It has been confirmed that long time IndyCar driver Bryan Herta will be moving over from the Andretti-Green IRL operation to head thier new ALMS sports car team driving the new Acura sports prototype.

Meanwhile according to SpeedTV.com Scott Sharp is moving from Fernandez Racing to Rahal Letterman where his new sponsorship money will allow them to run a two-car squad. Also on the move from Fernandez is Kosuke Matsuura who will take his Panasonic sponsorship with him to the under funded Panther Racing.

The loss of drivers and associated sponsorship money palces the Fernandez Racing IRL program in jepordy and reduces the number of confirmed entries for the 2007 IRL season to just 16 cars.

Happy Birthday to sports car ace Didier Theys (born 10/19/56)

and former F1 racer Enrique Bernoldi (born 10/19/78)

Friday, October 20th

• SCCA SPEED World Challenge 

Saturday, October 21st

• NASCAR Craftsman Truck series – Martinsville, VA (SPEED TV)
• ALMS Sporst Cars – Monterey, CA (SPEED TV)

Sunday, October 22nd

• F1, Brazilian GP – Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPEED)
• NASCAR Nextel Cup – Martinsville, VA (NBC)
• Champ Car World Series – Surfers Paradise, Australia (SPEED)

Happy Birthday today to former NHRA drag racers Gene Snow, (born 9/28/37)

and Mike Dunn (born 9/28/56),

sports car driver Ron Fellows (born 9/28/59)

ex Formula One driver Erik Comas (born 9/28/63) 

and ex-F1 World Champion and current DTM driver Mikka Hakkinen (born 9/28/68)

Happy Birthday today to ex-Formula One driver, sports car owner-driver and occasional rally driver Henri Pescarolo. (born 9/25/42)

and sports car racer and Speed TV analyst Dorsey Schroeder (born 9/25/52)