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AUTO RACING: Brad Keselowski back in Victory Lane in NASCAR. Lando Norris wins in F1

May. 14, 2024 13:26 PM EDT

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR All-Star Open & All-Star Race Site: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Schedule: Friday, practice, 4:35 p.m., and qualifying, 5:40 p.m.; Saturday, All-Star Race Heat 1, 5:20 p.m., and Heat 2,...

Halfway Home: Count on surprises, familiar faces in second half of NASCAR's regular season

May. 13, 2024 14:11 PM EDT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The first half of NASCAR's regular season wrapped with a satisfying, drought-busting win by past champion Brad Keselowski at Darlington Raceway. Keselowski, in his third full season as a driver-owner at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, locked himself into...

Brad Keselowski wins at Darlington Raceway, ending his 3-year NASCAR win drought

May. 12, 2024 20:11 PM EDT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — There were so many special parts of Brad Keselowski's first NASCAR victory in three years, it was difficult for him to say what meant the most. It was the 36th of his career and his second at Darlington Raceway, which he reveres as an ultimate test of...

AUTO RACING: Kyle Larson leads NASCAR Cup standings as series heads to Darlington

May. 07, 2024 19:31 PM EDT

All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Goodyear 400 Site: Darlington, South Carolina. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:35 a.m., and qualifying, 11:20 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FS1). Track: Darlington Raceway. ...

Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin, the dominant NASCAR Cup Series drivers, could have a blooming rivalry

May. 06, 2024 13:37 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — What is quickly becoming the best rivalry in NASCAR evidently has at least one willing participant. After Kyle Larson edged Chris Buescher at the line in the closest finish in history Sunday night at Kansas Speedway, the 2021 Cup Series champion confessed...

Larson edges Buescher at the line at Kansas Speedway in closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history

May. 05, 2024 23:08 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kyle Larson came roaring around the outside of Chris Buescher on the final lap at Kansas Speedway, banging doors with him all the way to the finish line, only to be told by his team over the radio that everything he had given was not quite enough. It wasn't...

Kyle Larson eyes Indy 500-Coke 600 double as busy May begins for him at Kansas Speedway

May. 04, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kyle Larson began what will become a busy month of May on a small dirt track nestled in a crook of the Missouri River, where he started outside of the top 10 in his sprint car Friday night and managed to climb to third place by the finish. By the end of the...

Denny Hamlin says 'worse drivers' than him have won a NASCAR championship. Who does he mean?

Apr. 29, 2024 19:13 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Denny Hamlin took his cut — he gripped the checkered flag like a Louisville Slugger and took a swing moments after he delivered on his called shot at Dover — and then lobbed a high, hard one at some of the NASCAR greats before him. Yeah, maybe 36 drivers have...

Denny Hamlin holds off Larson late to win NASCAR Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway

Apr. 29, 2024 10:46 AM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Denny Hamlin called his shot ahead of Dover, guaranteeing a win on his podcast, then followed through on his bold boast that would have made the Bambino proud and held off Kyle Larson down the stretch to park his Toyota in victory lane. Hamlin wiggled past lapped...

NASCAR revels in an M.J. moment. His Airness gives a big boost to his posthoops passion

Apr. 22, 2024 11:52 AM EDT

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Suddenly, Michael Jordan's new life seems just as satisfying as his old one. This felt a whole lot like M.J. knocking down a buzzer beater, winning the big game, celebrating like a champion. Of course, his title-hoarding days in the NBA are long behind him. ...