IN BRIEF

MOTOR SPORTS

Ex-NASCAR driver LaJoie
suspended for failing drug test

NASCAR on Tuesday suspended former driver Randy LaJoie for failing a drug test, and he said he's enrolled in a substance-abuse program.

LaJoie was tested by NASCAR because he applied for a license on June 3 to become a spotter for one of Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series teams.

LaJoie, who has not raced at any of NASCAR's top three national levels since 2006, said in a statement that he smoked marijuana once in May and that he voluntarily submitted to the test.

"My use of marijuana was an isolated incident following the Coca-Cola 600," he said. "I plan to follow the recommendations of the substance abuse counselor and suggestions of NASCAR and hope that someday I can prove to NASCAR and all the people with whom I associate that I have taken such steps to see that instances such as this do not reoccur."

In an interview Tuesday on SIRIUS XM Radio, Lajoie said he has also been suspended from his role as a NASCAR analyst with ESPN.

ESPN confirmed Lajoie had been indefinitely suspended.

Also: Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart likes racing on his days off -- but only on dirt tracks.

Stewart is scheduled to drive today at the Red River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, N.D., to help promote the three-eighths-mile dirt track. The speedway is being run this summer by Danny Schatz, whose son, Donny, races for Stewart on the World of Outlaws circuit and is a four-time champion there.

Stewart, who competes in about a dozen dirt track races each year, said racing in places like West Fargo brings him back to his roots.

CYCLING

Armstrong's participation
in Tour de France ensured

Team RadioShack confirmed that Lance Armstrong will ride in next month's Tour de France.

Team director Johan Bruyneel said the seven-time Tour winner will be joined by Andreas Kloeden of Germany, Americans Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner, and Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia.

Also racing for RadioShack will be Portugal's Sergio Paulinho, Yaroslav Popovych of Ukraine, Swiss rider Gregory Rast and Dmitriy Muravyev of Kazakhstan.

The 38-year-old Armstrong finished second in the Tour of Switzerland, which finished Sunday. He performed well in the mountain stages and the time trials.

Also: Cyclist Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg has been taken out of a medically controlled coma, four days after a heart attack.

The 31-year-old Katusha rider complained of heart problems Friday following the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland. He was taken to a hospital and put in a coma.

His team said that after he was removed from the coma he immediately recognized his wife and father, but he had no memory of what happened to him.

The World Anti-Doping Agency will monitor drug-testing at next month's Tour de France.

The International Cycling Union signed an agreement with WADA, whose representatives will be able to observe all phases of the UCI's anti-doping controls, from the selection of riders to be tested to the handling of results. They will also have access to all related documents.

The WADA observers will write a report on UCI's anti-doping activities after the Tour, which runs July 3 to 25.

MISCELLANEOUS

Agreement reached to keep
Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita

There will be racing this fall at Santa Anita after all.

The Oak Tree meeting -- held at Santa Anita for the last 41 years -- is staying at the Arcadia, Calif., track for this year.

Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Developments, which owns the track, relented near the end of the California Horse Racing Board's meeting. Stronach initially resisted efforts by board members to get him to reconsider the canceling of Oak Tree's lease.

Also: Arizona football coach Mike Stoops said senior wide receiver Delashaun Dean has been indefinitely suspended "due to a violation of team rules."

The Arizona Daily Star reported that Dean was arrested Saturday and charged with one count of misconduct involving weapons. He's scheduled to appear in a Tucson court next week.

The 21-year-old Dean was expected to be one of the Wildcats' top receivers this season. He has 132 receptions for 1,407 yards and seven touchdowns through his first three years at Arizona.

Fourteen-year-old Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand shot 4-under-par 67 to finish with a 7-under 135 total and win medalist honors in stroke-play qualifying at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in South Bend, Ind.

The top 64 players from stroke play advanced to match play, which begins today.