Auto racing Audi Sport is looking to defend its title against Mercedes and newcomer Ralf Schumacher in the DTM touring car championship this season. They plan to launch their 2008 car on March 4th at the Geneva Motor Show. Audi is looking to repeat last years successfully season with another championship. Audi's two-time champion Mattias Ekstrom will unveil the new A4 DTM,... Read More

A spirit of collaboration and collegiality prevailed at Homestead-Miami Speedway today as the IndyCar Series officially announced open-wheel racing's unification in America.

Speaking before a large press gathering, Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George and former Champ Car World Series' co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven addressed the details of their unified series and... Read More

If you thought rumors spread fast among automotive news sites, that's nothing compared to the speculation that spreads like wildfire around racing paddocks. The latest reports suggest that Ron Dennis, who has successfully directed the McLaren F1 team to seven constructors' titles and nine drivers' championships since taking over the team in the early 1980s, has been... Read More

Auto racing Krohn Racing returned to the track Monday for the first time with the Daytona Prototype Lola Chassis since the January Test Days, piloting two Pontiac Lolas for the Grand-Am test days at Homestead-Miami Speedway today.

The two-car team, which garnered a fourth-place finish in the Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona utilizing the Riley bodywork, is expected to compete... Read More

Auto racing retired F1 ace Michael Schumacher will make another returns to a Formula 1 car when he steps back into the Ferrari F1 car at the final pre-season test of 2008 at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Monday

He retired at the end of 2006 season, but has found it hard to stay away from the cockpit in the following 15 months, testing on occasion in 2007 and now... Read More

Auto racing Le Mans 24 Hours organisers have revealed the entry list for this year's event, with 20 LMP1 cars due to take the start.

Audi and Peugeot will renew their diesel rivalry with three cars each. Pescarolo will again run two works cars with British customer squad Rollcentre Racing adding a third.

Creation will run one works car and American squad Autocon will bring... Read More

NASCAR, #12 Ryan Newman’s father Greg Newman does want Purdue University to garner any publicity or benefit from Ryan’s Daytona 500 $1.5 million winnings. Ryan graduated from Purdue in 2001 with degree in vehicle structural engineering, one of his father’s prerequisite to support his racing aspirations. Ryan won the 1999 U.S. Auto Club Silver Crown title while attending... Read More

Auto racing merger to be announced Friday, Champ Car to be no more IndyCar officials have tentatively scheduled a press conference for Friday as early as 11 a.m. in Indianapolis, where they will announce that the long American open-wheel racing war has come to an end.

Series officials had hoped to make the announcement Thursday. But Champ Car principle Kevin Kalkhoven will... Read More

NASCAR racing Robby Gordon’s NASCAR team has been issued penalties and fines handed down by NASCAR for his No. 7 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result of rule infractions found during Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway.

The No. 7 car was found to be in violation for the use of unapproved front bumper cover The violations were found during... Read More

With the D1 Grand Prix canceling their events this year the drift action in the United States will fall on, the Formula D season should keep drift-addicts entertained when it gets underway on April 12th in Long Beach, California.

Last season closed with Tanner Foust and his AEM Nissan 350Z being crowned champion, and Foust's multiple motorsports wins in 2007 (he also... Read More

The latest street car racing news to hit the Indy circuit has been the talks surrounding a merger between Champ Car and Indy Racing. These sides have begun talks about a unification of their street car racing series because the rating for the individual racing series are not that good. The heads of both sides hope that coming together will bolster the coverage of open... Read More

Jim Haughey of K-PAX Racing and Bob Raub of 3R Racing jointly announced that they will return to the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT Championship in 2008. The 2008 K-PAX/3R Racing will again field GT3 Porsches and are looking to return the Manufacturers' Championship to Porsche.

Defending 2007 GT Drivers' Champion Randy Pobst of Gainesville Georgia, will return to action... Read More

Auto racing the deal to unify Champ Car and the Indy Racing League has finally been completed, according to reports in America.

Respected American journalist Robin Miller last night reported on Speed TV that the two weeks of negotiations have ended successfully.

He claimed Champ Car teams have been told to stop work on their cars and to expect delivery of new IRL cars later... Read More

NASCAR Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman will pocket an extra million from Dodge for his win. #12 driver Newman and teammate #2-Kurt Busch gave Dodge its first ever 1-2 sweep in NASCAR’s premier event. The Dodge Charger domination didn’t stop there.

Six of the first eight positions were filled by Dodge drivers. Reed Sorenson finished fourth, Elliott Sadler fifth, Kasey Kahne... Read More

NASCAR seen at Daytona on Sunday James "Bubba" Stewart the motocross star “is he looking to change careers to NASCAR”? Bubba was the guest of Max Seigal, president of global operations at Dale Earnhardt Inc "I'm trying to convince him four wheels are better than two," said Max Seigel, The 22-year-old phenom said Siegel has "hinted around with it a lot" about putting him in... Read More

NASCAR with Penske and Ganassi re-ups with Dodge it take those team out of the Toyota equation. Both team signed new contracts with the car manufacture so this will give Dodge five teams including Petty, Gillett-Evernham and Robby Gordon. There was speculation when Toyota first announced its NASCAR plans, that Ganassi would switch due to his association with Lexus in their... Read More

Auto racing ex Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has ended weeks of speculation about his future by confirming that he will race a Trilux AMG Mercedes C-Class in the DTM this year.

Ralf tested a Mercedes-Benz DTM at Estoril in Portugal earlier this year and was immediately attracted to the series, with his options in Formula One having run out.

Although it was widely expected... Read More