High attrition hit the first round of the Champ Car World Series at Las Vegas, but Will Power stormed through from pole to take his first ever win.
Seventeen drivers were on the grid for the first round of the Champ Car season and only six remained on the lead lap at the end.

John Barnes, the owner of Indy Racing League team Panther Racing, reckons the series would be better off as a support series to NASCAR:
We would make it where we would race on Saturday to replace a Busch or ARCA race, and they (Nextel Cup) would race on Sunday.
I have no problem being second fiddle to [...]

The Champ Car World Series fires up this weekend but with only days to go there are still seats unfilled and top drivers without teams.
The whole series seems to be in upheaval. Not only has the old Lola chassis been dumped for the new Panoz DP01, but practically every team is undergoing major change.

Maximum Motorsport is launched today. The site is from the creator of F1Fanatic and covers top international and national racing series including GP2, Champ Car, Indy Racing, Touring Cars, Formula 3 and A1 Grand Prix.
We’ll be looking to expand the range of motor racing we cover as the season goes on, so if you have [...]

I was fascinated to see, when I tuned into today’s A1 Grand Prix of Mexico, that the series is using the mighty Peraltada corner without any kind of chicane to slow the cars on the entry.
I can’t remember a major single seater series doing this since F1 last raced there in 1992. The Champ Car [...]