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Former Indy 500 champ Villeneuve to drive for Sam Schmidt

When he was only 24, Jacques Villeneuve won the Indy 500 before moving on to Formula 1 and winning that championship. This year, at 42, he will drive at Indianapolis again, for a team headed by Henderson’s Sam Schmidt.

Defiant Kyle Busch says he’ll keep on truckin’

That Kyle Busch won a truck series race was hardly unusual. It was his 36th victory in those pick-’em-up trucks. Busch the Younger also has thanked his sponsors 63 times after winning Nationwide series races.

Extreme sports Cowboy still riding into sunset

I was introduced to Cowboy Kenny Bartram on Wednesday morning. I almost didn’t recognize him. He wasn’t flying through the air hanging from the handlebars of a dirt bike; there weren’t a bunch of pretty girls waiting for his autograph.

Danica lets Petty slide on disparaging remarks

Danica Patrick takes the high road after NASCAR legend Richard Petty says she was capable of winning a Sprint Cup race only “if everybody else stayed home.”

Singing for stock cars

Before the gentlemen start their engines for the Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, before the announcers tell TV viewers to “crank it up” after coming back from a Chevy commercial — even before Kyle Busch makes another driver mad by passing in a place where one is not supposed to pass — somebody must first sing the national anthem.

A Jay Leno story, before he was famous

Long before his 22-year run on “The Tonight Show,” our columnist found Jay Leno in Albuquerque, waiting to catch a flight to Farmington, N.M., to do stand-up comedy at the Best Western.