POSITIVE ENERGY CONTINUES TO FUEL THE CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES

INDIANAPOLIS (April 27, 2007) -- Anticipation may be the best word to describe the lead up to the 2007 Champ Car World Series season, bringing in a new car; new television partners; and new events.  With the first three races now in the books, the word has turned to exhilaration as Champ Car has shown marked growth through the early parts of the 2007 season.

Television ratings have increased greatly over last year, with more than 2.5 million viewers tuning in to watch the Inaugural Vegas Grand Prix, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Grand Prix of Houston.  The season-opening race from Las Vegas drew a .83 rating on NBC, with nearly 1.4 million viewers watching on Easter Sunday. That number alone topped the total number of viewers who watched the first three races of 2006 combined, one on NBC and two on SPEED.  The rating for the Las Vegas race was the highest for an opening event in the last five years and was a 40 percent increase over the 2006 Long Beach season-opening event.

Teams will spend the month of May testing the new DP01 before returning to action in Portland, Oregon on June 8-10 for the Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland presented by Joe's

HEYLEN TO RACE FULL CHAMP CAR SEASON FOR BACHELART'S CONQUEST RACING

Indianapolis, IN (1 June 07) - Jan Heylen , who was recently announced as a driver in the inaugural Champ Car World Series event at Zolder, has now also been confirmed to a race seat with Conquest Racing in all remaining Champ Car races in 2007, beginning with next weekend's event in Portland. Conquest Racing is owned and managed by fellow Belgian Eric Bachelart.

Heylen will get to work straight away, testing on Friday at Putnam Park near the team's headquarters in Indianapolis to get acquainted with the all-new Panoz DP01 machine.  Heylen has already been fitted for his race seat, and has spent time with the Conquest Racing engineers to study data in advance of his first hot laps in the Conquest machine.

The signing marks a reunion of sorts, as Heylen got his first taste of Champ Car with Conquest Racing, testing with the team after winning the Renault Megane Eurocup Championship.

Paul Tracy

MAZDA NEW TITLE SPONSOR FOR PORTLAND CHAMP CAR GRAND PRIX

PORTLAND (May 10, 2007) -- Mike Nealy, President of Global Events Group, announced today that Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has signed on as title sponsor of the Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Presented by Joe's Sports and Outdoor.

"To have a title sponsor with the international stature of Mazda is an honor for us," said Nealy.  "They have a reputation as a company 'that does things right', and we know they will bring their spirit to an already great event."

"We are excited to be part of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland", says Jim Jordan, Alternative Marketing Manager for Mazda North American Operations. "This wonderful race and its twenty-four year history have long been considered 'the Gem of Great Northwest sporting events'. We are extremely happy to forge a stronger relationship with Champ Car, its other properties and having the opportunity to maximize our involvement in the community.  It will also give us the ability to promote awareness in Mazda through major events and our local dealer groups.  We look forward to a great race weekend which features The Cooper Tires Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda, the Star Mazda Series and the Mazda MX-5 Series."

CHAMP CAR RETURNS TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR TESTING

PORTLAND (May 1, 2007) - On the heels of three straight races to start the 2007 Champ Car World Series season, teams and drivers barely had time to take a breath before returning to the track to continue testing the new DP01.  Five teams with ten drivers made the trek to the Great Northwest and Portland International Raceway to continue to log miles and gather valuable data from the new car. 

Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald's Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) and his Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing teammate Graham Rahal (#2 Medi|Zone Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) rode the momentum of their 1-2 finish at the Grand Prix of Houston to unofficially take the top-two spots on the laps charts with laps of 57.18 and 58.13 seconds respectively.

Unofficial Testing Times

1. Sebastien Bourdais  57.18 seconds
2. Graham Rahal  58.13
3. Alex Tagliani  58.18
4. Neel Jani 58.19
5. Dan Clarke 58.60
6. Tristan Gommendy 58.69
7. Robert Doornbos 58.80
8. Ryan Dalziel 59.09
9. Alex Figge 59.31
10. Justin Wilson No Time

JOE'S RENEWS AS PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE CHAMP CAR GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

Mike Nealy, President of Global Events Group, announced today that Portland based Joe's - Sports, Outdoor and More has re-signed as presenting sponsor of the 2007 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland to be staged at Portland International Raceway on June 8-10 th . Joe's has long been an integral part of not only the racing landscape of Portland but a multitude of other community events as well.

"To have Joe's back as presenting sponsor is an honor for us," says Nealy. "Through the years their name has become synonymous with this race. They have proven to be a great race partner but more importantly they have been a great community partner wherever they serve. We are proud to have them in our event logo."

"We are excited to continue to be a major part of this great race, especially with the 100 th anniversary of the Rose Festival" says Norm Daniels, President of Joe's. "The race has become part of the summertime fabric for those in the Northwest and we have enjoyed being part of it. We have sort of grown together the last 24 years and now with a new name to reflect a new era for Joe's we can't think of a better way to show that new name off to our friends."

WILL POWER BECOMES FIRST AUSTRALIAN DRIVER TO WIN CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES EVENT

Entering the season opening Champ Car World Series weekend in Las Vegas, Will Power (#5 Aussie Vineyards Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) divulged his plan for the firs three races, laying out a plan where he would carry a 15-point lead in the standings to Round Four at Portland.

And now after the Vegas Grand Prix lit the lamp on the 2007 Champ Car season, Power is halfway to his goal, having gotten the jump on the field with his first Champ Car victory. Power dominated Sunday's season opener, setting the fastest lap of the race on his way to a 16.787-second margin of victory for not only his first win, but the first Champ Car win ever for an Australian-born driver. Read more...

ROCKETSPORTS AND RUSPORT CONFIRM JOINT EFFORTS AND NEW TEAM NAME FOR 2007

Champ Car teams Rocketsports Racing and RuSPORT announce that they will collaborate on efforts in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season with a technical and operational merge under the umbrella name of RSPORTS.

"The joining of Rocketsports and RuSPORT is both a strategic and economic alliance," said Gentilozzi. "Two single car entries leave themselves without a technical sounding board that is certainly required today. Two drivers working together can expand the performance envelope when one is perhaps still looking for the right combination. Read more...

DAN CLARKE AND ROBERT DOORNBOS TO DRIVE FOR MINARDI TEAM USA IN 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, March 28, 2007 - Minardi Team USA is pleased to announce that Dan Clarke and Robert Doornbos have signed to compete in the 2007 Champ Car World Series with the Indianapolis-based squad. After a successful pre-season testing program, the team will debut its new DP01 chassis next week, at the season-opening event in Las Vegas.

Britain's Dan Clarke drove for the team in 2006, finishing second in rookie-of-the-year standings after claiming a pole position and a third-place finish during the season. Clarke joined CTE Racing-HVM from the prestigious British Formula 3 International Series, where he earned seven podiums and one victory in 2005, his rookie season. While competing in Formula Ford in 2004, Clarke also won the famous Formula Ford Festival, at Brands Hatch. Read more...

DP01 READY TO MAKE RACE DEBUT AT CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES SEASON-OPENER

Over the past three months, Champ Car teams have put the new DP01 through a number of rigorous tests to prepare the chassis for its landmark debut this weekend. During the preseason the DP01 took part in seven days of testing in both dry and wet conditions, and completed over 6000 laps combined, for a total of more than 13,000 miles, and not one of them encountered any major problems. Read more...

***The DP01 show car will be on display here in Portland during the month of May. Find out when and where right here at champcarportland.com next month***

STANDING START AT PORTLAND...

Citing the need for further testing of its standing-start procedures, the Champ Car World Series announced that it would not use standing starts for the first three races of the 2007 season. This means history will be made right here in Portland, Oregon as the Portland Grand Prix will tentativley be the first standing start ever for the Champ Car World Series. Read more...

GRAHAM RAHAL TO DRIVE THE NO. 2 MEDI | ZONE RACE CAR FOR NEWMAN/HAAS/ LANIGAN RACING...

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. (March 29, 2007) - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing (NHLR) announced today that 18-year-old American Graham Rahal will join the team for the 2007 Champ Car World Series season. MEDI | ZONE will be the primary sponsor of the No. 2 race car. Read more...