Month: July 2021

3:31 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR has penalized the Hendrick Motorsports teams of reigning Cup champion Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman for engine allocation infractions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Elliott’s No. 9 team and Bowman’s No. 48 were found in violation of a rule that covers engine assembly. A statement from Hendrick Motorsports released
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8:42 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Brittany Force held onto the top spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Force’s Friday night run of 3.694 seconds at 329.42 mph stood for her fourth No. 1 qualifier of the year and 24th overall. She’s winless this season. “We want that
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1:08 AM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Ron Capps led Funny Car qualifying Friday night in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Capps had a 3.897-second run at 328.78 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat during the lone qualifying session of the day at Sonoma Raceway. “This race, for me, it’s a home race,” Capps
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Frikadelli had planned to run two Porsche 911 GT3 Rs for the Intercontinental GT Challenge season opener on 31 July-1 August in the Belgian Ardennes. Dennis Olsen, Frederic Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet were set to share driving duties in the #3 car, while 2019 winner Michael Christensen, Thomas Preining and Julien Andlauer were set to pilot
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Maverick Vinales’ decision to quit the factory Yamaha squad at the end of the current MotoGP season amid a strained relationship between both parties is set to open up at least one spot at SRT in 2022, with Franco Morbidelli the most likely option to replace him. Should Valentino Rossi retire at the end of
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The second generation R8 LMS was launched in 2015 and received its first ‘Evo’ kit four years later, primarily aimed at improving drivability for amateur drivers as well as a more durable transmission system. The release of the Ingolstadt marque’s revised model, the Audi R8 LMS Evo II, comes as rival marque BMW plans to
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2:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Helio Castroneves will race for a record fifth Indianapolis 500 while running the full season in 2022 with Meyer Shank Racing. Castroneves, who won his record-tying fourth Indy 500 in May, has only a partial IndyCar schedule this season with Meyer Shank and has not raced since he joined
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4:49 PM ET Associated Press ALGONA, Iowa — An Iowa race track said Thursday that it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who kneel during the national anthem as a protest against racial inequality. The Kossuth County Speedway in Algona, Iowa, said its leaders
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