For Sebastien Bourdais, topping a very successful 2003 campaign would be a tall order. In his rookie season he took five poles, three victories, and seven podiums on his way to earning Rookie-of-the-Year honors. He also became the first rookie to win the Greg Moore Legacy Award, which honors the memory of the late Champ [...]

At the height of the Internet fan movement in support of CART/Champ Car, I wrote a crazy article for the former Champweb fan site. Straight up, I argued that the series should adopt a spec V12 engine to power its still-to-be announced spec formula. By and large, the fan reaction was negative. The overwhelming support [...]

Ten years prior to the 1987 edition of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Mario Andretti dazzled the crowd with a dramatic win in the race’s third edition by taking the lead from Jody Scheckter three laps from the finish. Back then, it was a Formula 1 event, but as the race became a CART/IndyCar [...]

Following two strong seasons in CART, including a second-place finish in the championship in 2001, Kenny Brack moved over to the powerhouse Chip Ganassi Racing team for 2002. The combination appeared to be a favorite to take the title prior to the beginning of the season. However, as the season would unfold, the results were [...]

Going into the 2003 Monterrey Grand Prix, it appeared that the team to drive for was Newman/Haas. The first two years of the race were won by the team and its driver Cristiano da Matta. Although “Shorty” was no longer with the squad for the third edition of the Late Spring contest in northeast Mexico, [...]

Heading into the Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, Australia, Gil de Ferran was aiming to join elite company in winning back-to-back series titles. The three previous drivers who accomplished this feat are legends of the sport: Rick Mears (1981-82), Bobby Rahal (1986-87) and Alex Zanardi (1997-98). De Ferran knew the event would be a tough [...]

The year 1996 marked the beginning of a new era in CART. The upstart team of Chip Ganassi Racing began the year with two drivers who would eventually write their names in the record books: Jimmy Vasser and Alex Zanardi. The team also featured a new combination of a Reynard chassis, Honda engine, and Firestone [...]