Juan Pablo Montoya became a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner on Sunday. The Colombian driver made a pass on the outside of teammate Will Power in the final laps going into Turn One and made it stick before he held on to notch his second career win. “This is what IndyCar is all about: Awesome racing…
Jeff Gordon went after Brad Keselowski following Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 following contact between the two drivers on a late-race restart that left Gordon with a flat tire and damaged his Chase hopes. Gordon approached Keselowski on pit road amidst team members for both teams and expressed his displeasure. The situation was tense, but hadn’t…
NASCAR driver Tony Stewart has been cleared of all charges by a grand jury for his role in an August crash at a Canandaigua, NY, dirt track that killed another driver. The Ontario County Grand Jury decided on Wednesday to not indict Stewart for his role in that crash which killed sprint car driver Kevin…
A grand jury will decide if NASCAR star Tony Stewart will face charges in the August death of fellow driver Kevin Ward Jr., Ontario County, NY, District Attorney Michael Tantillo said Tuesday. Ward, 20, died after Stewart struck him with his car during a sprint car race.
Race car driver Dario Franchitti was injured when his car crashed into a wall at the Grand Prix in Houston on Sunday. According to team owner Chip Ganassi, Franchitti was awake when rescue personnel got to him, and was not seriously injured, though he was complaining of back and ankle pain. “He’s talking,” Ganassi said.…
Richard “Dick” Trickle — who parlayed a legendary reputation as a short-track driver into a full-time career on stock car racing’s biggest stages in the 1990s — died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, a North Carolina sheriff’s office said. He was 71. A Lincoln County dispatcher received a call — believed to have…
NASCAR: Watch Denny Hamlin Crash After Collision With Joey Logano Denny Hamlin started the Auto Club 400 in the pole position. He ended up in the hospital. In between there was a lot of good racing in Fontana on Sunday that culminated in Hamlin getting tangled with rival Joey Logano on the final lap and…
