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7:27 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. powered his way around Darlington Raceway, sweeping both stages and leading the final 105 laps Sunday. Kyle Larson cut into Truex’s often-large lead over the final 30 laps, coming as close as two car-lengths down the stretch. But the Joe Gibbs Racing driver held

Martin Truex Jr. has three wins in 2021.  Truex dominated Sunday’s race at Darlington and held off a late charge from Kyle Larson to get his third win of the season and remain the only driver to win multiple races in 2021.  Truex led 248 of the race’s 293 laps in a display that seemed

The Telegraph Alex Dowsett’s 2021 schedule: Bury himself at Giro d’Italia, win the Olympics, break the hour record In an ideal world, Alex Dowsett will fulfil a lifelong ambition this summer by representing his country at an Olympic Games. The 32-year-old will win a medal in the time trial in Tokyo, having first helped a

4:15 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Justin Allgaier held off JR Motorsports teammate Josh Berry in overtime to win the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. Allgaier didn’t move in front until the final 10 laps, when he passed Berry for the lead. Then the race’s eighth and final caution five

1:04 PM ET Haas driver Nikita Mazepin has been penalised three grid places at the Spanish Grand Prix for impeding Lando Norris during qualifying — a penalty that will have no impact on his grid position as he was due to start last anyway. 1 Related Mazepin held up Norris through the final three corners

11:02 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Reigning NASCAR Truck Series champion Sheldon Creed won for the first time this season, moving past Ben Rhodes on a restart three laps from the end and holding on for victory at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. Creed raced to his sixth career victory. He’d been shut

After a 17-truck wreck effectively ended Kyle Busch Motorsports‘ stranglehold on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Sheldon Creed outdueled Ben Rhodes on the final two restarts to win Friday night‘s LiftKits4Less.com 200 at Darlington Raceway. Driving a No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet whose paint scheme was an homage to the late Jason Leffler, Creed

NASCAR-owned tracks Darlington Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and Kansas Speedway all announced Friday that their NASCAR weekends later this season will have full open grandstands. Daytona hosts the Xfnity Series on Aug. 27 and the Cup regular-season finale on Aug. 28 Darlington hosts the Xfinity Series on Sept. 4 and the Southern 500 on Sept.

1:27 PM ET Kimi Raikkonen suffered teasing from his six-year-old son as well as Formula One colleagues after colliding with Alfa Romeo team mate Antonio Giovinazzi at last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion said after the race that he was distracted trying to change a switch on the steering wheel, a confession

There’s a lot of money riding on Martin Truex Jr. to win at Darlington on Sunday. Bets on Truex Jr. to win the Goodyear 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1) make up 18% of the handle — the total money bet — at BetMGM. No other driver has more than 9% of the handle. Truex isn’t

It’s throwback weekend for the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington Raceway and the tribute paint schemes are loaded for Sunday’s Goodyear 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Check out this week’s edition of the 101 for a comprehensive list of details you need to know ahead of the Mother’s Day race. STARTING

Lewis Hamilton won the first race of the 2021 Formula 1 season. Max Verstappen won the second. Hamilton won the third. Will Verstappen win the fourth? Sunday’s race at Barcelona (9 a.m. ET, ESPN) is a prime opportunity for Verstappen to get his second win of the season. Verstappen won his first race at Barcelona

Last September, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returned to Darlington Raceway for the first time since 2011. Ben Rhodes won last year‘s event and — naturally enough, given the hiatus — revisits Darlington as the only former winner in the field this week. Rhodes also won the first two races of the 2021 season

The Guardian Trump asserts power over Republicans as Liz Cheney faces ousting Republicans widely expected to remove congresswoman from leadership as she resists ex-president’s election lie Liz Cheney is expected to be removed from her position as the No 3 House Republican. Photograph: Mark Makela/Reuters Donald Trump is poised to tighten his grip on the

Miami, FL. (May 6, 2021) — Brandon Marshall‘s I AM ATHLETE (IAA) podcast will continue its mission to deliver unique platforms for athletes across the sports landscape with a new NASCAR collaboration announced today. IAA will present a special I AM NASCAR series to air weekly over the next month, featuring interviews with top drivers

The NASCAR Next Gen car, which made its public debut Wednesday, has so many hopes riding on it ahead of its competition debut next season in the Cup Series. Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota? They hope the Next Gen car’s looks – more akin to GT sports cars than traditional boxy stock cars – get fans

10:31 AM ET Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was just part of being in Formula One. 1 Related The Finn is out of contract at the end of the year and already 37 points

NASCAR is very, very excited about its newest Cup Series car.  The hyperbole hose was cranked up on Wednesday as NASCAR officially unveiled the “Next-Gen” cars that Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota will use during the 2022 season. Next season’s cars are drastically different than their present-day counterparts, both in construction and design.  That different design