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Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis ran away with Round 8 of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, winning by 3.494 seconds in their Camaro Z/28.R at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Danica Patrick: Car setup key to maximizing potential Through 19 races, Danica Patrick is 27th in the points standings -- the same ranking at this juncture in 2013.

Competing in just his second Sprint Cup event since his return to IndyCar, Montoya said he doesn't feel like an outsider when walking through the NASCAR garage, which he called home for seven seasons between open-wheel stints.

Two men forced a woman into the backseat of her vehicle at gunpoint, drove off but later lost control and plowed into a group of people on a corner near a fruit stand in Philadelphia on Friday, police said.

Provided by Chevrolet Racing Chris Pratt, star of the upcoming movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, will serve as honorary driver of the Chevrolet SS pace car for the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

For the 14th year in a row the Houston Solar Car Team has gone to Texas and beaten every other high school solar car team in the nation.

When Fairhope's Grant Enfinger competes in the ARCA Racing Series Scott Get Geared Up 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway on Friday night, he won't be in the No.

NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski remembers slamming into a rival's car in Phoenix a few years ago, only to be summoned after the race by officials who scolded him for being too aggressive on the track.

At face value, this makes zero sense: Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway might rank right up there with Sonoma, Daytona, Talladega and Watkins Glen as 'wild-card' tracks in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season.

3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R he drives with Jan Magnussen. The Garcia/Magnussen pairing enters the race as the championship leaders in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class, and Chevrolet leads in GTLM manufacturer points.

Newman, in his first season with Richard Childress Racing, has earned top-five finishes in two of his last three races entering Sunday's Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a race Newman won one year ago.

Defending race winner Ryan Dalziel earned his first IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship pole position of the season Thursday in qualifying for Friday's Brickyard Grand Prix.

There's nothing wrong with ovals, but the NASCAR season is seriously lacking in variety.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series took a rare week off after New Hampshire and before Indianapolis in hot July.

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne was in town Wednesday to tour the General Motors Co. Tonawanda Engine Plant's GEN 5 engine line.

It will go down as a 14th-place finish in the record books. But for Jerry Tunney of Clarks Summit, it felt like a victory.

When: Gates open Friday at 4 p.m. for qualifying and Saturday at 10 a.m. The main event Saturday is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tickets: Adult general admission is $25, or $40 for a two-day pass.

Kasey Kahne , driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports , spent Wednesday, July 23, in the Buffalo area promoting the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' upcoming New York race, the Cheez-Ita 355 at The Glen .

"Yeah, I mean, I sort of am an adopted Hoosier," the four-time Cup champion said.