JOLIET, Ill. - Mark Martin will feel his age in the morning or a day or two after a race. His bones will stiffen and his body will ache after driving 400 grueling miles, even though the fitness fanatic is still in top shape. After all, 50 is 50 and that matters — well, everywhere but on the track. Martin is still nifty at 50 and has made Cup racing his personal senior circuit.
JOLIET, Ill. - Brian Vickers took the pole, he just couldn't take the checkered flag. Again.
TORONTO - Will Power won the 2007 Champ Car race on the streets of Toronto, and that sort of makes him the defending race champion for Sunday's Honda Indy. He's poised for a repeat performance.
TORONTO - Dario Franchitti couldn't remember the first time he won a pole on the street course in Toronto. He hasn't forgotten how to get around the tricky 11-turn circuit.
MORRISON, Colo. - The parts on Tim Wilkerson's funny car are wearing thin and in need of replacement.
JOLIET, Ill. - Joey Logano's only wrong move of the night came after the Nationwide Series race.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - NASCAR was still analyzing Jeremy Mayfield's latest drug test Friday, four days after demanding the driver submit to a random test.
LONDON - Former World Rally champion Ari Vatanen launched his campaign for the presidency of Formula One's governing body on Friday still believing incumbent Max Mosley may seek a fifth term.
INDIANAPOLIS - Former Indianapolis Motor Speedway chief Tony George says he rejected a request to remain the CEO of the Indy Racing League because it would have created an "unnecessary" layer of bureaucracy.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Although NASCAR contends it has the best anti-doping procedures in sports, some experts see flaws in the policy and question whether drivers are getting a fair shake in the lab or a safe ride on the track.
JOLIET, Ill. - Brian Vickers won yet another pole, his fifth one this season coming at Chicagoland Speedway.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Unable to find funding since his suspension for failing a random drug test, Jeremy Mayfield is considering selling his race team.
JOLIET, Ill. - His race day results with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a steady decline, crew chief Tony Eury Jr. lost confidence in his setups and strategies.
INDIANAPOLIS - Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An attorney for Jeremy Mayfield says he will not go to Chicago for this weekend's NASCAR race.
INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Stewart called his last-lap dust up with Kyle Busch at Daytona International Speedway last weekend "just a part of racing," and Busch apparently agrees.
LONDON - The Formula One Teams Association has walked out of a meeting with the sport's governing body to discuss cost-cutting measures.
INDIANAPOLIS - Two-time Allstate 400 winner Tony Stewart says he's confident Goodyear has solved the tire problems that plagued last year's race at the Brickyard.
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