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Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 09:09 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Of the 32 sports taking place at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, auto racing isn’t among them. AP Photo/Michel Euler, File Earlier

Was the Brickyard 400 gifted to Kyle Larson by NASCAR? The word “fix” gets thrown around at times like this because emotions are hard to tamp down and automobile races are hard to win. Ryan Preece spun off Turn 2 on the first of two overtime laps, and if this had been Lap 30, 40

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 07:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson left Indianapolis in May in the middle of one of the most agonizing days of his racing career. In his return Sunday, Larson finished one of the most memorable races of his career with one of sports’ more revered celebrations

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 04:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Colton Herta won the chaotic Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday for his first victory in more than two years, starting from the pole and maintaining control throughout at Exhibition Place. The 24-year-old American completed the first weekend sweep in IndyCar history, posting

Kyle Larson won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series’ return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Kyle Larson had to wait a few months to win at Indianapolis. Larson won Sunday’s Brickyard 400 under caution after driving ahead of Ryan Blaney on the race’s final restart.

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Riley Herbst saw an opening Saturday and made it pay off with a trip to victory lane at the Brickyard. The 25-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series driver chased down Aric Almirola on on the final lap, then got close enough to tap Almirola’s

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Reddick watched Brickyard 400 qualifying Saturday with a skeptical eye. He saw drivers routinely missing their marks in the first turn, struggling in the fourth turn and even witnessed one veteran, Austin Cindric, hit the wall. So when Reddick encountered his

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Cole Custer will return to NASCAR’s Cup Series next season as the driver for Haas Factory, the team announced Saturday before Brickyard 400 qualifying. The 26-year-old, who was the 2020 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, will drive the No. 41 Ford.

Historically, if there‘s one thing that‘s been consistent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, it‘s the importance of qualifying to NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers. Brad Keselowski won the 2012 series debut race at big track from the eighth starting position. Since then, all seven Indy winners have started from the top three spots on the

Kelly Crandall Jul 17, 2024, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeff Gordon won the last of his five Brickyard 400s in 2014. Andy Lyons/Getty Images Jeff Gordon wishes he could remember more details from his first Indianapolis victory. It has been 30 years since that day, Aug. 6, 1994. A milestone that is pretty amazing

Associated Press Jul 16, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez will compete next month in the sanctioning body’s Brasil Series Special Edition tournament that runs parallel to its main competition in Brazil. The Cup series will take a two-week break during the Paris Summer Olympics.

LONG POND — Martin Truex Jr. most likely will make his final start Sunday at Pocono Raceway in the Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA. Last month, the 44-year-old driver from Mayetta, New Jersey, announced he was retiring from full-time racing at the end of this season, although he left open the possibility of

Ryan Blaney won his second NASCAR Cup Series race of the season on Sunday at Pocono. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) Ryan Blaney cruised to his second win of the season on Sunday at Pocono. Blaney wasn’t challenged over the final green-flag run of the race following a lap 132 caution for Ty Gibbs’ blown

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Scott McLaughlin continued his fast weekend at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night, winning the first race of the IndyCar Series doubleheader for his first victory on an oval track. McLaughlin led 164 of the 250 laps, winning by nearly a half-second

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR fined Bubba Wallace $50,000 on Wednesday for retaliatory contact against race winner Alex Bowman on the cooldown lap of the Chicago Street Race. Wallace door-slammed Bowman’s car and sent it into the wall. Bowman said after the race he had spun Wallace during Sunday’s event and the retaliation was warranted. Kansas City Chiefs

Associated Press Jul 10, 2024, 01:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Noah Gragson became the third of four Stewart-Haas Racing drivers to secure a seat for 2025 when Front Row Motorsports said Wednesday it had signed him to a multiyear deal. SHR is shuttering three of its four Cup teams next year

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistJul 9, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pato O’Ward took his first IndyCar victory since 2022 on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, where the open-wheel series introduced its new hybrid powertrains. Penske Entertainment: Chris Owens It was a day of days on Sunday. After 945 fruitless sunrises, seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Alex Bowman secured a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs Sunday when he held on for the victory on a rainy street course in downtown Chicago. It was Bowman’s first victory since Las Vegas in March 2022 and No. 8 for