Professional Sports

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Takuma Sato earned the Verizon P1 Award for the Verizon IndyCar Series season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with a lap of 1 minute, 1.8686 seconds on a quickly-drying 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit.

Mike Minor is looking forward to rejoining the Braves' rotation as soon as possible.

The sun came out, the United States kicked into another gear, and weary Uruguay couldn't keep up.

The Atlanta Braves are facing the possibility of losing another pitcher for the season after general manager Frank Wren said Saturday that Cory Gearrin has a serious injury to his right elbow.

MARTINSVILLE, VA - After trying all day to ride out the rain, NASCAR officials have announced that Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck race at Martinsville Speedway has been pushed to Sunday evening, following the NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

LAS VEGAS, NV - Matt Hagan found a little extra motivation in a friendly rivalry to help him race to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals.

Down 2-0 after two periods, the Gwinnett Gladiators needed a resurgent final 20 minutes just to stay alive against the Greenville Road Warriors.

MARTINSVILLE, VA

JEFFERSON - Thanks to a partnership with the Jackson County (GA) Sheriff's Department, a driver safety program designed to teach people of all ages about racing as a sport and discourage racing on our highways will be a key component of the Street Drag/Shown N' Shine programs at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, GA in 2014.

TOCCOA - With weather forecasts calling for rain Friday and Saturday night, Toccoa Speedway in Toccoa, GA has announced that the season opening "Toccoa Tangle" has been cancelled.