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2:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Scott Dixon‘s perfect Indianapolis 500 fell apart when the six-time IndyCar Series champion ran out of gas before his first pit stop Sunday. The pole sitter was on track for a regularly scheduled stop when Stefan Wilson crashed as he entered pit road to bring out a caution 33

May 30, 2021 Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy — Swiss motorcycle rider Jason Dupasquier has died following a crash during Moto3 qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, the Careggi Hospital in Florence announced Sunday. He was 19. “Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital

Helio Castroneves won a record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 with a pass of Alex Palou entering Turn 1 on the penultimate lap on Sunday. The win ties Castroneves with AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, and Al Unser for the most Indianapolis 500 wins and comes in Castroneves’ only IndyCar start of the season so far. Castroneves, 46,

4:50 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Ty Gibbs is giving his grandfather plenty to think about. The 18-year-old grandson of championship car owner Joe Gibbs took the lead with 20 laps left at Charlotte Motor Speedway and held off the field Saturday for the second Xfinity Series win of his rookie season. If

JENNERSTOWN, Pa. — Justin Bonsignore dominated the first trip to Jennerstown Speedway last year, and let the second visit slip away. Saturday night, the Long Island driver almost did both in the Jennerstown Salutes 150 presented by DGV. Instead, he walked away with his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of 2021 and his 30th

1:11 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports’ quest to pass Petty Enterprises as the NASCAR Cup Series race team with the most wins all-time got off to a good start Saturday. Kyle Larson captured the pole for the Coca-Cola 600, with two of his teammates starting in the row behind him. Ricky

12:46 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Dear smart watch and pedometer manufacturers: I don’t want to tell you how to run your business, but you’re missing out on a sponsorship opportunity during Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. And I don’t mean slapping a sticker on any of the 33 race cars that will be roaring down the frontstretch

6:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Scott Dixon ran to the top of the board in the final practice before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 and called it a day with 45 minutes remaining in the session. “Hopefully it runs this good in the race,” Dixon said after his lap at 228.323 mph put the six-time IndyCar

May 28, 2021 ESPN News Services “This Is Us” actor Milo Ventimiglia will serve as the honorary starter for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Ventimiglia will wave the green flag and start the 105th running of the race. Ventimiglia plays family patriarch Jack Pearson on the show and is a three-time Emmy nominee for best actor. “Milo’s

11:01 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Hunter Nemechek made it through a late crash, then held on to the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. Nemechek used a three-wide pass to gain the lead

5:50 PM ET Associated Press With a reduced-capacity sellout crowd of 135,000 fans expected for Sunday’s race, the Indianapolis 500 is set to become the largest sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic began in early 2020. Indianapolis Motor Speedway worked with the Marion County Public Health Department to determine that 40% of venue capacity will

105th Indianapolis 500 12:30 p.m. ET (NBC) A lot of people are betting the Indianapolis 500 favorite. Six-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon will start first on Sunday and has the lowest odds of any driver at +350. Dixon’s odds started at +550 at BetMGM but shifted downward as bettors flocked to him. Nearly 10%

Coca-Cola 600 6 p.m. ET, Fox Will Kyle Larson get his second win of the season? Larson has been one of the strongest drivers in the Cup Series so far in 2021. With Chase Elliott short on fuel during last Sunday’s race at COTA, Larson was in line for the win had the race gone

Associated Press Hack prompts new security regulations for US pipelines The federal government will issue cybersecurity regulations in the coming days for U.S. pipeline operators following a ransomware attack that led to fuel shortages across much of the Eastern Seaboard. The Transportation Security Administration, which oversees the nation’s network of pipelines, is expected to issue

1:52 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The spotter for defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott has been suspended by NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports after his domestic violence arrest. Edward James D’Hondt, 62, was arrested earlier this month in Catawba County and charged with battery of unborn child and assaulting a woman, according

11:05 AM ET Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes cannot afford to have another race weekend like Monaco if he is to mount a successful title challenge against Red Bull’s Max Verstappen this year. 1 Related Hamilton lost the lead of the championship for the first time in 2021 last weekend after he finished seventh and Verstappen

7:08 PM ET Associated Press BAYTOWN, Texas — Texas-based Steve Torrence beat Doug Kalitta in the Top Fuel final on Monday at the rain-delayed Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park. Torrence needed just a 4.00 to earn career win No. 43 after Kalitta’s Mobil 1/TRD dragster smoked the tires early. Torrence has

7:11 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Chase Elliott raced to a short and slippery victory Sunday as rain spoiled the end of NASCAR’s debut at the Circuit of the Americas, where drivers struggled to navigate the winding course in the first rain race in Cup Series history. Elliott, the defending series champion, won