IndyCar

Motor Sport

Hart chases his American Indycar dream

Lee Gaskin PROMISING Canberra driver Mathew Hart will take his immense talents to the US as he chases his dream of becoming the latest Aussie to crack the lucrative Indycar circuit.

NZ's Dixon takes IndyCar title

Mike Harris Helio Castroneves won the race in the closest finish of the IndyCar Series but it wasn't enough to stop Scott Dixon from taking his second championship.

Dixon wins third straight IndyCar

Australian Ryan Briscoe's luck ran out as New Zealand's Scott Dixon won the IndyCar race in Nashville for a third consecutive year.

Ryan Briscoe gets first IndyCar win

Australia's Ryan Briscoe held off Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon and barely slipped through a late-race crash to win at the Milwaukee Mile.

Aussies crash out as IndyCar series open

Australian drivers Ryan Briscoe and Will Power made disappointing starts to the newly-unified IndyCar Series with both crashing out of the season-opener.

Will powers ahead in Indycar test

By Robert Grant Australian Will Power has made a seamless transition to Indycars, clocking the fastest lap in testing ahead of the season-opening race in Miami next week.

IndyCar to learn fate within a fortnight

Guy Hand Australia faces an uphill battle to retain the Gold Coast IndyCar race, with a stand-alone V8 Supercar round the best hope of saving the event.

Motor Sport

Women can't compete in F1: Stirling Moss

London British motor racing legend does not believe women are mentally tough enough to compete in Formula One.

Woman takes pole for NASCAR's Daytona 500

Danica Patrick became the first woman to secure pole position at a Sprint Cup race on Sunday when she was fastest in qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Stephen Ottley

Fast learner tops her class

Stephen Ottley DANICA Patrick will never be forgotten. Not even halfway through her career, and without even reaching her full potential, she has already secured her place in the history books.

Formula One

Testing times: pressure on as teams get into gear

Mark Fogarty Football and cricket teams train, tennis players and golfers practise, boxers drill, swimmers, cyclists and runners trial, and formula one drivers test.

Motorsport

Final V8 driver places filling up

Mark Fogarty The remaining dominoes are starting to fall for V8 Supercar drivers, with the confirmed return of Alex Davison leaving just four unfilled places for next year.

Motor Sport

Davison's golden moment

Mark Fogarty After more than five months and 11 races without a win, Will Davison was starting to have some serious doubts about his approach to racing for one of the leading V8 Supercars teams.

Motor Sport

'Crazy Dave' Reynolds enlivens V8 ranks

Mark Fogarty At last year’s Bathurst 1000, V8 Supercars rising star David Reynolds didn’t know if he would be racing in the next event, much less the following season.