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NASCAR champion Joey Logano tunes out critics and insists playoff format is 'very entertaining'

Jan. 30, 2025 10:58 AM EST

Joey Logano has found a way to tune out months of negativity. Critics? Naysayers? Anyone who thinks his third Cup Series championship was a fluke? “I can’t hear it because my trophies, they kind of, like, echo around me,” Logano quipped during a Zoom call with...

Jimmie Johnson becomes majority owner of Legacy Motor Club as private equity firm buys into team

Jan. 27, 2025 10:37 AM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is now the majority owner of Legacy Motor Club under a restructuring in which investment adviser Knighthead Capital Management bought into the Cup Series team. Knighthead manages $9 billion of assets with a portfolio...

Father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. dies at 66

Jan. 18, 2025 09:55 AM EST

Martin Truex Sr., the father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr., has died, Truex and his brother said in a statement. He was 66. “We are devastated by the loss of our father,” Martin Jr. and Ryan Truex said. “Simply put, he was our hero and a great man. We appreciate...