NASCAR

HAMPTON: Travis Kvapil never imagined his race weekend would end before it started because his car would be stolen from a hotel parking lot, but that's exactly what happened Friday morning.

Kevin Harvick won the last race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the series championship in thrilling finale at Homestead, Florida on Sunday.

Police in Dover, Delaware said on Friday they are investigating an allegation of domestic assault made against star NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, but his lawyer called the accusation a "complete fabrication."

CANANDAIGUA: Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has been cleared by a grand jury investigating a dirt-track incident in upstate New York in August that killed a young driver, a county prosecutor said on Wednesday.

HAMPTON: NASCAR champion Tony Stewart said on Friday that killing a fellow driver in a racing incident this month will affect him for the rest of his life, but that returning to the track this weekend will help him deal with the tragedy.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: The car stopped at stop signs. It glided around curves. It didn't lurch or jolt. The most remarkable thing about the drive was that it was utterly unremarkable.

NEW YORK: NASCAR star Tony Stewart will sit out of an upcoming Michigan event, his team said on Thursday, just five days after he fatally struck a competing racer at a low-stakes New York dirt track race.

Veteran NASCAR champion Tony Stewart retreated from competition on Sunday after he struck and killed an aggrieved young driver walking on a dirt track in a low-stakes race, in an incident highlighting the risks and bravado around car racing.