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AUTO RACING: Brad Keselowski back in Victory Lane in NASCAR. Lando Norris wins in F1
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
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
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
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. ...
Denny Hamlin says 'worse drivers' than him have won a NASCAR championship. Who does he mean?
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
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...
Two teams blowing everyone else away in NASCAR Cup. Can the others catch up at Talladega?
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Rick Hendrick Express rolls into Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing nipping at their bumpers. Good luck to everyone else in the NASCAR Cup series. Even at this high-banked madhouse in rural Alabama, which is usually as much of a...
AUTO RACING: Hendrick continues to dominate as Elliott ends winless drought; open-wheelers return
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES GEICO 500 Site: Talladega, Alabama. Schedule: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. qualifying, Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FOX). Track: Talladega Superspeedway. Race distance: 188 laps, 500.08...
Chase Elliott ends 42-race winless streak with overtime victory in NASCAR Cup race at Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Chase Elliott had to get through a few extra laps after 18 months since last winning a race. Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, ending a 42-race winless...
William Byron is back in Texas with more big wins since getting Hendrick's 300th there last fall
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — When William Byron first met Rick Hendrick a decade ago, the teenager who had learned racing on a computer wasn't all that confident how things would work out as he revealed his goal to drive one day for the NASCAR team owner. There is certainly no lack of...