News By Topic: Open Wheel Racing

Tickets Now on Sale for CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix Of Denver Presented by PacifiCare

Mar 15, 2005

Purchase Early and Win a Trip to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach or the Brickyard 400 DENVER, March 15 -- On August 12 through the 14 the world is coming to Denver. The international stars and cars of the Champ Car World Series are participating in the 4th Annual CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by ... Continue reading

ESPN2 offers in-car views of Indy race

Mar 11, 2005

Mar 11, 2005 Broadcast Engineering reported that on March 6 sports channel ESPN2 offered viewers a slightly different look at the IndyCar Series season-opening race: a live telecast using in-car cameras. The coverage was a simulcast of ESPN’s coverage of the Toyota Indy 300 from the Homestead-Miami Speedway, only ... Continue reading

Australian GP: Montoya Sixth, Räikkönen Eighth

Mar 6, 2005

Melbourne, Mar 06, 2005 The start: Juan Pablo and Kimi were side-by-side on the fifth row of the starting grid in ninth and tenth positions. Their qualifying performance was adversely affected by poor circuit conditions following heavy rain which caught them out on Saturday. The Finn stalled his MP4-20 on the starting ... Continue reading

Chevy and Scheckter Win Miami IRL Pole

Mar 5, 2005

Contact: Rick Voegelin GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing CHEVY AND SCHECKTER ON POLE FOR IRL SEASON-OPENER MIAMI, March 5, 2005 – Chevrolet, Tomas Scheckter and Panther Racing are back on top. Scheckter put his Chevy-powered Pennzoil Dallara on the pole for Sunday’s season ... Continue reading

Banks Seek to Strip Ecclestone of a Formula One Stake

Mar 5, 2005

March. 4, 2005 Bloomberg reported that three banks which own 75 percent of the commercial rights to Formula One racing are asking a London court to remove Bernie Ecclestone as a shareholder of one of the sport's managing companies. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Bayerische Landesbank and JPMorgan Chase & Co. claim that ... Continue reading

TOUGH DAY FOR CARPENTIER AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI

Mar 4, 2005

A photo of Patrick Carpentier will be sent today to e-mail subscribers First Day of Practice at Homestead TOUGH DAY FOR CARPENTIER AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI Homestead, Florida, Friday, March 4, 2005 - Patrick Carpentier found the going pretty rough on his first day in the Indy Racing League IndyCar® Series. Carpentier finish ... Continue reading

PUMA Hosts Launch Event for New Ferrari Product Range

Mar 4, 2005

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 4 -- - Michael Schumacher Among Special Guests of Honor Today PUMA(R) unveils the Ferrari motorsport product range at the PUMA Concept Store in the heart of Melbourne, just in time to kick-off the Formula 1 race season. The evening will be hosted by Australian TV personality Chloe Maxwell. S ... Continue reading

Remy to Sponsor Paul Dana in the Ethanol Hemelgarn Indy Racing League Entry

Feb 24, 2005

ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 24 -- Remy International, Inc., today announced it has signed a three-year associate sponsorship agreement with driver Paul Dana for the #91 Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing entry in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series, starting with the 2005 season. When the green flag flies for the opening race at Home ... Continue reading

Sixth-Generation Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500

Feb 8, 2005

For Immediate Release: Sixth-Generation Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500 Pace car unveiled on national TV morning show NEW YORK - This morning, during the national broadcast of Fox & Friends, Chevrolet unveiled a new 2005 Corvette that will pace NASCAR's most prestigious event -- the Daytona 500 -- on Feb. 20. Dale Ear ... Continue reading

Former Indy Car Owner Dies at 75

Feb 8, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS February 7, 2005; The AP reported that former car owner John Zink Jr., whose 13 Champ Car victories included two Indianapolis 500 titles, has died at 75. Zink, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame last May, died Saturday at a hospital in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., the Indianapolis Motor Sp ... Continue reading

International Speedway Posts Record Results For The Fourth Quarter And Full Year Of Fiscal 2004

Jan 27, 2005

~ Full Year Revenues Increase 18 Percent Over Prior Year ~ ~ Company Reiterates First Quarter 2005 Guidance ~ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 27 -- International Speedway Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB) ("ISC") today reported record results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended November 30, 2004. Fourth Quarter C ... Continue reading

Jacobs Receives B-A-R Honda Contract

Jan 26, 2005

TULLAHOMA, Tenn.--Jan. 26, 2005--Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from the B-A-R Honda Formula One team to design and construct a new aerodynamic wind tunnel at the team's technical center in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. Officials did not disclose the c ... Continue reading

Final day of testing for Carpentier and Red Bull Cheever Racing at Homestead-Miami

Jan 23, 2005

Please see attachment for results CARPENTIER CLOSES FIRST IRL SPRING TRAINING CAMP WITH A STRONG PERFORMANCE Homestead, FL (January 22, 2005) - IndyCar Series open testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway came to a close today with 20 cars running nose to tail around the 2.414-kilometre oval. For Red Bull Cheever Racing's P ... Continue reading

J.C. Agajanian Selected To Receive Shav Glick Award

Jan 21, 2005

Los Angeles, CA., Jan. 21, 2005...J.C. Agajanian, one of motor racing's most successful promoters and team owners, has been selected to receive the sixth annual Eagle One-Shav Glick Award. The award is symbolic of distinguished contribution to motorsports in California. The award, presented by the car-care products com ... Continue reading

Patrick Carpentier Red Bull Cheever Release - Homestead-Miami Test Day 2

Jan 21, 2005

FROM Max d'Orsonnens Cell 514-246-8909 Office phone 450-964-0240 Office Fax 450-964-1541 Montréal Line 514-990-4988 e-mail: maxdo@videotron.ca Three photos of Patrick Carpentier will be sent to our email subscribers CARPENTIER SHINES WITH A SIXTH-PLACE FINISH IN FIRST DAY OF TESTING Homestead, FL (January 20, 2005) - ... Continue reading