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Christopher Bell stops run of misfortune with pole qualifying run at Kansas Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Christopher Bell put four trying weeks of crashes and misfortune behind him Saturday, posting the fastest time in qualifying at Kansas Speedway to earn the pole for the third time in his last five NASCAR Cup Series visits to the track. Bell turned a lap of...
Kyle Larson eyes Indy 500-Coke 600 double as busy May begins for him at Kansas Speedway
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...
Max Verstappen ties Alain Prost's record with 6th pole-winning run to open an F1 season
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen inched closer to a third consecutive win at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday by continuing his long domination of Formula 1 qualifying. The three-time reigning F1 champion won his seventh consecutive pole, but first at Miami, where...
Logan Sargeant is the only American driver in F1. His seat is in jeopardy as he heads into home race
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The only American driver in Formula One had a somewhat decent showing in the Saturday sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. Then Logan Sargeant totally tanked in qualifying at a time his seat with Williams seems in serious jeopardy. The sprint race...
F1 now makes 3 stops a season in the United States. Could Miami become a victim of oversaturation?
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. But the sparkling debut of Las Vegas last November was rated as one of the best...
Chevrolet denies participation in Team Penske's IndyCar cheating scandal
Chevrolet denied on Friday any knowledge of the IndyCar cheating scandal within Team Penske and said it hired an independent law firm to investigate whether General Motors employees were involved. General Motors President Mark Reuss said the manufacturer respects the “decision and...
F1 paddock watches to see if Verstappen leaves Red Bull with car builder or if Hamilton lands Newey
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The jostling for superstar technical director Adrian Newey was rampant through the Formula 1 paddock on Thursday, a day after the champion car builder announced he will leave Red Bull early next year. Among those undisturbed by the speculation was Max...
Erik Jones cleared to return by NASCAR but will sit out Kansas race after back injury at Talladega
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...
Off-track soap opera follows F1 into first 2023 stop in U.S. Andrettis plan to meet with series
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Five races into the Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen and the globe-trotting series have arrived in the United States for the first of three appearances in a year the Red Bull driver already seems to have under wraps. Verstappen has four wins through five...
F1 champion Ayrton Senna remembered on Imola track 30 years after his death during the San Marino GP
IMOLA, Italy (AP) — The 30th anniversary of three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna’s death was commemorated Wednesday with a memorial on the Imola track where he crashed during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali was joined Wednesday by hundreds of...
