Auto Racing

  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Stirrup socks are sexy! Who knew? Plus: NBA Finals, hating "Deee-troit bas-ket-ball" and pedantic corrections galore. The readers write.
  • Go, Danica, go!

    The fastest woman on four wheels has given the auto-racing world -- and pop culture -- a desperately needed break from NASCAR's all-American banalities.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Danica Patrick brings long-lost sizzle to the Indy 500, and not just because of those bikini pix. Plus: Heat win, but they're still in trouble. And: The mystery of "his'n."
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    The NBA's playoff formula means winning is a bad thing for some teams, and that's a bad thing. Plus: Drinking at 200 mph with F1. And: "Slap Shot" lives in the UHL.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Baseball takes a page out of NASCAR's rulebook and starts punishing the s--t out of playoff teams for swearing. Plus: Fox's first purple prose of the postseason!
  • Start me up

    At the Indy 500, the thrills come at the beginning, the end -- and whenever the green flag comes back out.
  • The unsweet 64

    The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out.
  • Bring back the jerk

    Few players as great as Rickey Henderson have so alienated the public. But he can still help somebody win. Plus: A reply to angry Dale Earnhardt fans.
  • Forced grief

    The media's portrayal of Dale Earnhardt as a hero of Michael Jordanesque proportions is nonsense.
  • For love of burning rubber

    Auto racing is about speed and hot chicks and cool sunglasses, yes. But it's also, in a very real sense, about life and death.
  • Red asphalt

    A sports fan wonders how auto racing enthusiasts can enjoy something so plagued by sudden, predictable tragedy.
  • Formula for success

    This weekend's Grand Prix auto race in Hungary features a well-organized red-light district.
  • Bobby Unser

    Race car champion as scofflaw.

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