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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,...

Erik Jones cleared to return by NASCAR but will sit out Kansas race after back injury at Talladega

May. 02, 2024 14:13 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Erik Jones was cleared by doctors and approved to return by NASCAR on Thursday, but his Legacy Motor Club team will hold him out of this weekend's race at Kansas Speedway to allow him more time to recover from his crash at Talladega. Corey Heim will drive...

NASCAR driver Erik Jones to miss Dover race because of broken lower vertebra

Apr. 23, 2024 15:14 PM EDT

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Corey Heim will substitute for Jones in the No. 43 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club. ...

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. ...

Larson wins the pole at Martinsville in what will be an emotional race day for Hendrick Motorsports

Apr. 06, 2024 19:22 PM EDT

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kyle Larson won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, turning a fast lap at 96.034 miles per hour to edge Bubba Wallace for the top spot by one one-thousandth of a second. Wallace completed his best lap around the 0.526-mile...

Late caution gives Hamlin a second chance and he beats Gibbs teammate Truex at Richmond Raceway

Mar. 31, 2024 23:54 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin won the race off pit road with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. after a caution with two laps to go and won in overtime at Richmond Raceway on Sunday night. Truex dominated the second half of the NASCAR Cup Series race — he led 288 laps...

Larson wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond on Easter

Mar. 30, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Kyle Larson turned a fast lap at 120.332 mph on Saturday to win the pole position for Sunday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Larson, the defending race winner, barely edged Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott for his first pole of...

Rajah Caruth makes leap from computer racer to NASCAR national series winner

Mar. 04, 2024 12:35 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rajah Caruth was like any other 4-year-old boy the first time he watched the movies “Cars” and vowed to become his own version of Lightning McQueen. He was, his family insists, obsessed with becoming a racecar driver. He just wasn't sure he would ever get...

Chevrolet heads to Las Vegas undefeated in 2024 across all three NASCAR national series

Mar. 01, 2024 11:20 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks into the new NASCAR season, Chevrolet heads into Las Vegas Motor Speedway undefeated. And not just in the top Cup Series, where Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing won a three-wide photo finish at the checkered flag last week at Atlanta and William Byron...