In racing, the checkered flag is the ultimate goal—making it there, and making it there before everyone else. Passing under that flag first is synonymous with sweet, sweet victory, but it wasn't ...

Aaron Likens waved his first checkered racing flag when he was 3 years old. He’s never stopped — even 35 years later. Likens, a St. Louis resident, is now at the top of his profession, serving as the ...

NASCAR is the biggest name in stock car racing and an America tradition with roots dating back more than a century. The embodiment of America's love affair with the automobile, NASCAR is fast, ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

When, where and how did the checkered flag come to be used at the end of racing events to indicate the winner and the end of the race? Some housekeeping first: People. People. People, people. Ever ...

DAYTONA BEACH — It didn’t take long for state work crews to follow-up on the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) intent to repaint the checkered flag crosswalks outside Daytona International ...

Busch’s stuff was good enough to win 232 times — a NASCAR record — across the three national series. Busch moved to Richard ...

Berlin Raceway and Galesburg Speedway were the only tracks open last weekend across the state because of rainy and cold conditions, but we had some great performances Saturday. I am saluting five ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Thankfully, an FBI investigation into a noose found in a NASCAR speedway garage of the series’ only Black driver, Bubba Wallace, concluded it had an innocent purpose and was not a ...