Racing

EEEEEEAAAAOOOOWWW!!!

On November 5, 181,500 people crowded into a former cow pasture north of Fort Worth to watch 43 race cars drive really, really fast for five hundred miles. That day, the Texas Motor Speedway would be, measured by population, one of the largest cities in the state. Welcome to NASCAR,

By Michael Hall

Trailing the Field

Texas was supposed to be horse racing’s salvation, a Thoroughbred–loving state with money to burn. So why can’t the sport get out of the gate?

By Carol Flake

Big Wheel

Once he raced cars; now he builds them. Even at 72, it seems, Carroll Shelby can’t slow down.

By Carol Chapman

Start Your Engines

By Skip Hollandsworth and Jan Jarboe Russell

Born to Win

Triumph at the track comes naturally for a man called Bingo.

By Joe Nick Patoski

Trial by Water

Marathon canoe racing is the toughest sport in Texas. It’s tougher than bull riding, more grueling than pro football. The canoeists say that’s why it’s fun.

By Giles Tippette

The World’s Fastest Automobile Race

In which nice guys finish last, if they finish at all.

By Giles Tippette