SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The checkered flag is an icon of racing. It decorates homes across Indiana in the month of May. But the two checkered flags that really matter will be in the hands of Aaron Likens on ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

This will be the final installment of Checkered Flags for 2010 since the racing season is wrapping up across the state. Thanks for your input over the past five months. Mike Ling, Mount Brydges, ...

The 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 at Daytona didn't quite make it to 24 hours, after all. An officiating error caused the 24-hour endurance ...

Berlin Raceway and Galesburg Speedway were the only tracks open last weekend across the state because of rainy and cold conditions, but we had some great performances Saturday. I am saluting five ...

Kyle Busch’s feisty spirit surfaced late at the end of another empty Daytona 500 for the perennial race loser. The Daytona ...

When, where and how did the checkered flag come to be used at the end of racing events to indicate the winner and the end of the race? Some housekeeping first: People. People. People, people. Ever ...

DOVER, DE - MAY 13: Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Chi-Chi’s/Menards Toyota, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series JACOB Companies 200 at Dover International Speedway on May ...

FRANKFORT — Mark Frazier just laughs when his father says this will probably be his last year of racing. "He's been saying that since 1980," Mark said. After Bud "The Legend" Frazier's performance ...