Busch knocks Gordon off pole for All-Star race

  by Pete McCole
Kyle Busch’s winning streak continued Friday night as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader captured the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Busch’s speed of 132.835 mph in the two-lap, four-tire pit stop format was enough to knock Jeff Gordon off the pole, giving Busch his first pole in just his third start in NASCAR’s all star event.

Crashes mar Friday practice at Indy

  IndyCar
Three of the five fastest drivers during today's practice session made contact with the first-turn wall, including front-row qualifier Ryan Briscoe.  Polesitter Scott Dixon again was the fastest as Target Chip Ganassi Racing worked on race setup. Dixon clocked a best lap of 223.713 mph (40.2301 seconds) to top the speed chart.

Loose Lug Nuts: Speed Racer

  by Dave Grayson
So the "Speed Racer" movie, based on the 1960's Japanese animation TV series, finally made it to the theatre screens. This is no small feat because this movie has been in various forms of preproduction since 1992. So far the film has been beaten black and blue by movie critics. Even veteran actor John Goodman, one of the film's stars, said "God, I hope this thing doesn't tank" while being interviewed during the movie's premiere.

Fisichella to reach motorsport milestone in Monaco

  Force India driver
Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella will celebrate his 200th Grand Prix start in Monaco, becoming only the ninth driver in history to reach that milestone. By the end of this season he will have moved up to fifth overall in the rankings of all-time starts. To mark the event, Giancarlo will start the Monaco race in a new set of Alpinestars overalls and a helmet commissioned from Arai bearing a '200' logo.

An interview with Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon

  IndyCar
Today at the Indy Speedway the two men who will fire off on the front row for this year's Indy 500, polesitter Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon - already a winner of the Indianapolis 500.  Scott you were the quickest in limited time yesterday, you obviously have good cars. The rain is hampering the practice. One line of thought would be, We've got the best car, so what, let's let it rain till race day and fire off. Any sentiment like that?

Boos An Accurate Barometer Of A Driver's Success

  by Cathy Elliott
If you attend a NASCAR event in order to get a little peace and quiet, you're in the wrong place.  A particularly appropriate phrase comes to mind, but another Southern writer has already coined it. I'm not quite egomaniacal enough to compare myself to William Faulkner, but I am just brave enough to blatantly "borrow" from him, as NASCAR is the perfect contemporary definition of "The Sound and the Fury."

Q and A with new ALMS driver Gil de Ferran

  ALMS
New American Le Mans Series driver and team owner Gil de Ferran spoke with the media regarding the debut of the de Ferran Motorsports Acura ARX-01b. De Ferran, a two-time CART champion and former Indy 500 winner, will team with Simon Pagenaud at Miller Motorsports Park in the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels.

New Ferrari California revealed

  First Photos
The first official photographs have been published of the Ferrari California, the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris launched in 2004 with the 612 Scaglietti and added to more recently with the 430 Scuderia. The Ferrari California joins the Prancing Horse's 8-cylinder family.

Scenes from Darlington

  Rhonda McCole

Q and A with Tony George

  Indy Car
Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George fielded questions about a variety of topics - from the 92nd Indianapolis 500 and the recent unification of open-wheel racing under the IndyCar Series banner - on Pole Day.

A1GP Reveals First Image of 'Powered by Ferrari' Car

  A1GP
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has revealed the first image of its brand new 'Powered by Ferrari' car for use in season four (2008/09). The CAD drawing was released ahead of the car's inaugural shakedown test in Southern England.

Massa over Hamilton and Raikkonen in Turkey

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ferrari's Felipe Massa won his third consecutive Turkish Grand Prix from pole in Istanbul Sunday.  Lewis Hamilton, who tried a three-stop strategy passed Massa for the lead before half-distance, but he couldn't pull out enough of an advantage to beat the Brazilian after his additional stop, so had to settle for second place. Quotes | Press Conference