Ed Hinton

America's best known female racer, Danica Patrick, goes back under the microscope as the Indy Racing League season opens with Sunday's Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But this year,...

Bill Lester was proud of his accomplishment, but a little embarrassed by all the attention. "I'm looking forward to the time racing is about racing, not race," he said after...

Bill Lester, who gave up a lucrative computer-engineering career to pursue a NASCAR dream, became the first African-American driver to qualify for a Nextel Cup race in nearly 20 years...

Now that NASCAR's Hall of Fame site has been designated for downtown Charlotte, frivolous debate has surfaced over who should be in the initial class of inductees. If the right...

Leonard Bernstein said the way to listen to Beethoven is to count on a surprise at every turn--and yet be unavoidably surprised by every turn. That is also true of...

Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus, was suspended for three more races Tuesday and fined $25,000 after being barred from the 500 for cheating during qualifying. But...

There won't be an asterisk beside Jimmie Johnson's name on the list of Daytona 500 winners. And there shouldn't be. His win Sunday was not "tainted" and will carry no...

Kurt Busch was delighted to learn that in GQ magazine's recent list of America's 10 most-hated athletes, he ranked third. Being 27, single and a dapper dresser away from the...

Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart tried to deal with separate unknowns Wednesday. For Johnson, it was how his team will carry on through Thursday's two 150-mile "duels," and into Sunday's...

On the high banks of Daytona International Speedway, there is not--and never has been--more of a loner than Jeff Gordon. "I have no friends out there," Gordon said going into...