Motor Sports

Bowyer's first victory of season a shot in arm for RCR

Associated Press - Published: Saturday, July 4 2009 - 12:00 am

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Clint Bowyer's first victory of the season gave Richard Childress Racing a much-needed boost.

By Mark Billingsley - Published: Friday, July 3 2009 - 12:00 am

Jimmy Sills is finding that retiring from racing is a lot like retiring from organized crime – just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in.

Tough economy sidelines Anderson

By Mark Billingsley - Published: Thursday, June 25 2009 - 11:30 pm

Greg Anderson will be in the stands Saturday night for the U.S. Auto Club's Western States Sprint Cars show at Roseville's All American Speedway. But the Lincoln resident would much rather be on the track racing against his friends and rivals.

Matthew Barrows: Double-file restarts a double-edged sword

By Matthew Barrows - Updated: Tuesday, June 23 2009 - 12:17 pm

SONOMA – If you're a NASCAR fan, the term "double-file restart" probably has been rattling around in your head like a wing nut sprung loose in an engine compartment.

Manufacturers pull funding from cars

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Monday, June 22 2009 - 12:00 am

SONOMA – Infineon Raceway threw more than 1,200 turns to Sprint Cup competitors during Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350. In these current economic times and the uncertain future of America's auto industry, there are more curves ahead in the way of manufacturers reducing their support to NASCAR teams.

Kahne holds off Stewart

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Monday, June 22 2009 - 12:00 am

SONOMA – In these economic times, some 93,500 race fans did whatever it took to attend the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on Sunday afternoon. They got their money's worth in an event that concluded with Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw, Wash., winning his first career road-course race.

Up to speed

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 10:36 am

At Infineon Raceway, driver Scott Speed has come full circle. Appropriately, his young career has been as full of twists and turns as the familiar Sears Point track.

Sonoma Notes: Last-lap crash results in repeat

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am

SONOMA – Ontario's Jason Bowles was patient in Saturday's Bennett Lane Winery 200. That patience paid off when a controversial finish gave him his second consecutive victory in the NASCAR Camping World Series West event at Infineon Raceway.

NASCAR drivers credit their dads' influence

Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am

By a quirk of the calendar, this year's Toyota/Save Mart 350 falls on Father's Day. Expect somebody's dad to get a shout-out from the Wine Country Winner's Circle. As a tuneup, drivers shared their thoughts on Father's Day:

Toyota/Save Mart 350 lineup

Published: Sunday, June 21 2009 - 12:00 am

After Friday's qualifying; race distance: 218.9 miles, 110 laps; car number in parentheses

Formula One plans a suit against rival

Associated Press - Published: Saturday, June 20 2009 - 12:00 am

SILVERSTONE, England – Formula One intends to sue the eight teams that announced plans for a rival series next season – the biggest crisis to engulf the sport since the championship began in 1950.

Vickers takes it easy for pole win

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Saturday, June 20 2009 - 12:00 am

SONOMA – It's one of the rules of the road course: Slower is often faster.

McGriff, 81, back behind wheel

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Friday, June 19 2009 - 12:00 am

The NASCAR Camping World West Series will roll onto Infineon Raceway on Saturday with some of the sport's youngest talent. And one of its oldest.

McAnally team heads to Infineon on a roll

By Bill Sullivan - Published: Friday, June 12 2009 - 12:00 am

Northern California is just one week away from its big NASCAR weekend, and one local team is looking to carry its domination to the 1.99-mile road course at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.