Sports
Patrick Carpentier broke his left wrist in a fall at his Las Vegas home Monday night and will miss the next two CART races, including this weekend’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.
April 12, 2000
Patrick Carpentier’s engine didn’t blow, his wheels stayed on, and he didn’t run out of fuel.
July 15, 2002
Motor racing: Rookie knocked out of Marlboro 500 in mishap that also may have scuttled Zanardi’s chances.
Sept. 27, 1997
Robby Gordon, in his debut as a driver for Arciero-Wells Racing, turned in the best finish by a Toyota-powered champ car in the four-year history of the Toyota program Monday.
April 28, 1998
Kevin Harvick held off Patrick Carpentier to win the inaugural NASCAR Busch Series race in Montreal on Saturday, but Robby Gordon defiantly tried to claim the victory in a controversial finish that infuriated NASCAR.
Aug. 5, 2007
Don’t look now, but Team Penske is back from its one-year slump.
May 25, 1997
Pole sitter Grant Show of “Melrose Place” withstood a last-lap challenge by former winners and fellow actors Jason Bateman and Perry King and won the 20th anniversary pro-celebrity race Saturday at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
April 14, 1996
With his Scottish accent, Dario Franchitti would have a tough time passing for a Southerner.
July 17, 2005
It might not come under the heading, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you,” but CART driver Dennis Vitolo is coming close.
Sept. 26, 1997
Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended his 76-race winless string Sunday, coasting to victory at Michigan International Speedway under a caution flag with little but fumes left in his gas tank in Brooklyn, Mich.
June 16, 2008