The countdown to the Indianapolis 500 is officially underway, and race fans are already bringing the energy. At a lively porch party kickoff event in Indianapolis, neighbors, friends, and racing ...

There’s one flag race-car drivers love above all others, even those of their home countries: the checkered. The fact is, nobody knows the precise origin of the checkered flag. One story is that it was ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The checkered flag is an icon of racing. It decorates homes across Indiana in the month of May. But the two checkered flags that really matter will be in the hands of Aaron Likens on ...

NASCAR is the biggest name in stock car racing and an America tradition with roots dating back more than a century. The embodiment of America's love affair with the automobile, NASCAR is fast, ...

The 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona didn't quite make it to 24 hours, after all. An officiating error caused the 24-hour endurance ...

Watch the final laps as Christian Lundgaard took the checkered flag at the INDYCAR NTT SERIES: Sonsio Grand Prix at ...

AUSTIN, TexasAUSTIN, Texas — William Byron won the Daytona 500 with an agonizing final lap under a caution flag. He took the checkered flag on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas at full throttle.

Fans of auto racing across Southern California have a chance on Saturday to celebrate one last day of racing at the famed Irwindale Speedway. The last major auto racing track in Los Angeles County was ...