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Mario Andretti was hanging out in the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Carb Day on Friday, speaking fluent Italian to a stoutly built friend in the front of the room.

They have dinner together. They chat it up on Twitter. They offer congratulations on jobs well done, solace when things don't go so well.

There is a cool picture of Bruton Smith sticking his head into a tiger's mouth. You can find it in the media center of Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of eight NASCAR tracks Smith owns scattered throughout the country.

While Jimmie Johnson, left, is clearly in the hunt for a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, Tony Stewart and his stable of drivers are in danger of missing the Chase altogether.

Simon Pagenaud drove his Honda-powered Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports car to the top of the charts in Friday's final practice session for the Indianapolis 500.

A NASCAR appeals panel upheld four-race suspensions for two Richard Childress Racing crewmen who are facing assault charges for a fight with rival driver Nelson Piquet Jr.

The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel heard the appeal of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series team on Friday and chose unanimously to uphold the penalties issued by NASCAR.

Dale Jarrett reacts after being named to the next class of inductees during an announcement at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

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.

Chevrolet is seeking its first Indy 500 victory since 2002, and the manufacturer is off to an incredible start with all 10 of the top qualifying speeds driving an engine from the American car maker.

Sage Karam earned the Sunoco Pole Award for the Firestone Freedom 100 in his first Firestone Indy Lights oval race.

Chris Owens/IMS - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt would like to see what three-time winners Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti would do in some of the equipment that Foyt raced back in the day.

Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles and Derrick Walker, the new head of IndyCar competition, emerged from a competition advisory board meeting Thursday to announce they were debating how to top the record-breaking speeds clocked in 1996 by two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk.

STAR RECAP: Most recently, Kasey Kahne finished fourth in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 18.

Now folks can only park on Speedway streets with a parking pass, and only Speedway residents have access to those passes.

While IZOD IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe continues to grow his fan base with his torrid start to the season, Texas Motor Speedway is providing yet another reason for its fan base to root for the driver of the No.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East driver - and Spalding High junior - Jacob Wallace leans on his car before his race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va.

NASCAR mogul Bruton Smith says there is a strong possibility that he will move the Bank of America 500 out of Charlotte, but a source told WBTV the move is "a done deal." The Bank of America 500 is one of two annual races held at Smith's Charlotte Motor Speedway, along with May's Coca-Cola 600.

Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian in association with Jeffrey Mark Motorsports are proud to announce a partnership with Starting Grid, Inc.

Ed Carpenter thought it'd be fun to ramp up the speed by about 100 mph. Brown, the reigning NHRA Top Fuel champion, stopped by his old pal's garage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, slipping into Carpenter's No.