Racing

After 80 years, Michigan's last horse racing track has closed its doors to mixed emotions, marking the end of an era.

MIchigan is known as a water, winter wonderland... but gravel?

Michigan's Erik Jones will be sponsored by Guns N’ Roses in the Daytona 500.

Some symbols are synonymous with the Flint & Genesee County skyline like the Weather Ball, Wally's Giant Stars and that place with race cars on the roof.

So much fun!

Known as the "Kentucky Kid," moto-racer and Owensboro, Ky., native, Nicky Hayden was placed on life support following a bicycling accident last week. We've just learned that Nicky has died.

This is your chance to win a once in a lifetime experience at Michigan International Speedway with driver Jamie McMurray.

YouTube George Carlin once joked that the only reason he watched auto racing was for the accidents, he “wanted to see some cars on fire”. Funny because it’s true. However, when they are as serious looking as this one, there isn’t much to laugh about.

We’ve seen massive pileups of super cars that could make the most unenthusiastic gearhead weep. We’ve seen pileups on the straightaway at Texas Motor Speedway that could make us question the existence of a just and loving God. Nothing, however, will prepare you for the sheer carnage that you’re about to witness.

Hamsters will run between four and eight miles a day in the wild, which is why in captivity the little furballs will attack their exercise wheel with such boundless energy. These are the sort of facts you learn from watching “hamster drag racing,” the new sport that is sure to replace auto racing as we know it.

The tortoise may be able to outrun the hare but he’s no match for the motorized wheelchair. Cruiser, a wily desert tortoise, is a fierce competitor, but an elderly, wheelchair-bound gentleman named Josef wins by a nose.