Is Milwaukee Mile facing its final red flag? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Milwaukee Mile office is closed, and all 12 staff members have been laid off at least temporarily. Whether the oldest auto racing facility in the country lives to see its 107th birthday is in grave doubt even among its biggest boosters.

Sports Beat: The case of Jeremy Mayfield (The News Herald)

Normally anything that pertains to NASCAR and automobile racing does not appear in this corner. The simple explanation, is that the writer doesn’t know anything about automobile racing. The matter of Jeremy Mayfield supersedes that indifference, because

Patrick Sheltra Iowa test notes (Motorsport.com)

Sheltra Motorsports and driver Patrick Sheltra were one of 15 ARCA RE/MAX Series teams to participate in the open-test at Iowa Speedway Tuesday in preparation for next Saturday night’s Prairie Meadows 200, the 10th installment on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule.

Logano has makeup to elevate to star power (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Logano has makeup to elevate to star power

Chris Gill: The ABAs and AFLs usually win in racing (The Journal-Standard)

If auto racing was like the stick-and-ball sports, we’d be gathering around the TV with friends every February to watch the AFL Championship game, pitting the Patriots against the Texans. In May, we’d be wondering if the Virginia Squires or San Diego Sails would be winning the ABA title. The established powers always seem to prevail, except in racing.

Jones is racing toward dream (Washington Times-Herald)

A surprise gift from his wife and mother made Mark Jones realize how much he loved auto racing.

Shenandoah senior progressing in NASCAR training (The Star Press)

Dakoda Armstrong often misses several class days at a time during the school year.

PADECKY: Progress continues as more foreign cars hit the road (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Bob Padecky PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF COLUMNIST Of all the sacrilege NASCAR traditionalists feel - that their sport has been debased for the sake of the almighty dollar - the following statement offers quite possibly the ultimate humiliation and the ultimate separation from NASCAR’s roots. One day there will be more foreign car manufacturers in the garage than domestic companies.

Kahne Gives Petty Team First Victory in 10 Years (New York Times)

Kasey Kahne won the Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Infineon Raceway to give his car owner Richard Petty his first victory since April 1999.

NASCAR stuck in the slow lane (The Columbus Dispatch)

When Jimmie, Tony, Junior and the rest of NASCAR’s good ol’ boys made their annual pilgrimage to wine country this weekend, they arrived in the Bay Area with a little less swagger than in past years.

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