I'm in the market for a new digital camera. My old HP Photosmart 320 just isn't cutting it anymore.

I've been looking at the ultra compact series of cameras, mainly the Canon SD600 and the Kodak V570 but i'm open to more suggestions. I don't really know that much about digital camera's or camera's in general. This summer i'm going to be doing alot of traveling so I wanted to have something for that, I'll be visiting state parks, amusment parks, going to sporting events (baseball, auto racing) and i'll be going to NYC as well. I would like a camera that would be good for all of that but I doubt anything in the ultra compact series is good for something like auto racing with fast moving objects. I went to Best Buy yesterday just to look at the 2 camera's and ask questions and of course the salesman was trying to sell me the more expnsive Kodak. While I like the looks of it I've heard the Canon takes better pictures and is an over all better camera. Well if someone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.