The IndyCar Series next heads to its most famous race at its most famous track. And as the league gets the world stage for the Indianapolis 500, and uses almost the whole month of May to promote the race, it does so with its most famous driver a winner.
Another season of stock car racing was scheduled to begin Friday night at Grundy County Speedway -- but it was rained out -- and no one would complain if the 2008 season followed suit with championship battles going down to the very end.
There was a time not long ago that John Force was pretty much a shoo-in to be NHRA Funny Car champion. The only questions were who would challenge him in final rounds and who occasionally would win a race.
