Andy Belmont News

SPARTA - The hood of a pace car parked in victory lane at Kentucky Speedway was Gov.

In this July 1, 2009 file photo, NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield wipes his face outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte, N.C. NASCAR on Wednesday asked an appeals court to ban Mayfield from racing, alleging the participation of "a proven methamphetamine user" could lead to fatal consequences for other competitors and fans.

It wasn't supposed to work like this. The Indy Racing League, when it merged/took over the Champ Car World Series in 2008, should have emerged all shiny and new with a bright and financially secure future.

This is the age of specialization. Many kids are custom-made. They're purpose-built from an awfully young age.

CROSSED FLAGS: A Look at the halfway point of the 2009 IndyCar Series season THE DRIVERS SPEAK INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - Round up 20-plus IndyCar Series drivers for an informal and anonymous survey at the midpoint of the season and naturally you'll receive nearly as many responses to each question.

Richard Petty Motorsports' Elliott Sadler has three top-12 finishes in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup races.

In town to help promote the upcoming Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, two-time winner Tony Stewart did just that today by assuring fans that the tire problems that plagued last year's race have been resolved.

NASCAR feeling economic pinch as Joliet race is non-sellout SLOWING THE PACE The race Saturday would be only the second non-sellout at Joliet, a sign of a troubling economy.

DAYTONA BEACH , Florida - - In his dramatic return to Daytona International Speedway, ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran Patrick Sheltra had high hopes for his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season in Fridaya s Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola but an incident just after half-way sidelined Sheltra and the MacDonald Motorsports team.

A $1 million bonus is up for grabs in the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, but only a pair of drivers a ' Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin a ' can secure the extra loot.

The Darlington Historic Racing Festival has signed O'Reilly Auto Parts as a presenting sponsor during the September festival.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip will scale back to a partial schedule to make room for Martin Truex Jr.

Angela Padilla-Ramrez, 18, and her mother, Zurmarie Ramrez, toured Belmont Abbey College with Humpy Wheeler last week.

Infineon Raceway SONOMA , Calif. Race fans can pencil in July 25 as Super Saturday at the FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway .

Saturday seemed to have a good news, bad news quality to it for Danica Patrick. Patrick, the only woman to win an auto race in a major series, made it out of the first but not the second qualifying session for today's Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen race.

It took fourteen months for the ROUSHA 2010 Mustang to go from design sketches to the dealer showroom floor, but you can see the entire process in one hour.

NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield's team isn't on the entry list for Saturday's race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Juan Pablo Montoya says he sympathises with the current plights of formula one world champions Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

DAYTONA BEACH - Here's the bottom line on NASCAR's second restrictor-plate mess in four months: Nobody did anything wrong.

Records have identified a North Texas cab driver whose body was found partially burned, stabbed and with his throat slashed.