JR Hildebrand said he was more upset for his Panther Racing team and its sponsors than he was sad for himself after crashing out of the Indianapolis 500 lead at the very last corner of the race.
The rookie driver looked set to pull off a shock win as he made his last tank of fuel go further than anyone else and emerged in the lead with three laps to go. But as he came through the final corner of the event, he  … More
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MONACO – Defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday for his fifth victory in six races this season, beating Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in a thriller in which several drivers failed to finish.
Vettel’s only loss came when McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton beat him in China.
The German gambled by … More
Chevrolet’s IndyCar engine program is on track for Chevy’s return to IndyCar competition in 2012. That was the message delivered today by Mark Kent, director of GM Racing, in a media briefing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“The development of the Chevrolet IndyCar engine is on schedule, and we have reached all of our development plan milestones to date,” Kent said. “The research and design teams are  … Details
From his debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Rick Mears was renowned as the man who never crashed – never even spun – at the track. But in his final two trips there as a driver, he got unlucky. Very unlucky. And the second accident in 1992, triggered thoughts of quitting the cockpit. The perils of the Brickyard aren’t taken lightly, even by those who master it, as Rick tells RACER editor David Malsher.
When you go that long and see guys crash year after year, or every other year, you know it can happen – you know it’s gonna happen, it’s just a matter of   … More