When racing lost its brightest star ...

Indy car racing lost its brightest star Oct. 31, 1999, when Greg Moore was killed in a gruesome one-car crash at Auto Club Speedway. Ten years later, the racing world is still recovering.

Is NASCAR playing it too safe?

Ernest Hemingway said motor racing was one of three sports -- the rest are mere games. Have we reduced your once-deadly, once-electrifying sport to just another game?

Kubica replaces Alonso at Renault

Robert Kubica will drive for Formula One team Renault from 2010, replacing Ferrari-bound Fernando Alonso.

Should NASCAR race in the rain or not?

...used it to their advantage; some didn't. "It was a matter of surviving," said Canadian Jacques Villeneuve -- who has raced in the rain in Formula One, and finished fourth Sunday -- to reporters after...

Edwards passes Ambrose for win

Carl Edwards passed Marcos Ambrose on the final turn to win the crash-filled Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Ambrose holds off Edwards for pole

Marcos Ambrose has won the Nationwide Series pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the rain.

Sorenson to drive Sunday

Reed Sorenson will drive for Richard Petty Motorsports at Watkins Glen International on Sunday after recovering from the effects of carbon monoxide inhalation suffered in a crash at Pocono Raceway.

Villeneuve on standby for Sorenson

NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson inhaled carbon monoxide during Monday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono, and his team has asked former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve to be on standby this weekend at Watkins Glen.

Ferrari displeased with opposition

Ferrari vented its frustration at rivals Williams and Red Bull on Tuesday after the teams said they were opposed to Michael Schumacher testing injured Brazilian Felipe Massa's F60 car.

Canada's Jacques Villeneuve (27) crashes his Toyota with Scotland's Dario Franchitti's (40) Dodge in turn four during...

Bourdais' F1 ouster another punch to U.S. gut

...wheel racing had left on the worldwide stage. It's not a glorious list. Michael Andretti, Jacques Villeneuve, Alex Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya, Cristiano da Matta and now Bourdais all arguably underachieved in F1...

Villeneuve eyes return to F1

Jacques Villeneuve wants to return to Formula One as part of the expanded series from 2010.

Bright lights

The Peugeot Sport Total car was driven by Jacques Villeneuve, Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gene in the 24 hours of Le Mans

Indiana in May is a special place

The song "Back Home Again in Indiana" will be performed, the balloons will fly and the 93rd Indianapolis 500 will roar to life May 24. The greatest spectacle in racing? It so often is.

More questions than answers in 2009

Can reigning F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton rediscover the magic in 2009? How will the many rules changes impact the power teams? Dan Knutson breaks it down.