James Hinchcliffe will be one of the 15 new inductees into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame during the Hall’s annual Gala Induction Ceremony in Toronto in February.The Ontario native’s IndyCar career spanned 161 starts over 11 years and included stints with Newman/Haas, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and two stops at...

In the broader context of the 2000 CART season, it just about ranked as a footnote: a midfield team stuck a local driver into its sole car for the last flyaway of the year. Said local did a solid job until his day was ended by contact 15 laps from...

IndyCar Series CEO Mark Miles makes his first visit to Marshall Pruett's The Week In IndyCar podcast to answer all manner of questions submitted by listeners via Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit that span signing a new title sponsor, returning to Australia to race at Surfers Paradise, international TV contracts, and...

IndyCar CEO Mark Miles is flying to Australia to discuss the series' possible return to Surfers Paradise.With recent interest expressed by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in having IndyCar race on the Gold Coast, Miles and members of his executive team will explore whether reviving the popular event is feasible.“Will Power...

The prospect of IndyCar returning to the Gold Coast gained new momentum this week after Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk invited Mark Miles to meet her for discussions about a possible race in 2020.“I am opening discussions between Indy and Queensland about the prospect of launching an Indy [event] on the...

Australia’s Supercars Championship is in talks with NASCAR about a stock car exhibition race on the Gold Coast in 2019.A NASCAR demo was held Friday when DJR Team Penske drivers Scott McLaughlin and Fabian Coulthard took the 2016 Charlotte All-Star winning car of Joey Logano for a ride around the...

John Andretti, the 54-year-old nephew of Mario Andretti and a longtime NASCAR and IndyCar racer, has revealed that he is suffering from stage four colon cancer, which has also spead to his liver Andretti says he is undergoing chemotherapy treatment near his home in North Carolina.Andretti, pictured at Indianapolis ahead...

Australia, Gateway and Portland would appear to be the best candidates to join the Verizon IndyCar series in the future but this year's tracks look to remain in place regardless of any new venues."We hope to be able to announce the 2017 and 2018 schedules next month," said Mark Miles,...

IndyCar could make its long-hoped-for return to Surfers Paradise – possibly as early as next year – if an already approved Gold Coast-based consortium can successfully negotiate an agreement for a race, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported."There are ongoing commercial negotiations with the [Queensland Government]," a spokesperson for the consortium...

ABOVE: IndyCar at Surfers Paradise in 2008. (LAT archive) The more the merrier, RACER readers overwhelmingly voted, when it comes to the mooted international race at the end of this season. Still, a sizable minority oppose the idea of a non-points event:IndyCar is looking at a non-points international race in...