Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 DeWalt Fusion, heads into this weekend’s race in second place in the standings, 51 points behind the leader. He has two victories and leads the series with 10 top-five finishes through the season’s first 18 races. Last week at Chicagoland Speedway, he was in the lead in the [...]

The qualifying competition between Dan Wheldon and Sam Hornish Jr. was transferred from Kansas Speedway to Nashville Superspeedway. Now, let the racing begin anew.
The front row – in fact, the first two rows — will be occupied by red and white cars for the second consecutive IndyCar Series race. Wheldon earned his second consecutive Marlboro [...]

Ryan Newman won the pole Friday at New Hampshire International Speedway. No kidding. Newman winning NASCAR Nextel Cup poles used to be such a regular occurrence that it was surprising when he didn’t get the job done in qualifying. He came into the 2006 season with 35 poles in his first five [...]

Practice Session 2 Results Nashville Superspeedway July 14, 2006
Rank Car Driver C/E/T Time Speed Best Lap Total Laps
1 10 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 23.1114 202.497 46 48
2 6 Hornish Jr, Sam D/H/F 23.1392 202.254 43 45
3 3 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 23.1953 201.765 49 51
4 27 Franchitti, Dario D/H/F 23.2059 201.673 41 42
5 4 Meira, Vitor D/H/F [...]

McLaren boss Ron Dennis has made it very clear that Juan Pablo Montoya will not be able to drive a Dodge Nextel Cup car for Chip Ganassi until the end of his contract at the end of the year – unless a financial deal of some kind is made in the interim. There is a [...]

Practice Session 1 Results
Nashville Superspeedway
July 14, 2006
Rank Car Driver C/E/T Time Speed Best Lap Total Laps
1 11 Kanaan, Tony D/H/F 23.2026 201.702 5 35
2 10 Wheldon, Dan D/H/F 23.2348 201.422 25 26
3 26 Andretti, Marco D/H/F 23.2684 201.131 6 70
4 6 Hornish Jr, Sam D/H/F 23.3084 200.786 7 37
5 55 Matsuura, Kosuke D/H/F 23.3361 200.548 [...]

After watching his drivers get wrecked at high-speed tracks three times this season — including Jeff Gordon knocking Matt Kenseth out of the lead Sunday at Joliet, Ill. — Roush Racing President Geoff Smith said drivers have been lulled into a false sense of security because of safety upgrades and are more willing to make [...]

1. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1′16″902 206.491 Km/h
2. 1 ALONSO Renault M 1′17″498 + [...]

1. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1′16″794 206.782 Km/h
2. 36 DAVIDSON Honda M 1′17″133 + 0′00″339
3. [...]

Villeneuve saluted a “ballsy and gutsy” decision from Montoya, who ditched Formula One for the United States-based stock car racing series after struggling to find a 2007 seat. But Villeneuve, 35, also hit out at Formula One’s obsession with youth, claiming young drivers are not as exciting as the likes of Montoya. Asked [...]