Auto Racing
Alonso wins in Japan, Massa and Hamilton collide
Renault's Fernando Alonso won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday in a race that featured a collision between championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa on the second lap.
Burton wins at Charlotte to move up in standings
Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson. Those were the three guys everyone picked to win the Sprint Cup title. Nobody gave Jeff Burton a chance. And that's exactly how Burton likes it.
Photos show Edwards had Harvick by the neck
Photographs of the scuffle between Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick show a more physical confrontation than witnesses described, with Edwards at one point grabbing Harvick by the throat.
Kyle Busch cruises to 20th NASCAR win of season
Make it 20 wins this season for Kyle Busch, NASCAR's dominant workhorse.
Cindy McCain presiding over NASCAR race
The wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be the honorary race director at the NASCAR Bank of America 500.
Judge: Castroneves can race in Australia
Helio Castroneves can leave the country for an IndyCar event this month in Australia after a federal judge agreed Friday to modify bail conditions on tax charges the driver's facing.
Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards
Note passing, name calling, playground scuffles and widespread gossip. Sound like the fifth grade? Well, that, too.
Rain gives Johnson pole at Charlotte
Jimmie Johnson could only look at his car Thursday, spending most of the afternoon eating junk food in his team's hauler and watching it rain.
Witnesses say Edwards, Harvick fight in garage
Greg Biffle isn't angry with teammate Carl Edwards for starting a 12-car crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
Carpentier out of No. 10 at Gillett Evernham
Patrick Carpentier was released from Gillett Evernham Motorsports on Tuesday, and Mike Wallace and AJ Allmendinger will finish the season in the No. 10 Dodge.
Goodyear thinks softer tires the answer at Indy
Goodyear may have an answer for one of Indianapolis Motor Speedway's toughest challenges: softer tires.
FIA drops Canadian GP from F1 calendar for 2009
Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials insist that a world championship should include an American race. Or at least a North American race.
Hamlin released from hospital day after hard wreck
Denny Hamlin was released from a hospital Monday, a day after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
Denny Hamlin taken to hospital after hard wreck
Denny Hamlin was held Sunday night at a Birmingham hospital Sunday for further evaluation after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.
Stewart wins Talladega to end winless streak at 43
Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR's out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he's carried with him the last seven years.
Free on bail, Castroneves wins at Road Atlanta
Helio Castroneves was back behind the wheel Saturday, a day after the two-time Indy 500 winner pleaded not guilty on tax evasion charges.
Todd Bodine wins trucks race at Talladega
Todd Bodine figured on the last lap he'd simply push Kyle Busch to the finish line, one Toyota driver helping another. That little nudge, though, was enough to turn Busch sideways and leave Bodine celebrating again at Talladega.
Earnhardt runs into trouble at Talladega
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has had better days at Talladega.
Kvapil takes pole for Talladega, DEI also strong
A pair of once-mighty teams returned to the top of the Talladega Superspeedway leaderboard with very different things to prove.
Racer Castroneves pleads not guilty in tax case
Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.