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Coke Zero Sugar 400 Saturday, Aug. 28 7 p.m. ET, NBC Will NASCAR get the drama it wants at Daytona for the final race of the regular season? Saturday night marks the second year of the regular-season finale at Daytona. The annual July race was moved to race No. 26 with the hope for creating

Aug 22, 2021 Associated Press BRAINERD, Minn. — Steve Torrence won at Brainerd International Raceway on Sunday, giving him a least one victory at every track on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series circuit. The points leader and three-time defending Top Fuel champion drove to his seventh victory of the year and 47th overall,

Ryan Blaney stands next to the winner’s trophy after the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Brooklyn, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Ryan Blaney deftly navigated the final eight laps of Sunday’s race at Michigan to get his second win of 2021. Blaney got the lead on the

12:04 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — The IndyCar championship flipped leaders Saturday night when Alex Palou was collected in an early three-car accident that moved Pato O’Ward to the point after a runner-up finish to Josef Newgarden at World Wide Technology Raceway. Newgarden won for the second time this season — third time

7:44 PM ET Associated Press Emmitt Smith, the NFL’s career rushing leader, is joining the Xfinity Series as a part owner of Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. Iwuji is fielding his own team as an owner-driver, and now he has Smith on board. Smith joins a growing list of sports personalities to get involved in motorsports team

4:05 PM ET Associated Press Corey LaJoie will miss Sunday’s race at Michigan because of NASCAR’s COVID-19 protocols. The driver said Thursday he does not have the virus. LaJoie posted “Protocols” on Twitter when Spire Motorsports announced that Josh Berry will replace him in the No. 7 Chevrolet at Michigan. In a later appearance on

Corey LaJoie won’t be racing at Michigan on Sunday. Spire Motorsports announced Thursday that LaJoie wouldn’t drive the No. 7 car in Sunday’s Cup Series race (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN) because of COVID-19 protocols. LaJoie will be replaced in the car by Josh Berry.  We’ll let you figure out what LaJoie’s tweet about his absence

AJ Allmendinger’s win at the Indianapolis road course had some serious playoff implications. As a full-time driver in the Xfinity Series running a part-time schedule in Cup, Allmendinger isn’t eligible for Cup points. He won’t be a part of the 2021 Cup Series playoffs. But his victory was great news for drivers like Tyler Reddick

It’s time for the only trip to Michigan in 2021. The 2021 season marks just the second time the Cup Series has ever run just one race at Michigan International Speedway in a season since the track hosted its first Cup race in 1969. Two Cup races have been scheduled at the track every season

6:14 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — AJ Allmendinger screamed in elation after winning Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Just about everyone else left the world-famous speedway frustrated, angry or bewildered by a bizarre Brickyard 200 finish that involved 16 wrecked cars, two red flags, a spin out of the race leader and a penalty

6:55 PM ET Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — John and Brittany Force completed the first father-daughter nitro sweep in NHRA history Sunday in the Menards NHRA Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park. The 72-year-old John Force won for the 154th time overall. He beat fellow Funny Car driver J.R. Todd in the final round with a

12:27 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Helio Castroneves celebrated his record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 victory in May. The rewards are still rolling in. When the popular 46-year-old Brazilian driver returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, track officials presented him with a bronze brick, and on Friday, he was named as the headliner of

7:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Longtime racing announcer Bob Jenkins, a former radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 whose career spanned more than five decades on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, died Monday at the age of 73, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said in a statement. Jenkins revealed in February that he had been

Bob Jenkins announced in February that he was battling brain cancer. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Longtime Indianapolis 500 broadcaster Bob Jenkins died Monday after an eight-month battle with brain cancer, the speedway announced. He was 73. Jenkins has been in the booth calling NASCAR and IndyCar races for decades. He worked as the play-by-play announcer calling

7:46 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will field a car for Formula 2 Championship driver Christian Lundgaard in Saturday’s IndyCar road course race in Indianapolis. The Danish driver recently tested an Indy car for the first time with the team at Barber Motorsports Park. He’ll drive the No. 45 Honda

6:15 PM ET Associated Press WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Kyle Larson won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday, building a big lead in the final stage and keeping Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott at bay over the final laps. Elliott was seeking his third straight victory at The Glen but

The only driver who can beat Chase Elliott on road courses is Kyle Larson.  Larson got his second road course win of the season on Sunday at Watkins Glen as he held off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate over the final seven laps. Elliott had to start at the back because of a pre-race inspection failure

Harris English fired five birdies in a five-under par 65 on Saturday to maintain a two-shot lead over hard-charging Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith in the WGC-St. Jude Invitational. English, seeking a third US PGA Tour title of the season, stayed on course to become the first player this year to post a wire-to-wire victory