http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/?track=rss Headlines from Courant.com en ©2013, Courant.com Thu, 23 May 2013 16:48:22 -0400 By SHAWN COURCHESNE, Special to The Courant http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-local-auto-racing-capsule-0524-20130523,0,2713179.story?track=rss Stafford Motor Speedway Thu, 23 May 2013 16:48:22 EDT The Sports Xchange http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-nascar-hall-of-fame-0523-20130522,0,2039421.story?track=rss Any trip to the NASCAR Hall of Fame puts fans face-to-face with some of the sport's most remarkable artifacts, stories and legends. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:26:10 EDT By SHAWN COURCHESNE, Special to The Courant http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-thompson-0520-20130519,0,5013997.story?track=rss – The rain proved an unbeatable foe Sunday at Thompson International Speedway. Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:50 EDT Staff and wire reports http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-auto-racing-roundup-0519-20130518,0,7906720.story?track=rss Powerful stuff at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday as Ed Carpenter, whose family owns the track, won the pole for next weekend's Indianapolis 500. Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:19 EDT http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-stafford-autos-0518-20130517,0,739242.story?track=rss STAFFORD — When Rowan Pennink decided to drive for car owners Kelly and Bob Hitchcock this year, he figured that it would take some time for the team to come together. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:34 EDT Staff And Wire Reports http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-dick-trickle-suicide-0517-20130517,0,6126861.story?track=rss Retired race car driver Richard "Dick" Trickle died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a North Carolina cemetery, sheriff's officials said. Trickle, 71, was found lying near his pickup after he placed a 911 call to the Lincoln County Communications Center to say "there would be a dead body and it would be his," according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:00 EDT By SHAWN COURCHESNE, Special to The Courant http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-auto-capsule-0517-20130516,0,4546054.story?track=rss Stafford Motor Speedway Thu, 16 May 2013 18:34:25 EDT http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-stafford-auto-racing-0511-20130510,0,60751.story?track=rss STAFFORD — That it's better to be lucky than good might be the most overused cliché in motorsports, but it was one that Ryan Preece was sticking to Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway. Fri, 10 May 2013 23:17:16 EDT http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-auto-racing-capsule-0510-20130509,0,1310548.story?track=rss Stafford Motor Speedway Thu, 9 May 2013 18:59:58 EDT By GEORGE DIAZ, Orlando Sentinel http://www.courant.com/sports/auto-racing/hc-nascar-0506-20130505,0,3827465.story?track=rss — Excuse David Ragan if he had to ask how to get to Victory Lane. Sun, 5 May 2013 21:09:03 EDT