Here are the contestants for 2009 Florida Strawberry Festival queen: KAITLIN MACKENZIE ALLEN, daughter of Kenneth and Rhonda Allen. She is a junior at Plant City High School. She plans to attend the University of Florida or the University of Central Florida for pre-veterinarian studies. She is active with FFA. ...more

January 14, 2009

Canadian road racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to victory Saturday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early. ...more

August 3, 2008

Lakeland's USA International Speedway, best known for its Hooters USAR Pro Cup stock car races and as a NASCAR test track, has been sold to a developer and will be closed, operations manager Barry Williams confirmed Thursday. ...more

August 1, 2008

Here are the contestants for 2008 Florida Strawberry Festival queen: JORDAN ALYSSA ANDREW, daughter of Alan and Kelly Andrew. She is a junior at Durant High School. She plans to attend the University of Florida and pursue a degree in engineering. She would like to be a pediatric biomedical engineer. She is a member of the Durant band, the National Honor Society and is involved with Best Buddies. ...more

January 30, 2008

The third annual Crate Late Model World Championships opened Friday at East Bay Raceway Park as Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., was fastest in qualifying with a lap of 15.922 seconds around the 1/3 -mile clay oval. ...more

December 8, 2007

Tampa's Dave Steele won the second annual Florida 400 for non-winged sprint cars at DeSoto Super Speedway on Saturday night, taking the $12,000 first prize. ...more

December 2, 2007

Bobby Gill of Concord, N.C., won the Robert H. Brooks Memorial Aaron's 250 at USA International Speedway on Saturday to conclude the United Speed Alliance Racing Hooters Pro Cup Series 2007 season. ...more

November 4, 2007

The winged open-wheeled sprint cars of the Tampa Bay Area Racing Association (TBARA) will headline racing action tonight at DeSoto Super Speedway near Bradenton with the running of the inaugural Frank Riddle Memorial. ...more

September 29, 2007