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7:33 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Romain Grosjean paced IndyCar’s opening practice at Road America and immediately wished he was not at the top of the board. “I don’t like topping free practice,” the Frenchman said after Friday’s session. Grosjean went 1 minute, 47.6781 seconds in his Dale Coyne Racing with RWR
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4:14 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kaulig Racing has purchased two charters from Spire Motorsports and will move to NASCAR’s Cup Series next year with a full-time ride for Justin Haley and select races for AJ Allmendinger. Team owner Matt Kaulig had been eyeing a move up to Cup for some time and
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10:53 AM ET Associated Press Rinus VeeKay was on a 75-mile training ride when he lost control of his bicycle, flew over the handlebars and landed so hard that he cracked his helmet and left shoulder. He said he twice nearly blacked out on the trail from the pain, and his trainer had to leave
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1:38 PM ET Mercedes have postponed a Formula One test with French driver Romain Grosjean due to travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, the seven-time world champions said on Wednesday. “We’re committed to giving Romain his chance in a Mercedes F1 car and we’re working to reschedule the test later this summer,” Mercedes said in a
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6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Welcome to the 2021 ESPYS presented by Capital One, where you, the fans, get to help decide the stars of the show (aka the award winners). The list of nominees for Best Driver starts with Lewis Hamilton, the reigning and seven-time Formula One champion. But it doesn’t end there. Also
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12:40 PM ET Associated Press Rinus VeeKay has been injured in a cycling accident and his status for IndyCar’s race at Road America this weekend is uncertain, Ed Carpenter Racing said Tuesday. The team said VeeKay was being treated for a clavicle injury by IndyCar’s medical staff. The team said in a statement the 20-year-old
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11:15 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Larson was back in the NASCAR All-Star race, and got another $1 million by winning it again. Larson held off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski during the final 10-lap shootout at Texas on Sunday night, after a slippery three-wide pass to get back in front and
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Kyle Larson is on one hell of a roll. Larson won Sunday night’s All-Star Race ahead of Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott at Texas Motor Speedway. The win doesn’t officially count for Cup Series points, but it’s Larson’s third consecutive win after he won the Coca-Cola 600 and at Sonoma a week ago. Larson started
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5:38 PM ET Associated Press EPPING, N.H. — John Force raced to his second Funny Car victory of the year and a record 153rd overall, beating teammate Robert Hight on Sunday in the NHRA New England Nationals. The 72-year-old Force had a 3.972-second run at 327.51 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro. “[The win] represents a
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Doug Coby won the first SRX race. (Photo by Elsa/SRX/Getty Images) The first race of Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham’s Superstar Racing Experience was not won by a superstar. That’s not a slight to Doug Coby. He’s a great driver and a six-time Modified Tour champion. He showed it on Saturday night. But he also
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4:11 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — John Hunter Nemechek won his second consecutive NASCAR Truck Series race, leading the final 22 laps and finishing more than 3.3 seconds ahead of reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott on a steamy Saturday in Texas. Nemechek, already the series points leader, got his fourth victory this
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Associated Press EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government? If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. The next government, which will be
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2:09 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Organizers of a NASCAR racing series in North Carolina have apologized after a car with a Confederate flag decal competed in a race last weekend, violating the governing body’s ban. The flag was spotted inside Lee Stimpson’s car Saturday night at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, the
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