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F1 hopeful and GP2 race-winner Karun Chandhok reacts phlegmatically to Force India chairman Vijay Mallya's decision not to give him a try-out during the special young driver test at Jerez next week Karun Chandhok has insisted that he is 'not disappointed' at being passed over by Force India for a try-out during the special F1 young driver test at ...

Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Paul di Resta of Scotland, the cousin of the IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, will test for Force India in Spain next week along with the young American JR Hildebrand.

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Jimmie Johnson will go for his fourth straight Cup title from the pole. Johnson turned a lap of 173.919 mph to win the pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Jarno Trulli says he will make a decision on his Formula One future following this weekend's Toyota Motor Sport festival in Japan.

Johnson wrecked three laps into the race after contact with Hornish, forcing a total rebuild of his car.

Driver Trevor Bayne will run a full schedule in the Nationwide Series next season for a team that will be co-owned by Michael Waltrip and Gary Bechtel, officials from the newly formed Diamond-Waltrip Racing announced Saturday Bayne, an 18-year-old native of Knoxville, has made 14 starts in the series this season.

That's all it took at Texas for David Reutimann to get into Sam Hornish Jr., who in turn got into Jimmie Johnson.

Michael McGee says seven is his lucky number. If Kurt Busch wins today's Dickies 500, two will be his new lucky number.

Jimmie Johnson's crash in Texas shook up the Chase and the championship picture is suddenly more competitive than it was one week ago .

The Frontstretch: Fuel Mileage Finishes Adding Fuel To Fan's Fire? by Thomas Bowles -- Monday November 9, 2009 November 9th - November 13th, 2009 Tuesday: The Chase is heating up after Texas, and so are a handful of drivers right along with it -- while others are cooling off faster than the November weather.

Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

Michael Waltrip pulled up to the back of Jimmie Johnson's car, settled in on his bumper and shoved him all the way around Talladega Superspeedway as the two drivers worked on a strategy for NASCAR's fastest race track.

Tony Stewart is putting together a memorable run as a driver-owner. Here's how some other recent driver-owners have fared in their first year trying to handle both duties:Michael Waltrip Few driver-owners have made as big a splash as Waltrip, who began his stint as a driver-owner in 2007 with three cars and backing from Toyota.

Lap 35: Still single-file but green-flag pit stops will be coming up soon. Kevin Harvick running second.

Waltrip was warned to give Jimmie Johnson some space during Friday's final practice session as he bump-drafted behind Johnson's car.

The school bus lights started to flash and bus driver Valerie Crawford pulled old yellow to a stop on Tega Cay's Lake Forest Drive.

It doesn't matter if you're a redneck or not, you know Jeff Foxworthy -- from the Blue Collar Comedy shtick with Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy, or the ABC sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show , or any other glorious absence of sophistication associated with the Georgia native.

Denny Hamlin leads David Reutimann and Juan Pablo Montoya during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Bottom line So where did your favorite driver finish? Check out the final results .