Sitting in his Ford Fiesta at the starting line of the RallyCross final on Figueroa Street, Brian Deegan thought about the other seven drivers there with him on Sunday.
Some were elite rallycross racers from Europe, others were America’s best in the sport.
Of them all, he was perhaps the greatest underdog  … More
Jenson Button claimed victory in his 200th grand prix as he perfectly judged an absorbing race in changeable weather in Hungary.
McLaren could have had a 1-2 sweep, with Lewis Hamilton leading much of the race, but a tire strategy misjudgement and a penalty ruined Hamilton’s afternoon. World Championship leader Sebastian Vettel had to settle for … More
Audi claimed its first outright victory in the Spa 24 Hours after dominating the 63rd running of the Belgian endurance classic. One of the Audi R8 LMS GT3s entered by the factory-supported WRT and Phoenix teams led nearly all the way from the middle of the third hour.
The Phoenix car driven by Marc Basseng, Frank Stippler and Christopher Haase topped the leaderboard until shortly before half-distance, when … More
INDIANAPOLIS — Years ago, as a garage rat at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Paul Menard dreamed of winning a race at the vaunted Brickyard.
On Sunday, the dream came true. In a season full of improbable first-time winners in NASCAR’s foremost races, Menard, 30, stretched his fuel mileage and held off a charging Jeff Gordon to win Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at the 2.5-mile track  … More