DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Martin Truex Jr., vying to get into NASCAR's Chase for the championship, started the weekend with a significant setback. (Full Story)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Troy Aikman. Terry Bradshaw. Tim Brown. Julius Erving. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Jim Kelly. Mark Rypien. Roger Staubach. (Full Story)

The death of Scott Kalitta has shaken up the NHRA and sent the organization, its owners and drivers back to the drawing board on safety issues. (Full Story)

In a July 2 story about the Labonte brothers, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2001. He was the 2000 champion. (Full Story)

SILVERSTONE, England (AP) Formula One wants to cut team budgets in half and improve fuel efficiency by 2011 to improve racing. (Full Story)

SILVERSTONE, England (AP) David Coulthard will retire from Formula One after the season, ending a career in which he won 13 races but repeatedly fell short of the world championship. (Full Story)

GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) Eleven days after Scott Kalitta was killed in a racing accident, the NHRA reduced the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races from a quarter-mile to 1,000 feet Wednesday in an interim safety measure. (Full Story)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Dario Franchitti isn't sure what his future holds, but the former open-wheel star said Wednesday he'd like to remain in NASCAR. (Full Story)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Danica Patrick described it as a "carnagefest," and it fit. (Full Story)

When Terry Labonte announced his retirement from racing in 2006, he intended to put that part of his life behind him. (Full Story)