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2:28 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Josef Newgarden snapped his streak of late race misfortunes Sunday to win for the first time this season, earning the first IndyCar victory of the year for Team Penske on the same weekend the storied organization celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first win. Newgarden led all

William Byron has won the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America. Pre-race coverage begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC with Countdown to Green. The race is scheduled to take the green flag at 2:40 p.m. ET. MORE: Details for Sunday’s Cup race Byron, who was only 11th-quickest in

5:43 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Kyle Busch continued his perfect NASCAR Xfinity Series season Saturday at Road America. After spinning off course twice, Busch rallied in the final stage and led the final five laps in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for his fourth victory in four starts this

4:34 PM ET Britain’s defending champion Jamie Chadwick took the lead in the all-female W Series on Saturday after winning the second race of the season in Austria from pole position. W Series, which aims to help women progress up the racing ladder to Formula One, is supporting selected grand prix weekends this year. 1

2:47 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Sebastian Vettel has dropped to 11th on the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix after he was penalised by the stewards for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying. Vettel, who qualified eighth, was docked three grid positions and given a single penalty point on his superlicence after he blocked Alonso

10:16 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with title rival Lewis Hamilton managing only fourth on the grid for Mercedes. McLaren’s Lando Norris joined Verstappen on the front row, a sensational career best for the young Briton, with Verstappen’s Mexican

10:34 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday, where they were welcome sights in the IndyCar paddock but neither dazzled in their return from injury. Rosenqvist was out two races following a crash last month at Detroit, an impact

Austin Cindric was fastest in Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series practice session at Road America. Cindric, who won this race last year, turned a fast lap of 107.870 miles per hour around the 4-mile road course in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. RESULTS: Road America Xfinity practice Kaulig Racing claimed the second and fourth-fastest laps

12:47 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday after both IndyCar drivers were sidelined by injuries. Rosenqvist missed two races after a crash last month in Detroit. He said Friday he went through IndyCar’s concussion protocol after he was

Austrian Grand Prix 9 a.m. ET, ESPN Can Max Verstappen make it 2-for-2 in Austria? The points leader is a big favorite (-150) ahead of the second of two consecutive races at the Red Bull Ring. And it’s easy to see why oddsmakers have anointed him as the likely winner. Verstappen was dominant in the

2:18 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop

Chip Ganassi Racing’s NASCAR operation has been sold. Trackhouse Racing announced Wednesday that it had purchased Ganassi’s two-car Cup Series team effective at the end of the year. Trackhouse, which operates the No. 99 car for Daniel Suarez, will become a two-car team in 2022. CGR currently fields the No. 1 car for Kurt Busch

Jockey Made in America 250 2:30 p.m. ET, NBC NASCAR will celebrate the 4th of July at a track where the Cup Series has never raced. Sunday’s race at Road America is the first modern-era Cup Series race at the 4-mile Wisconsin track. Road America was added to the Cup Series schedule in 2021 as

NASCAR.com All-time NASCAR Cup Series winners The all-time list of NASCAR Cup Series winners starts with Richard Petty (200 wins) and includes more than 60 drivers who won just a single time at NASCAR’s top level. Below is the list of all-time winners, in order, in the NASCAR Cup Series. Last update: After Race 19

10:26 PM ET Associated Press NORWALK, Ohio — Cruz Pedregon raced to his first Funny Car victory in more than three years Sunday, beating points leader Bob Tasca III in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The 57-year-old Pedregon edged Tasca in the final with a 3.958-second run at 324.75 mph in a Dodge Charger

6:50 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch came through in the clutch. Even when he raced without one. Busch busted Hendrick Motorsports’ winning streak and denied the organization a shot at NASCAR history when he raced to his second victory of the season Sunday at Pocono Raceway. He needs to give

Kyle Busch‘s busted shifter helped get him a win on Sunday at Pocono. Busch’s car was stuck in fourth gear and didn’t have a clutch for the second half of the race. That’s typically a bad thing. But that transmission problem meant that Busch’s team pitted him late in the race’s final caution. Busch then

2:32 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Jeff Gordon retired in 2015 and had the conversation with Rick Hendrick that the Hall of Fame driver could pursue other ventures — broadcasting, business, travel — but one day would get the call to come home. Years later, Gordon is set to head from the