The first NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ race: unruly gathering for 1949 Charlotte meet

I was going to write a lament about the loss of Montréal’s Canadian GP and the absence of Formula 1 from North America for the first time in 50 years.…

Traditionally the Milwaukee Mile follows the week after the Indy 500. It’s quite a contrast from the big Speedway to the humble one-mile oval in suburban Milwaukee which is the…

Helio Castroneves scored a true storybook victory at Indianapolis on Sunday. The 34-year-old Brazilian led away from the final restart with just 18 laps to go and quickly built a…

NASCAR’s most popular driver is having a tough year. When Dale Earnhardt Jr is introduced before the start of any NASCAR Sprint Cup race he enjoys more raucous cheers than…

Hélio Castroneves and team-mate Ryan Briscoe traded the top spot back and forth during the six hours of Pole Day qualifying at Indianapolis last Saturday. On a windy afternoon nobody…

The opening rounds of qualifying for this year’s 93rd Indianapolis 500 take place this weekend, with the first 11 starting positions determined on Saturday and the next 11 on Sunday.…

After Carl Edwards crashed into the fence at Talladega last month, with debris injuring seven spectators, the debate began about the state of safety on high-banked superspeedways. Edwards’ accident was…

The racing season is on full song these days and almost all the major American series were in action last weekend. At Talladega, the giant 2.66-mile superspeedway in Alabama, 25-year-old…

Dario Franchitti is happy to be back running at the front of IndyCar racing after a year in the wilderness in NASCAR. The Scotsman confirmed that he’s going to be…

NASCAR takes a rare weekend off over Easter, its drivers and teams enjoying a short pause in the 36-race Sprint Cup championship. After seven rounds, four-time champion Jeff Gordon leads…

Defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson scored his first win of the season on Sunday. Johnson came through to win the sixth Sprint Cup race of this year, run on the…