 | Greg Biffle took the Sprint Cup victory at Michigan on Sunday.... | | Greg Biffle went a long way toward punching his ticket to NASCAR's postseason with an impressive win in the Quicken Loans 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. The win was also the historic 1,000th triumph in NASCAR competition for Ford Racing.... |
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 | | Jamie Allison, director of Ford Racing, celebrated a birthday with a milestone on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. Roush Fenway Racing’s Greg Biffle's win at Michigan gave the automobile manufacturer...
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 | | Five-time and defending World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz enjoyed a dominant weekend as the series visited Minnesota and Iowa. Schatz claimed Friday night’s event at Jackson (Minn.) Speedway for his series-leading sixth victory of the season. The following...
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 | | John Force ended a 31-event winless streak Sunday in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, beating Cruz Pedregon in the final round. The 64-year-old Force raced to his record 135th career victory and fourth at Bristol Dragway. He powered his Ford Mustang to 4.148-second run at 305.29 mph, while ...
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 | | Will Power said the pressure is off him. That seems odd to say for a driver who has failed to win the past three IndyCar Series championships despite being at the doorstep of the title, but he said driving is different now that he's not in...
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 | | Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Toyota has changed its paint scheme for Sunday's race at Michigan to the one that was used when Jason Leffler drove the car in 2005. The tribute paint scheme was Hamlin's idea and approved by Joe Gibbs Racing and sponsor FedEx following
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 | | Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi teamed to win Saturday’s Diamond Cellar Classic in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP, giving the team its first Rolex Series victory of the season. Barbosa caught Richard Westbrook and passed him for the lead with less than 30 minutes remaining. ...
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 | | Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to victory lane at the Milwaukee Mile, this time as a father on Father’s Day weekend. The reigning IndyCar Series champion, whose son, Ryden was born in December, pulled away from the field in the late stages...
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 | | Regan Smith beat both the NASCAR Nationwide Series field and the rain at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday. Smith took his first lead of the race on lap 112 of the 125-lap event when race leader Parker Kligerman was forced...
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 | | The death of Jason Leffler is on the minds of several Sprint Cup drivers this weekend at Michigan International Speedway. Leffler, who made 73 Sprint Cup starts, was killed Wednesday after a violent crash during a sprint car race at Bridgeport Speedway, a dirt track in Swedesboro, N.J. He was 37....
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 | | A funeral service for former NASCAR driver Jason Leffler will be held on June 19 in Cornelius, N.C. Leffler was killed in a racing crash on a short track in New Jersey on Wednesday night. In addition to funeral information, it was announced on Saturday morning at Michigan International Speedway...
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 | | Rick Hendrick defended his team's hiring approach Friday at Michigan International Speedway and said NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski should show "more class" after accusing Hendrick Motorsports of stealing information by poaching...
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 | | Austin Dillon is working overtime this weekend at Michigan International Speedway, and the 23-year-old future
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 | | With the quickest run of his career and the quickest Funny Car run in 2013, Funny Car driver Del Worsham led a parade of track records en route to the qualifying lead on Friday at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers at Bristol Dragway. Spencer...
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 | | Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the man who earned his place in the history books by scoring Ferrari’s first World Championship Grand Prix win at Silverstone in 1951, has passed away at the grand age of 90. Famously known as the "Pampas Bull," he started 26 World Championship races, adding a second ...
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 | | Earlier this week, we had an opportunity to go for a drive with the guy who's won the Formula One World Championship the last three years running: Sebastian Vettel. Since...
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 | | Tony Stewart has never been the guy people look to as a model of physical fitness. However, in this new, exclusive ad from Mobil 1, Stewart shows he's quite a bit more flexible than we give him credit for. Perhaps Tony has been
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 | | Brad Keselowski is still in shock over the death of fellow NASCAR driver Jason Leffler on Wednesday night on the 5/8-mile short Bridgeport Speedway dirt track in Swedesboro, N.J. “Wednesday was a really rough night,” Keselowski said. “I’m still kind of in shock....
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 | | Helio Castroneves said he saw what television viewers saw of last week's IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway, which didn't get good reviews or ratings. Only about 1.4 million people -- a 1.0 rating -- saw the race, according to figures distributed by ESPN. Expectations were for more given that...
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 | | Just when I thought I’d seen it all in racing, I’m slapped in the face with something new: The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race in Detroit! I guess when you are confident that the correct and just decision...
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 | | In a show of class and tribute, IndyCar driver Ed Carpenter will be racing this weekend with a special sticker to memorialize driver Jason Leffler, who died on Wednesday night after a Sprint Car wreck. The decal has been...
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 | | IndyCar points leader Helio Castroneves insisted Friday that his race-winning car at Texas did not have a performance advantage from an illegal part that led to a failed post-race inspection. IndyCar this week fined Penske Racing $35,000 and docked Roger Penske 15 owner points because the...
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