The New York Times
07 Apr 2013
Ralph Sanchez, a Cuban-born businessman who brought auto racing to the streets of Miami in the 1980s and later built a major speedway in a city devastated by Hurricane Andrew, died on Monday at his home in Coral Gables, Fla ... His death, after a series of illnesses, was confirmed by officials of the track he founded, Homestead-Miami Speedway ... Automobile Racing Homestead-Miami Speedway Deaths (Obituaries)....(size: 5.1Kb)
Stuff
07 Apr 2013
The 59-year-old Invercargill man killed yesterday after a crash at Oreti Park Speedway has been named ... a practice run at the speedway....(size: 0.7Kb)
Stuff
07 Apr 2013
The 59-year-old Invercargill man killed yesterday after a crash at Oreti Park Speedway has been named ... a practice run at the speedway....(size: 0.7Kb)
The Examiner
07 Apr 2013
Johnny Sauter won his second race of the Camping World Truck Series season on Saturday, taking home the checkered flag and grandfather clock from Martinsville Speedway in the Kroger 250 ... Timothy Peters and Darrell Wallace Jr. finished fourth and fifth, respectively.View slideshow. 2013 Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway ... The Truck Series gets back on track next Sunday, April 14th at another historic race track, Rockingham Speedway ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
The Wichita Eagle
07 Apr 2013
Johnny Sauter won his second straight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race after passing Jeb Burton for the lead on a late-race restart in Saturday's Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Sauter, who won the Truck Series season-opener 43 days ago at Daytona International Speedway, pulled ahead of Burton with 17 laps to go and then beat his ThorSport Racing teammate, Matt Crafton, to the finish line by 1.9 seconds for the victory ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
Star Telegram
07 Apr 2013
MARTINSVILLE, Va ... One big development. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is at the top of the point standings ... It’s the first time in his 15-year career that he’s been there in back-to-back seasons ... First, Sunday in the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway, where he has led more laps than at any other track. Then, next Saturday night in the NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, where in 2000 he won his first Sprint Cup race ... ......(size: 3.9Kb)
The Examiner
07 Apr 2013
Darrell Wallace Jr. led the Kyle Busch Motorsports squad in Saturday’s Kroger 250 at historic Martinsville Speedway with his fifth-place finish. Wallace Jr., who started second in the race, led 34 laps in the No. 54 Toyota Care Toyota Tundra ... said Wallace Jr. post-race on the KBM website ... 51 Toyota, while Joey Coulter, in the No ... The Truck Series gets back on track next Sunday, April 14th at another historic race track, Rockingham Speedway....(size: 5.2Kb)
Otago Daily Times
07 Apr 2013
... he was a side-car passenger on flipped on the speedway track about 2.30pm....(size: 0.4Kb)
Star Telegram
07 Apr 2013
Detroit news
07 Apr 2013
By Associated Press Comments. Tony Stewart is against blocking during a race, period ... Martinsville, Va ... I never have, I never will," Stewart said at Martinsville Speedway ... Johnny Sauter passed Jeb Burton for the lead on a restart with 17 laps to go Saturday and won the NASCAR truck race at Martinsville Speedway, his second victory in two series races this season ... What. STP Gas Booster 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va. When ... TV ... ....(size: 12.3Kb)
The Washington Post
07 Apr 2013
LAS VEGAS — Allen Johnson raced to victory in the K&N Horsepower Challenge, the special Pro Stock bonus event, Saturday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. In other racing action at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) earned No. 1 qualifying positions in their respective categories at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
The State
07 Apr 2013
LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC — The low-droning sound of bagpipes filled the air at Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce on Saturday as pipe and drum bands fired up the crowd and kicked off the opening ceremonies of Tartan Day South. “It’s getting better and better and better,” said Leigh DuBose of the annual event now in its third year ... Why had her husband decided to wear her family’s colors instead of his own? ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
The Miami Herald
07 Apr 2013
After 16 years in the Florida Legislature, I was looking forward to spending my first spring in as many years blissfully ignorant of the manic activity in our state’s capital. That was not to be ... Good ideas. Texting ... Water ... Prisons ... Teachers, state employees ... Stop the madness ... A House committee approved more than $150 million in new subsidies for the Daytona International Speedway, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Major League Soccer ... ....(size: 4.7Kb)
