Tony Stewart will play hurt and start Sunday’s race, with relief driver Ricky Rudd waiting on the sidelines.

Stewart, a two-time Nextel Cup Series champion who drives the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet, fractured his right shoulder blade after a hard crash at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Sunday night.
The accident happened on Lap 33 of […]

Eight Formula One teams started testing at the Circuit de Catalunya today and Felipe Massa set the fastest lap at the wheel of his Ferrari.

Massa was the only driver to break the 1.15 barrier today, setting his fastest time in 1.14.924. The Brazilian finished ahead of the Renault drivers, Giancarlo Fisichella (second) and Heikki Kovalainen […]

Today’s IRL headlines

1. Briscoe joins Dreyer & Reinbold for Watkins Glen
2. Young guns gear up for the Glen:
3. Of note
1. Briscoe joins Dreyer & Reinbold for Watkins Glen: Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has tabbed Australian road-racing specialist Ryan Briscoe to drive the No. 5 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Honda-powered Dallara at the Watkins Glen Indy […]

If the field that has watched Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) storm to victory in the year’s first three races has any desire to stop the Frenchman’s onslaught, this weekend’s Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 at the Milwaukee Mile would appear to be the place to set up barricades.
Bourdais has built a 25-point lead […]

Sam Hornish Jr. has always had a stock answer when asked about moving from open-wheel cars to the more popular and lucrative NASCAR series. He wanted to win the Indianapolis 500 first.
So what about now?
“I’m never going to tell you that I won’t do that,” Hornish said Tuesday, two days after winning the second-closest Indianapolis […]

Having enjoyed one of the longest running sponsorships in the history of NHRA Drag Racing, Don Prudhomme Racing announced today that Miller Brewing Company will not return as the primary sponsor of two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion driver Larry Dixon and Don Prudhomme Racing’s Miller Lite dragster upon the conclusion of the 2006 season. Don […]

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After she qualified tenth at Indy, Danica Patrick rated one paragraph in one of the paragons of motor racing coverage, USA Today. This would be the same paper that had Barbaro on the front page, the same horse that was also the headliner in the sports section’s regular media column. Meanwhile, […]

Renault President Carlos Ghosn met the press on Sunday at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Mr Ghosn, what is your opinion on the current state of Formula 1?
Carlos Ghosn: I believe Formula 1 is getting stronger, and becoming increasingly popular, thanks to a healthy competitive situation. Four or five years ago, you knew who would be on […]

Sam Hornish Jr. earned $1,744,855 from a record purse of $10,518,565 for his stunning victory May 28 in the 90th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.  Hornish passed rookie Marco Andretti on the final lap as they approached the famous “Yard of Bricks,” crossing the finish line just .0635 of a second ahead of Andretti.
It was the second-closest […]

Kasey Kahne finally conquered Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and he did so by ending the reign of the track’s primary conqueror Carl Edwards with 29 laps to go and pulled away to a 2.115-second victory in the Coca-Cola 600 over runner-up Jimmie Johnson, whose winning streak at the track that bears his sponsor’s name ended at […]

Doug Kalitta is so hot right now, he might have won Sunday’s NHRA top-fuel event driving the Budweiser Clydesdale wagon that paraded down the Heartland Park Topeka track at the Summer Nationals.
Instead, Kalitta saddled up in his 7,000-horsepower dragster and delighted an overflow crowd of about 25,000 by blazing past Brandon Bernstein for his third […]

Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, his first victory in Formula One’s most prestigious race.
Alonso, in a Renault, won for the fourth time in seven races. The defending F1 champion now has 64 points.
“This is a special place for any driver to win a race, for the history, for what it represents […]

2006 INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRESS CONFERENCE
Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti
Sunday, May 28, 2006, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
PAT SULLIVAN: Let’s let him catch his breath a second. I think we should be prepared for a little distraction. This is one of the quickest entrants we’ve had in the media center for some time after an event.
Just reminder, we try […]

Sam Hornish Jr. passed rookie Marco Andretti low on the frontstretch – about 300 yards from the yard of bricks – to win the 90th Indianapolis 500-Mile race by .0635 of a second. It was the second-closest margin (.043 in 1992) in Indy 500 history and the closest in the Indy Racing League era.
Michael Andretti, […]