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AUTO RACING: Byron first two-time winner in NASCAR. Sainz ends Verstappen’s nine-race F1 win streak
William Byron is the first multiple race winner of the year in NASCAR’s top series. The Hendrick Motorsports driver added a victory at Circuit of the Americas to his season-opening Daytona 500 win.
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Another Byron win has Hendrick on a roll heading toward NASCAR team’s 40th anniversary party
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Pole to checkered flag: Byron dominates NASCAR’s 1st road course race of season, wins at COTA
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Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after early exit for Verstappen with engine fire
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Angry Verstappen an early retirement from Australian GP in race won by Sainz
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Corruption case involving a former Singaporean transport minister expanded with more charges
A ministerial corruption case in Singapore has expanded with more charges being filed against a former transport minister. S.
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Rosenqvist and Palou lead qualifying for races that will set field for IndyCar $1 million challenge
Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Palou will lead the field to green in Sunday morning’s pair of heat races that determine which 12 IndyCar drivers will advance into the exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge.
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Larson lurks, snatches Xfinity overtime win at COTA to spoil van Gisbergen’s impressive race
Kyle Larson passed Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap in double overtime to win the Xfinity road course race Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas.
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Ford still winless in 2024 as NASCAR heads to first road race of the season at COTA
Five races into NASCAR’s 2024 season and Ford is in a funk. Ford cars have been fast, just not quite fast enough to produce any wins yet.
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Against post-surgery odds, Sainz returns to F1 racing with 2nd place in qualifying in Australia
Carlos Sainz has gone from a hospital bed a few weeks ago to the front row of the grid for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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NASCAR brings out the ringers as Cup Series stages first road course race of the season at COTA
NASCAR’s return to the road courses always brings out the ringers. New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen will make his season Cup Series debut after making a splash last year by winning the Chicago street race.
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McLaren Racing extends Zak Brown’s contract as CEO through 2030
McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown said Friday he’s signed an extension to remain in charge of the organization through 2030. Brown made the announcement on social media.
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F1 champion Sebastian Vettel gets back behind the wheel with Porsche to test a Le Mans car
Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel is getting back behind the wheel. Vettel is joining Porsche as a test driver on its Le Mans program and says “we will then see what happens next.”
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F1: Logan Sargeant out of Australian Grand Prix after Williams gives his car to teammate Alex Albon
Williams driver Logan Sargeant will take no part in the Australian Grand Prix after his team chose to give his car to teammate Alexander Albon, whose own vehicle was wrecked in a crash in Friday’s practice.
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Sainz returns to F1 racing in Australia after missing the Saudi GP because of appendix surgery
Turns out Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz didn’t need to “raise his hand” and have another driver take his place during the first two practice sessions for Sunday’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hopes his wife’s legal action brings F1’s governance into the real world
Toto Wolff believes his wife Susie Wolff’s criminal complaint against the Formula 1 governing body will help increase transparency within the sport by bringing it “into the real world.”
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NASCAR’s next big hopeful makes national series debut as teenager Zilisch races truck at COTA
A promising young driver who might just be one of NASCAR’s budding new stars will make his national series debut this Saturday in the Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas.
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Hamilton praises F1 Academy director Susie Wolff over legal action against FIA
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has criticized FIA while supporting Susie Wolff’s “bravery” for filing a criminal complaint against auto racing’s governing body in the French courts.
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EU general court says former F1 driver Nikita Mazepin should be removed from sanctions list
The General Court of the European Union says ex-Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin should be removed from the EU lists of persons subjected to restrictive measures for their role in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to Texas, Indy debuts all-star event and F1 heads Down Under
NASCAR now has five different winners through five races after Denny Hamlin prevailed in another dominant weekend for Joe Gibbs Racing at Bristol.
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Column: F1 needs to take control of the Red Bull drama as Horner accuser files FIA complaint
AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer writes that nobody in Formula 1 seems to want to take control of the drama at Red Bull Racing.
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Soccer-mad F1 driver Pierre Gasly invests in French soccer club
Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly is venturing into soccer. Not as a player but as an investor in Versailles, a club from the Paris suburb playing in the French third division.
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Victor and villain: Denny Hamlin keeps winning despite new role as NASCAR’s most polarizing driver
Denny Hamlin was booed in celebration again. The Joe Gibbs Racing superstar heard another heaping of disapproval and contempt when he climbed from his No. 11 Toyota at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.
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Denny Hamlin wins tire-management NASCAR race at Bristol, his 4th victory at the famed bullring
Denny Hamlin has won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. in the final laps.
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Reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney wins pole for Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway
Ryan Blaney has won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The reigning Cup Series champion covered the 0.533-mile concrete track in Bristol, Tennessee, in 15.356 seconds.
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NASCAR’s concrete coliseum is back to normal for Sunday’s race at Bristol. Drivers welcome the move
Bristol Motor Speedway has ditched the dirt and is back to being a concrete coliseum for its annual spring race.
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AUTO RACING: Bell gets Toyota into Victory Lane in Cup Series and Newgarden and Verstappen get wins
Toyota is finally on the board in NASCAR’s top series. Christopher Bell won last weekend at Phoenix, ending a string of three consecutive wins for Chevrolet to start the season.
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Tony Stewart considers his debut in the NHRA’s Top Fuel class a success despite an early exit
Three-time NASCAR champion and 1997 IndyCar champion Tony Stewart considers his NHRA Top Fuel debut a rousing success despite losing in the first round of eliminations.
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Column: Team Penske steps up for Captain when Roger Penske’s leadership of IndyCar is questioned
There’s no better message to send to critics than an absolute domination, which was the exact Team Penske response after rival team owners took aim at Roger Penske’s series leadership.
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Former driver Massa says he’s suing F1 and FIA over crash he claims cost him the 2008 title
Former driver Felipe Massa says he has filed a lawsuit in a London court to try and claim the 2008 Formula 1 title.
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Chandler Smith wins second career Xfinity Series race after Justin Allgaier’s late flat tire
Chandler Smith won his second career Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, earning a surprise victory for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing after leader Justin Allgaier crashed with just four laps remaining.
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Larson riding momentum into NASCAR’s spring race at Phoenix Raceway
Kyle Larson spent most of the afternoon near the front of the pack during the season finale at Phoenix Raceway, putting himself in position for a second NASCAR Cup Series championship in three years.
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Newgarden gives Roger Penske a break with a pole-winning run as IndyCar leadership is questioned
Josef Newgarden has won the pole for IndyCar’s season-opening race, giving Team Penske something to celebrate as its leadership faces criticism for its management of the series.
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Ferrari teen stand-in Oliver Bearman scores F1 points on dream debut at age 18
Eighteen-year-old British driver Oliver Bearman stole the show with seventh place for Ferrari at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense
Max Verstappen stayed firmly on course for another season of dominance in Formula 1 by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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