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IndyCar moves to Fox Sports in 2025 after 16 seasons with NBC. Fox now has Daytona 500 and Indy 500

Jun. 13, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule....

Austin Cindric gives Team Penske its first NASCAR win and some much-needed momentum

Jun. 03, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

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

Jun. 02, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

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...

Front Row buys NASCAR charter to expand to 3 Cup Series cars in '25, does not disclose seller, price

May. 29, 2024 15:29 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Front Row Motorsports said Wednesday it has purchased a charter that will expand the NASCAR team to three cars in the Cup Series in 2025. Front Row did not reveal the seller, but the announcement comes one day after Stewart-Haas Racing said it was shuttering...

Former Daytona 500 winner McDowell will leave Front Row Motorsports for Spire in 2025

May. 08, 2024 13:22 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Shortly after Michael McDowell said Wednesday he would not return to Front Row Motorsports after this season, Spire Motorsports announced it had signed the former Daytona 500 winner to a multiyear contract. McDowell will drive the No. 71 Chevrolet for Spire...

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing for NASCAR Cup Series

May. 02, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to victory lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team announced the deal on Thursday. No...