Hight nears first Funny Car season championship
LAS VEGAS Robert Hight closed in on his first Funny Car season championship, racing to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Hight beat second-place teammate Ashley Force Hood in the first round of eliminations, th...
 2.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 324.0 Sports Briefs: Americans cruise to win in Presidents Cup
SAN FRANCISCO ” Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home. With a flop shot out of the trees to set up one last birdie, Woods won the point ...
4.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 289.0 Arend gets emotional drag racing victory
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jeff Arend and Funny Car team owner and NHRA icon Connie Kalitta celebrated an emotional, tearful victory Monday at the rain-delayed O Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park. Joining Arend in the winner s circle ...
1.8K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 351.0 Tebow out of hospital
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ” Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home Sunday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators 41-7 victory at Kentucky. Tebow was released from the University Medical Center ...
5.2K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 197.0 Hornaday closes in on truck series title
LOUDON, N.H. On the surface, the choice seemed easy. Trying to chase down Kyle Busch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend, Ron Hornaday Jr. peeked in the mirror and saw the No. 2 Chevy driven by NASCAR star Kevin Harvick getting closer and ...
5.4K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 124.0 Sports Briefs: Mayweather makes triumphant return to ring
LAS VEGAS Floyd Mayweather Jr. returned to the ring with another emphatic victory. Maybe next time he ll pick on somebody his own size. Mayweather overpowered the smaller, lighter Juan Manuel Marquez for an unanimous decision Saturday night, mainta...
4.5K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 124.0 Schumacher ties record for wins at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS Tony Schumacher raced to his eighth victory at O Reilly Raceway Park on Monday at the U.S. Nationals, tying Don Garlits for the most Top Fuel wins at the historic track. Schumacher, who has been to the last eight final rounds at this e...
3.1K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 197.0 Auto Racing: Busch holds off Martin
BRISTOL, Tenn. Kyle Busch saved his season Saturday night by winning a gutsy side-by-side sprint to the finish against Mark Martin at Bristol Motor Speedway. Fighting hard for a berth in the Chase for the championship, Busch drove a steady and smoo...
4.5K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 197.0 Auto Racing: Pedragon wins race with new crew chief
BRAINERD, Minn. Tony Pedregon raced to his third Funny Car victory of the season Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Pedregon, who replaced longtime crew chief Dickie Venables with Tony Shortall earlier in the ...
3.1K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 249.0 Auto Racing: Power wins IndyCar race in Edmonton
EDMONTON, Alberta Will Power led from the pole and won under a caution flag at the Rexall Edmonton Indy Sunday in a race marred by a pit fire that burned driver Tony Kanaan s hands and face. It was the first IndyCar series win for the 28-year-old f...
4.3K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 249.0 Racing Recap: Brown takes slim NHRA win over Schumacher
KENT, Wash. Antron Brown beat Tony Schumacher by 0.008 seconds to take the Top Fuel final at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways on Sunday. Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) were the other winners at the 14th of 24...
2.8K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 749.0 NHRA teams getting in tune with economy
MORRISON, Colo. For 30 years, Kenny Bernstein, the king of speed, has operated a dragster sponsored by Budweiser, the self-proclaimed king of beers. All the king s horsepower is now in jeopardy after this season, when the longtime NHRA driver and t...
6.3K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Sports Briefs: Perry wins with 63 in final round
CROMWELL, Conn. Kenny Perry shot 63 Sunday to finish with a tournament-record 258 and win the Travelers Championship by three strokes over Paul Goydos and David Toms. The 48-year old Perry takes home just over $1 million with the victory, ...
3.0K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 124.0 Castroneves adds his third Texas win
FORT WORTH, Texas Helio times three. Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time last month and added a third win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday night to become the third person to win both races in the same year. And he has do...
5.1K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 289.0 Worsham races to Funny Car victory at Illinois
MADISON, Ill. Del Worsham raced to his first win of the season in Funny Car and first victory with Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing on Sunday at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Sto...
1.3K - May. 4, 2009; scored 124.0 Racing Briefs: Fast-starting Gordon is early driver of the year leader
Jeff Gordon, off to a fast start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, has won the first-quarter voting in the 2009 Driver of the Year balloting. The four-time Cup champion, who is the only four-time winner of the Driver of the Year award, ended a 47-race...
3.0K - May. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 Drivers visit Army boot camp
FORT KNOX, Ky. You d think since Tony Stewart doesn t blink while going 180 mph at NASCAR tracks that he wouldn t be impressed by a vehicle that tops out at 45 mph. Then again, Stewart doesn t drive a U.S. Army tank. Stewart admits he got a little ...
3.0K - Mar. 21, 2009; scored 197.0 Sports Briefs: NFL players pick new leader for union
WAILEA, Hawaii With other candidates flaunting a wealth of NFL experience and strong union ties, the players unanimously decided to go in a new direction, choosing an unheralded outsider who they believe is best qualified and ready to lead. DeMauri...
5.6K - Mar. 16, 2009; scored 249.0 NHRA deaths result in safety improvements
When budding NHRA star Eric Medlen was fatally injured two years ago it was seen as a tragic but isolated accident in a risky profession. Then drag racing received another blow: the death of veteran Scott Kalitta in a crash last June. That served as ...
4.4K - Mar. 14, 2009; scored 749.0 Busch pulls off first-ever double
FONTANA, Calif. Kyle Busch added a dominating NASCAR Nationwide Series victory to an overpowering truck win earlier Saturday at Auto Club Speedway. The 23-year-old speedster, who led 95 of 100 laps in winning the Camping World Truck Series race, wa...
3.9K - Feb. 23, 2009; scored 249.0 | 
