Tampa native Joie Chitwood announced Monday he will step down as president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. ...more

July 21, 2009

SPRINT CUP PREVIEW RACE NO. 24: BRISTOL After the Daytona 500 and Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, NASCAR racing doesn't get much more electric than the annual summer race at Bristol. The Sharpie 500 is short-track racing at its best: three hours of banging and crashing and drivers looking to get even under the lights. Despite an enormous seating capacity of 160,000, Bristol has sold out 53 consecutive times for its Sprint Cup races, easily the longest streak in the sport. Tribune motorsports writer Tony Fabrizio looks at what is topical heading into the third-to-last regular-season race: ...more

August 22, 2008

Bridgestone Firestone racing director Al Speyer was flying home from the Indy car race at Edmonton on Sunday afternoon while Goodyear's NASCAR tires were blowing, deflating or wearing to the cords in barely 10 laps at Indianapolis. ...more

July 29, 2008

In only the first 47 laps of Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, a flat right-front tire cost Dale Earnhardt Jr. a lap, and exploding right-rear tires ripped apart the fenders of Juan Pablo Montoya's and Matt Kenseth's cars. ...more

July 28, 2008

Team owner Jack Roush got a second-place finish in Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from Carl Edwards, but he was not in a good mood. ...more

July 28, 2008

Car, team, overall driving talent - all are reasons that Kyle Busch has won seven of the first 19 Sprint Cup races, including three of the past four. ...more

July 27, 2008

Tampa's Aric Almirola isn't competing in this weekend's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. ...more

July 26, 2008

Is part-timer Mark Martin a favorite to kiss the bricks after Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard? In his own mind, he is. ...more

July 23, 2008

Sprint Cup LifeLock.com 400 WHEN: Saturday, race (TNT, 6:30 p.m.) ...more

July 11, 2008

Kasey Kahne turned his season around last month when fans voted him into the all-star race. He continued his hot streak Friday, winning the pole for Sunday's Pocono 500. ...more

June 7, 2008