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In most team sports, having home-field advantage can make a difference in the outcome of a game, and that typically occurs for at least half of each season in most sports.

Japan's re-emergence into global motorsport has gathered pace after Suzuki confirmed it will return to elite motorbike racing in 2015.

Date: June 15, 2013 Event: Alliance Truck Parts 250, Race 13 of 33 Series: NASCAR Nationwide Series Location: Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Start/Finish: 14th/4th Winner: Regan Smith of JR Motorsports Bringing home a fourth-place finish, Camry driver Kyle Busch was the first Toyota to cross the stripe in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR ... (more)

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second , 10th , 11th and 14th .

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Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession. It's a conversation he had with his longtime girlfriend when his NASCAR prospects dried up and a return to the sprint car circuit was the only way he could compete on a regular basis.

Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession. It's a conversation he had with his longtime girlfriend when his NASCAR prospects dried up and a return to the sprint car circuit was the only way he could compete on a regular basis.

Rick Dole - Cars and drivers are only part of the story at Le Mans, where corporate branding is everywhere.

Making his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start of the season, Paul Menard had one of the fastest cars on the track all day, driving the No.

Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi teamed to win the Diamond Cellar Classic on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the No.

Gordon was caught up in Bobby Labonte's spin just a half-dozen laps into the Quicken Loans 400, ending the four-time Sprint Cup champion's chance for a strong finish.

Greg Biffle survived the fastest track of the year by taking the checkered flag at the Michigan International Speedway to win the Quicken Loans 400.

The only mistake Greg Biffle made in besting Jimmie Johnson was how he exulted about a reversal of fortune that could signal a shifting balance of power in Sprint Cup.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch picked up his second fourth-place finish in as many days in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.

Mark Martin has enjoyed more than his share of success at Michigan International Speedway and hopes to leave NASCAR's fastest track Sunday evening as the oldest driver to win a Sprint Cup race.

"Hardcore Pawn" star Bobby Janiec is no stranger to Michigan International Speedway, but this year the June race weekend hits a little closer to home.

For the past couple of years, Austin Napier and Robbie Davis have watched crews work in the pits from afar.

When Ryan Hunter-Reay picked up his first win of the season in Alabama, he regretted that his wife and newborn son weren't on hand for Victory Lane photographs.

Kurt Busch, No. 78 front left at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, has three top-five finishes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series this season for the Denver-based Furniture Row team.

The rain drops splashed down on the pavement at Michigan International Speedway about an hour after Regan Smith's victory Saturday.