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Hendrick Motorsports elevates Carlson to president, COO

Marshall Carlson has been named president and COO of Hendrick Motorsports.

Jack Roush hospitalized following plane crash

Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush racing, was hospitalized Tuesday night following a plane crash at Wittman Air field in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Hamlin seeking third straight win at Pocono

Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Sunday, August 1. Race: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500. Site: Pocono Raceway. Track: 2.5-mile triangle. Start time: 1:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 200. Miles: 500. 2009 winner: Denny Hamlin. Television: ESPN. Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) /SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

This Week in Auto Racing July 30 - August 1

All three of NASCAR's national touring series are in action this weekend, with the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series at Pocono and the Nationwide Series at Iowa. Formula One heads to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ambrose, JTG Daugherty Racing parting ways at season's end

JTG Daugherty Racing and driver Marcos Ambrose will part ways at the end of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, team officials announced on Tuesday.

France hints at changes to NASCAR slate

NASCAR appears ready to give its 2011 Sprint Cup schedule a facelift.

McMurray wins Brickyard after Montoya falters

Jamie McMurray has become just the third driver to win both the Daytona 500 and The Brickyard in the same season, capitalizing Sunday when teammate Juan Pablo Montoya suffered a second consecutive heartbreak at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Busch wins Kroger 200; Bayne finishes fourth

Kyle Busch held off Carl Edwards in a two-lap sprint to the finish to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at O'Reilly Raceway Park on Saturday night.

Former Indy 500 winner Montoya wins Brickyard pole

Former Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya has won pole position for Sunday's Brickyard 400 with a lap of 182.278 mph.

Former Formula One champ trying to qualify at Brickyard

Jacques Villeneuve was supposed to be in Europe this week working on a potential deal to return to Formula One next season.

Reutimann signs contract extension with MWR

David Reutimann has signed a multi-year contract extension with Michael Waltrip Racing to remain as driver of the No.00 Toyota through the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season.

Action on track isn't helping NASCAR attendance, ratings

Based off feedback from a 12,000-member fan council that demanded more action, a series of rule changes were implemented over the past 18 months double-file restarts, multiple attempts at overtime finishes, a return to the traditional spoiler.

Volunteer Speedway hosts Southern Nationals

Volunteer Speedway will host the Southern Nationals series for the next-to-last event of the two-week tour around the Southeast on Friday, July 23.

Johnson aiming for fourth Brickyard 400 win

Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Sunday, July 25. Race: Brickyard 400. Site: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Track: 2.5- mile rectangle. Start time: 1:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 160. Miles: 400. 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson. Television: ESPN. Radio: IMS Radio Network/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

This Week in Auto Racing July 23 - 25

NASCAR is in Indianapolis this weekend, and that means someone will kiss the bricks at the "big" track, while a lot of beating and banging will go on at the nearby "short" track. The IZOD IndyCar Series will be in Canada for the second week in a row with the Honda Indy Edmonton, and Formula One will rev it up with the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.

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