gets another podium at Vancouver

Sep 4, 2001

September 4, 2001 "It was a great run today. We were able to get some more points and stay out of trouble. It was a tough race today, after the yellows it was pretty slippery and took awhile for the cars to come in so it was tricky. It was a race of patience today and we were able to keep our nose clean, in fact there' ... Continue reading

CART: Moreno wins Vancouver with Toyota power

Sep 4, 2001

September 4, 2001 - Sunday's victory by Roberto Moreno is the second consecutive victory for a Toyota-powered competition in CART competition following Bruno Junqueira's victory at Road America. The win is the fourth of the season for a Toyota - Cristiano da Matta (Monterrey, Mexico) and Scott Dixon (Nazareth) were the ... Continue reading

CART: Tagliani, Carpentier form All-Canadian front row in Vancouver

Sep 2, 2001

September 2, 2001 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (September 1, 2001) - Native Canadians Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier continued Player's Forsythe Racing's remarkable turnaround Saturday by sweeping the front row for Sunday's Molson Indy Vancouver before a grateful gathering of 51,243 at Concord Pacific Place. Tagli ... Continue reading