2003 IndyCar® Series champion Scott Dixon led the final 66 laps to win the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. It was Dixon’s second win of the 2006 season.
Dixon, driver of the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone, inherited the lead by not pitting when the lead four cars pitted on Lap 133. He [...]

The flap that Jeremy Mayfield triggered at Chicago last weekend about car owner Ray Evernham isn’t dying down, despite the news conference that the two had to try to defuse the situation.
Evernham this season swapped Kasey Kahne to the Kenny Francis-led team that Mayfield drove for last year, and Kahne has four wins, while Mayfield [...]

Danica Patrick said Friday she has received a preliminary offer from a NASCAR Nextel Cup team for the 2007 season and doubts an IRL IndyCar Series team can match the money being discussed. However, she also said she prefers to stay in open-wheel racing, and that preference could play a part in her decision.
“The money [...]

According to sources in NASCAR, Bill Elliott, also known as ‘Awesome Bill from Dawesonville’, will return full-time to NASCAR Cup competition as Brian Vickers’ teammate at Team Red Bull in 2007. We are still waiting for official confirmation of this, but reports have been indicating Elliott is itching to get back in the car [...]

Even with the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Gary Paffett breathing down his neck, Pedro de la Rosa stands a chance of retaining the McLaren race seat next season. That is the insistence of Mercedes boss Norbert Haug, who told the Spanish press that even pairing the 35-year-old alongside a countryman is no obstacle.
“We [...]

Michael Schumacher seized pole position for the French Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari swept the front row for the second race in succession. The 37-year-old German, seven times a winner at the Magny-Cours circuit, lapped a mere 0.017 seconds quicker than Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa for his 68th career pole [...]