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FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, Chase Elliott celebrates after winning the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. Texas is the third track in three years to hold NASCAR's All-Star race. Elliott won last summer at Bristol, where the annual non-points exhibition was moved from Charlotte because of COVID-19 restrictions. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol
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FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, Texas Motor Speedway president and general manager Eddie Gossage, right, holds a "Winner" sign as Austin Dillon, left, celebrates by firing six-shooters after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. NASCAR is providing quite a night to mark the 25th season of racing at Texas Motor Speedway, and sendoff for track president and showman Eddie Gossage, whose last race is Sunday after overseeing the track from its groundbreaking in 1995, two years before it opened. (AP Photo/Ray Carlin, File)
NASCAR Cup Series at Texas
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FILE - Bill Elliott waves to fans on pit road before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Saturday, July 7, 2012, file photo. Superstar Racing Experience was conceptualized as a series for former greats who still had the skills and desire to compete to square off in identically prepared cars at six of America’s classic short tracks. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
NASCAR Daytona Auto Racing
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FILE - In this May 26, 2013, file photo, Tony Kanaan, of Brazil, celebrates on the start/finish line after winning the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Kanaan will get to race 5 oval events, including the Indianapolis 500, in what will be called his “farewell tour” this upcoming IndyCar season. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, File)
IndyCar Indy 500 Auto Racing
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NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Noah Gragson before the Alsco Uniforms 300 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2021 in Charlotte, NC. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
FC van vs FC Noah 5/28/2021
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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012, file photo, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, right, of Germany U.S. Grand Prix , leads the field into the first turn for the start of the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The promoters of Formula One’s U.S. Grand Prix blew a deadline to collect their annual $25 million in Texas taxpayer money to help pay for the 2018 race. Now state lawmakers are about to give them another chance, and make it easier to get the funds in the future. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
F1 US Grand Prix Auto Racing
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File - In this Feb. 10, 2019, file photo, Matt DiBenedetto (95) makes his way through Turn 4 during qualifying for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. DiBenedetto drove his Leavine Family Racing Toyota at the Sprint Cup Series auto race in Sonoma, Calif., Sunday, June 23, 2019, to his first top-five finish in the 156th career start of a career spent with underfunded, back-of-the-pack teams. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona
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Kurt Busch, left, and team owner Chip Ganassi, right, celebrate after announcing a multi-year contract for Busch with Ganassi racing during a NASCAR news conference at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)
NASCAR Cup Series at Texas
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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, file photo, Chad Knaus, crew chief for William Byron, watches a practice session for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Chad Knaus will move off the pit stand and into a management role with Hendrick Motorsports, ending his crew chief career after seven championships. Hendrick on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, announced Knaus will move to vice president of competition.(AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona
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FILE - In this June 7, 2013, photo, Michael Andretti, left, his father, Mario, center, and son, Marco, right, pose for a group photo following a news conference at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Marco Andretti made the decision at the start of this year to step away from full-time racing and essentially end three generations of the most famous family in motorsports competing at the highest level. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File)
NASCAR-TRUCKS 6/7/2013
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FILE - Marco Andretti, left, talks with Mario Andretti before IndyCar practice laps in Detroit, in this Friday, June 1, 2012, file photo. Marco Andretti made the decision at the start of this year to step away from full-time racing and essentially end three generations of the most famous family in motorsports competing at the highest level. (AP Photo/Dave Frechette, File)
IRL-IndyCar-Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 6/3/2012
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FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, Michael Annett (1), Ryan Sieg (39), and Ross Chastain (10) compete in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Dover International Speedway, in Dover, Del. On Friday, May 14, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming gas shortages resulting from the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack have led NASCAR to postpone this weekend’s race in Dover. (AP Photo/Jason Minto, File)
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Dover
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FILE - Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson looks up at the scoring pylon during qualifications for the Brickyard 400 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, July 27, 2013, file photo. Jimmie Johnson makes his debut on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course this weekend in his third start in the IndyCar Series. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
NASCAR Brickyard 400 Auto Racing
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Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, talks with NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson, left, and three-time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti, center, during practice for the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Thursday, May 16, 2019 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
New Zealand vs USA 5/16/2019
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FILE - In this Sunday, May 17, 2020, file photo, Jimmie Johnson (48) and Alex Bowman (88) come down a straightaway during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Darlington, S.C. The most coveted seat in NASCAR went to Alex Bowman in a Hendrick Motorsports lineup shuffle to replace seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson in the iconic No. 48 Chevrolet. Bowman and crew chief Greg Ives will move from the No. 88 into Johnson's ride at the end of the season. The swap announced Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, makes Bowman just the second driver of the team created in 2001 specifically for Johnson.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File
NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington
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