Lorenzen won 26 times in his premier-series career, vaulting to stardom after connecting with the powerful Holman-Moody Ford factory team in the early part of the decade. Many of those victories ...

Ratings agency Moody's downgraded France's credit rating Saturday to Aa3 with a stable outlook, following months of political crisis and the appointment of centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister.

He was the first driver to earn over $100,000 in a single season, and driving the Holman-Moody Ford factory cars, enjoyed most of his success in the most prestigious speedway races on the circuit.

Holman W. Jenkins Jr. is a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. He writes the twice-weekly "Business World" column that appears on the paper's op-ed page on Wednesdays and ...