Ford Motor Co. and Toyota acknowledged a meeting of their top executives, feeding speculation about an alliance of the surging Japanese firm and the sputtering Detroit giant.
The number two US automaker said in a statement that chief executive Alan Mulally met with Toyota’s leadership, after Toyota confirmed that its chairman, Fujio Cho, met last week [...]

Goody’s Headache Powders, the official pain reliever of race fans, announced today that three of country music’s top stars – Jo Dee Messina, Josh Turner and Rodney Atkins, will headline the Goody’s Country Concert at the Sprint Sound & Speed festival presented by SunTrust, January 13, 2007 in Nashville.

The United States Air Force has announced that they will be returning as both a primary and associate sponsor of the No. 21 Wood Brothers/JTG NASCAR NEXTEL Cup team. 2007 will mark the seventh consecutive year in which they have backed the famous No. 21 car.

Faith Motorsports will debut a bi-monthly radio show on January 4, enabling Morgan Shepherd fans to enjoy regular updates on the team’s progression through the 2007 race season.

In racing terms, Christmas came early for Kyle Petty.
In personal terms, the charity run held earlier in December at Victory Junction Gang Camp — the facility founded by Kyle and wife Pattie for chronically ill children — might have done more to touch Petty’s soul, but his racing gift came more than a month ago [...]

Dates for the 2007 edition of NASCAR Jackson Hewitt Preseason Thunder Fan Fests at historic Daytona International Speedway have been finalized.