MILWAUKEE — The historic Milwaukee Mile racetrack faces an uncertain future with its promoters behind on payments due to NASCAR and the Indy Racing League.While track promoters have paid prize money to teams, they have not fully paid sanctioning fees owed to NASCAR and the IRL, according to reports in the Charlotte Observer and Indianapolis Star. Both leagues confirmed those reports to The Associated Press on Tuesday.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that promoters owed NASCAR nearly $1.9 million.A track spokesman said officials had no comment.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former drivers Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip are two of the 25 nominees for the first NASCAR Hall of Fame induction class.NASCAR released the two names Tuesday ahead of the announcement of all nominees Thursday night.The first class will consist of five members

OK, folks. Who’s in your 25?NASCAR will announce Thursday the 25 nominees for the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. [+] Enlarge AP Photo Bill France Sr., left, turned the NASCAR reins over to Bill France Jr., right, in 1972.Only five will get in, and some of those are obvious.

Nakajima positive despite points drought By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 12:47 GMT Kazuki Nakajima is confident that his Formula 1 points drought will end soon - after seeing good results slip through his fingers in the past two races. The Williams driver was robbed of a decent result in Turkey due to a lengthy final pitstop, and then got shuffled down the order after the first stops at Silverstone after a career-best fifth on the grid. But although he has failed to score a point so far this season, and currently lies bottom overall in the driver rankings, Nakajima is bullish about his prospects for the rest of the season judging by his recent pace

Kallio forced to miss Laguna race By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 15:42 GMT Mika Kallio will miss this weekend’s Laguna Seca MotoGP race as a result of the hand injury that he picked up in the Dutch GP.

Antinucci gets 3G IndyCar drive By Matt Beer Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 20:08 GMT Richard Antinucci is to make his IndyCar Series debut with 3G at this weekend’s Watkins Glen event. The nephew of 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner and former Formula 1 driver Eddie Cheever, Antinucci was runner-up in the Indy Lights feeder series last year but has not raced so far in 2009.

George steps down as Indy boss By Matt Beer Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 21:16 GMT Tony George has resigned from his position as head of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series following a meeting of the board of directors of the Hulman-George company that owns the legendary racetrack and the championship. His role as president and CEO of Hulman & George Company will be taken by W Curtis Brighton, currently the group’s executive vice president and chief legal counsel, while executive vice president and chief financial officer Jeffrey G Belskus will become president and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation. George will remain on the board of directors, and will continue to run his Vision Racing team in the IndyCar Series

AdamSc3’s NASCAR Compilation 1. Set to “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns n’ Roses. Everyone walked away with their lives in all the crashes shown.

Q & A with Kaj Lindstrom By David Evans Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 09:21 GMT Tommi Makinen’s former co-driver Kaj Lindstrom has switched to the seat alongside Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari star’s Abarth Grande Punto. A 10-time veteran of Rally Finland, Lindstrom talks to AUTOSPORT about his 11th outing on his home round of the World Rally Championship. Q.

Brawn: Progress needed to fight RBR By Jonathan Noble Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 10:47 GMT Ross Brawn thinks his team will need to deliver a step forward in performance at the German Grand Prix to fight off the renewed challenge from Red Bull Racing, even though tyre temperatures were a key factor in his team’s defeat at Silverstone.