When Honda announced it was shutting down its Formula 1 team, there was not much surprise as performance was not on par with some of its other racing operations. When Ross Brawn announced he was purchasing the Honda team only a few weeks before the start of the 2009 F1 season, there was some surprise. [...]
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This weekend marks the start of the 2009 Indycar season. The first race this year will be at the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. But do not look for it on your local ABC station or ESPN. And forget about the NASCAR channel sometimes called Speed. It will be on VERSUS.
I never even [...]
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It has been 12 years since American Open Wheel Racing split into two series. Today it was revealed that Champ Car has already ceased operations and operations will fall under the Indy Racing League.
The cars are very much different. Champ Car has used a Panoz chassis and will need to switch to a Dallara chassis. Reportedly as [...]
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