Automobile Racing
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former NASCAR driver was accused of attempted rape jail just hours after completing a two-week sentence for a high-speed chase with deputies.
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Jeremy Mayfield's lawsuit against NASCAR, a ruling that presumably ends the yearlong saga surrounding the first Sprint Cup driver suspended for failing a random drug test.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Drug possession and driving under the influence charges have been dropped against a grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France.
INDIANAPOLIS - A racing safety manufacturer who endured criticism over the role his former company's seat belt may have played in Dale Earnhardt's death now faces accusations his new company used counterfeit certification labels on some of its products.
JOHANNESBURG - Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing four children while drag racing on drugs.
