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Keselowski secretly fined by NASCAR
	NASCAR has been privately punishing drivers for making disparaging remarks about the series over the last two years. (USA Today)
Busch replaced by Hamlin at Homestead
	The fallout from Kyle Busch's road rage at Texas continued Thursday when one of his sponsors asked for him to be removed from the season-ending Nationwide Series race, The Associated Press has learned. (Journal Review)
Solar Cars Blaze Across Outback
	Teams racing sleek sun-powered vehicles across the desolate Australian Outback this week have faced brushfires, searing heat, exploding car batteries and baby kangaroos along the highway. Today the futuristic cars pushed the limits of engineering and energy efficiency as they crossed the finish line. (Discovery News)
Texas Officials Laud New F1 Race Date
	Austin city officials are enthusiastic about a proposed change in the F1 2012 calendar. The revised calendar would move the inaugural race at Circuit of the Americas from June to November. The change will not be official until approved by the World Motor Sport Council. (Edmunds Inside Line)
Earnhardt Ganassi fires 2 arrested for drugs
	Two employees of Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, including a pit crew member for NASCAR star Juan Pablo Montoya, have been charged in connection with the shipment of 10.5 pounds of marijuana. (newsobserver.com)
Rockingham Speedway next in line?
	But let's not focus on the negative here. Let's look at the bright side of Nashville shutting down. Let's look at the doors it could open for other tracks to host a Nationwide and Truck event. (ESPN Racing - David Newton Blog)
Nashville Opts Out Of NASCAR
	Dover Motorsports has announced it will seek no NASCAR races next year for Nashville Superspeedway and will “evaluate all options for the track, including its possible sale.” (RacinToday.com)
Former Miss Sprint Cup feels like ‘victim’
	It’s been nearly a month since deposed Miss Sprint Cup Paige Duke lost her job as an ambassador for NASCAR’s top series. While Duke has landed on her feet professionally – accepting a job with Minnesota-based hunting and fishing supply company Kruger Farms – she remains conflicted in the wake of the scandal. (SceneDaily.com)
Speedway Motorsports swings to 2Q loss
	Speedway Motorsports Inc. said Wednesday that it swung to a second-quarter loss, weighed down by a $48.6 million impairment charge and a drop in revenue. (fORBES)
Danica Patrick’s potential move to NASCAR
	He also said "anybody that's got a Cup team that would have the availability would jump at the chance to do something with her. Obviously she is a great talent. … I hope we [hear from her]. You would be crazy not to entertain an offer like that and an opportunity for her to drive a race car for you." (Yahoo! Sports)
IndyCar Series race at Fontana will be 400 miles
	The night race marking the return of IndyCar-style racing to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana next year will be a 400-mile event with ticket prices starting at $30, track and IndyCar officials said Tuesday. After a seven-year absence of major open-wheel racing at the sprawling two-mile oval 50 miles east of Los Angeles, the speedway said it would hold the Izod IndyCar Series race on an as yet unspecified date in the fall of 2012. (The Republic)
New ownership group for Iowa Speedway
	Five years ago, Conrad Clement waved the green flag to start a NASCAR East-West Series race at the newly opened Iowa Speedway. He waved some more green at the track last week. (Citizen Times)
NASCAR briefs teams, media on future strategy
	During the past three days key members of NASCAR's marketing and communications departments began the latest round of "town-hall meetings" with some integral members of their constituency. (NASCAR)
Bahrain Int'l Circuit latest to join NHRA
	Bahrain Int'l Circuit, which boasts a vibrant drag racing community and numerous events, has joined the NHRA Worldwide Network, which was created in 2010 and is designed to enable drag racing facilities around the world to conduct events under the NHRA banner. By becoming a part of the NHRA Worldwide Network, Bahrain Int'l Circuit will be able to use the specially designed Worldwide Drag Racing NHRA oval for broad promotional purposes and will be able to draw on NHRA’s decades of experience and history. (NHRA)
NOISE RESTRICTIONS FORCE FONTANA TRACK TO REVISE 2
	Auto Club Dragway will continue to run events such as the popular Street Legals, PSCA, MNCA/MNRA and Jr. Drags for the remainder of the 2011 season. However, events such as the NHRA National Open and NHRA Unleashed have been cancelled for 2011. The revised schedule, which includes additional Street Legal events, is intended to ensure compliance with the current maximum sound levels for events at Auto Club Dragway. (Dompetition Plus)
New Ownership Group For Mosport
	Panoz Motor Sports Group announced the return of Mosport Int’l Raceway to its Canadian roots with its sale to Canadian Motorsport Ventures, Ltd. (Speed Sport News)
Truck, Nationwide qualifying order rules change
	NASCAR officials announced Tuesday a revision in qualifying procedures for the Nationwide and Truck Series, beginning this weekend. (NASCAR.com)
Restoring Bobby Allison's former racer
	Brent Hajek faced a demanding deadline when he got the call to fix up a 1973 Chevelle he owns in time for last week's Speed Street festivities in uptown Charlotte. (Charlotteobserver.com)
Ryan Reed - KEEPING HIS LIFE ON TRACK
	Ryan Reed knew there would be plenty of obstacles to overcome in his quest to climb up the stock car racing ranks but never expected the road block he encountered in February: being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. (Bakersfield.com)
NASCAR drivers don’t defend speeder Kyle Busch
	Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he has sped a time or two on a public highway, but was “just lucky enough not to get caught.” (SceneDaily.com)
Will V8s And Turbos Race Together In 2013?
	Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that the idea of allowing V8s and the new turbos to race alongside each other in 2013 was floated at yesterday’s meeting in Barcelona. (SPEED)
Race driver dies from crash at Anderson Speedway
	A driver was killed in a crash at a central Indiana race track that the track's owner says happened after the car's hood flew up. (USA Today)
Trevor Bayne still sidelined
	Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race will be without one of the only two drivers to qualify for the race this season. (Thats Racin')
Formula 1 Racing Speeds to Texas
	Texas, which is staring at an estimated $15 billion two-year deficit, plans to commit $250 million in state funds to promote Formula 1 auto racing over the next decade. The international racing series showcases the world's fastest cars—low-slung, sophisticated machines designed to rigorous specifications (hence the word "formula") that can clock speeds of more than 200 miles per hour. Although hugely popular across much of the globe, the sport never really caught on in the States, and F1 officials stopped holding races in the U.S. in 2007.
Reported track closure might be temporary
	For Speedway Associates' President Alton McBride Jr., it's been "a wild week." After announcing to the press the closure of the North Wilkesboro Speedway just a year and a half from its reopening, he's now saying it's not as dire as it initially appeared. (Watauga Democrat)