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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

2:54 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Speedway Motorsports named Texas Motor Speedway executive Rob Ramage as the track’s new general manager on Wednesday after Eddie Gossage had overseen the facility through its first 25 seasons of racing. Ramage had been the track’s general counsel since 2013, also serving as director of governmental

Go Bowling at the Glen 3 p.m. ET, Sunday, Aug. 8 NASCAR is back. All three NASCAR series come back from their Olympic break this weekend at Watkins Glen. It’s the first Cup Series and Xfinity Series race weekend at Watkins Glen since 2019 because of COVID-19, while the Truck Series races at Watkins Glen

8:30 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Ron Capps and Leah Pruett gave Don Schumacher Racing a nitro sweep Sunday in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway. Capps topped the Funny Car field and Pruett won in Top Fuel for their first victories of the season. Capps raced to his 67th

Lewis Hamilton’s points lead grew hours after Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Formula 1 announced Sunday afternoon in the United States that Sebastian Vettel had been disqualified because the sanctioning body was unable to take a fuel sample from the car after the race. F1 cars have to have a minimum fuel level in the car

12:41 AM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Ron Capps took the No. 1 spot in Funny Car qualifying Saturday night in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway. Capps had a 3.941-second run at 321.35 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat in the final session of the day. Winless this season,

Kevin Harvick headed into NASCAR’s two-week break during the Olympics delighted to be away from his own race car but with plans to be wrapped up in his young son’s fledgling career behind the wheel. Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. are happy to have the break, too, and a chance

6:55 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar rookie Jimmie Johnson is hopeful of testing in August on the oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of a path toward running in next year’s Indianapolis 500. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR champion, jumped this season to IndyCar and has competed in seven races for team owner Chip Ganassi. He’s

6:50 PM ET Associated Press FAIRMONT, Minn. — An announcer who was fired by an Iowa racetrack after a racist rant was back behind the microphone in southern Minnesota last weekend, but he did not receive a standing ovation as promised because he was apparently uncomfortable with that plan, according to the promoter of Fairmont

The top two drivers in the points with four Cup races left in the regular season also are among the leaders in most pit road speeding penalties this season. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson each have four pit road speeding penalties in the first 22 races of the season. Five others are tied with them

9:34 PM ET ESPN News Services SONOMA, Calif. — Top Fuel star Steve Torrence won the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday for his third straight victory. Torrence, the points leader and three-time defending series champion, beat Leah Pruett in the final with a 3.757-second run at 327.98 mph. He has six victories this season and

3:31 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR has penalized the Hendrick Motorsports teams of reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman for engine allocation infractions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Elliott’s No. 9 team and Bowman’s No. 48 were found in violation of a rule that covers engine assembly. A statement from Hendrick Motorsports released

LOUDON, N.H. — Justin Bonsignore and Patrick Emerling are halfway through a title fight in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Bonsignore, the tour‘s defending champion in addition to his 2018 title, jumped into the points lead for the first time this season following a second-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Saturday. RELATED: Thrilling

(Todd Warshaw/Getty Images) An Iowa race track has cut ties with a public address announcer after he delivered a racist rant over the speedway loudspeakers. The Kossuth County Speedway in Algona announced its decision after video of the rant drew attention on social media. The incident happened on July 15. Per the Des Moines Register,

1:08 AM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Ron Capps led Funny Car qualifying Friday night in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Capps had a 3.897-second run at 328.78 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat during the lone qualifying session of the day at Sonoma Raceway. “This race, for me, it’s a home race,” Capps

4:49 PM ET Associated Press ALGONA, Iowa — An Iowa race track said Thursday that it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who kneel during the national anthem as a protest against racial inequality. The Kossuth County Speedway in Algona, Iowa, said its leaders

Last week we took a look at the 10 darkest horses to win a Cup race in 2021 after Kurt Busch tied for third on the list with a 33/1 odds win in the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. If we had waited one week, we could have showcased the longest odds yet

11:16 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jack Roush put a long-term vision for Roush Fenway Racing in motion Tuesday when the 79-year-old team owner introduced Brad Keselowski as a new partner in the NASCAR team. Keselowski is leaving Team Penske, where he won the 2012 championship, because he wanted an ownership role in