The Lotus Elise will try to continue its giant killing run at Phillip Island

The Urban Arrangement / Report Factory Lotus team have a new problem; the crew are turning intodrivers in the GT series, leaving the team servicing and managing more cars with less people.

John Bowe will be racing the CCC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

John Bowe is to make a welcome return to the burgeoning Australian GT Championship grid for the Phillip Island event to be held on August 9-10.

Close racing has become the norm in Grand Am this year

Close racing and close finishes have been more than evident in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 racing. Just ask Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Mark Wilkins or Brian Frisselle how they've felt after winning three of the closest five races in Rolex Series history over the last month-and-a-half.

Fisken will join Ryan Lewis and John Faulkner at Road America in the #30

Gregor Fisken is to return to modern racing for the first time this season after signing for Intersport Racing to compete at this weekend’s American Le Mans Series meeting at Elkhart Lake.

The Childress-Howard Pontiac Crawford that will race in Grand Am

The No. 4 AT&T Daytona Prototype Pontiac Crawford fielded by Childress-Howard Motorsports will make its 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series debut Aug. 8 in the Crown Royal 200 at the Glen at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.

Rob Bell will fill in for the injured Patrick Friesacher

Le Mans winners Risi Competizione welcome a new face to their team at Road America, 2007 Le Mans Series GT2 Champion, Robert Bell.

The 29-year-old Briton will be teaming with Harrison Brix in place of Patrick Friesacher who last week suffered a testing accident in the new A1 Grand Prix car powered by Ferrari. The incident, which is under investigation by the open-wheel series, left the Austrian with a significant back injury and has put him out of action for an indeterminate amount of time.

The joke going around at Bell Motorsports has the team wanting to paint a target on its Aston Martin DBR9 so they can pick where the car will be hit next. Sometimes that's the best thing to do when adversity is staring at you in the face...just laugh it off.

Yokahama and Panoz Team PTG will continue their long term partnership

The longstanding partnership between Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) and Panoz Team PTG Racing will resume for the remainder of the 2008 American Le Mans Series GT2 season, including the Generac 500 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI August 7-9.