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Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 09:57 PM ET CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable finish to the series’ first street race. After passing Elliott, van Gisbergen dueled with Haley in the final laps

Shane van Gisbergen put on a clinic over the final laps of Sunday’s race on the Chicago street course to win in his first NASCAR start. The three-time Australian Supercars champion outclassed everyone over the last laps of the race and passed Justin Haley with five laps to go for the win. Van Gisbergen had

Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 04:20 PM ET Alex Palou continued his dominance of IndyCar at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, executing perfect strategy with a fast car to beat Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon by a wide margin for his third straight win and fourth in the last five races. “Three in a row, let’s

Associated Press Jul 2, 2023, 02:36 PM ET CHICAGO — Cole Custer was declared the winner of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race in downtown Chicago after persistent rain flooded the street course on Sunday. The race was scheduled for Saturday, but it was suspended after 25 laps because of a lightning strike in the area.

CHICAGO — The Xfinity Series race will resume at 11 a.m. ET Sunday on USA Network after it was postponed Saturday night. ” The Cup race is scheduled to take the green flag at 5:54 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC and Peacock. Saturday’s Xfinity race was stopped at 6:09 p.m. ET because of lightning. NASCAR

Associated Press Jun 29, 2023, 01:14 PM ET Tony Kanaan insisted after driving in his final Indianapolis 500 in May that he wasn’t done with racing entirely. Turns out he’s not even leaving his team. Arrow McLaren announced Thursday the creation of a new hybrid role within its racing program for Kanaan, the popular Brazilian

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 29, 2023, 11:23 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year NASCAR will take to the streets of Chicago on Sunday for a first-of-its-kind race for the series. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports It was 74 years and

Betting the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Chicago street course could be incredibly difficult. Sunday’s race (5:30 p.m. ET, NBC) is the first top-level NASCAR race on a street circuit. The circuit is new and drivers will just have a 50-minute practice session ahead of qualifying for the race. Sure, teams and drivers have

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race in downtown Chicago could be a one-and-done, mainly because some in the city don’t want a street race on July 4th weekend. The race is set to be the first time that NASCAR’s top series has raced on a temporary street course. While series like IndyCar and Formula 1 have

Jun 26, 2023, 12:09 PM ET British racing team Hitech have applied to enter a team in Formula One from 2026 with investment from Kazakh billionaire businessman Vladimir Kim. Hitech Global Holdings, which owns and operates Hitech Grand Prix, said in a statement on Monday it had agreed the sale of a 25% interest to

Associated Press Jun 25, 2023, 10:56 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain held off Martin Truex Jr. and won the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night, his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory. This was Chastain’s first win since Talladega in April 2022, and he drove his Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet to the

The NASCAR Cup Series returns after a one-week midseason break and heads to Music City for its second points-paying night race of the season. It’s just the third time the Cup Series has run at Nashville Superspeedway, and both previous races were won by Hendrick Motorsports. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the

Tony Stewart says NASCAR’s promise of lower costs with the current Cup Series car has not been realized. The Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner and three-time Cup champion sat down for an interview with NBC Sports this week after SHR announced that Josh Berry would be replacing the retiring Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 car. Stewart

Hazel Southwell Jun 22, 2023, 09:19 AM ET Formula E once had everything F1 wanted. Now it’s searching for relevance. Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images To a backdrop of sweeping, mid-season leadership changes, Formula E is making another attempt at cracking the United States. Saturday’s race in Portland puts the all-electric open-wheel series in competition with

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 01:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Josh Berry will take the final step in his long journey to the top of racing with Stewart-Haas Racing next season as the replacement for future NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick. Harvick is retiring at the end of this season, and Berry on

NASCAR moves to NBC starting this week in Nashville. You view this as a good or bad thing? KEN’S CALL: The play-by-play guys are both pros (Fox’s Mike Joy and NBC’s Rick Allen), but in a perfect world, the “second seat” in the weekly NASCAR booth would be home to the best of both world’s

Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorJun 15, 2023, 09:39 AM ET Butt patches are one of the last remaining forms of identification and self expression in MotoGP. Alpinestars From American football to the football that the rest of the world plays, and practically every sport in between, fans have learned that the best way to identify their favorite

Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 09:20 AM ET COLUMBIA, S.C. — Darlington Raceway president Kerry Tharp is retiring after a nearly two-decade NASCAR career. Tharp and NASCAR announced his decision to leave after this season on Thursday. Tharp moved from having little interest in the sport — “I’d change the channel if it were on