I just noticed that NASCAR is providing a live video stream of the Busch Series road course race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez this afternoon. The green flag drops at approximately 2:00PM EST but the online broadcast starts at 1:30. Of course it will also be available on ESPN.

After only a handful of laps, today’s Champ Car race in Montreal was postponed until tomorrow due to heavy rain. The series is planning to provide a live feed over the web starting at 8:00AM EST for the Atlantic cars followed by the CCWS race at 10:00AM. The race conditions today were some of the worst I’ve ever seen and I’m surprised there was only one incident before they threw out the red flag. Katherine Legge went into the tire barrier on lap 3 and her car suffered heavy damage but Champ Car officials will be allowing her to restart the race tomorrow. More info along with a link to the streaming live feed can be found on the Champ Car website.

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From the “Never Saw That Coming” departament, Chip Ganassi anounced at the Chicagoland Speedway today that he’s signed Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya to his NASCAR Nextel Cup team for the 2007 season. Monotya will be driving the #42 Texaco Havoline dodge currently occupied by Casey Mears. Mears is leaving Ganassi at the end of this season to drive for Hendrick Motorsports. At the press conference earlier today, Ganassi hinted that there’s an outside chance that Montoya may appear in a Busch Series race before the end of the current season, schedule permitting. For more on this story, visit SpeedTV.com.

24h-Rennen.de has quite a few pictures and videos of the endurance race that took place at Nurburgring Nordschleife over the weekend. The site is in German but navigating is straight forward enough. It’s too bad that this years race happened to be the same weekend as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here’s hoping the Speed Channel will be broadcasting a highlights special like they did last year. If I happen to see a listing for coverage of this year’s race, I’ll post the air times.

2008 Update: See my latest post for links to this year’s race.

2007 Update: Please see my latest post for links to videos feeds from this year’s race.

The 74th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is due to start less than two hours from now. Motors TV and the Speed Channel will be providing television coverage for most of the race. There will also be live streaming video of the race available over the web. Check out the Premier.de website for the info and a link to the feed. Hopefully their servers will be able to handle what will likely be a heavy demand. I will be watching most of the race on TV but will probably tune into Premier as the Speed Channel breaks away to cover the NASCAR Crafstman Truck race (do I even need to say it?). The 24 hrs of Le Mans should prove to be an interesting test for the new Audi R10 and its respective teams but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them come away with a win.

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