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Brandon Bernstein, of Lake Forest, Calif., claimed his 10th career victory in 11 career final rounds, by powering his Budweiser dragster to the win over Cory McClenathan’s Jeg’s Mail Order dragster, which lost traction near mid-track. Bernstein posted a winning performance of 4.531 seconds at 329.58, while McClenathan’s dragster crossed the finish line in [...]

Qualifying Sunday for the 90th Indianapolis 500 IRL IndyCar Series event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed:
1. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 228.985
2. (3T) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 228.008

3. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 227.338
4. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 226.921
5. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 226.776
6. (4T) [...]

The first three races of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford have all been won by Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) but have all come in drastically different fashion.
 
He walked away from the field in Long Beach for the year’s first win, then put [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. sat down in Darlington, S.C., for a one-on-one interview with Observer sports columnist Scott Fowler on May 12. Some of Earnhardt’s comments, as well as the questions, are edited for clarity and brevity.
To talk to Dale Earnhardt Jr. one-on-one is to realize that despite how big he has become, he hasn’t lost [...]

Jimmie Johnson, who has won the last four NASCAR Nextel Cup races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and five of the past six, added the All-Star Challenge title to his collection after passing Kevin Harvick with 19 laps to go and pulling away from the field.Johnson collected more than $1 million for the victory in a [...]