Updated with driver quotes below
Brian Vickers stole his first Nextel Cup victory Sunday by turning teammate Jimmie Johnson into race leader Dale Earnhardt Jr., then skirting by the two spinning cars on the last lap at Talladega Superspeedway.

Michael Schumacher conceded that his bid for an unprecedented eighth Formula One drivers’ world title was over after defending champion, Fernando Alonso, profited from his blown engine to triumph today in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Up-and-coming Chelsea race car driver Charlie Bradberry died after a Saturday morning automobile accident.
Alabama State Trooper spokesman Sgt. Tim Sartain said Bradberry, 24, was driving a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup that went off Shelby County 11 and overturned inside the Chelsea city limits at 7:05 a.m. Saturday.
Bradberry was transported to UAB Hospital, where he was [...]

Ricky Rudd is on the verge of running a part-time schedule next season. David Wyler, president of Wyler Racing, told me [Dustin Long] Saturday at Talladega that provided the team can find sponsorship — which he is confident they will — Rudd will drive in 16 races for the Toyota team.

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) announced today Juan Pablo Montoya will continue his stock car education next weekend in the ARCA RE/MAX Series event at the Rusty Wallace designed and owned Iowa Speedway. Montoya will pilot the #4 Texaco/Havoline Dodge for his second start in a stock car.

Q: Well done Fernando, let’s look back at the start of the race, how your car was performing yesterday relative to that first phase of the race, when you got past one of the Toyotas and looked to be in pretty good shape.
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, at the beginning of the race, I knew that we [...]

Michael Waltrip said that he hopes to make an announcement soon concerning who will drive his team’s No. 00 Nextel Cup car next season.

Michael Schumacher’s championship hopes are in tatters after retiring from the lead of the Japanese Grand Prix on lap 37 with engine failure.
It is the Ferrari driver’s first engine failure in a race since the US Grand Prix of 2001. The failure leaves Schumacher ten points behind Alonso with only one race to go.

Fernando Alonso has all but wrapped up his second world title as he emerges victorious at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka Japan.
Michael Schumacher was leading the race when his Ferrari blew an engine and put him out of the event.