Churchill Downs Inc. and Calder Race Course broke ground Wednesday on a 104,000-square-foot slots and gaming facility. It will be the county's first casino other than cruise ships. ...more

June 3, 2009

Every community has an identity. Sometimes that identity is negative, sometimes it's so-so and other times it's something special. In Sebring, that image is all about international car racing and to the people who care about fast cars and a historic, grueling 12-hour race, nothing is better than the 12 Hours Of Sebring. ...more

March 18, 2009

In today's bleak economy, finding discretionary money is difficult. That makes the operators at Tampa Bay Downs work twice as hard to attract patrons to the thoroughbred track. ...more

December 10, 2008

For its return to the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series in 2009, BMW of North America signed Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand as its first two drivers for BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team's new BMW M3. In choosing Auberlen and Hand, BMW of North America has picked two of the most successful BMW drivers in the world and two of the most familiar names to M3 racing fans in North America. ...more

November 18, 2008

Wayne Jefferson recently performed an amazing racing feat. Jefferson, known to local racing fans as "The Rocketman," won all four Open-Wheel Modified races he entered in May. His streak began with a victory at USA Speedway in the final event of the FASCAR Extreme Series on May 3. ...more

June 19, 2008

As the national anthem played over the loudspeakers Friday afternoon an hour before a $23,000 claiming race opened a 10-race card, the scene at Belmont Park was rather subdued. ...more

June 7, 2008

For 30 years, Affirmed has been synonymous with horse racing's Triple Crown because he is the last to capture it - in 1978, the longest length of time between winners. The Florida-bred horse's epic duels with Alydar, who placed second in all three races, were probably the greatest in the history of the sport. ...more

June 7, 2008

The Wachowski brothers have tumbled into a matrix of their own with "Speed Racer," one which has rendered them completely out of touch with the outside world. ...more

May 8, 2008

A car plowed into a group of street-racing fans obscured by a cloud of tire smoke on a highway Saturday, killing eight people and scattering bodies in the early morning darkness. ...more

February 17, 2008

For all the open-wheel racing fans who are bummed about the defection of the defending Indy Racing League and Indianapolis 500 champion to NASCAR, here's a bit of information: ...more

January 17, 2008