Late Racing News.(Brief Article)

Prost lands a sponsor

Prost Grand Prix announced Acer as its new title sponsor. The team is to compete as Prost Acer and the customer Ferrari engines will be badged in deference to the Taiwan-based company. The PC manufacturer and information technology company employs more than 350,000 people in 42 countries. Team chairman Alain Prost said, ``I am proud to have brought into Formula One, once again, a brand-new name. Our fields share the same philosophy and objectives: a drive for excellence and achievement. Together we look forward to a long-term successful partnership.'' Familiar colors

Team Penske announced Penske Auto Center will be the sponsor on the IRL cars driven by CART regulars Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves when they appear in league races. Current-ly, the team is scheduled to compete at Phoenix and Indianapolis. Tobacco companies are limited to sponsoring only one series in a country, which is why Marlboro, Penske's primary sponsor in CART, cannot be a part of the IRL program. The team has not revealed what color the car will predominantly be, but team director Tim Cindric recently acknowledged that the black the cars sported at the Phoenix open test last month carried a nice outlaw look. Loomis fined

Robbie Loomis, crew chief for Jeff Gordon's No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet, was fined $25,000 for a roof-height infraction in the ...