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AUTO RACING: NASCAR moves to Atlanta after William Byron’s Daytona 500 win
Another NASCAR tripleheader is in the works as the series moves to Atlanta Motor Speedway. The season got off to a wet start with rain pushing the Xfinity Series and Daytona 500 to Monday.
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William Byron has battled ‘imposter syndrome’ in his climb from computer racer to Daytona 500 champ
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Austin Hill opens Xfinity Season with third consecutive win at Daytona
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NASCAR Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson runs into early trouble, finishes 28th at Daytona 500
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Alex Bowman triggers ‘the big one’ in the Daytona 500 but escapes damage and comes home second
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William Byron wins Daytona 500
William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season by snapping the team’s nine-year Daytona 500 losing streak with his Monday win in the rain-postponed “Great American Race.”
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NASCAR teams tell AP they’ve hired top antitrust lawyer on eve of Daytona 500
NASCAR teams have hired one of the country’s top antitrust and sports lawyers to advise them in their ongoing dispute with the family-owned stock car series over a new revenue-sharing model.
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Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012
NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at Daytona International Speedway.
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Beard Motorsports carries on at Daytona 500 in honor of late patriarch of team and family
Beard Motorsports is back in the Daytona 500 a year after missing the race. Anthony Alfredo returned Beard Motorsports to NASCAR’s biggest spectacle.
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‘Malcolm in the Middle’ star Frankie Muniz back at Daytona and rising up the NASCAR racing ladder
Actor Frankie Muniz will try to make his Xfinity Series debut in the No. 35 Ford for Joey Gase Racing at Daytona International Speedway.
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Toyota takes high hopes into Daytona 500 but weather may affect ‘The Great American Race’
After a dismal showing in time trials for Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500, the Toyota camp roared back and swept the two 150-mile qualifying races that set the field for “The Great American Race.”
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Former IndyCar regular Marco Andretti forging a new racing path in NASCAR’s ARCA Series
Marco Andretti is returning to what’s essentially a full-time racing schedule three years after stepping back from IndyCar.
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NASCAR driver Chris Buescher skips Daytona 500 practice to be home for the birth of his second child
NASCAR driver Chris Buescher has left the Daytona 500 to return home for the birth of his second child.
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Jimmie Johnson uses desperate late push to qualify for his 21st Daytona 500
Jimmie Johnson raced his way into the Daytona 500 with a three-wide move through the final turn of Thursday night’s first qualifying race.
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Shane van Gisbergen shocked NASCAR with a win in his debut. He’s now chasing a Cup career
Shane van Gisbergen took NASCAR by storm last season by winning the inaugural Chicago Street Race in his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race.
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Ryan Blaney enters 2024 season the NASCAR champion. Up next, a shot at winning the Daytona 500
Ryan Blaney is trying to become the sixth driver to follow a NASCAR Cup championship with a Daytona 500 victory the next season.
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Joey Logano, Michael McDowell lead Ford sweep of Daytona 500 front row. Hendrick is locked out
Ford has swept the front row in qualifying for the Daytona 500 with former race winners Joey Logano and Michael McDowell shocking powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports.
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Former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. has ‘no clue’ whether he will retire after this season
It could be months before Martin Truex Jr. figures out his racing future. Truex says, “I have no idea what I’m doing next year.”
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IndyCar moves season finale from downtown streets to Nashville Superspeedway amid NFL construction
IndyCar will move its September season-ending championship finale from the downtown streets of Nashville to the superspeedway in Lebanon because of construction starting on the Tennessee Titans’ new stadium.
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Jimmie Johnson struggled in his first year as NASCAR team owner. Can he make Legacy a winner?
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson hopes for better results in his second season as owner of Legacy Motor Club. Johnson made some big changes for his NASCAR team.
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Kevin Harvick ready to guide viewers through the Daytona 500 from his perch in the broadcast booth
Newly retired NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick will make his full-time debut as a Fox Sports broadcaster with the Daytona 500 this week.
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AUTO RACING: Auto racing season opens with 3 NASCAR races at Daytona, the last the premier 500
The NASCAR season kicks off the auto racing calendar with the first points races of the season following the conclusion of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway.
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Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur looks forward to ‘huge opportunity’ with Hamilton in 2025
Lewis Hamilton’s arrival will present “a huge opportunity” for Ferrari next year but signing the seven-time Formula One champion involved some uncomfortable phone calls, team principal Fred Vasseur said Tuesday.
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Sainz says he has ‘plenty of options’ when he leaves Ferrari in 2025
Carlos Sainz Jr. believes he has “plenty of options” in Formula 1 next year when he leaves Ferrari to make way for Lewis Hamilton.
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Chase Elliott out to bounce back from worst season of career, insists he wants to be a NASCAR star
Chase Elliott wants to race cars. Fast cars that he can drive to a second NASCAR championship. The rest of the stuff?
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NASCAR driver Ryan Preece returns to Daytona, where his harrowing crash prompted grass removal
Ryan Preece might not recognize the spot where his harrowing crash started at Daytona International Speedway last August.
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NASCAR starts season with fresh new champion and off-track revenue sharing dispute
A new NASCAR season begins with rivals attempting to dethrone Team Penske after two years atop the Cup Series, all while a compelling off-track battle rages on over revenue sharing that threatens to overshadow the competition.
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NASCAR names Eric Peterson president of Iowa Speedway, which will host its first Cup Series in June
Eric Peterson has been named president of Iowa Speedway as the Newton track prepares for its first NASCAR Cup Series in June. Peterson replaces David Hyatt.
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NASCAR star Kyle Larson tests the limits of his Indy 500 ride at Phoenix Raceway
Kyle Larson is coming off the longest test session of his IndyCar career. Larson was behind the wheel of his Arrow McLaren ride for more than four hours at Phoenix Raceway on Monday.
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Motorsports madness: A week of utterly bizarre and shocking developments in global auto racing
What a week for global motorsports. It started last weekend with a 24-hour race that wasn’t a full 24 hours.
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Hamlin wins exhibition Clash at the Coliseum as NASCAR moves race up a day to avoid California storm
Denny Hamlin won the Clash at the Coliseum exhibition race that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California.
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NASCAR returns to the Coliseum with the future of Clash event uncertain in Southern California
NASCAR returns to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for a third consecutive year for the exhibition Clash and the immediate future of racing in Southern California is at stake.
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Signing Lewis Hamilton puts the pressure on Ferrari to end its long wait for F1 title
Lewis Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025 is a gamble for the seven-time Formula One champion. It’s also a gamble for Ferrari.
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Formula One extends Japanese Grand Prix contract at Suzuka to 2029
The Japanese Grand Prix will stay on the Formula One calendar until at least 2029 after a five-year contract extension to keep the race at the Suzuka Circuit.
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Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes at the end of 2024 to join Ferrari
Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has shocked the motorsports world by announcing he will leave Mercedes at the end of the season to join Ferrari.
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