Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Concord, NC, United States (AHN Sports) – Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne was admitted and released to a hospital for a reaction to an apparent insect bite this weekend. The Roush Fenway Racing driver and this year’s Daytona 500 winner was treated and released Sunday from Carolina Medical Center [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Fort Worth, TX, United States (AHN Sports) – Hoping to put some of his bad luck behind him, David Ragan won the pole Friday for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. Ragan has been fast in practice but not been able to win a pole [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Las Vegas, NV, United States (AHN Sports) – John Force Racing continued its early-season dominance in the NHRA as Funny Car driver Robert High strolled to a win at The Strip at Las Vegas Speedway. The most recent JFR win came via Force’s son-in-law and at the SummitRacing.com NHRA [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Tijuana, Mexico (AHN) – Two Americans waiting at the Tijuana-area border crossing were shot and killed on Monday. A gunman walked up to their pickup truck and fired several shots killing the men. The men who worked in San Diego but lived in Mexico were entering the United [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Daytona Beach, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – NASCAR penalized crew chief Peter Rondeau and Jeffrey Earnhardt returned to Rick Ware Racing as the two mended their fences. Rondeau, the crew chief for the No. 78 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was fined $25,000 for violating sections 12-1 [...]

AHN News Staff Rome, Italy (AHN) – Italy and France are at odds in the wake of an influx of immigrants to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Undersecretary of State Stefania Craxi on Thursday accused France of not sharing the responsibility of hosting more than 16,000 immigrants from Tunisia and Libya who have recently [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter St. Petersburg, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – Dario Franchitti avoided the carnage on the opening lap to come away with a win in Sunday’s season-opening IZOD IndyCar Series race at St. Petersburg. Franchitti, fresh off of winning a championship in the series last season, stayed cleared of a [...]

Edward Lewis – AHN Sports Reporter Fontana, CA, United States (AHN Sports) – Kyle Busch won his second race in a row and third in the last four starts as he won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Auto Club Speedway. Busch used a two-tire call with 13 laps to go to win his third [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Toyota has postponed the launch of a wagon-type Prius in Japan, where vehicle production remains halted following an earthquake. The new model of the automaker’s popular hybrid was scheduled to hit dealers in the disaster-stricken nation in April. The company on Tuesday [...]

Shawn Krest – AHN Sports Correspondent Newark, NJ, United States (AHN Sports) – Early Saturday, Jon “Bones” Jones helped to chase down and subdue a robber. Saturday night, he mugged Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to win the UFC Light Heavyweight title. Jones dominated the champion for two rounds before ground and pounding his way to a [...]