Drag Racing

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...

CONCORD, N.C. — The NASCAR Hall of Fame embraced old-school stars Dale Jarrett, Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Maurice Petty and Fireball Roberts Wednesday evening. The morning after, it welcomed Antron Brown to its flock. At 37, Brown doesn't fit...

Jeg Coughlin Jr. surpassed 500 round wins in NHRA pro stock drag racing yesterday, then kept right on going to record his first national event victory of the year -- and 53rd of his career -- in the Kansas Nationals in Topeka, Kan. "We do take trips...

Seven-time champion Tony Schumacher intimidates just about everybody in the NHRA's Top Fuel class. But not Shawn Langdon. Langdon faced Schumacher in a Top Fuel final on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka for the third time dating to last season, and...

NHRA driver Johnny Gray refuses to reconsider this business about retiring. On Sunday, Gray, 60, won for the second straight weekend and third time this season when he beat Robert Hight in the Funny Car finals at the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Soccer--Premier League, teams to be announced, 9:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Los Angeles at New York, 12:10 p.m. (ESPN2) Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Indianapolis 500 Bump Day, 11 a.m. (NBCSN); Drag Racing, NHRA Kansas...

|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...

Weekend races NASCAR SPRINT CUP All-Star Race On track: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. On TV: 9 p.m. Saturday, Speed. Overview: Jimmie Johnson won last year's All-Star race (a non-points event) for the third time. Watch for Matt...

NHRA Top Fuel driver David Grubnic looks at Heartland Park Topeka as his personal slump remedy. Grubnic is experiencing a bit of a dry spell, having yet to advance past the second round in any of the first seven NHRA events this season. But all he has...

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...