Marlboro Team Penske driver Sam Hornish Jr. continued to top the speed charts as teams prepared to run for the WorldPoints Visa Pole Award for the 90th Indianapolis 500. Hornish, who led practice for the sixth time in seven practice days, posted the day’s quickest lap of 39.4867 seconds, 227.925 mph in his No. 6 [...]

Three years after his full-time Nextel Cup career ended, Blairsville’s Bill Elliott is still much in demand as a driver. Elliott, now running a partial Cup schedule, said Thursday that he’s weighing several offers for next season. He has been mentioned as a possible part-time replacement for Dale Jarrett in Robert Yates’ No. 88 Ford, [...]

Justin Wilson (#9 CDW Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) saved the best for last on the opening day of Champ Car World Series qualifying for the Tecate Champ Car Grand Prix of Monterrey Presented by Roshfrans. Flashing across the start/finish line at Fundidora Park as the final active car in Friday’s opening session of qualifying, Wilson used the last [...]

A Ford official said Thursday that the manufacturer would like to add “a couple more cars” to its Nextel Cup roster, although he wouldn’t give a timetable. A couple more teams could help Ford keep its young drivers, something Ford and its teams haven’t been able to always do. Dale Jarrett’s departure to Toyota after [...]