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Last Updated: April 2, 2011 2:52pm

Another Canadian NASCAR team in the works

A Toronto investment specialist has taken the first steps in starting his own NASCAR Nationwide Series team.

Last Updated: April 2, 2011 2:49pm

Newman's move to Stewart's team not so crazy now

Two seasons ago when Ryan Newman decided to leave the security of Penske Racing’s No. 2 Dodge team to move to Tony Stewart’s start-up No. 39 Chevrolet, it left a lot of folks in the NASCAR garage scratching their heads.

Last Updated: March 28, 2011 1:38pm

Danica has some fast company

The image of Simona de Silvestro smiling a smile as wide as the Alps in her native Switzerland after her fourth place finish in the IZOD IndyCar Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is remarkable in of itself.

Last Updated: March 27, 2011 6:09pm

Racer Di Leo gets his licence

Like most teenagers on their 16th birthday, Matthew Di Leo got his Ontario learner’s driver permit when he hit that milestone just three weeks ago.

Last Updated: March 27, 2011 5:47pm

Franchitti wins a mess of a race

In a word, Sunday’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was a mess.

Last Updated: March 27, 2011 2:27pm

Vettel cruises to Australian GP win

Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull Racing began his Formula One title defense with an impressive win in Sunday's season- opening Australian Grand Prix.

Last Updated: March 27, 2011 12:27am

Pit strategy pays off for Busch

Kyle Busch gambled with a two-tire change only during a late-race pit stop and then overcame a last-lap encounter with the wall to win Saturday's Royal Purple 300 Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway.

Last Updated: March 26, 2011 10:09pm

10 things to watch for at Honda Grand Prix

Ten things to watch for in Sunday’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Last Updated: March 26, 2011 10:07pm

Penske talks NASCAR in Canada and Danica

When Roger Penske speaks the racing world listens and Saturday at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he spoke on a variety of topics including a NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Canada

Last Updated: March 26, 2011 10:04pm

Will powers to pole in Florida

Will Power will start off his 2011 IZOD IndyCar series season on the front row Sunday in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Last Updated: March 26, 2011 10:04pm

Dario Franchitti has got it all ... but he wants more

Ask Dario Franchitti if his goal this year is to win the Indianapolis 500 and the IZOD IndyCar championship and he smiles.

Last Updated: March 24, 2011 1:22pm

IndyCar kicks off season in St. Pete

The 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season gets underway this weekend on the 1.8-mile street circuit in St. Petersburg.

Last Updated: March 22, 2011 7:28am

Tracy has ride for Indy 500

Just like biblical Lazarus, it may be too early to bury Paul Tracy’s IZOD IndyCar career.

Last Updated: March 20, 2011 7:38pm

In Edwards' mind, feud still on

There were more than a few tense moment in the final laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway as rivals Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards came close to rubbing bumpers.

Last Updated: March 20, 2011 6:45pm

A patient Kyle Busch might be best stock car driver right now

There are a ton of words to describe Kyle Busch’s style of racing, but until Sunday, patience wasn’t one of them

Last Updated: March 18, 2011 8:09pm

Stewart and Edwards are sore NASCAR leaders

At first glance, seeing Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards tied at the top of the NASCAR Sprint Cup leader board would appear to be case of a strange bedfellows, Edwards being perceived as the always-smiling, sort of just-happy-to-be-here kind of guy and Stewart playing the part of the brooding anti-hero.

Last Updated: March 18, 2011 7:57pm

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants his football

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is — hands down — the most popular NASCAR Sprint Cup driver among stock-car racing fans.

Last Updated: March 17, 2011 9:14pm

Danica Patrick turning heads

It was generally believed that Danica Patrick’s second go-around trying to juggle two radically different forms of racing — NASCAR and IndyCar — would be quieter this season.

Last Updated: March 17, 2011 9:13pm

Wild weekend for NASCAR

Ask any driver on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit and, to a man, he will tell you that Bristol Motor Speedway is like a first kiss, both terrifying and wonderful at the same time.

Last Updated: March 14, 2011 1:22pm

NASCAR crewman killed in accident

Dean Shaut, a crew member for Rick Ware Racing's NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series teams, died in a vehicle accident on Friday in North Carolina.

Last Updated: March 14, 2011 1:21pm

Vettel extends deal with Red Bull

Reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel extended his agreement with Red Bull Racing to drive for the team until the end of the 2014 season.

Last Updated: March 18, 2011 3:54pm

Toronto Indy could get dose of Octane

The owners of the Canadian Grand Prix Formula One race in Montreal and the IndyCar race in Edmonton are on the prowl for a new racing opportunity and have locked their sights on the Honda Indy Toronto.

Last Updated: March 8, 2011 4:13pm

Letarte calming influence on Dale Jr.

For the first time in too many seasons Dale Earnhardt Jr. has something to feel good about.

Last Updated: March 8, 2011 5:26pm

Burton, Biffle behind NASCAR 8-ball

With only three races in the books it might seem ridiculously early to start eliminating teams from the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Last Updated: March 6, 2011 9:29pm

Motorhead Monday: Edwards wins Kobalt 400

After 400 miles in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway it all came down to tires.