Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 as pole sitter Danica Patrick's bid to become the first woman to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race ended in an eighth-placed finish.

Danica Patrick grabbed a slice of history with her Daytona 500 pole, the first for a woman driver ratcheting up interest in "The Great American Race" that opens NASCAR's season on Sunday.

Danica Patrick topped qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday to become the first woman to earn pole position for one of the hugely popular NASCAR stock car racing's elite events.

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti of Scotland and US actress Ashley Judd have announced they are divorcing after 11 years of marriage.

Bridgestone Americas' Firestone tire brand will remain to sole supplier for IndyCar through the 2018 season, the US-based open-wheel racing series announced on Friday.

Danica Patrick and her husband have decided to end their seven-year marriage "amicably," the IndyCar and NASCAR star announced Tuesday.

Tim Wardrop, engineer for the fastest car in Indianapolis 500 history, died aged 62 on October 27 after a long illness, IndyCar officials announced on Monday.

Scotsman Dario Franchitti, last month's Indianapolis 500 winner, captured pole position in time trials for the Milwaukee IndyFest race at the Milwaukee Mile oval.

Britain's Justin Wilson won the IndyCar Firestone 550 after leader Graham Rahal crashed in the fourth turn with just over two laps remaining in the oval-course showdown.

Pole-sitter Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix, leading from start to finish in a race that was shortened from 90 to 60 laps due to peeling asphalt.

New Zealand's Scott Dixon earned pole position for the Detroit IndyCar race on Saturday, clocking a qualifying record on the 14-turn Belle Isle street circuit of 1min 10.3162sec.

Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello pronounced himself satisfied with his Indianapolis 500 debut after finishing 11th in the 96th running of the US racing spectacle.

Scotland's Dario Franchitti won the 96th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, taking his third career Indy 500 crown after Japan's Takuma Sato crashed while running beside him on the final lap.

Susie Wheldon was presented with the "Champion of Champions" ring that her late husband, Dan, earned for his 2011 Indianapolis 500 triumph.

France's Sebastien Bourdais led the last nine qualifiers for the 96th Indianapolis 500 in Sunday's second and final day of time trials for next Sunday's signature IndyCar oval showdown.

Australian Ryan Briscoe won the pole position for the 96th Indianapolis 500, edging Canada's James Hinchcliffe in qualifying session for the May 27 oval IndyCar classic.

New Zealand's Scott Dixon led the practice session for Saturday's Indianapolis 500 pole qualifying, turning the second-best lap of the week at the famed 2 1/2-mile (4 kilometer) oval.

US rookie Josef Newgarden spun his car and tapped the pit lane wall after clocking the fastest Indianapolis 500 practice speed for the third time in five days.

US rookie Josef Newgarden drove the fastest lap in the opening six-hour practice session for the 96th Indianapolis 500.

Former Formula One star Rubens Barrichello was among six drivers to finish three required speed phases of the Indianapolis 500 rookie orientation program on Thursday at the famed Indy oval.