Tony Stewart celebrates his Nationwide victory in Darlington on Friday night.
Before this year Tony Stewart hadn’t won on NASCAR’s longest track at Talladega, Alabama, or on its oldest superspeedway at Darlington, South Carolina. In the span of three weeks, though, he’s accomplished two of his long-time stock car goals.
Stewart led 90 of the 149 laps–the [...]
Heikki Kovalanien’s race in the Spanish Grand Prix ended when his McLaren-Mercedes crashed into a tire wall.
FIA doctors cleared McLaren-Mercedes Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen to compete in this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix alongside teammate Lewis Hamilton. They examined the Finn on Thursday, May 8, at the Instanbul Park facility that hosts the race.
Kovalainen’s status [...]
By CURT CAVIN
Remember this damp finish to last year’s Indianapolis 500?
News of the day: It rained twice Wednesday, the latter downpour at 3:15 p.m. prompting Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials to cancel practice for the day. No cars made it onto the track.
There wasn’t much news off of the track, either. A.J. Foyt said his son, [...]
By CURT CAVIN
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing hopes 16 is its lucky Indy number
Dan Wheldon has never finished behind a Newman/ Haas/Lanigan Racing driver on an oval track, yet he considers the former Champ Car World Series team one of his strongest competitors heading into the Indianapolis 500.
He pointed out that NHL had only a month to work [...]