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F1 driver Magnussen to leave Haas at the end of this season

Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will leave Haas at the end of the season when his contract expires.

Longtime Cup owner Rick Hendrick to drive pace car at Brickyard 400

Brittany Force will return to Top Fuel racing for first time since her dad’s accident

NASCAR’s Suarez to race in Brasil Series Special Edition tournament during Cup Series’ Olympic break

AUTO RACING: Team Penske aims to follow up NASCAR-IndyCar sweep in Indy oval return, Toronto streets

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Blaney has Team Penske on a hot streak headed into Indy for return of Brickyard 400

Team Penkse is on a hot streak. Ryan Blaney returned to victory lane Sunday at Pocono Raceway, the site of his first career NASCAR Cup Series win and his second victory in the last five races this season.

Ryan Blaney wins at Pocono to complete NASCAR-IndyCar sweep for Team Penske

Ryan Blaney returned to victory lane Sunday at Pocono Raceway, the site of his first career NASCAR Cup Series win and his second victory in the last five races this season.

Sting Ray Robb injured in last-lap, 4-car crash in IndyCar Series race

A four-car crash on the final lap of Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway injured driver Sting Ray Robb.

Will Power wins IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway that ended with a 4-car crash on the last lap

Will Power broke through at Iowa Speedway, winning the second IndyCar Series race of the weekend for his first victory at the track.

Conor Daly replaces Jack Harvey for the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway

Conor Daly is replacing Jack Harvey in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing car for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway.

McLaughlin stays fast, wins first race of IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa

Scott McLaughlin continued his fast weekend at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night, winning the first race of the IndyCar Series doubleheader for his first victory on an oval track.

Cole Custer wins Xfinity race at Pocono in farewell season for Stewart-Haas Racing

Cole Custer drove away from Justin Allgaier over the final laps to give the 2023 Xfinity Series champion his first win of the season, earning a playoff spot for Stewart-Haas Racing in its farewell season with the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway.

Bubba Wallace admits to feeling ‘miserable’ at track for years in wake of NASCAR punishment

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace admits he’s been miserable for years at the track. Wallace was a bit light in the wallet this week after NASCAR fined him $50,000 for retaliatory contact against race winner Alex Bowman on the cooldown lap of the Chicago Street Race.

Ty Gibbs takes the top spot at Pocono Raceway in search of his first NASCAR Cup victory

Ty Gibbs will lead the field to green at Pocono Raceway, the site of his first career NASCAR Cup start and the track he hopes on Sunday will become where he gets his first career win.

Iowa Speedway’s repaving could change Newgarden’s dominance

Josef Newgarden’s recent run of success at Iowa Speedway might have been buried under the partial repaving the .875-mile oval underwent in the spring.

Bubba Wallace fined $50,000 by NASCAR for retaliatory contact against Alex Bowman

NASCAR has fined Bubba Wallace $50,000 for retaliatory contact against race winner Alex Bowman on the cooldown lap of the Chicago Street Race.

Noah Gragson lands seat in NASCAR Cup Series with Front Row Motorsports

Noah Gragson became the third of four Stewart-Haas Racing drivers to secure a seat for 2025 when Front Row Motorsports said Wednesday it had signed him to a multi-year deal.

John Force moved to California rehab center. Celebrates daughter’s birthday with ice cream

John Force is moving to a rehabilitation center closer to his home in California and the NHRA great was able to celebrate by leaving his Virginia hospital room to take his daughter for ice cream on her birthday.

AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to the Poconos, IndyCar takes on oval at Iowa with new hybrid engine

NASCAR shifts from the city streets of Chicago to the mountains of northeast Pennsylvania for a tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.

Alex Bowman quiets Hendrick speculation with his Cup win on a rainy Chicago street course

Alex Bowman spent his 30th birthday in an Iowa hospital after breaking his back in a short-track accident. Feeling as if he had let everyone down, it was a tough moment.

Bowman wraps up a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a win on a rainy Chicago street course

Alex Bowman secured a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs when he held on for the victory on a rainy street course in downtown Chicago.

O’Ward seizes lead on Palou’s pit stop woes, wins Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in debut of hybrid engine

Pato O’Ward seized the lead with 24 laps remaining as Alex Palou stalled in the pits and held on to win the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday in the IndyCar series’ official debut of its hybrid engine.

Hamilton finally stops counting the days since his last F1 win after brilliant British GP victory

Lewis Hamilton was counting the days since his last Formula 1 win and the number was creeping toward 1,000.

Williams F1 team principal Vowles hints at mid-season switch if Sargeant’s poor form continues

Williams team principal James Vowles is considering a possible mid-season switch if Logan Sargeant’s Formula 1 form does not improve.

Alex Palou embraces IndyCar hybrid engine, edges Pato O’Ward to win second straight Mid-Ohio pole

Alex Palou demonstrated his quick command of IndyCar’s new hybrid engine to nudge Pato O’Ward by 0.0024 seconds for his second consecutive pole at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Shane van Gisbergen wins again in NASCAR Xfinity Series race in downtown Chicago

Shane van Gisbergen raced to his third Xfinity Series victory of the season, making a successful return to the NASCAR street course in downtown Chicago.

Chicago street course offers a tricky opportunity for winless NASCAR Cup Series drivers

Alex Bowman sees a Chicago street course full of possibilities. He also sees a major potential problem.

Kyle Larson wins the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago

Kyle Larson has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago, beating Ty Gibbs by a hundredth of a second.

A green flag for clean power: NASCAR unveils its first electric racecar

NASCAR has unveiled its first electric racecar in Chicago. It doesn’t thunder when the race grand marshal says “drivers, start your engines,” it hums.

Palou, Rossi manage fast laps in rain-affected practice for IndyCar’s hybrid engine at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou each felt something slightly different from their cars with the IndyCar Series new hybrid engines on Friday before weather delayed additional research for another day.

Shane van Gisbergen is back in Chicago after his career-altering NASCAR Cup Series win a year ago

Shane van Gisbergen prefers the countryside to a big city, so Chicago isn’t exactly his type of place. Except for the Windy City streets. He likes those a lot.

IndyCar issues 6-position grid penalties to 3 drivers for teams’ use of unapproved engines

IndyCar has issued six-position starting grid penalties to drivers Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong and Pietro Fittipaldi ahead of Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for their teams’ unapproved engine changes during last month’s test at Iowa Speedway.

German investigators detain third suspect in attempted blackmail of former Formula 1 driver’s family

German investigators say they have arrested a third suspect in an attempt to blackmail the family of former Formula 1 race driver Michael Schumacher.

Brad Pitt movie about Formula 1 will simply be called ‘F1'

Brad Pitt’s movie about Formula 1 coming to cinemas next year will simply be called “F1.” Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is a co-producer of the project which collected footage at F1 circuits around the world this year and last.

Rossi cycles to the top of IndyCar free agent list. The former Indy 500 winner seeks strong landing

Alexander Rossi won the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie with Andretti Global, but when that relationship staled after seven seasons, he moved on to what he thought was a better IndyCar team.