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Dec 20, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Yuki Tsunoda will represent experience and continuity at Racing Bulls next year but, passed over for promotion, the Japanese looks to be running out of road at the Red Bull-owned Formula 1 team. Editor’s Picks 2 Related A flurry of Red Bull announcements culminated on Friday

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 04:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona 500 champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement that Lorenzen had died and had confirmed the death with his family. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Lorenzen had been

Associated Press Dec 18, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that allows them to compete as chartered teams in the 2025 season. 23XI Racing, the team owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and three-time

Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan got a victory in court over NASCAR on Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports got a victory over NASCAR in federal court Wednesday. Judge Kenneth Bell ruled in favor of the teams’ request for a preliminary injunction to race as chartered teams in 2025.

Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish.Season in review: Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaCrew Chief: James SmallFinal 2024 Ranking: 10thKey stats: Five top fives, 11 top 10s, two poles, 555 laps led How 2024 ended:

Dec 15, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Abbi Pulling still has a long road ahead to reach Formula 1 after winning the all-women’s F1 Academy title, but it remains the target and she believes time is on her side. Part of the Renault-owned Alpine F1 team’s academy, the 21-year-old Briton will have a

When the NASCAR Cup Series makes its return to Bowman Gray Stadium next year for the first time since 1971, the racing on the cozy quarter-mile — in keeping with the track’s decades of tradition — is expected to be tight. From a logistical standpoint, NASCAR officials and teams will get a taste of that

Associated Press Dec 12, 2024, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports, one of two teams suing NASCAR in federal court, accused the stock car series Thursday of rejecting the planned purchase of a valuable charter unless the lawsuit was dropped. Front Row made the claim in a court filing

Kelly Crandall Dec 12, 2024, 09:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Blaney spends his offseasons by switching off the competitive part of his personality. James Gilbert/Getty Images Ryan Blaney gets lazy. Brad Keselowski takes more chances. Hendrick Motorsports drivers get right back down to business. There is no one-size-fits-all template for navigating a NASCAR winter,

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There won’t be a Stewart-Haas Racing in NASCAR next season now that Hall of Famer Tony Stewart has left the series and the four-car organization he co-owned with Formula 1 team owner Gene Haas. There also won’t be a JTG Daugherty

Dec 8, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will serve a penalty for swearing when he visits Rwanda next week to collect his winner’s trophy, the governing FIA said on Sunday. Verstappen, who secured his fourth successive championship in Las Vegas last month, was ordered to do “work of public interest’

RFK is ditching sweet dinner rolls, naturally, but it’s due to a Bimbo conflict, and it all started with RFK’s desire to bed down with a major U.S. grocery conglomerate. With NASCAR’s consent, no less. Huh? Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. Here goes … For the past

Disparaging the lawsuit brought by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports as a “misguided attempt to dress up private business frustrations in antitrust garb,” NASCAR this week motioned a federal judge to dismiss the case altogether. NASCAR CEO Jim France, a co-defendant, separately filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that his inclusion is

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterNov 28, 2024, 07:38 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Open Extended Reactions EVERYTHING HAPPENS FAST in the desert. Day becomes night, night becomes day,

With the 2024 NASCAR Cup season complete, here’s a look at the leaders in various statistical categories. Most wins in 2024 season 6 — Kyle Larson 4 — Joey Logano 3 — Ryan Blaney 3 — William Byron 3 — Tyler Reddick 3 — Christopher Bell 3 — Denny Hamlin Most top-five finishes in 2024

Greg Biffle hasn’t competed full-time in NASCAR since the 2016 season, but it doesn’t mean he wants to stay away from the sport. In 2022, Biffle competed in five NASCAR Cup Series races, including the Daytona 500, with NY Racing Team. While the former full-time NASCAR driver hasn’t run a race in two years, he

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistNov 27, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Logan Sargeant conducted an IndyCar test with Meyer Shank Racing last week at the The Thermal Club in Southern California. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Picture spending more than half of your life in pursuit of a singular

Open Extended Reactions Helmut Marko has said Red Bull boss Christian Horner and the company’s senior leadership will meet after the season to discuss Sergio Pérez’s future. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Pérez’s disappointing performances have helped McLaren and Ferrari overtake Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, which dictates prize money available to teams. Max Verstappen