2009

James Stewart took his sixth successive AMA Supercross victory in San Diego on Saturday night when, for the sixth time in a row, Chad Reed finished second - tying the pair at the top of the championship standings.

Result of the rain-shortened Daytona 500

Tony Stewart finally caught a break - because his #80 Chevrolet didn't break loose on the last lap of Saturday's season-opening Camping World 300 Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Following on from Team West-Tec earlier this week, defending British GT Champions Brookspeed Team Trimite had become the latest British outfit to reveal plans to run in the new Formula Le Mans Series this season.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing owner/managing partner Chip Ganassi is fed up with media criticism of Teresa Earnhardt, co-owner of the team and widow of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Nico Hulkenberg has become the first GP2 Series driver to win a race under floodlights as he swept to victory in only his second outing at Losail.

Kyle Busch led the final five laps of the Gatorade Duel qualifying race to score his first win of 2009 in dramatic fashion, holding off the challenge of Mark Martin on the run to the line at Daytona.

Colin Edwards has publicly revealed that he and Tech 3 Yamaha team-mate James Toseland 'don't talk anymore' and that he was satisfied to comprehensively out pace him during testing at Sepang.

Elliott Sadler knows how to take one for the team - even if it's the same team that tried to oust him in November - as he played his part in ensuring that AJ Allmendinger made the Daytona 500 field for the first time in three attempts.

Ford Performance Racing has revealed its new-look liveries for the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship season.

Former Toyota Atlantic standout and race winner Tony Ave has revealed that he is considering a return to the category in 2009, and would be doing so with his own team.

Boris Said saw his hopes of racing into the Daytona 500 come to an end in the Gatorade Duel when he was forced to retire from the second the second qualifying race.

Fernando Alonso has rubbished suggestions that he is set for another tough season in Formula 1 with Renault in 2009 following the poor initial testing pace of the new R29, urging that 'the cars in Jerez are not going to be the ones in Australia'.

Since the Chase format began in 2004, only Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth have made every Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Starting line-up for the 2009 Daytona 500 following qualifying and Gatorade Duel races

Jeff Gordon ends his losing streak with victory in the first Gatorade Duel race as Scott Riggs secures a slot in the Daytona 500

Yamaha has officially launched the bike it hopes will carry home the World Superbike Championship title in 2009.

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Rick Clark and Boris Said have announced a merger between Rick Clark Motorsports and No Fear Racing for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign.

Robby Gordon says he is excited by the prospect of making his first race start in his new Toyota in the Gatorade Duels at Daytona. Gordon switches to the Toyota for 2009 after making his final start at the wheel of his Dodge during the Budweiser Shootout.

Citroen's Sebastien Loeb set the pace on Thursday morning in the shakedown for the Rally Norway, the second round in the 2009 World Rally Championship.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report into the helicopter crash that claimed the life of 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae, revealing that the cause of the accident could not be 'positively determined'.

The stand-off between the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) and FIA over the hike in Formula 1 licence fees in 2009 has taken a step in the latter's favour with the news that three drivers have paid up for the mandatory super-licences.

Michael Schumacher has escaped uninjured following a heavy fall during testing for the German IDM Superbike Championship in Cartagena.