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There will be a third Formula 1 race in the United States in 2023. F1 officially announced Wednesday night that Las Vegas will host a street race on the Saturday night after Thanksgiving. The 3.8-mile track will partially include the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas race joins the United States Grand Prix at the

Welcome to NASCAR’s spring short track run. Sunday’s race at Richmond (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox) is the first of three consecutive races at short tracks. After Richmond , the Cup Series heads to Martinsville for the only Saturday night race of the first half of the season. Then the Cup Series goes to Bristol on

Ross Chastain delivered a finish to remember at Circuit of the Americas with his bump of AJ Allmendinger. Chastain scored the first win of his career on Sunday after he pushed Allmendinger into Alex Bowman on the final lap. Allmendinger had bumped Chastain out of the way for the lead seconds earlier, so Chastain got

8:14 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Ross Chastain bumped and banged his way around the final overtime lap at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday for first career Cup win and upstart NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing’s first trip to Victory Lane. Trackhouse is owned by former NASCAR driver Justin Marks and entertainer Pitbull

Max Verstappen got past Charles Leclerc in the final five laps to win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday. Verstappen had a faster car in a straight line and the two drivers realized that having the DRS advantage on the main straight was the key to winning the race. Leclerc allowed Verstappen to pass

Brad Keselowski and Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing are the first to be penalized under NASCAR’s new car penalty structure. NASCAR announced Thursday that Keselowski had been penalized 100 points and 10 playoff points for illegal parts modifications. Many parts on the new Cup Series car are supplied through single vendors. Modifications to the spec parts

There are two co-favorites for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. And neither of them is Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc enter the second race of the F1 season (1 p.m. ET, ESPN) at +140 each to win. Leclerc won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of teammate Carlos Sainz. Verstappen

7:33 AM ET Alpine will have no excuses for below-par performances in Formula One’s new era, where a radical rules overhaul and the introduction of a lower budget cap are aimed at producing closer racing, double world champion Fernando Alonso said. The 40-year-old Spaniard returned to Formula One last year with the British-based team who,

8:52 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. A sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together to take down the leader. While Byron cruised to the checkered flag for the third victory of

4:53 AM ET Two-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will defend her title in 2022 with Jenner Racing as the women’s-only series announced its line up for the eight-race season. The series has revised the format for season three to follow a team and sponsor-based set-up, however cars and equipment remain equal. Among the 17

Back in 2015, former NASCAR chairman Brian France infamously said that NASCAR executives wanted to see more drafting and pack racing at intermediate tracks in the top-tier Cup Series. At the time, it was a bizarre comment, even by the linguistic standards France set during his time running his family’s stock car sanctioning body. Midsize

1:10 PM ET Lewis Hamilton believes Mercedes will be fighting for scraps behind Ferrari and Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton qualified fifth in a session that felt like a changing of the guard in F1 after eight years of Mercedes being the benchmark. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc edged out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen

2:59 AM ET NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Jesse Iwuji credits his Nigerian parents for his discipline and success, which has seen him play D1 college football, serve in the US Navy for seven years, and become co-owner of Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. Lieutenant Commander Iwuji, who will race in the Emmett Smith-co-owned number 34 Chevrolet at

1:53 PM ET Associated Press SEBRING, Fla. — NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports have partnered on an effort to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year with a modified version of its new Next Gen car. The collaborative effort announced Thursday at Sebring International Raceway seeks the “Garage 56” entry, which was created in

The 2022 Formula 1 season is here. The 22-race season begins on Sunday with the Bahrain Grand Prix (11 a.m. ET, ESPN). Max Verstappen defends his controversial title in the No. 1 car for Red Bull Racing as the cars all over the grid are significantly different than they were a season ago. You’ll notice

If you know what to expect this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway then you should share your premonitions with everyone else. Sunday’s Cup Series race (3:15 p.m. ET, Fox) is the first at the reconfigured and repaved track. The 1.5-mile track had long been a favorite of drivers because of its multiple grooves in the

8:16 AM ET Ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Formula One has been accused of ignoring human rights abuses in the country and having a “clear double standard” about where it decides it should and should not host races. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird) said F1 has “abandoned those who have

9:45 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Chase Briscoe jumped out of his car and was obviously emotional, kneeling by his No. 14 for a few seconds before a couple of voice cracks during his postrace television interview. The 27-year-old Briscoe took his lumps last season as a NASCAR Cup Series rookie. Now, he’s