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Hendrick Motorsports has dropped sponsor Hooters because restaurant chain could not pay team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team. Hooters had sponsored the No. 9 car driven by NASCAR Cup...
Richard Petty, 'The King' of NASCAR, says camp for seriously ill children is family's true legacy
Richard Petty, with a record 200 Cup Series wins, seven championships and a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame, is considered NASCAR's greatest driver. He is spending the season celebrating 75 years of NASCAR participation by his famous family — basically since the...
Josh Berry will race Wood Brothers No. 21 after closing of Stewart-Haas team
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR Cup Series rookie Josh Berry has signed to drive the Wood Brothers' No. 21 car next season after the shuttering of his current Stewart-Haas Racing team. The announcement came Wednesday. The team said Berry signed a multi-year contact. He takes over the...
After years-long effort, IndyCar is ready to unveil its hybrid engine system this weekend in Ohio
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — On the second floor of an upscale steakhouse in downtown Indianapolis, just days before their engines would be put to the test against each other in the Indianapolis 500, engineers from Chevrolet and Honda sat side-by-side and shared a toast. In a collaboration...
Carson Hocevar fined $50,000, docked 25 points for spinning out Harrison Burton under caution
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Carson Hocevar was fined $50,000 and docked 25 driver points for spinning out Harrison Burton under caution during Sunday's Ally 400 at Nashville Speedway. NASCAR announced the penalty on Tuesday against Hocevar, who drives the Spire Motorsports No. 77. ...
AUTO RACING: NASCAR looks for drier time on Chicago streets, Formula 1 heads to Britain
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES The Grant Park 165. Site: Chicago. Schedule: Saturday practice, 12:30 p.m., qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday race, 4:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Chicago Street Course. Race distance:...
Arrow McLaren to replace Rossi with Lundgaard in yet another driver lineup change for IndyCar team
Arrow McLaren Racing is making another driver lineup change and will replace former Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi with Christian Lundgaard next season. The 22-year-old Danish driver will leave Rahal Letterman Lanigan, the team that brought him out of the Formula 1 ladder...
Josef Newgarden dreams of trying the grueling double of the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden has a driving dream he still harbors, even knowing that challenges with schedules and sponsors make it likely impossible to ever achieve. Newgarden not only wants to drive a stock car someday, he wants to...
Joey Logano wins at Nashville in record 5th overtime for 1st NASCAR Cup Series victory of year
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Logano felt he couldn't get to the finish line fast enough with his No. 22 Ford sputtering and nearly out of gas. First, he had to hold off the driver with the fastest car to win the rain-delayed race that seemingly wouldn't end Sunday night at Nashville...
Mercedes driver Russell wins Formula 1's Austrian GP after Verstappen, Norris clash at front
SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — George Russell clinched Mercedes' first win of the season at Formula 1's Austrian GP after taking advantage of a late clash between McLaren driver Lando Norris and championship leader Max Verstappen in a Red Bull on Sunday. It was Russell's second GP win. ...
