Lewis Hamilton mastered wild and wet racing conditions to score a runaway victory at the British Grand Prix and throw the Formula One drivers championship wide open.
Englishman Lewis Hamilton handled the wet conditions and captured Sunday's British Grand Prix Formula One race. The No.22 McLaren Mercedes crossed the finish line over one minute ahead of Nick Heidfeld.
Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic. He simply settled in for the long drive back to the front. And back to Victory Lane.
POLITICAL RACE NASCAR chairman Brian France on Friday said presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama might visit a race or two before the November election.
Tony Stewart's freaky season of bad luck took another turn when the two-time NASCAR champion fell ill during Saturday night's race at Daytona International Raceway.
Kyle Busch won Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing driver held a half-car length lead over Carl Edwards when the race ended under caution.
Ryan Briscoe won the pole for Sunday's Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. The No.6 Team Penske driver rounded the 3.37-mile road course in one minute, 29.3456 seconds (135.787 m.p.h.).
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen won Saturday's British Grand Prix Formula One qualifying session, beating Red Bull's Mark Webber by more than half-a-second. The No.23 McLaren won the pole with a best lap of one minute, 21.049 seconds around the 3.194-mile Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit.
Mark Martin will make one final effort to win the NASCAR championship that's eluded him the past 26 years by driving for storied Hendrick Motorsports next season.
Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart or Joey Logano. It doesn't matter who's behind the wheel of the No. 20 Toyota, it always seems to end up in Victory Lane.
NASCAR | SPRINT CUP: COKE ZERO 400
Saturday's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway is the NASCAR season's 18th race, marking the unofficial end of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series' first half.
NASCAR NOTEBOOK
Juan Pablo Montoya watched this week as his owner, Chip Ganassi, shut down one of his three teams. Cause for concern? More like hope, as the Colombia native and Miami resident pointed to the positives -- such as more resources for Montoya's No. 42 car.
Denny Hamlin held off teammate Kyle Busch in a green-white-checkered finish to win Friday night's Winn-Dixie 250 Nationwide Series race at the Daytona International Speedway. The driver of the No.20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 29 of 105 laps. He finished 0.134 seconds ahead Busch.
Although Dale Earnhardt Inc. might not be a championship contender, it showed Friday it still can be a force at Daytona International Speedway.
Bryan Clauson captured his first career Nationwide Series pole for this evening's Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The No.40 Chip Ganassi Racing driver circled the famed 2.5-mile superspeedway in 49.831 second (180.610 m.p.h.).
Mark Martin will replace Casey Mears in the No.5 Chevrolet at Hendrick Motorsports starting with the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season.
Formula One's leading driver, Felipe Massa, spun off the track and hit a wall during Friday's practice for the British Grand Prix but got out of his Ferrari apparently unscathed.
Troy Aikman. Terry Bradshaw. Tim Brown. Julius Erving. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Jim Kelly. Mark Rypien. Roger Staubach.
AUTO RACING KYLE BUSCH
They boo him sometimes, but he doesn't care. (Or at least he says he doesn't.) He struggles sometimes, but he doesn't crumble. (Or at least he hasn't so far.)
The death of Scott Kalitta has shaken up the NHRA and sent the organization, its owners and drivers back to the drawing board on safety issues.
Formula One wants to cut team budgets in half and improve fuel efficiency by 2011 to improve racing.
Red Bull Racing has extended the contract of driver Mark Webber through the 2009 season.
Veteran driver David Coulthard has decided to retire from Formula 1 racing following the 2008 season.
David Coulthard has announced he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season.
Eleven days after Scott Kalitta was killed in a racing accident, the NHRA reduced the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races from a quarter-mile to 1,000 feet Wednesday in an interim safety measure.
NASCAR team owner Chip Ganassi shut down Dario Franchitti's race team Tuesday because of a lack of sponsorship, putting the former IndyCar Series champion's future in doubt.
Dario Franchitti and his No.40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge will not compete in the Sprint Cup Series, due to lack of sponsorship, the team announced on Tuesday.
Coke Zero 400 - Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL
