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11:44 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va, — Martin Truex Jr. assumed the lead when Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch was penalized for speeding with about 50 laps to go and won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. The victory was the third for Truex in the last five
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Martin Truex Jr. received a penalty on the opening lap of the race for crossing the start/finish line in front of pole-sitter Denny Hamlin at the green flag. But 400 laps later Truex led the field across the line again — this time as the race winner of Saturday night‘s Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute
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8:12 PM ET Associated Press MOHNTON, Pa. — Brittany Force broke the Maple Grove Raceway speed record Friday to lead Top Fuel qualifying in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals, the first event of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Seeking her seventh straight No. 1 and ninth of the season, Force had a
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5:51 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch was fined $50,000 by NASCAR on Tuesday for recklessly entering the garage following a crash in the opening race of the playoffs. Busch was fined for a safety violation, actions detrimental to stock car racing and violating NASCAR member conduct guidelines during Saturday night’s Cup
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Kyle Busch has been fined $50,000 by NASCAR for taking his frustration out on some cones following a crash at Darlington on Sunday night. Busch crashed out of the race on lap 125 after he clipped Austin Dillon‘s car and hit the wall. Busch drove straight to the garage after the wreck and ran over
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6:28 PM ET Associated Press BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Tim Wilkerson won the NHRA U.S. Nationals on Sunday at Lucas Oil Raceway, taking the biggest race of the season for his first Funny Car victory since 2016. Wilkerson beat Ron Capps in the final with a 3.912-second run at 320.36 mph in a Ford Mustang. Wilkerson
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Sep 2, 2021 The oldest adage in auto racing is also the sport’s greatest truth. Nothing solves a problem — more problems than you might think — like horsepower. As the 2021 NASCAR playoffs begin Sunday at Darlington Raceway, no one has more horsepower than Kyle Larson. One year ago, no one had bigger problems.
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Welcome to the 2021 NASCAR playoffs. The postseason for all three NASCAR series begins this weekend at Darlington. The Xfinity Series gets its playoffs started on Saturday and the Truck Series is the prequel to the Cup Series race on Sunday night. Sunday night’s Southern 500 is the second race at Darlington this season. This
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2:29 PM ET Associated Press Jimmie Johnson moved one step closer to adding the Indianapolis 500 to his IndyCar schedule with a successful test on his first oval. The track was familiar – Johnson has a record seven victories at Texas Motor Speedway – but the sensation of speed was totally different. The 45-year-old IndyCar
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11:40 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Blaney won for the second consecutive week when the race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway ended under caution in overtime with a typical fiery finish. Tyler Reddick took the 16th and final spot in the playoffs with a seventh-place finish. Reddick needed only to
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – AUGUST 28: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 BodyArmor Ford, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 28, 2021 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images) Ryan Blaney won his third race of 2021 at Daytona on Saturday night
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1:22 PM ET Sebastian Vettel said Formula One was lucky to avoid “a different outcome” when Lando Norris crashed out of qualifying in wet conditions in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Vettel was furious qualifying was allowed to continue when it started to rain heavier at the start of Q3 and radioed his Aston
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2:31 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The family of Wendell Scott, the only Black driver to win a race at NASCAR’s top level, will receive a trophy commemorating the historic 1963 victory before Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway. Scott passed Richard Petty with 25 laps remaining at Speedway Park in
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