Drag Racing

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Indianapolis 500 pole day, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); Drag Racing, NHRA Kansas Nationals qualifying, same-day tape, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball--Central Florida at East Carolina, 10 a.m....

The championship fight in drag racing's premier class, top fuel, has tightened up considerably as the National Hot Rod Assn. moves to Kansas this weekend. Tony Schumacher, the record seven-time top-fuel champion, held a slim five-point lead over his...

Matt Kenseth passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night at Darlington, S.C. Busch had the strongest car for much of the race and led for 265 of the 367 laps at Darlington Raceway....

SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- People we spoke to say it's out of control, and cops need to step in before someone gets hurt. Residents say a stretch of West Plainview Road west of Golden Avenue turns into a speedway because of its straight route, hills, and lack...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Sao Paulo Indy 300, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aaron’s 499, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); Drag Racing, NHRA Southern Nationals, same-day tape, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey--Playoffs,...

The elite level of the National Hot Rod Assn.'s funny car drag racing is dominated by two multi-car teams, John Force Racing and Don Schumacher Racing, which have seven funny car drivers between them. But that's of no concern to one of the sport's...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Golf--Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, Noon (CBS); PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, 2 p.m. (CBS) NBA Basketball--Playoffs, New York Knicks at Boston Celtics, Noon (ABC); Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); San Antonio Spurs...

NHRA drag racing is one of the few sports that's typically not shown live on television. But that will change this weekend. John Force, Tony Schumacher and the nation's other top drag racers in the NHRA's premier Mello Yello Series will be shown live on...

The Sports Xchange Fans escape serious harm at NHRA event Two spectators at NHRA qualifying in Concord, N.C., on Saturday escaped serious injuries when the body of one car blew off and sailed into the front of the grandstands. The engine in Robert...

It's early in the season but, so far at least, drag racer Courtney Force is enjoying the exact opposite of a sophomore jinx. Force, who drives 300-mph funny cars like her legendary father, John Force, is leading the title standings after four races in...

MARYSVILLE, Calif. -- A teenage race car driver taking warm-up laps at a raceway in Northern California careened off the track and into pit row, killing a 14-year-old boy and 68-year-old man, officials said. Six or seven cars were on the track...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--East Carolina at Alabama-Birmingham, 11 a.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey--Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup,...