Third-year Pro Stock driver Jason Line captured the first NHRA POWERade world championship of the season Sunday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas.
After collecting the $200,000 series champion’s check, Line shared the spotlight with race winners Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Richie Stevens (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines [...]

At this point, Tony Stewart is racing only for pride and wins. On Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he stole the spotlight from the title contenders with a win that clearly made him proud.
Stewart, who failed to qualify for the 10-race Chase for championship after winning his second Nextel Cup title last season, held off [...]

Schumacher, Hight, Line and Gann are No. 1 qualifiers at The Strip at LVMS
Top Fuel points leader Doug Kalitta raced to the $100,000 win in the Budweiser Shootout, highlighting Saturday’s racing at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.
Kalitta held off Rod Fuller to claim his third victory in the Budweiser Shootout, a special race-within-a-race bonus [...]

Although General Motors announced only a modest loss in the quarter just past, the knife has come to marketing and NASCAR.

Roush Racing can only enter the #06 in one more Nextel Cup race this year because of the team limitations imposed by NASCAR, team president Geoff Smith confirmed Saturday. Roush already has its fifth full-time team grandfathered in on the four-team NASCAR Cup limit.

Penske Racing officials announced Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway that three-time IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr. will attempt to qualify for two NASCAR Busch Series races this season.

Retired world champion driver Michael Schumacher is to stay with Ferrari as assistant to new chief executive officer Jean Todt, the Italian outfit has announced at Monza.

Twice world champion Mika Hakkinen says he might return to Formula One some day - as a manager.
The Finn, who entered the sport’s pinnacle with the guidance of countryman and 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, told Welt that he can envisage doing a similar thing for an up-and-coming driver.

Bruno Senna says he wants to be on the Formula One grid by 2009.
The 23-year-old nephew of the sport’s late triple world champion - Ayrton Senna - told reporters at the Hockenheim circuit on Sunday that he will almost certainly race in the GP2 series next year.