For years, many of us hankering for motorsports on television waited for the weekend to arrive so we could hear these words: "Diamond P Sports presents ... the American Sports Cavalcade. A panorama of speed, color, drama, and excitement!"American Sports Cavalcade, airing on The Nashville Network, ran from 1983 to...

Drag racing legend Raymond Beadle died in 2014 at age 70, but to look at the fans surrounding the Blue Max AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car at the Good Vibrations Texas Nationals Fueled by Sunoco at the San Antonio Raceway last weekend, you'd think it was Beadle himself behind the wheel....

Legendary drag racer and team owner Raymond Beadle passed away Monday following a heart attack, at the age of 70.Beadle gained fame as the owner-driver of the "Blue Max" Funny Cars (LEFT) in which he won three straight NHRA Funny Car championships from 1979-'81. His first title in 1979 ended...