Dario Franchitti News

The 17th Annual Martinsville Speedway Toy Drive got a jumpstart Wednesday afternoon when Patrick Henry Community College and the Patrick Henry Community College Foundation Board donated over 75 toys.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing has pegged Canadian Alex Tagliani to test its IndyCar Chevrolets at Sebring International Speedway in Florida.

It was a good IndyCar Series season in Southern California in 2013 with thrilling races at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.

In the end, there was only one grand prize winner during the fifth annual Fanfest Presented by Las Vegas Motor Speedway held at the Fremont Street Experience, and she chose Kyle Busch and his case.

Editor's note: This report has been changed from the original to correct the name of the organization that encouraged the larger-than-usual grant to the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center.

The FIA, international motorsports' governing body, released its 2014 calendar Wednesday, placing the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Nov. 2. That's the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, a three-hour drive from Austin.

Even as Jimmie Johnson speeds through Champion's Week and enjoys his coronation in Las Vegas, the focus of those who compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and those who follow it, even peripherally, already has begun to move toward 2014.

Officials from AMA Pro Racing announced today the future plans for the AMA Pro Road Racing class structure and rules package.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is transitioning from the end of the regular season to the beginning of a crazy offseason, called "the Silly Season."

With Michael Annett leaving for a Sprint Cup ride with Tommy Baldwin Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports has signed Dakoda Armstrong to a multiyear contract to succeed Annett in the No.

One day after getting a part-time, on-track job with Michael Waltrip Racing for the 2014 season, veteran NASCAR driver Jeff Burton has landed yet another job.

I noticed that Simona de Silvestro wasn't listed on your list for KV Racing Technology .

As predicted, the Silverstone based team said its 2012 race driver, German Nico Hulkenberg, is returning to Force India next year after a single season with Sauber.

Parker Kligerman on pit road during qualifying for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Erik Jones , the youngest winner in a NASCAR National Series event after his win in the Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway in November, heads to Pensacola, Florida's Five Flags Speedway to defend his title as Snowball Derby champion on Sunday, December 8th.

AMA Pro Racing is pleased to announce the complete AMA Pro Flat Track schedule for the upcoming 2014 season; an agenda that includes 16 rounds featuring non-stop entertainment and thrilling motorcycle racing action from the AMA Pro Grand National Championship and AMA Pro Singles classes.

By now details surrounding the death of Fast and Furious star Paul Walker last week in a Los Angeles car crash are well-known.

Elite competitors, like newly minted six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, have it.

Winning NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award is better than not doing so, but overall it doesn't mean much in NASCAR's big picture.

He had already kissed the bricks as the Indianapolis 500 winner. It was time to plant one on his image on the Borg-Warner Trophy.