Andretti team topping Indy speed charts

Car owner Michael Andretti, left center, talks with his drivers, left to right, Carlos Munoz, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and James Hinchcliffe, during practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Andretti team topping Indy speed charts

INDIANAPOLIS | Michael Andretti smiles like a kid when you ask what's different in 2013.

Brown turns down IndyCar CEO job

Scott Dixon pulls out of the pit area during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Monday.

Late caution costs Montoya much-needed victory

RICHMOND, Va. | It's been a season of bad breaks for Juan Pablo Montoya, so it was only fitting when things again didn't go his way.

Late caution costs Montoya much-needed victory

Dallas Cowboys NFL football player DeMarcus Ware, center, waves to the crowd along with drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, left, and Joey Logano, right, prior to the Toyota Owner's 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., on Saturday.

Kenseth calls harsh penalties 'grossly unfair'

RICHMOND, Va. | Mild-mannered Matt Kenseth is spitting mad at NASCAR.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

INDIANAPOLIS | Officials said Tuesday that police and other security workers at upcoming events like the Indianapolis 500 may have a heightened state of awareness following the explosions at the Boston Marathon, but odds are spectators won't notice any difference.

Indy safety chief: more security likely at events

Public Safety Director Troy Riggs talks about security for the upcoming Mini Marathon and Indianapolis 500. The Mini Marathon is the nation’s largest half-marathon, with 35,000 participants, and is run on May 4 this year.

Kyle Larson holds off Logano to win at Rockingham

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. | Kyle Larson picked up his first NASCAR national series win on Sunday by holding off Joey Logano on the final restart of the Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway.

Kyle Larson holds off Logano to win at Rockingham

Kyle Larson pits for tires and gas during NASCAR Camping World Truck Series auto race in Rockingham, N.C., Sunday. Larson won the race.

Blocking theories like opinions - everyone has 1

Driver Tony Stewart talks with a crew member Saturday in the garage after practice for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.

Blocking theories like opinions - everyone has 1

MARTINSVILLE, Va. | Tony Stewart says never. Joey Logano says late in the race. Jimmie Johnson says to protect a victory in the final laps, except, perhaps, if Stewart is behind him because of the potential consequences.

$Hamlin has compression fracture in lower back$

Hamlin has compression fracture in lower back

Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower spine during a last-lap crash while racing for the win against former teammate Joey Logano, and Joe Gibbs Racing gave no indication Monday how long its driver could be sidelined.

Tony Stewart hoping for more good luck at Fontana

FONTANA, Calif. | A few hours after putting his footprints and signature in drying concrete on Fontana's walk of fame, Tony Stewart hopped on his jet with Kyle Larson and flew 400 miles north to Stockton, Calif., where Larson beat him in a dirt-track race.

Tony Stewart hoping for more good luck at Fontana

Two-time winner Tony Stewart poses with his footprints and signature with a plaque in concrete in the Auto Club Speedway walk of fame before Friday's practice and qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Auto Club 400 race, in Fontana, Calif.

IndyCar season about to begin, sans rivalries

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. | If only the rest of the world could have seen how Bobby Rahal looked at a picture of Michael Andretti during his daily workouts and realized how emotionally charged their rivalry used to be.

Focus returns to racing as IndyCar opens season

Ryan Hunter-Reay, second from left, and team owner Michael Andretti, in black, celebrate Hunter-Reay's IndyCar World Championship at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., last season. It's been over six months since Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win IndyCar's …

Focus returns to racing as IndyCar opens season

Ryan Hunter-Reay enters his pit stall during a practice session for the Rolex 24 hour auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in January. It's been over six months since Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win IndyCar's championship. Final…

Kasey Kahne wins 1st career race at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. | Kasey Kahne won his first career Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after Brad Keselowski struggled on the final restart.

Kasey Kahne wins 1st career race at Bristol

Denny Hamlin (11) leads Kyle Busch (18), Kasey Kahne (5) and others during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 auto race on Sunday in Bristol, Tenn.