Jimmie Johnson wins 4th All-Star race

  by Pete McCole
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson became the first four-time winner of the Sprint All Star race, leading the final eight laps to score a million-dollar payday Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  Kyle Busch finished third, followed by Kahne and Kurt Busch. Johnson passed his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne with eight laps to go and then easily beat out Joey Logano by nearly half-a-straightaway to secure his fourth victory in the winner-take-all event.

Indy 500 Pole Day Press Conference

  IndyCar
An Interview With:
Row 1: 1st E. Carpenter  2nd C. Munoz 3rd M. Andretti
Row 2: 4th EJ Viso 5th AJ Allmendinger 6th W.Power
Row 3: 7th R. Hunter-Reay 8th H.Castroneves 9th J. Hinchcliffe

Ed Carpenter surprise pole winner for Indy 500

  by Tim Wohlford
Underdog car owner/driver Ed Carpenter from Indianapolis driving a single car entry won a surprise pole position for the Indy 500.  Carpenter was the big winner in the 2013 Fast Nine shootout for the Indy 500 Pole, moving up from the provisional 5th position.  Joining him on the front row is rookie sensation Carlos Munoz and Marco Andretti.  Second row features EJ Viso, AJ Allmendinger and Will Power.  Power fell from a provisional pole, and Castroneves fell from the 4th spot to middle of the third row.

Force, Langdon, Edwards Top Topeka Qualifying

  NHRA
John Force ended a 19-race No. 1 qualifying slump by racing to a track record performance in Funny Car Saturday at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event.

Busch rallies to win truck race in Charlotte

  by Pete McCole
Kyle Busch rallied from a late-race penalty to charge back to the front of the field and score his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of the season with a victory in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch passed race leader Miguel Paludo following a restart with nine laps to go and then held off a late charge from Brendan Gaughan before finally sealing the victory – his first in his last seven truck series starts.

Edwards wins pole for All-Star race

  by Pete McCole
Carl Edwards gave Dick Trickle one last ride around Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night, and for the first time since 1990, a car with Trickle’s name on it will sit on the pole as Edwards raced to the top spot in qualifying for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All Star race. Edwards, the 2011 winner of the all star event, completed two laps and a four-tire pit stop in a time of 111.297 seconds to earn his first career all star pole.

Dallara DW12: The 'Ugly Duckling' sure does race well

  by Brian Carroccio
She's beautiful on the inside. I presume you've all heard the expression, which immediately brings to mind a woman, who for whatever sterling qualities she happens to boast, aesthetically speaking, doesn't exactly impress. And when someone notes the fact said woman is "beautiful on the inside," they are telling us to look beyond the immediate, the superficial; to find some greater quality that maybe isn't apparent to the naked eye.

The Indy Lights Series is dying, and here's why!

  by Stephen Cox
Imagine you’re in a McDonald’s restaurant. You order a Big Mac. The cashier plops your sandwich on the counter and says, “That’ll be six hundred and twelve dollars, sir. Uh… excuse me. Did you actually say six hundred and twelve dollars?  Yes, sir. Our Big Macs come with special sauce, lettuce and cheese. They’re really good.  You would probably respond, “They’re not that good!” and walk out of the restaurant.

Foyt Mixes Ingredients For New Recipe For Success

  Entering the Indy 500
For the past 50 years at the Indianapolis 500, there has been little dispute that A.J. Foyt was “The Man” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was the hero of heroes and the definition of a legend. As the first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Foyt had established himself as the “grand champion” of the Indianapolis 500 and was the measuring stick by which all future legends would be compared.

Spanish fans go wild as Alonso dominates in Barcelona

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ferrari is definitely back and Fernando Alonso delivered a dominating victory to win the Spanish Grand Prix Sunday as his throngs of hometown fans cheered him on.  Alonso's Ferrari was untouchable pretty much the entire race and cruised to a comfortable victory over the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen.  His Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa was third ahead of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

Spanish GP: Sunday Press Conference

  Formula 1
DRIVERS
1 - Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari)
2 - Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus)
3 - Felipe MASSA (Ferrari)

Luhr Sets ALMS Victory Record

  At Laguna Seca
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf won here for the second straight year, Corvette Racing took a nail-biter in GT, and two classes saw last-lap passes for victory in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr¢n on Saturday.  Luhr became the ALMS’ all-time leader in wins with 43, and he and Graf are the first drivers to repeat at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca since 2007. Luhr took advantage of a daring move at the downhill Corkscrew in his No. 6 Muscle Milk Honda Performance Development ARX-03a and a late-race puncture for Rebellion Racing’s Neel Jani to win.