Andy Belmont News

The Swan Racing car sported a Daytona 500 paint scheme encouraging people to text donations to victims of the Newtown, Conn.

He's the hometown hope, the Butler University alum and diehard Indiana Pacers fan who has put his modest, one-car program on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 ahead of powerhouse programs from Penske Racing and Andretti Autosport.

Paul Menard has signed a multi-year extension with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No.

CONCORD, N.C. - Danica Patrick still follows the Indianapolis 500 closely, even pre-organizing her race day schedule this Sunday so she can watch most of the event.

Ireland's Peter Dempsey beat Firestone Indy Lights points leader Carlos Munoz and three other drivers down the front straightaway Friday to win the closest oval race in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history by 0.0026 seconds over Colombia's Gabby Chaves.

Alex Zanardi received a hero's welcome at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the famed race track where he has never turned a single lap.

Defending series champion Brad Keselowski believes he's still the fastest in Sprint Cup, even if his results four months into the season don't bear that out.

Officials with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway tell Eyewitness News that 35 runners from the Midwest who did not complete the Boston Marathon because of the tragedy there will be finishing that race at The Speedway invited runners to cross the finish line on race day morning before the start of the race.

NASCAR's Daytona 500 may have emerged as the United States' most popular race in recent years, but there is none with a more hallowed history or richer tradition than the Indianapolis 500.

Race fans enjoy country singer Josh Turner in concert Saturday afternoon, May 18, 2013, before the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin easily broke the track qualifying record at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday night to earn the pole for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 -- the longest race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Shortly before he left home for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Marco Andretti watched a documentary that showed his grandfather, Mario, at the famed track.

Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North will receive the Stonewall Jackson Award presented annually by Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NASCAR's Michael Waltrip hopes to bring attention to the needs of those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes at the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend.

Deeds and his grandfather attended local races at Oxford Plains Speedway and Hermon's Speedway 95 and attended their first Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., in 1997.

The Indianapolis 500 is just a few days away now, and the Midas/Big O Tires Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team is quietly confident that we can score a solid result.

NEAR the conclusion of our meeting with IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe Monday, I said, smiling, "We can't let a media session go by without a Danica question." You'd have thought someone had dialed back the room temperature 30 degrees at XFINITY Live! Talk about a frosty reaction .

IndyCar's community of drivers, motor sports executives and members of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Hulman-George family gathered Wednesday in Downtown Indianapolis to observe a 14-year Indy 500 tradition: The Racing to Recovery Gala, benefiting the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation.

So needless to say, at 13th in the Sprint Cup standings, the Roush Fenway Racing driver isn't all that happy.

Danica Patrick refuses to get down on herself even though her first full season on the Sprint Cup series has been a struggle.