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Analysis: Penske rebounds from IndyCar cheating scandal with a hot streak that stretches to NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — If you come for The Captain, you better not miss your shot. Under fire at a level perhaps never seen before in his 87 years, Roger Penske has rebounded with a truly remarkable display of strength and determination. His IndyCar team in April was found to have...
Tire troubles hit NASCAR drivers during practice at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — NASCAR’s inaugural Cup Series practice at Iowa Speedway turned into a test for tires and created questions about the quality of race Sunday will produce. There were five separate tire problems Friday, the first day Cup cars have ever turned laps at the track...
Larson relieved to be granted waiver that keeps him in NASCAR playoffs
Kyle Larson was finally granted the waiver this week he needed from NASCAR to remain eligible to race for a second Cup championship. Now that the ordeal is over, Larson would prefer if the topic just went away. “I think there’s definitely relief on my end,”...
Austin Cindric gives Team Penske its first NASCAR win and some much-needed momentum
Even amid the elation of finally winning a NASCAR Cup Series race again, Austin Cindric found himself a bit heartbroken. It should have been a banner day for Team Penske on Sunday just outside St. Louis. Defending series champ Ryan Blaney was leading in the closing laps, Cindric was...
Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup series after Blaney runs out of gas on final lap
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Austin Cindric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the final lap. Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion, appeared to be on his...
McDowell wins third pole of NASCAR Cup season, his first since announcing plans to change teams
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Michael McDowell ran a lap at 138.598 mph Saturday to take the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first since he announced he will leave Front...
Kyle Larson's Indianapolis 500 qualifying attempt could derail NASCAR All-Star plans
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Kyle Larson ran into his first speed bump in his busy May. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “ The Double ” and run 1,100 miles in one day, starting with the Indianapolis 500 in an Indy car and then flying to...
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...
Larson wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond on Easter
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...
