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Driver Carl Edwards zips his drivers suit in the garage after practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 auto race at Texas Motor Speedway, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
By STEPHEN HAWKINS

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

"I've kind of tried to think of it differently," Edwards said. "It's not that we...

NASCAR trifecta in reach for Kyle Bush at Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first.

Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the...

Kyle Busch races to 5th straight NASCAR Trucks win

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Busch started his Texas tripleheader with another NASCAR Trucks Series victory.

Busch has won each of his last five truck races, extending the...

Dale Jr.: Nothing new, but Patrick good for NASCAR

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team.

Earnhardt...

NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers at Texas race

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves to talk about his sponsorship ties to the military. He had a hard time finding the words Friday to discuss the massacre that left...

Toyota pulls out of Formula 1 to cut costs

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is pulling out of Formula One racing.

The world's largest automaker announced Wednesday it needs to cut costs and focus on its core...

Barrichello, Hulkenberg to drive for Williams team

GROVE, England (AP) — Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg will drive for Formula One team Williams next season.

Barrichello, who will be leaving constructors' champion...

Jamie McMurray takes Talladega to end 86-race skid

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR stopped the bumping, at least for a while.

There was nothing that could be done about the blocking.

In the end, Sunday...

Robert Hight wins NHRA Las Vegas Nationals

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robert Hight closed in his first Funny Car season championship, racing to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.

Hight beat...

McMurray rompe cadena de 86 carreras sin victoria

TALLADEGA, Alabama, EE.UU. (AP) — Jamie McMurray fue el ganador improbable de una carrera inusualmente aburrida en el Autódromo Talladega, donde una prohibición de pegar los autos para...

Talladega red-flagged following Newman crash

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR red-flagged Sunday's race at Talladega following a spectacular crash involving Ryan Newman with five laps remaining.

Newman was in the middle of a pack...

Principales informaciones deportivas de The Associated Press

Domingo 1 de noviembre del 2009. El editor hasta las 2030 GMT es Jorge Covarrubias en Nueva York, seguido por Alejandro González en Ciudad de México.

-Yanquis intentarán tomar...

Former Mayfield attorney hasn't been paid

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The former attorney for Jeremy Mayfield says he has yet to be paid for defending the suspended NASCAR driver.

Bill Diehl is at Talladega Superspeedway for...

NASCAR bans bump-drafting in Talladega turns

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR president Mike Helton banned bump-drafting through the turns at Talladega Superspeedway in a stern warning to drivers before Sunday's...

Kyle Busch bumped to victory at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Kyle Busch finally found a way to pass Todd Bodine.

Taking advantage of a generous tap from teammate Aric Almirola a few hundred yards from the...

Rain washes out qualifying at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson last started from the pole at Talladega Superspeedway in 2002, as the points leader, lined up next to Mark Martin.

He didn't...

Allmendinger given breath test before practice

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger was required to take a breath test before Friday's practice at Talladega Superspeedway following his arrest on a drunken...

Advance Auto to drop sponsorship of NHRA team

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Advance Auto Parts Inc. said Friday that it will not renew its partnership with National Hot Rod Association driver Cruz Pedregon and that its contract with his team...

Memphis Motorsports Park to cease operations

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Dover Motorsports Inc. is ceasing operations at Memphis Motorsports Park after a deal to sell the track to another investor fell through.

The 0.75-mile track has...