AMA Pro Racing and Lucas Oil have reached an agreement naming the lubricant and motorsports powerhouse as a presenting sponsor of AMA Pro Flat Track's top division and designating MAVTV as the series broadcast partner for the 2012 season.

Westhoughton-based racer Tony Lynch romped to his first win of the 2012 Monster Energy MSA British Rallycros Championship season at Knockhill to move into a share of the Swift Sport Rallycross Championship points lead. The Lucas Oil Team Geriatric driver went into the weekend looking to kick-start his championship campaign having only managed a fourth place finish in the season opener at Lydden Hill, but was on the pace from the outset when the action got underway at the Scottish circuit.

Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN continued his recent hot streak on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour by winning for the third time in his last four races. O'Neal grabbed the lead at the start of the race. He cruised to the $10,000. O'Neal has now won seven series events in 2012.

Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned hot-rodder who went on to build innovative sports cars like the Cobra that challenged Europe’s longtime dominance of road racing as well as high-performance versions of production cars like the Ford Mustang, died on Thursday in Dallas. He was 89.