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Champ Car World Series Preview
The 2007 Champ Car season will commence this weekend on the streets of Las Vegas for the Vegas Grand Prix.
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IRL, Champ Car Merger
After an embittered 12-year schism, the Champ Car World Series and Indy Racing League have reached an amicable consensus to become one series.
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Sebastien Bourdais to F1 in 2008?
Champ Car superstar Sebastien Bourdais has accomplished practically everything there is to accomplish in Champ Car racing.
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Fernandez Switches, is Rahal Next?
Adrian Fernandez has switched from Champ Car to the IRL and it's rumored that Bobby Rahal is nipping at his heels.
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Follow Nascar's Lead
Ever since the Indy Racing League/CART break-up ten years ago, open-wheel racing has overwhelmingly stood in the background as NASCAR has briskly grown into a marketing powerhouse. There have been rumors of a possible merge between Champ Car and the IRL, but many doubt if it will ever happen.
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"Send in the Clowns!"
Max Papis works some magical strategy to come away with a win at Laguna Seca, but everyone's talking about Paul Tracy talking himself into a major fine or Honda leaving CART in a huff over engine changes.
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From Super Sub to Super Star?
A few thoughts about Team Target Chip Ganassi's new driver, Memo Gidley, as we await the CART series assault on the streets of Toronto.
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The Quiet Before The Storm
The CART/FedEx racing season is poised to begin this coming weekend, with the first race set for Monterey, Mexico. There's little hard news, but there's been lots of hype about "Driven," the new Slyvester Stallone film about champ car racing.
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Kanaan Takes Phoenix
Team Rahal moves to the IRL, Indy 500 teams are lining up, and the Copper World Indy 200 from Phoenix, AZ.
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Zanardi Tests, Fans Await New Season
The CART/Fed-Ex racing season doesn't begin until March, but, with former series champion Alex Zanardi testing in Florida, a fan can while away cold winter nights by doing a little 'Net Racing.
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Double Header On Gold Coast
The Aussie V8 Supercars join the American CART cars in a massive double header on the streets of Surfer’s Paradise
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California Here We Come!
The Championship Auto Racing Teams head for the track at Fontana, California to settle the CART/Fed-Ex Championship for 2000, with Gil de Ferran, Adrian Fernandez, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack at the top of the points chart.,The Championship Auto Racing Teams head for the track at Fontana, California to settle the CART/Fed-Ex Championship for 2000, with Gil de Ferran, Adrian Fernandez, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack at the top of the points chart.
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Champions Gone Too Soon
Thinking about Bill Vukovich and Greg Moore ... and the complex feelings generated when a hero dies while trying to entertain us.
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Could CART Become Too Popular?
The CART season is over -- and it was one of the best in recent memory -- but NASCAR devotees and those who pass judgement only at the bottom line still don't give the USA's premier open wheel series proper respect.
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Farm Team?
Mutterings in the press and paddock accuse Chip Ganassi, a guy with four consecutive CART championships in his pocket, of running a farm team for F-1. Looking at his selection of drivers for the 2001 season, you have to wonder a bit.
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Goodbye Oldsmobile, Thanks for the Rocket 88 Ride
It's a quiet week in the racing off-season and so word that General Motors will pull the plug on the venerable Oldsmobile name spurs talk among auto enthusiasts around the world. What effect the decision will have on the Indy Racing League, for which Olds provides engines under the Aurora badge, is not yet known.
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Lost F1 Weekend for Toro Rosso
Both STR cars retired early from the European Grand Prix as heavy rain fell on the Nurburgring. What happened on and off track may soon cost Scott Speed his race seat.
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Presidents: USA 0, CART 1
CART winding up its tour and heading into the off-season doesn't stop rumors, news and views from racing around the Internet. Fans were delighted last week to learn of the return of Alex Zanardi, a former champion with a win-to-start ratio of 1 to 3.4 ... but veteran media watchers were at odds over the appointment of Joseph Heitzler as the new president of the racing series.
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Taking a Spin Through Rumor Town
Everyone comes equipped with a nose ... and with an opinion. It's off-season for the Cart/FedEx Series. What do we have better to do than take a spin around the Internet?
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The Blue Light Special
Thinking about internationalism in auto racing, a fan wonders how a Lincoln Navigator-driving Brazilian who likes his fish hot from a George Foreman grille ends up driving an English chassis powered by a Japanese motor owned by a famous American film star and sponsored by a discount store chain.
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The Little Engine That Could
CART race fans suffered through another hum-drum street course race seemingly run in a no-passing zone while the real excitement is generated by a heated battle over changing the series' engine specs.
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Who Is This Guy Anyway?
A brief look at Gil de Ferran, winner of the 2000 CART Series Championship, taking the prize in his first year with Team Penske.
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It's Official! Team Penske Back Home Again in Indiana.
Team Penske uses CART's Winter Sneak Peek to announce a return to competition at the storied Indy 500. The 10 time winners join Team Target/Chip Ganassi to become the second CART team to compete at the Brickyard under the new Indy Racing League formula.
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"Say It Ain't So, Joe!"
Is CART collapsing? A series of bad decisions, late decisions, and protested decisions has left the series with no engine providers for the 2003 season other than a Ford-Cosworth spec offering.
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Cleveland: the Anti-TMS
Team Kool Green's Dario Franchitti takes his first win in the CART FedEx Series since 1999, but the buzz after Cleveland's Marconi Gran Prix was near win by Team Target Chip Ganassi's new driver, Memo Gidley.
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Right Things, Wrong Things
Ganassi put four drivers from Team Target in the Indy 500 after giving the seats in his primary cars to two experienced US open wheel drivers. The Brickyard now has the greatest CART contingent participating since the war between the series and Indy owner Tony George began 6 years ago.,Ganassi put four drivers from Team Target in the Indy 500 after giving the seats in his primary cars to two experienced US open wheel drivers. The Brickyard now has the greatest CART contingent participating since the war between the series and Indy owner Tony George began 6 years ago.
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Another Great One Gone
A few thoughts about NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, whose death during the 2001 Daytona 500 brought memories of other racing heroes dead too soon.
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Doesn't Anybody Want This Trophy?
A rain delay pushed the completion of the California 500 - and the crowning of the CART 2000 Season Champion - back one day, but the delay didn't deter Gil de Ferran from outlasting the other contenders to earn the Vanderbilt Cup and his first title.
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Here We Go It's Clipsal 500 Time Again
Ford and Holden win a race each of the Clipsal 500 around the famous Adelaide street circuit.
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Open-Wheels To StockCars
Many old-school NASCAR fans remember the days when Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, and Bobby Unser would occasionally make an appearance in a stock car race. Nowadays, some former open-wheel racers are yearning for more than just a handful of NASCAR starts. Former Champ Car stars Michel Jourdain Jr and Paul Tracy have each decided to endeavor in a stock car racing career.
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2008: Bourdais to F1, Toro Rosso?
Scuderida Toro Rosso's contract option on Sebastien Bourdais expired on July 31. Bourdais was put on the back burner as STR successfully pursued Sebastian Vettel.
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Quick Studies, Slow Learners
New Zealander Scott Dixon becomes the youngest winner in <b>CART</b> by holding off challenges from veterans Kenny Brack and Paul Tracy at the tight little bullring at Nazareth. The series next moves to the Japan and the Twin Ring Motegi oval.
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"It Never Rains in California"
Despite lack of practice time and a rain delay and a track that wouldn't dry out, the CART gang took to the new oval at Rockingham, England and put on a great show for the new fans in Europe.
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"Mr. Rahal, Please Report to Human Resources."
It's an off-week for the CART Teams, but the rumor mill is active with talk about CART owner Bobby Rahal being fired from his job as team manager for the Jaguar F-1 effort.
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"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
The <b>CART FedEx</b> raced in the rain at Portland last week, with Max Papis winning from the pole.
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"The Party's Over" ... for 2001, at least
The CART season seems to have ended with the proverbial whimper rather than a bang, but there is some good news -- FedEx has renewed its contract as primary series sponsor.
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20 Plus Races, 20 Million Plus Rumors
Racing may be over for 2001, bur rumors continue to buzz around the CART circuit.
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A Busy Day For Vancouver's Traffic Cops
Roberto Moreno takes first in the Molson Indy Vancouver, a popular victory for a veteran driver, and now the CART series gears up for two weeks in Europe.
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A Little Good News
There's no new CART CEO, the engine package is still up in the air, teams are having trouble finding sponsors to field two cars, but all the iffy news pales in comparison to word that Alex Zanardi has progressed far enough in his rehabilitation to stand on his two new feet.
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A Mile Ain't Far Enough
The swift Swede sophomore, Kenny Brack, takes the victory at the CART-FedEx Series race at Chicago, proving once again the Ford/Lola combination is the class of the field on the short ovals.
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All I Want for Christmas Is a New Team Engineer
The holidays are over, and the teams again are setting their sights on the CART season opener at Monterey, Mexico. It's more than two months away, but it's not too early for Team Players to add one of racing's best engineers to its staff.
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Are We Really Going Racing Again?
The CART/Fedex Series heads to Texas for a first-time appearance at Bruton Smith's Texas Motorspeedway, a fast 1.5 mile oval. This same weekend Sylvester Stallone's new movie about the adventures of the CART series -- DRIVEN! -- will open.
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CART Came, CART Saw, CART Conquered
CART Teams dominate the 2001 Indy 500, with IRL Teams fading to also-rans while Team Penske avenges its ignominious 1995 appearance by taking the top two positions.
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Cold Tires, Hot Cars
Team Rahal driver Kenny Brack makes it two in a row with a victory at the Milwaukee Mile, a race which included a competitor being black-flagged out of the competition for the first time in recent memory.
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Forty Days to Monterey!
Checking the latest news as teams test, drivers practice, and fans gear up for the start of the 2001 CART season.
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Gentlemen, Start Your Season!
The 2001 CART/FedEx Racing Season gets under way in Monterey, Mexico, and a crowd of 100,000+ watch Brazilian Cristiano da Matta grab the win in his first ride with the legendary Newman-Haas Racing Team.
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Hello? Hello? Anyone There?
Only one-third of CART races in 2002 will be on a television network available to most US households. I'll be left out. How about you? Nevermind. CART says the situation will get better. Later.
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Is CART A Goner?
A funny rumor -- Kenny Brack to NASCAR -- began circulating last week, but long-time fans are more worried about the health of the series rather than the destination of a driver.
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Isn't it Long Beach yet?
The CART/FedEx Series seems in limbo after the cancellation of the race in Rio, and fans are impatient for the Long Beach Gran Prix, which is still nearly two weeks away.
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Leaving Home
It's time for qualifying and practice for the legendary <b>Indy 500</b>, and so <b>CART</b> heads for Japan to run at Twin-Ring Motegi. The man happiest about that migration is 1999 Indy winner Kenny Brack, who picked up his first <b>CART</b> victory.
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