Widespread safety upgrades have been made to the fencing and barriers Indianapolis Motor Speedway ahead of the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500.The full roster of NTT IndyCar Series teams will get their first look at the improvements made by Penske Entertainment, which owns the track and series, during the...

Ryan Newman doesn’t believe that people remember Dale Earnhardt for the way he died 20 years ago today. But there is no denying that a big part of Earnhardt’s legacy and impact on the sport is what has happened in the two decades since his fatal crash on the last...

Kyle Larson feels his Turn 1 hit last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway could have been worse, even if it registered as the hardest one he's had.Speaking Friday morning before he gets back it his Chip Ganassi Racing car in Bristol, Larson said he felt "relatively fine" after the accident....

Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson were early victims of right-front tire issues Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.The defending series champion – who was the best on 1.5-mile tracks last season – slammed the Turn 4 wall on Lap 82. Truex had started sixth and was running second at the...

The final few laps of the Indianapolis 500; running hard, up at the front. Takuma Sato had been in this position dozens of times before. Maybe even hundreds.There was that one occasion that everybody saw, that everybody remembers. That was in 2012, when he rode a Dario Franchitti tow past...

Above: Jim Clark and Don Branson battle down to the famous apron at IMS, 1965. 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the apron's removal.It only took a handful of laps in 1991 to confirm the brilliance of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's apron. The extra track width gave drivers more creative...

All of the outside walls at Dover International Speedway will be covered by SAFER barriers by the time NASCAR makes its annual trek north this year.The speedway announced Monday morning that construction would begin in March to install approximately 1,800 feet of SAFER barriers along the outside walls of the...

The latest round of safety improvements on the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit have been signed off. The upgrades, which are focused on the Porsche Curves, were inspected by the FIA last week.SAFER barriers, most commonly used on U.S. ovals, have been installed on the outside of the first part...

The ongoing safety upgrade of the Porsche Curves at Le Mans will continue with the addition of more SAFER barriers. The new barriers will be located on the exit of the first part of the double left after the right-hander that leads into the famous section of the Circuit de...

Oval races, at least in the Verizon IndyCar Series, are a dying breed, and far too many of us – myself included, I’m ashamed to say – lived in denial about this fact for too long. In 2014, when Auto Club Speedway hosted the championship season finale, the crowds were...