Jimmie Johnson was “horsing around” on top of a moving golf cart when he fell off and broke his left wrist, his team told The Associated Press on Monday. The version clarifies what happened during the celebrity tournament in Lecanto, Fla., one day after the initial account from Hendrick Motorsports implied that the Nextel Cup [...]

Until a few months ago, racing the engines at the RCR garage in Welcome was never a problem, according to residents. Then, the team cleared 10 acres of forest between its buildings and nearby neighborhoods for its expansion.
Those trees served as a muffler for the noise. Now that they’re gone, people say the noise is [...]

The No. 1 Bass Pro Shop and No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolets are in South Georgia testing their Cars of Tomorrow. They will be testing the new cars on Monday and Tuesday as they prepare for the vehicle’s debut.

BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) and Richard Childress Racing (RCR) have reached a two-year agreement for the full-service financial institution to sponsor RCR’s No. 2 Chevrolet Monte Carlos and driver Clint Bowyer in the NASCAR Busch Series and become the Official Bank of Richard Childress Racing.
[Right: Team Owner Richard Childress]

Carl Edwards Carl Edwards has a new passion to keep him busy away from the track, a record label called Back 40 Records.
“I’d come home and my little brother and my buddies would give me these CDs that people were making and they’d have to go to Kansas City or St. Louis to record stuff,” [...]

Renault boss Flavio Briatore has said it is highly unlikely that he will release Fernando Alonso early from his contract with the team - despite late attempts by McLaren to get him in their car this week.

Jenson Button will not drive a Formula One car again this year after his Honda team ruled him out of this week’s final test in southern Spain because of a rib injury.
Button suffered two hairline cracks to his ribs while go-karting last month and has not taken part in the two post-season tests so far.

McLaren Mercedes and aigo have announced a long-term partnership which will commence on 1st January 2007. aigo is the first Chinese brand to join the team’s prestigious global brand portfolio.
aigo is the leading MP3 and MP4 player brand from Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co. Since its establishment in 1993, Huaqi sales revenue has grown [...]