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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - It was media day at the Indianapolis 500 on Thursday and Marco Andretti knew the question was coming before it was even asked. What about the Andretti curse? For Marco, grandson of former Formula One champion Mario Andretti...

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - They are the Indianapolis 500's odd couple. Crusty team owner A.J. Foyt, a 78-year old American motor racing legend and his driver Takuma Sato, an impeccably groomed 36-year-old from Tokyo who arrived in IndyCar from the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge didn't know she'd have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second. Pippa Mann chatted with tire makers,...

The thrills are in Indy George Diaz, Orlando Sentinel Indianapolis 500, without question. The Grand Prix of Monaco isn't relevant enough for a U.S. audience, and the Coke 600 stands in peril of becoming a boring encore to the spectacle in Indy. It...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Fast & Furious 6" has become a road race to riches without a finish line in sight. Roaring into theaters Friday, the movie is expected to generate $80 million or more over the Memorial Day weekend - astounding numbers for a...

The Sports Xchange NASCAR Notebook:Charlotte special for Kenseth By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange CONCORD, N.C. -- With three victories to his credit so far this season, Matt Kenseth has to be considered a serious...

Sage Karam won his first pole in the Firestone Indy Lights series on Thursday, and he did it in the most visible place of all — Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 18-year-old Nazareth High School senior posted a two-lap average of 189.243 miles per...

By Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 23 (Reuters) - Formula One has taken a big gamble with its radically different 2014 engine and manufacturers who get it wrong will pay a heavy price, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned on Thursday. The 82-year-old...

MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One has taken a big gamble with its radically different 2014 engine and manufacturers who get it wrong will pay a heavy price, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned on Thursday. The 82-year-old billionaire has been a...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gomer Pyle will be back for this year's Indianapolis 500. Carol Brady is staying home. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Thursday that actor Jim Nabors will return to sing "Back Home Again in Indiana" during pre-race...

The Sports Xchange By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR Number Distributed by The Sports Xchange 227: The fewest number of laps ever run in a Coca-Cola 600. On May 25, 2009, driver David Reutimann and crew chief Rodney Childers gambled that...

The Sports Xchange Staff Report, NASCAR Wire Service Triathlons or 600-mile stock car races: No problem for Johnson Distributed by The Sports Xchange May 23, 2013: Weekend Preview Long distances don't scare Jimmie Johnson. It doesn't matter...