NASCAR's car gap, Ricky Carmichael's future, Jeff Gordon's lull
MOTOR RACING / Q & A WITH JIM PELTZ
Times' motor racing beat reporter Jim Peltz responds to readers' questions about those topics as well as milk at the Indy 500.

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May 11, 2008
MOTOR RACING
He posts his eighth victory of the season spanning NASCAR's top three series. >>

MOTOR RACING ROUNDUP
Wheldon qualifies second as Ganassi Racing Team's strategy works. >>

May 9, 2008
MOTOR SPORTS / GEARING UP
Track has been repaved for this week's Sprint Cup race, with speeds expected to go up. >>

May 6, 2008
MOTOR RACING
After a collision, the victor makes no apologies for driving in the hard-charging style of Dale Earnhardt Sr. >>

May 4, 2008
MOTOR RACING
RICHMOND, Va. -- Denny Hamlin appeared headed toward an easy victory. Then, Dale Earnhardt Jr. seemed poised to end his two-year winless streak. >>

April 28, 2008
MOTOR RACING
Her victory over her legendary father, John, in Southern Nationals drag racing final makes her the first woman to win an NHRA funny car event title. >>

April 27, 2008
MOTOR RACING
After spotting teammate Mat Mladin a comfortable lead, Ben Spies said he was nearly content to finish second at the AMA Superbike race Sunday at the Auto Club Speedway. >>

April 28, 2008
NASCAR
Instead of leaving Talladega Superspeedway with a smashed-up car as usual, he drives into Victory Lane as the winner of the NASCAR Sprint Cup's Aaron's 499. >>

MOTOR RACING ROUNDUP
Dan Wheldon wins the IndyCar race at Kansas Speedway, his first win since taking the checkered flag at the same Kansas City track a year ago. >>

April 27, 2008
MOTOR RACING ROUNDUP
Tony Stewart held off a last-lap charge by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Aaron's 312 on Saturday for his first victory at Talladega Superspeedway. >>

SUPERBIKES
Texan gets first victory of the season against Suzuki teammate at Fontana. >>

April 26, 2008
MOTOR SPORTS
Sport doesn't have random testing, but Fike's admission of heroin use leads to more scrutiny. >>

SUPERBIKE
He edges Suzuki teammate Mladin with a fast lap of 99.321 mph. >>

April 25, 2008
SPORTS EXTRA / MOTOR RACING
Confirming he has multiple offers, the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion even says his departure could come before his contract expires at the end of 2009. >>

BEHIND THE LINES
The popular driver who hasn't won since May 2006 probably gets the odds because of his five victories at Talledega and his Hendrick team's success on the track. >>

April 24, 2008
MOTOR SPORTS
The most popular NASCAR Sprint Cup driver has five victories (out of 17 career Cup wins) at Talladega, where Earnhardt loyalty always runs deep among the race's 160,000 spectators. >>

April 21, 2008
MOTOR RACING
Australian wins the last event sanctioned by the Champ Car World Series, which was recently absorbed into the Indy Racing League. >>

GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH NOTES
Fresh off making history in his first IndyCar Series race on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., Graham Rahal, 19, looked like a contender to make it two in a row Sunday. >>

GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
Locked in a legal wrangle with Gore over breach-of-contract negotiations, he sees his car driven by Tagliani follow but fail to catch up to Gore's car driven by Power. >>

April 20, 2008
MOTOR RACING
The Long Beach street race Sunday will be the last Champ Car World Series event because of merger with Indy Racing League. >>

AUTO RACING
Speed is the main attraction for fans, and most think it will only get better next year. >>

MOTOR RACING
She finishes almost six seconds ahead of pole-sitter Castroneves to win in her 50th start. >>

April 19, 2008
GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
Yet Tracy, a 39-year-old driver and four-time winner at Long Beach, goes from being a possible no-show to being a threat to triumph again. >>

April 18, 2008
MOTOR RACING
Sunday's race will pay tribute to Champ Car series in its last sanctioned event as it fully merges under the IRL's IndyCar banner. >>

MOTOR SPORTS / GEARING UP
He'll be logging 17 hours of flying time between the two sites. >>

April 17, 2008
MOTOR RACING
NASCAR's complex and, some say, archaic pay structure taps into several sources of prize money beyond the basic purse for each race. >>

MOTOR RACING
The 34th Toyota Grand Prix will be the curtain call for the series, which was absorbed into the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series this year. >>

April 14, 2008
The driver's victory in Arizona is the first one this year for the NASCAR team and shows its resiliency. >>

April 13, 2008
NASCAR
He doesn't stop late for fuel, a decision that gives Hendrick team its first Sprint Cup victory of season at Phoenix International Raceway. >>

April 12, 2008
NASCAR
Tight battle in Sprint Cup standings heightens emphasis on race at Phoenix International. >>

NASCAR
Truck driven by Edwards taps Sadler's infield motor coach. >>

NASCAR
Kyle Busch beat Carl Edwards out of the pits on their final stop, then held off the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion in overtime for his second consecutive victory Friday night at Phoenix International Raceway. >>

April 11, 2008
MOTOR RACING
Admission by Aaron Fike that he used heroin before a truck race last summer brings sharp response from Cup driver Kevin Harvick, who urges regular random testing. >>

April 10, 2008
MOTOR RACING
Yeley, driving a car owned by Moorad and Garfinkel, hopes for a good showing in Arizona. >>

April 8, 2008
MOTOR RACING
The sport gets a new dose of energy as the former Champ Car driver, and son of team owner Bobby Rahal, becomes the youngest winner in series history. >>

April 7, 2008
MOTOR RACING
He races to his NASCAR Sprint Cup series-best third win of the season, holding off Jimmie Johnson on a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish to win the Samsung 500. >>

April 4, 2008
MOTOR RACING / GEARING UP
What's happening in motor sports heading into this weekend. >>

April 3, 2008
MOTOR RACING
The 32-year-old from New Jersey is doing well driving top-fuel dragsters after a successful career as a motorcycle racer. >>

April 2, 2008
MOTOR RACING
The 2007 Daytona 500 winner was criticized for saying that open-wheel drivers would struggle competing in the NASCAR Cup series. After six races, many of the circuit rookies are finding it hard to kee >>

March 21, 2008
MOTOR RACING / GEARING UP
What's happening in motor sports heading into this weekend, including an off-week for premier series sending some over to the second-tier Nationwide Series race. >>

March 17, 2008
MOTOR RACING ROUNDUP
Jeff Burton raced past Denny Hamlin on a two-lap sprint to the finish Sunday to give Richard Childress Racing a 1-2-3 sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway, and deny Joe Gibbs Racing a victory after its three drivers dominated the race. >>

March 14, 2008
AUTO RACING
Circuit returns after a 2007 season filled with driver tension and a spying scandal. >>

MOTOR RACING / GEARING UP
What's happening in motor sports, including Jarrett's final start in a Sprint Cup points race, at Bristol Motor Speedway, and KV Racing Technology's plans as it joins the Indy Racing League. >>

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