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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

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

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

10:08 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar announced an extension with NBC Sports on Tuesday that guarantees a majority of its races will be on the main network broadcast rather than cable, including a series-high 13 events on the flagship channel next season. Still, the migration toward streaming will hit full speed next season as NBC

11:16 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jack Roush put a long-term vision for Roush Fenway Racing in motion Tuesday when the 79-year-old team owner introduced Brad Keselowski as a new partner in the NASCAR team. Keselowski is leaving Team Penske, where he won the 2012 championship, because he wanted an ownership role in

8:52 PM ET Associated Press MORRISON, Colo. — Defending series champion Matt Hagan raced to his first victory at Bandimere Speedway, beating Alexis DeJoria in the Funny Car final Sunday in the Mile-High NHRA Nationals. Hagan beat DeJoria with a 4.105-second pass at 305.70 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye for his first

1:01 AM ET Associated Press MORRISON, Colo. — Brittany Force had the quickest run in Bandimere Speedway history Saturday, rocketing to the No. 1 position in Top Fuel at the Dodge/SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals. Force had a track-record run of 3.717 seconds at 326.00 mph in her third No. 1 qualifier of the year and

1:10 AM ET Associated Press MORRISON, Colo. — Steve Torrence led Top Fuel qualifying Friday night at Bandimere Speedway in the return of the Dodge/SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals. Torrence, the 2019 winner at the track, had a 3.777-second run at 327.11 mph. The event was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Matt Hagan

9:34 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Austin Cindric will replace 2012 NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski in Team Penske’s flagship No. 2 Ford next season. Roger Penske announced last year the reigning Xfinity Series champion would move to the Cup Series in 2022 but in the car fielded by Wood Brothers Racing in a

1:03 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — IndyCar plans to keep making stops at Road America, announcing a multiyear extension Tuesday that keeps the Wisconsin road course on the annual schedule of the open-wheel racing series. IndyCar began racing at Road America in 1982 and has made annual stops there since 2016. Exact

8:22 PM ET The Australian Grand Prix is believed to have been scrapped from the 2021 Formula One calendar, 7NEWS reports. The race at Albert Park in Melbourne was originally scheduled for March but a COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year forced organisers to shift the event to November, between the races in Brazil and

2:28 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Josef Newgarden snapped his streak of late race misfortunes Sunday to win for the first time this season, earning the first IndyCar victory of the year for Team Penske on the same weekend the storied organization celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first win. Newgarden led all

2:47 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — Sebastian Vettel has dropped to 11th on the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix after he was penalised by the stewards for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying. Vettel, who qualified eighth, was docked three grid positions and given a single penalty point on his superlicence after he blocked Alonso

4:34 PM ET Britain’s defending champion Jamie Chadwick took the lead in the all-female W Series on Saturday after winning the second race of the season in Austria from pole position. W Series, which aims to help women progress up the racing ladder to Formula One, is supporting selected grand prix weekends this year. 1

10:16 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen put his Red Bull on pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with title rival Lewis Hamilton managing only fourth on the grid for Mercedes. McLaren’s Lando Norris joined Verstappen on the front row, a sensational career best for the young Briton, with Verstappen’s Mexican

10:34 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday, where they were welcome sights in the IndyCar paddock but neither dazzled in their return from injury. Rosenqvist was out two races following a crash last month at Detroit, an impact

12:47 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their cars at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Friday after both IndyCar drivers were sidelined by injuries. Rosenqvist missed two races after a crash last month in Detroit. He said Friday he went through IndyCar’s concussion protocol after he was

2:18 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation’s top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop

10:26 PM ET Associated Press NORWALK, Ohio — Cruz Pedregon raced to his first Funny Car victory in more than three years Sunday, beating points leader Bob Tasca III in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The 57-year-old Pedregon edged Tasca in the final with a 3.958-second run at 324.75 mph in a Dodge Charger

8:56 PM ET Associated Press NORWALK, Ohio — Steve Torrence took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Torrence, the three-time defending series champion and current points leader, had a 3.705-second run at 324.83 mph on Friday and also made the quickest passes during Saturday’s final

6:47 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Alex Bowman made it six straight wins for Hendrick Motorsports, when teammate Kyle Larson’s Chevrolet blew a tire on the final lap, and he took the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway for his third Cup win of the season. Larson had won three straight Cup

12:31 PM ET Associated Press SPIELBERG, Austria — Alice Powell won an eventful season-opening race of the W Series on Saturday. The British driver, who was also fastest in Friday’s practice and qualifying, led from start to finish in the race full of collisions and spins on the track of Formula One’s Styrian Grand Prix.

3:37 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Alex Palou sailed past Josef Newgarden with two laps remaining Sunday to win at Road America and reclaim the IndyCar points lead as Team Penske lost its third consecutive race because of a late caution. Newgarden started from the pole and led 32 of the 55

5:50 PM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — New Orleans Saints All-Pro running back Alvin Kamara has gone beyond being just a fan of NASCAR and sponsoring a car. He’s now advising NASCAR on how to add more fans as its first “Growth and Engagement Advisor.” “I’m excited they carved out a role for me,”

9:33 AM ET Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez held off KTM’s Miguel Oliveira to complete a thrilling comeback win at the German Grand Prix on Sunday, taking the chequered flag for the first time since a career-threatening right-arm injury last year. Despite being unbeaten at the Sachsenring in his previous 10 appearances, Repsol Honda rider

7:39 PM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — Kyle Busch raced to his 100th career Xfinity Series victory Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway, where he won for the fourth time. Busch won in the Xfinity Series in 2009 and the Truck Series in 2010 and 2011, but the track closed the year he won his last

1:28 PM ET Separated by just four points in the championship and by 0.245s in qualifying at Paul Ricard on Saturday, there is no let-up in the championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton this year. On Sunday afternoon, the two drivers will vie for position on the run down to Turn 1 at

7:33 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Romain Grosjean paced IndyCar’s opening practice at Road America and immediately wished he was not at the top of the board. “I don’t like topping free practice,” the Frenchman said after Friday’s session. Grosjean went 1 minute, 47.6781 seconds in his Dale Coyne Racing with RWR

10:48 PM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — Ryan Preece won the first NASCAR race at Nashville Superspeedway in a decade by scoring a victory in his first career Truck Series start. Preece got in a truck for the first time to get bonus track time ahead of Sunday’s Cup race, the first ever for

12:39 PM ET LE CASTELLET, France — Valtteri Bottas is confident he has rediscovered his form at this weekend’s French Grand Prix after beating teammate Lewis Hamilton in both Friday practice sessions. 1 Related Bottas was 0.008s off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in second practice at Circuit Paul Ricard on Friday and 0.245s faster than