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 [...]