SMI completes purchase of Kentucky Speedway (AP)
Speedway Motorsports Inc. purchased Kentucky Speedway, clearing the way for SMI owner Bruton Smith to try and bring a coveted NASCAR Sprint Cup race to the 1.5-mile tri-oval in northern Kentucky.
Petty Enterprises: Modest beginnings to race royalty (NASCAR.com)
Lee Petty started a family business that son Richard turned into royalty.
Former NASCAR Rookie of the Year Sam McQuagg dies (AP)
Sam McQuagg, the 1965 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, died Saturday, his son said. He was 73. McQuagg died at St. Francis Hospital, Sam McQuagg Jr. told The Associated Press. Preliminary medical reports show McQuagg died from cancer. McQuagg began racing in the 1950s and entered his first NASCAR race in 1962. His son remembered his father’s racing career as something that seemed normal to McQuagg Jr.
Qatar’s Al Attiyah wins 1st stage of Dakar Rally (AP)
Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah won the first stage of the Dakar Rally on Saturday, a 231-mile dusty run in which he held off a posse of Volkswagens led by former world champion Carlos Sainz. Al Attiyah, winner of the UAE Desert Challenge, completed the leg in his BMW from Buenos Aires south to Santa Rosa in 2 hours, 36 minutes, 15 seconds.
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