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May 18, 2013 - Alex Tagliani completed a solid qualifying attempt with a four-lap average of 227.386 to start P11 on Pole Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Before the qualifying runs began on Saturday, Mother Nature's intervention delayed the beginning of the time trials by more than two hours at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Todd Bodine and his ThorSport Racing crew chief Jeriod Prince endured maybe one of the most frustrating weekends of their entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' careers at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but in the end their perseverance was rewarded with a lead-lap 17th-placeplace finish in Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200.

Lee Spencer is the senior NASCAR writer for FOXSports.com. She has provided award-winning coverage of auto racing over the last 15 years.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Preparations continue for the 2013 Indianapolis Indy 500 qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Roncalli senior Kyle O'Gara, 18, is preparing for his first Indy Lights race next week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Will Power, of Australia, covers his ear as he waits to be interview on the public address system following his qualification run on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013.

NASCAR's most popular driver celebrated Mother's Day by cooking a brisket for his mom.

Carl Edwards will start on the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race after posting the quickest time in Friday's qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Last season Derek Bell, Scott Pruett, and posthumously James Hunt, were inducted into Legends of The Glen.

The New York Knicks are not ready for their season to end. Facing elimination in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Knicks have opened up an 11-point third quarter lead at Madison Square Facing elimination in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Knicks have opened up an 11-point third quarter lead at Madison Square Garden.

Momentum has not slowed and, if anything, has sped up in the Town of Speedway. The Dallara/IndyCar Experience facility, completed in November 2011, has become an anchor tenant for Main Street.

Matt Crafton won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

It's money week for No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. He raised $60,000 for charity Wednesday night and now plans on taking $1 million for himselfSaturday at NASCAR's Sprint All-Star race.

Jeff Gordon is teaming up with Michigan International Speedway and Quicken Loans to help feed the hungry through a virtual food drive.

Indy 500 rookie driver Conor Daly , a 21-year-old from Noblesville, wrecked in turn one Thursday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .

Marco Andretti is once again zipping around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway faster than everyone else on the sixth day of practice at the famed oval.

A bus has been involved in a crash on I-65 northbound at the 128 mile marker. That's between Zionsville and Lebanon in Boone County.

What would NASCAR be without controversy? You can insert your own description here, but the latest bit of not-so-good news coming out of the racing body is a literal she-said, he-said resulting with the felony arrest of driver Mike Harmon Wednesday afternoon for allegedly stealing the hauler of Jennifer Jo Cobb on May 11.

Democratic leaders, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, and Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, answer media questions following Nevada Gov.