Month: July 2021

6:55 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar rookie Jimmie Johnson is hopeful of testing in August on the oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway as part of a path toward running in next year’s Indianapolis 500. Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR champion, jumped this season to IndyCar and has competed in seven races for team owner Chip Ganassi. He’s
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Barwell’s Leo Machitski and Dennis Lind put the disappointment of Donington Park behind them by bouncing back into the Intelligent Money British GT Championship lead with a commanding victory at Spa-Francorchamps. They were joined in the winners’ circle by Balfe Motorsport’s Jack Brown and Ashley Marshall (McLaren) who overcame suspension damage to beat Newbridge’s Motorsport’s
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6:50 PM ET Associated Press FAIRMONT, Minn. — An announcer who was fired by an Iowa racetrack after a racist rant was back behind the microphone in southern Minnesota last weekend, but he did not receive a standing ovation as promised because he was apparently uncomfortable with that plan, according to the promoter of Fairmont
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Entering the Porsche Supercup this year means we’ve now got every step on the Porsche pyramid covered – we’ve got the Caymans in the Porsche Sprint Challenge, the GT3 Cup cars in Carrera Cup and now the Supercup, and the GT3-R in British GT. We’ve entered a partnership with Revs Motorsport for the Supercup –
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Karam will drive Jordan Anderson Racing’s #31 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series race on the IMS Road Course on 14 August, just the second time the series has competed on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile layout. The 26-year-old has made 24 IndyCar Series starts, including a seventh-place finish in this season’s Indianapolis 500 driving for Dreyer &
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9:34 PM ET ESPN News Services SONOMA, Calif. — Top Fuel star Steve Torrence won the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday for his third straight victory. Torrence, the points leader and three-time defending series champion, beat Leah Pruett in the final with a 3.757-second run at 327.98 mph. He has six victories this season and
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11:38 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — A 14-year-old Spanish rider died after being struck by another rider in a motorcycle race in Spain on Sunday, organizers said. Hugo Millán was run over after going down in the middle of the track on the second lap of the European Talent Cup race at the MotorLand
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