HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch said he is closing his Nationwide Series team because of a lack of sponsorship. Parker Kligerman ran the entire season for Busch in the No. 77 Toyota and had 13 top-10 finishes. Busch drove the car in 2012, when he went winless in the Nationwide Series. He went back to driving Joe Gibbs Racing’s…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — The greatest driver to never win a NASCAR championship is treating the season finale as if it’s the last race of his career. Mark Martin has no plans to compete beyond Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. If he follows through, it will end a career that began with his 1981 Cup debut. He has won 40…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Roger Penske and Sam Hornish Jr. have been together for nearly 300 races over the last decade. They have celebrated an IndyCar championship as well as wins in two series across nine states. They have been dominate and disappointed. They have turned a working relationship into a lifelong friendship. So parting ways won’t be easy. Hornish…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Matt Kenseth has won the pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Sunday’s season-ending and championship-deciding race. It was a massive turnaround for Kenseth following his worst performance of the season last week at Phoenix. He finished 23rd to fall 28 points behind championship leader Jimmie Johnson leading into the finale. Now he’s got his third pole of…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Matt Crafton has won the NASCAR Truck Series championship, his first in 13 seasons. Crafton only needed to start the 200-mile season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday night to win the title. So when his engine fired and he took the track, it was official even before the green flag dropped. Crafton essentially wrapped up…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 16 points and the Charlotte Bobcats used a strong fourth quarter to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 86-80 on Friday night. The Bobcats outscored the Cavaliers 29-22 in the final period to win for only the second time in 16 games at Quicken Loans Arena. Kidd-Gilchrist had eight points in the fourth, including a three-point…
NEW YORK (AP) — Miami guard Mario Chalmers has been suspended for one game after he was ejected from the Heat’s 110-104 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. Chalmers will sit out when Miami visits the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night. Chalmers was thrown out with 5:01 remaining after referees ruled he intentionally swung an elbow at Dirk…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson is up almost every day by 5:30 a.m., the easiest time of day to do his training. He runs five days a week, logging up to 40 miles on foot. He also swims two days a week and cycles two days a week. Johnson has completed half marathons, multiple triathlons and now has his…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Championship contender Matt Kenseth posted the fastest speed during final practice for NASCAR’s season finale. One major problem: points leader Jimmie Johnson was fast, too. Johnson had the second-quickest lap around Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday and had the fastest 10-lap average. Kenseth reached 171.980 mph around the 1½-mile oval, just ahead of Johnson’s 171.647. Defending series…
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — There’s a handmade Colombian flag hanging inside Juan Pablo Montoya’s motorhome that was given to him by a fan several weeks ago. Three words are embroidered into the stripes: IndyCar Champ 2014. Eight years after Montoya came into NASCAR amid great hype and high expectations, he’ll quietly close out his career Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway with…
