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Posted 4:56 PM 5/20/2012

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Jack Beckman raced to his first Funny Car victory of the season Sunday, beating Don Schumacher Racing teammate Ron Capps in the NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

Beckman used a quicker reaction time to edge Capps in the final round, finishing in 4.158 (More)...

Posted 10:03 PM 5/19/2012

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slowly at the back of the field.

Jimmie Johnson did it for roughly 60 laps Saturday night, and it earned him a cool $1 million payday.

Johnson used a calculated strategy he drove hard for the first and last (More)...

Posted 6:46 PM 5/18/2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Maybe Marco Andretti can make good on his vision of going from last to first at Indianapolis.

The 25-year-old American with the well-known surname and the long racing legacy put himself atop the list of Pole Day favorites by becoming the only driver in Indianapolis 500 (More)...

Posted 7:48 PM 5/17/2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team won the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge, avenging last year's loss in the finals to Denny Hamlin's No. 11 team.

Hamlin's team was the two-time defending champions coming into the event and cruised into the finals, but lost to Johnson's (More)...

Posted 3:17 PM 5/15/2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Kurt Busch was fined $50,000 by NASCAR on Tuesday for reckless driving on pit road at Darlington and a post-race altercation with Ryan Newman's crew members.

Busch was also placed on probation through July 25 for his actions Saturday night, which began when a flat (More)...

Posted 4:15 PM 5/14/2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) American rookie Josef Newgarden is staying on top of Indianapolis' speed charts.

The Tennessee native became the fastest driver this month, turning a fast lap of 222.486 mph in the final 30 minutes of Monday's practice session. It's the second time in two days that (More)...