Top Fuel points leader Doug Kalitta outran championship rival Tony Schumacher with a dramatic 4.452-second pass in the final qualifying session of the Auto Club NHRA Finals to earn the No. 1 qualifying position heading Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations.

AutoRacing1.com is reporting that Carl Russo was forced to sell the RuSPORT team because of the demands on him by the investors in his Calix company.

Montoya finishes 20th and Hornish struggles in his debut
Matt Kenseth used a terrific final restart Saturday to hold off Kevin Harvick at Phoenix International Raceway, spoiling Harvick’s bid to break Sam Ard’s record of Busch Series wins in a season.

Wearing a brace on his rapidly-healing wrist, Justin Wilson (#9 CDW Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) could have easily passed for an injured basketball player as he negotiated the paddock on a cloudy Saturday at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

After a long hiatus, Ward Burton is slated to be the full-time driver of the #4 next year. “We haven’t completely signed the deal, but we’ve agreed on one,” team owner Larry McClure said. “So it looks like he’ll have a good shot at being back in the car next year.”

Ryan Newman said Matt Borland, his crew chief his entire Nextel Cup career and the best man at his wedding, “won’t be back next year” in the same capacity. He could return in another role, Newman speculated.

Jeff Gordon will make a special guest appearance in ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet the Carolina Panthers Monday in Charlotte. Gordon, the winningest active drive and the current all-time money leader, will join ESPN’s Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser in the second quarter to discuss racing, football [...]

Dodge Motorsports presented #9-Kasey Kahne with a new Dodge Viper SRT10 sports car at Phoenix International Raceway Friday morning to mark his circuit-leading six victories and spot in the Nextel Chase for the Championship.

Although the 2006 season is coming to a close in less than 10 days, Roush Racing driver Jamie McMurray is already looking forward to the 2007 season and with the strong support from Crown Royal, the #26 team will get a great head start. In the 2006 season finale at Homestead/Miami Speedway, McMurray will be [...]

Kimi Raikkonen says he might not be in the F1 paddock long enough to have a crack at Ferrari predecessor Michael Schumacher’s bag of records.
The Finn, who will test a red racer for the first time next January following a five season tenure at McLaren, hinted on Saturday that his three-year Ferrari contract might be [...]