For the most part it was an awful week. Even in the sports world, where a lot of us go to hide from the daily drumbeat of bad news, we had to deal with the likes of Michael Phelps and Alex Rodriquez, two of sport's more visible figures and bigger disappointments. ...more

February 13, 2009

Imagine racing on an asphalt surface such as the NASCAR track at Daytona. You reach speeds up to 180 mph on the straightaways and up to 85 mph in the corners. Now, imagine racing at these breakneck speeds on a motorcycle. ...more

September 7, 2008

NASCAR drivers got into the stock car sport for the speed. But feathering the gas pedal to save gas is a regular - and dreaded - part of their jobs. ...more

August 17, 2008

Lakeland's USA International Speedway, best known for its Hooters USAR Pro Cup stock car races and as a NASCAR test track, has been sold to a developer and will be closed, operations manager Barry Williams confirmed Thursday. ...more

August 1, 2008

Although stock cars have been racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a short time relative to the track's 99-year history, Sunday's Allstate 400 is already the 15th edition at "The Brickyard." Here is a look at what has easily become NASCAR's second-most prestigious race. ...more

July 25, 2008

He's bearing down on 50, an age at which few NASCAR drivers have been competitive, and he is supposed to be fading into retirement. ...more

July 5, 2008

Daytona is the focal point of major-league racing this time of year, but for dirt short-track racing in the South, it's East Bay Raceway Park. ...more

January 29, 2008

East Bay Raceway Park crowned 20 track champions last weekend at its awards banquets. ...more

January 25, 2008

Everything went wrong in the pre-dawn fog and smoke on Interstate 4 in Polk County the morning of the 70-car pileup. And yet all the people officially connected to the disaster say they did everything just right. ...more

January 15, 2008

NASCAR drivers loathe preseason testing, and even some crew chiefs question the value of turning a lot of practice laps at Daytona in January. ...more

January 6, 2008