Reigning Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher raced to his first victory of the season Sunday at the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway. Tony Pedregon, Mike Edwards and Chip Ellis also were winners of the $1.3 million race, the 12th of 23 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Schumacher powered his U.S. [...]

Brian Vickers will drive for Team Red Bull in 2007, positioning himself to be the future of Toyota as the Japanese automaker prepares for its Nextel Cup debut, The Associated Press has learned.
The hiring was confirmed to the AP on Sunday night by Red Bull officials at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
“Brian brings not [...]

Jeff Gordon combined patience with a fast race car Sunday at Infineon Raceway to grab a record ninth road course victory.
NASCAR’s top “Road Warrior” started 11th in the 43-car field and took the lead for the first time on lap 49 of the 110-lap Dodge/Save Mart 350.
Two-time series champion Terry Labonte grabbed the lead for [...]

A.J. Allmendinger (#7 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) was only two turns into today’s Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford race before he was spinning in circles, having gone off course in a madcap start to today’s event.
95 laps later he was spinning in circles again, only this time in jubilation, turning celebratory donuts [...]

Fernando Alonso won his fourth straight Formula One race on Sunday, posting a comfortable victory in his Renault over rival Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Alonso, the runaway F1 leader, won by 2.1 seconds over Schumacher in the 70-lap race at the 4.361-kilometre Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. The Spaniard has six wins this season and [...]

The two leaders of open-wheel auto racing have reached an ownership-sharing agreement, signaling the biggest development yet in their efforts to put aside a decade of friction and reunite their series.
Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George and Champ Car World Series co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven say many details of a proposal remain to be [...]