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Rahal Letterman still hopeful of IndyCar return

July 30, 2009

Bobby Rahal has reiterated his desire to return to the IndyCar Series as a team owner, and reckons the series to be in reasonable shape for the future

Hirvonen denies Finland is too fast

July 30, 2009

World Rally Championship leader Mikko Hirvonen has hit back at Sebastien Loeb's criticism of Rally Finland for being too fast

Latvala surprised to keep Ford seat

July 30, 2009

Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala has admitted he was surprised when team principal Malcolm Wilson asked him to stay with the squad for next year's World Rally Championship

Rally Finland secures new WRC deal

July 30, 2009

Rally Finland's position in the World Rally Championship has been secured until the end of 2014 - after WRC promoter ISC signed a landmark agreement with the Jyvaskyla-based event. Rally Finland is one of the WRC's iconic events - and one of the biggest commercial success stories in the sport's recent history.

Montoya remains livid over Brickyard penalty

July 27, 2009

Juan Pablo Montoya remains adamant that the penalty that denied him a Brickyard 400 win was incorrect

Montoya remains focused on points

July 25, 2009

Juan Pablo Montoya has vowed to remain focused on points ahead of Sunday's race at Indianapolis despite showing strong pace both in practice and qualifying for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. The Colombian was second fastest in the first two practice sessions on Friday and then backed that up in qualifying, securing a front row starting position. He was also reasonably happy with his car following the final practice on Saturday afternoon

Harvick critical of RCR form

July 25, 2009

Kevin Harvick has voiced his disappointment over his team's performance this season, amid reports stating that he has asked Richard Childress Racing for an early exit from his contract with the outfit. Harvick currently ranks in 25th place in the driver standings in what is turning out to be his worst ever season in the Sprint Cup Series. Actually since finishing fourth at Atlanta in the fourth race of the year, he has failed to score another top-ten finish

Edwards beats Busch to Nationwide win

July 25, 2009

Carl Edwards beat Kyle Busch in a race-long battle for victory in the Nationwide Series at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

Only one Maserati in contention at Spa

July 25, 2009

The fight for this year's Spa 24 Hours remains tight during the 11th hour, but there is now only one Vitaphone Maserati in contention.

Ganassi admits to Danica Patrick talks

July 24, 2009

Chip Ganassi has admitted to having held talks with Danica Patrick amid speculation linking the IndyCar star to the current series champions

IMS insists it is committed to IndyCar

July 22, 2009

The new head of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has insisted that the company remains absolutely committed to the IndyCar Series despite the major management changes of recent weeks

Stewart-Haas plays down Danica Patrick visit

July 15, 2009

Stewart-Haas Racing officials confirmed that IndyCar star Danica Patrick visited the team's workshop this week but played down suggestions linking her with the outfit in the future

Meeke joins German Baja event

July 10, 2009

Current Intercontinental Rally Challenge leader Kris Meeke will take part in the inaugural Baja 300 Powerdays event in Germany later this month. The 24-26 July event, masterminded by former world rally-winning driver Armin Schwarz, will showcase rally drivers competing against Baja drivers and motocross riders. Joining Meeke on the entry list are WRC stars Petter Solberg, Gigi Galli and Nasser Al-Attiyah.

Glock loses race engineer

July 10, 2009

Timo Glock's race engineer at Toyota, Francesco Nenci, has left the team.

Vatanen confirms run for FIA presidency

July 10, 2009

Former World Rally Champion Ari Vatanen will aim to replace Max Mosley in October's election for leadership of the international motorsport governing body

Force India in payment dispute

July 10, 2009

Force India's weekend will go ahead as normal, despite drama this morning when German police tried to impound the team's assets following a contractual dispute

Wilks' puncture lets Skodas escape in Russian Rally

July 10, 2009

The opening leg of day two of the Rally Russia, round six of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, brought frustration for the Mellors Elliott Motorsport Proton Satria of Guy Wilks

GP2: Petrov fastest in Nurburgring practice

July 10, 2009

Vitaly Petrov was fastest in this morning's opening GP2 practice session at a cold and windy Nurburgring

Kanaan plays down rib injury worries

July 03, 2009

Tony Kanaan is optimistic that the lingering rib injuries from his Indianapolis 500 crash will not hamper him at this weekend's Watkins Glen IndyCar Series race

Hartley wanted to focus on racing

July 03, 2009

Brendon Hartley says he put his Red Bull Formula 1 third driver role on hold for the rest of the season to give himself space to concentrate properly on his racing efforts

Rain hands Stewart another pole

July 03, 2009

For the second week in a row and for the third time this season, rain has given points' leader Tony Stewart pole position, this time for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Qualifying for Saturday night's event was scheduled for Friday afternoon but rain halted Nationwide Series qualifying with only two cars left to complete their runs, and officials decided to allow time for the track to be dry in order to resume the session. However, with the schedule being pushed back due to the wait and the Nationwide Series race planned for later in the evening, it was decided to cancel Sprint Cup qualifying

Rossi quickest in Laguna practice

July 03, 2009

Valentino Rossi grabbed the fastest time in Friday practice for this weekend's MotoGP USGP at Laguna Seca as the Yamahas usurped Casey Stoner in the closing stages

Injured Meira to attend Watkins Glen

July 03, 2009

Vitor Meira will attend this weekend's Watkins Glen race -- his first appearance at an IndyCar Series event since breaking two vertebrae in a crash at the Indianapolis 500

Rossi will not rush future decision

July 03, 2009

Valentino Rossi says he will not make any decisions about his long-term future until next year, despite admitting that he was currently leaning towards staying at Yamaha beyond 2010

Vermeulen strives to maintain form

July 03, 2009

Chris Vermeulen says he is eager to see if Suzuki can maintain its improved form from Assen in this weekend's United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca

Hayden cautious about Laguna chances

July 03, 2009

Nicky Hayden hopes his recent progress might result in an improved performance on home ground in this weekend's USGP at Laguna Seca, but the former champion was unwilling to predict a big upsurge in form

Takahashi loses Scot Honda ride

July 03, 2009

The Scot Honda team has dropped Yuki Takahashi and will run only Gabor Talmacsi from this weekend's Laguna Seca race

Antinucci gets 3G IndyCar drive

June 30, 2009

Richard Antinucci is to make his IndyCar Series debut with 3G at this weekend's Watkins Glen event

Franchitti credits pit crew for victory

June 21, 2009

Dario Franchitti emerged from the final cycle of pit stops ahead of Ryan Briscoe with 50 laps remaining, then pulled away through traffic to win

Goodyear: Indy wear issue resolved

June 17, 2009

Goodyear officials are confident that it has been able to fix the excessive tire wear issues that hampered last year's Sprint Cup event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway