Michael Valiante News

An "Over the Wall" member of an Indianapolis 500 pit crew is normally a strong, agile, athletic and skillful young man who has yet to endure the wear and tear of this stressful job on their bodies.

The five-person class - the fifth in NASCAR Hall of Fame history - consists of Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Dale Jarrett, Maurice Petty and Fireball Roberts.

Both men were born in France. Both live in St. Petersburg. This Sunday, they'll wake up in the middle of America.

Play the NASCAR Match Game and get registered for a pair of tickets to one of the June Races at Michigan International Speedway plus get qualified for the Grand Prize! -ARCA 200 Racing Series Race presented by Menards on June 14th -Alliance Truck Parts 250 Nationwide Series Race on June 15th -Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race on June ... (more)

Carlos Munoz , who at 21 is youngest driver ever to start in the front row of the Indianapolis 500, was honored Tuesday at the American Dairy Association of Indiana’s Fastest Rookie of the Year lunch.

A Beaumont man was among three people who died in a head-on collision in Las Vegas over the weekend, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

A chance to enjoy some of the best produce southern Michigan has to offer is returning to the Walker Tavern Historic Site.

Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian music superstar Sandi Patty will come back home to Indiana to sing the national anthem before the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Listen all this week for your chance to win 2 tickets to the Firestone 550 and qualify for an epic Texas Motor Speedway prize.

The Bank of America 500 could exit Charlotte Motor Speedway for Las Vegas, speedway executive Bruton Smith said Monday in an interview with WBTV.

AJ Allmendinger's parents attended their first Indianapolis 500 in 1979, when they camped in a grassy lot and watched Rick Mears win his first 500.

GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Championship: Mat Mladin on his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000, circa 2009.

A wrong-way driver may have been under the influence of prescription medication when the car he was driving slammed head-on into an SUV on Interstate 15, killing two family members from India and injuring four others, authorities said Monday.

Formula One driver Mike Spence died from injuries sustained in a crash while testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 7, 1968.

Meade will be the emcee for a special pre-race salute to 10,000 U.S. troops that will include an appearance by Lt.

It's been 22 years since the last driver won his fourth Indy 500 title. Now Castroneves and Dario Franchitti are trying to join the exclusive club at Sunday's race.

GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Racing: The AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport field in action at Daytona.

It's difficult to believe that Dick Trickle is gone. The news of his passing last Thursday in North Carolina was a shock.

Carlos Munoz looks to do what A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears, Mario Andretti -- or any of the other Indy 500 racing legends -- never did.

Jimmie Johnson wasn't up front at the end of any of the four 20-lap segments of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he was up front at the end of the 10-lap segment that ended the 90-lap event to claim his fourth All-Star win, making him the all-time winningest driver of the Sprint All-Star Race.