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FILE - Drivers prepare for the start of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit, Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Shanghai, China. Formula One confirmed Friday, Dec. 2, 2022 that the Chinese Grand Prix will not take place in 2023, making it the fourth year in a row the race has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
F1: Chinese Grand Prix canceled again over pandemic

Dec. 02, 2022 06:18 AM EST

A view of a part of the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, June 9, 2022. The Formula One Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Rosberg barred from F1 paddock over vaccine status

Jun. 10, 2022 10:11 AM EDT

Jill Gregory, executive vice president and general manager of Sonoma Raceway, poses on Dec. 10, 2021, near Sonoma, Calif. Gregory, a Modesto native and graduate of California Polytechnic State, returned home in early 2021 to run Sonoma Raceway as the executive vice president and general manager of the picturesque road course in wine country. She'd had a longtime career with NASCAR, but couldn't pass the opportunity to go home and run Sonoma when the job opened. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)
California native Gregory ready to host full show at Sonoma

By Jenna Fryer Jun. 08, 2022 02:06 PM EDT

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