TALLADEGA, Ala. Denny Hamlin was held Sunday night at a Birmingham hospital Sunday for further evaluation after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway.

TALLADEGA, Ala. Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR's out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he's carried with him the last seven years.

BRASELTON, Ga. Helio Castroneves was back behind the wheel Saturday, a day after the two-time Indy 500 winner pleaded not guilty on tax evasion charges.

TALLADEGA, Ala. Todd Bodine figured on the last lap he'd simply push Kyle Busch to the finish line, one Toyota driver helping another. That little nudge, though, was enough to turn Busch sideways and leave Bodine celebrating again at Talladega.

Todd Bodine won Saturday's Mountain Dew 250 Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The No.30 Toyota driver passed Kyle Busch for the lead coming off the final turn on the last lap and then beat Ron Hornaday, Jr. to the finish line by 0.70 seconds.

Travis Kvapil won his first career pole in the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday, taking the top starting spot for the Amp Energy 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway. The No.28 Yates Racing Ford driver rounded the 2.66-mile oval in 51.109 seconds (187.364 m.p.h.).

TALLADEGA, Ala. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has had better days at Talladega.

A crash during Friday afternoon's final practice at the Talladega Superspeedway will force five teams to use their backup cars for Sunday's Amp Energy 500. Less than 10 minutes into the practice, championship "Chase" contender and five-time Talladega winner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. blew a right-rear tire, triggering a six-car pileup on the backstretch.

TALLADEGA, Ala. A pair of once-mighty teams returned to the top of the Talladega Superspeedway leaderboard with very different things to prove.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and "Dancing With the Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to tax evasion and conspiracy charges.

Erik Darnell won Friday's qualifying for the Mountain Dew 250 Craftsman Truck Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion and "Dancing With the Stars" winner Helio Castroneves will appear in federal court in Miami Friday after a grand jury returned a tax evasion indictment against the 33- year-old Brazilian race car driver.

MIAMI Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.

WASHINGTON A tax break for NASCAR racetracks and other motor-sports facilities is among the "sweeteners" tucked inside a 450-page financial-services bailout bill to make the package more palatable to lawmakers.

MIAMI Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and TV "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he used offshore accounts to evade U.S. taxes on more than $5 million in income.