Motor Sports

Associated Press - Published: Monday, October 19 2009 - 12:00 am

SAO PAULO – Jenson Button clinched his first Formula One title with a fifth-place finish Sunday at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and his Brawn GP team became the first to take the constructors' crown in its debut season.

Drivers, stock car racing seek diverse development

By Mark Billingsley - Published: Friday, October 16 2009 - 12:00 am

Jason Romero received a second chance and doesn't intend to blow it. The Cameron Park race car driver went to the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Drive for Diversity combine last year but didn't earn a job. But on the merits of a track championship this past season, Romero, 25, has been invited back and is participating in the 2009 combine, which starts today.

Listing of Northern California racetracks

By Debbie Arrington - Updated: Saturday, April 19 2008 - 4:34 pm

A listing of 15 racetracks in Northern California, all within about a three-hour drive of Sacramento.