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A year ago, Ryan Hunter-Reay left Watkins Glen International brimming with confidence after a surprising IndyCar victory.

Points leader Tony Stewart was awarded the pole for Saturday night's race at Daytona International Speedway, getting the top spot when rain washed out Sprint Cup qualifying.

Brian France says NASCAR's drug-testing policy is a fair system that protects its competitors and fans from the dangers of an impaired driver on the race track.

Organisers of the European Grand Prix at Valencia have reduced the seating capacity of its city street circuit ahead of next month's event.

If it hadn't rained in February, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still convinced he would have won the Daytona 500 .

NASCAR driver Greg Biffle stands in the pit area. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

Australian driver Will Power will rejoin Penske Racing for the July 12 event in Toronto.

Formula 1 boss, Bernie Ecclestone, will meet with a delegation from Bulgaria next weekend regarding the possibility of adding the country to the formula 1 calendar.

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Toyota is considering abandoning its plans to host the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, a spokesman for the Japanese carmaker has revealed.

Joe Gibbs didn't expect his gamble to pay off so soon. The car owner hedged when asked whether he expected Joey Logano to win a race during his rookie season in Sprint Cup.

Mine That Bird looking for another rider Mine That Bird, jockey Calvin Borel up, leaves the track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Monday, June 1, 2009, following a workout in preparation for the Belmont Stakes.

Red Bull have announced that Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari will serve as their reserve driver from next weekend’s German Grand Prix.

Sprint Cup points leader Tony Stewart runs short-track special events in what little spare time he has.

The Milwaukee Mile's past includes more than a century's worth of auto racing's biggest names, from A.J. Foyt to the Unsers and the Andrettis.

Kimi Raikkonen will make his World Rally Championship debut next month when he contests his home round of the series, Rally Finland... by Tony Castaneira 1 9 reads June 29, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen will make his World Rally Championship debut next month when he contests his home round of the series, Rally Finland.

The Board of Directors of Hulman & Company and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced June 30 that a new management team comprised of veteran IMS executives W. Curtis Brighton and Jeffrey G. Belskus will head the Hulman-George companies effective July 1. Brighton, currently executive vice president and chief legal counsel, will become president ...

"It is hot but I'd rather be hot than bash my head in," on one of the hottest days of the year Missouri motorcyclist Larry Reifstick would rather be heated than harmed, others would like to leave the helmet at home. "I just drove through Arkansas with a few other friends and we all had our helmets off," says motorcyclist Elmer Ferguson, "but as soon as we got back into Missouri there was a police officer telling us to put them back on."

Ed Hardy Helmets. That could change soon, but it hasn't yet. While the state legislature did pass a bill that would allow going helmetless on most Missouri roads except interstates, that bill still waits on the governor's desk. Whether its confusion or courage some are breaking the law by not wearing a helmet.

"I see them without all of the time," says Reifstick, "I saw two or three of them just today, I think most of them think the law as already gone into effect."

The Highway Patrol knows it hasn't gone into effect. Troopers issuing a reminder to motorcyclists that they can and will ticket those going helmetless. The bill waits for the governor's action and even if he had signed it already it would be august before going leaving the helmet off would be legal. If Governor Nixon doesn't veto nor sign it, then the bill would automatically become law July 14th. It would be by the end of August before it would take effect. So until then the debate continues and for the time being, so does having to have a helmet on.

"Most bikers I have spoken with would prefer to have the choice," says Ferguson as he strapped on his helmet to head home."

Mine That Bird, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner, breezed four furlongs in :51 on Monday morning at Churchill Downs in his first workout since a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes .

This is a Feb. 17, 2008 file photo showing NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield adjusting his cap on pit road prior to the start of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.