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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany steers his car during a Formula One pre-season testing session at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, just outside of Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
F1 driver Vettel back for Australian GP after COVID recovery

Mar. 31, 2022 06:50 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 02, 2022 07:10 AM EST
South Florida Sun Sentinel. February 25, 2022. Editorial: Rick Scott’s un-American plan to ‘rescue America’ Rick Scott just opened his...

FILE - Car owner Roger Penske gestures in Victory Lane after Austin Cindric won the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Roger Penske closed a remarkable 85th birthday celebration with a weeklong motorsports sweep. He picked up a third Daytona 500 victory with Austin Cindric and then Scott McLaughlin, the Australian V8 Supercar champion he thought so highly of when he moved him to the United States last season, won the IndyCar season opening race. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Column: Roger Penske continues to polish his legacy

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 28, 2022 03:50 PM EST

NASCAR returns to Fontana with excitement and uncertainty

By Greg Beacham Feb. 26, 2022 06:32 PM EST
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — The beautifully weathered asphalt at Auto Club Speedway is older than Austin Cindric. The Next Gen car that the Daytona 500...

Turn 1 of a temporary auto racing track is viewed inside LA Coliseum ahead of a NASCAR exhibition race in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. NASCAR is hitting Los Angeles a week ahead of the Super Bowl, grabbing the spotlight with its wildest idea yet: The Clash, the unofficial season-opening, stock-car version of the Pro Bowl, will run at the iconic coliseum in a made-for-Fox Sports spectacular. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)
NASCAR bet more than $1 million to bring cars into Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 04, 2022 04:09 PM EST

FILE - Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco leads the field at the start of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix, at the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Formula One signed a seven-year contract extension Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 with the Singapore Grand Prix. F1 said in a statement that a deal to continue racing at the Marina Bay street circuit until 2028 was agreed with the Singapore GP and Singapore's tourism board. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
F1 signs 7-year contract extension with Singapore Grand Prix

Jan. 27, 2022 05:06 AM EST

NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Earnhardt Jr., right, and Kyle Petty smile prior to the induction ceremony Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Earnhardt brings Junior Nation into NASCAR Hall of Fame

By Steve Reed Jan. 21, 2022 08:19 PM EST

Deke Houlgate, West Coast auto racing promoter, dies at 91

Dec. 30, 2021 06:08 PM EST
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Deke Houlgate, a longtime West Coast sports publicist whose clients included such auto racing greats as Mario Andretti, Rick Mears, Richard...

FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron holds aloft the ball he hit for his 715th career home in Atlanta. Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. (AP Photo, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 10, 2021 01:48 PM EST

FILE - Alpine driver Zhou Guanyu of China steers his car during the first free practice session for the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, Friday, July 2, 2021. Zhou Guanyu will become the first Formula One driver from China after signing with Alfa Romeo on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, file)
Zhou becomes F1's first Chinese driver with Alfa Romeo

Nov. 16, 2021 05:44 AM EST

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of The Netherlands, steers his car during a qualifying session at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. The Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix will take place on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Hamilton tops Brazil qualifying, gets 5-place grid penalty

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 12, 2021 11:34 AM EST

Second placed Mercedes'Lewis Hamilton stand on the podium at the end the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Hamilton sees steep challenge against Verstappen in Brazil

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 11, 2021 02:19 PM EST

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of The Netherlands, celebrates his win in the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. (Francisco Guasco, Pool Photo via AP)
Full house: F1 is Brazil's biggest event since pandemic hit

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 10, 2021 09:39 PM EST

Ex-Boston Grand Prix CFO pleads guilty to fraud, tax charges

Oct. 22, 2021 09:16 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The former chief financial officer of the organization that tried to bring an IndyCar race to Boston has pleaded guilty to multiple fraud and tax...

FILE - Feb. 21, 2021, file photo Serbia's Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Players who haven't received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a visa to enter the country for the Australian Open next January, according to the political leader of the state which hosts the season-opening major. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair, File)
Prospect of no jab, no visa for Australian Open tennis stars

By John Pye Oct. 19, 2021 01:30 AM EDT

People wear masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic in downtown Mexico City, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Starting Monday, Mexico City lifts some of its virus restrictions, allowing bars, clubs and indoor events to fill up to 50% capacity, and massive outdoor events can fill to capacity but masks will still be required. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexico City lowers pandemic alert to lowest level

Oct. 18, 2021 01:16 PM EDT

Marc Marquez (93), of Spain, steers through a turn during an open practice session for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas motorcycle race at the Circuit of the Americas, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Marquez looking for old MotoGP magic at American Grand Prix

By Jim Vertuno Oct. 02, 2021 04:40 PM EDT

FILE - Two-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda, center, sprays champagne over well wishers around the winner circle at the Grand Prix circuit in Long Beach, Calif., in this April 5, 1982, file photo. Lauda, driving for Team McLaren, won the race, finishing ahead of Team Williams driver Keke Rosberg, left, of Finland, second, and Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, right, who finished third driving for Ferrari. The Grand Prix of Long Beach opens 17 months after the pandemic ended the crown jewel’s streak as one of the longest continuously-running street events in racing. (AP Photo/FIle)
Long Beach opens up for grand prix return, IndyCar closer

By Jenna Fryer Sep. 23, 2021 04:43 PM EDT

FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2001, file photo, New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza wears the NYPD logo on his helmet as he takes the field in the top of the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Column: 20 years after 9/11, sports reveals its limitations

By Paul Newberry Sep. 10, 2021 04:06 PM EDT

Kyle Larson drives at the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Brooklyn, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Winless Harvick, Hamlin still have a chance at Southern 500

By Pete Iacobelli Sep. 04, 2021 12:46 PM EDT