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A pair of former Cup champions were among those who exchanged spots in the playoff standings after last weekend’s Cup race at Dover. Seven drivers have won a Cup race this season, leaving nine spots in the 16-driver playoff field via points. Dover was the 11th race in the 26-race regular season. Denny Hamlin won

Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 04:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Scott McLaughlin won his second straight race at Barber Motorsports Park, giving Team Penske a much-needed triumph Sunday just days after IndyCar erased Josef Newgarden’s victory and disqualified McLaughlin from the season opener. McLaughlin and Penske’s fuel strategy worked to perfection,

Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images) Denny Hamlin got his third win of 2024 as he held off Kyle Larson on Sunday at Dover. Hamlin took the lead on lap 329 of the 400-lap race after the final restart and never relinquished it, though Larson gave

Alanis King, Racing columnistApr 25, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Parker Kligerman races during the NASCAR Xfinity Series on April 13 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Most people think of NASCAR as one thing: “Just a bunch of left turns.” But NASCAR is so

Throughout the 2024 NASCAR season, Ken Martin, director of historical content for the sanctioning body, will offer his suggestions on which historical races fans should watch from the NASCAR Classics library in preparation for each upcoming race weekend. Martin has worked exclusively for NASCAR since 2008 but has been involved with the sport since 1982,

Apr 24, 2024, 11:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ferrari has signed a multi-year partnership with HP, making the world’s second-largest PC vendor the new so-called title sponsor of Ferrari’s motor racing team, including for Formula One, the two companies said on Wednesday. Based on the agreement, for which no financial details were provided, the

Associated Press Apr 21, 2024, 07:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLADEGA, Ala. — So much for Michael Jordan being a jinx at the race track. The Basketball Hall of Famer celebrated as if he was still on the court after Tyler Reddick stole a NASCAR Cup victory at Talladega Superspeedway, speeding across the line

Tyler Reddick won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega after race leader Michael McDowell crashed. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) Tyler Reddick seemingly didn’t have a chance to win at Talladega coming off Turn 4 on the final lap. But he took the victory in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race after a massive wreck

TALLADEGA — It’s race day at Talladega Superspeedway. The NASCAR Cup Series Geico 500 will cap off the spring weekend at Talladega on Sunday. The race starts at 2 p.m. CT on FOX. Kyle Busch is the defending race winner while Ryan Blaney won last time out at the track, winning the fall playoff race

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistApr 17, 2024, 01:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IndyCar will put in place a new charter system that welcomes more entrants into the series. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) How much is too much? It’s a question IndyCar Series team owners are asking themselves as a recent wave of

Caitlin Clark is officially the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick, and she’s set to make $76,535 (in base salary, which is not her total compensation) in her rookie year. Fans, it’s fair to say, are upset. And to be fair, that’s significantly less than the nearly $12.2 million the NBA’s most recent No. 1 pick,

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Chase Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, ending a 42-race winless streak for NASCAR’s most popular driver. The race ended on the 16th caution

Chase Elliott pulled past Ross Chastain on the race’s final restart to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) Chase Elliott’s winless streak is over. Elliott made it through multiple overtime restarts at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday to get his first NASCAR Cup Series win since 2022. Elliott got

ESPN News Services Apr 13, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Sam Mayer made a last-lap pass and held on to win by a matter of inches ahead of Ryan Sieg at Texas Motor Speedway in one of the closest finishes in NASCAR Xfinity Series history on Saturday. Mayer was

Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman met with the media following the team’s “jersey’ scrimmage in Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. Here’s everything he had to say. Answers are largely verbatim. Questions may have been edited for brevity and clarity. Click here to sign up! Advertisement OPENING STATEMENT “We got in 80-plus plays, which

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorApr 12, 2024, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Legends of F1 and MotoGP Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi swapped rides during a promotional event in 2019. Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images for Monster Energy It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time, not all that long ago, when Formula One was not

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorApr 12, 2024, 07:12 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Formula One has released the race dates for next year’s 24-round season which includes the return of Australia as hosts of the season opener on March 16. The 2025 calendar, which marks

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorApr 10, 2024, 09:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Justin Marks, center, took his Trackhouse Racing team to MotoGP with Raúl Fernández, left, and Miguel Oliveria for the 2024 season. Trackhouse Racing Daniel Suárez winning the third-closest NASCAR race in history. Shane van Gisbergen becoming the first driver to win on their Cup