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9:41 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Fifty-two lead changes among 21 drivers. Only three in-race cautions over the race’s first 198 laps and then three more over the final 13 laps, 10 run in overtime. A Daytona 500 winner who didn’t take the lead until that OT and then pulled into Victory Lane for

8:08 AM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Action sports icon Travis Pastrana is talking with a reporter at the Daytona International Speedway media center on Wednesday afternoon

12:12 PM ET Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders General Editor, F1 Laurence Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The FIA has issued a clarification around its controversial clampdown on political protests in Formula One, insisting any statement at a grand prix would still require permission

7:57 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Seven-time is officially back. Jimmie Johnson, making his return to stock car racing after a two-year dalliance in IndyCar, topped the first practice session for the Daytona 500 on Friday. The two-time Daytona 500 winner and seven-time Cup Series champion reached a top speed of 194.25

10:16 AM ET With qualifying and the Duels in the books, the NASCAR world is counting down to Sunday’s Daytona 500. Sean Gardner/Getty Images DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is time for the 65th running of the Daytona 500, NASCAR‘s biggest event on its biggest stage, kicking off what many believe could be one of the

9:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — IndyCar driver Conor Daly raced Floyd Mayweather Jr. into the Daytona 500 for a second consecutive year by bobbing and weaving his way through myriad issues for the ill-prepared team. Daly’s attempt to make his first Daytona 500 was announced only last week as part of

3:34 PM ET Alpine has rounded out Formula One’s launch season by becoming the 10th and final team to reveal its 2023 car. The Alpine A523 ran on track for the first time during a private shakedown at Silverstone on Monday, but the French team waited until Thursday to reveal the car at an event

12:45 PM ET Mercedes have started contract extension talks with seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and age will not be a factor in the negotiations, team boss Toto Wolff said on Wednesday. Hamilton, winner of a record 103 grands prix, turned 38 in January and will be starting his 11th season at Mercedes

8:12 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bowman has a new contract as he chases his first Daytona 500 victory. Bowman received a three-year extension from Hendrick Motorsports on Wednesday that will keep the driver – who missed five races last season with a concussion – with the team through the 2026

9:43 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Kanaan, the 2013 Indianapolis 500 champ, said Wednesday he will compete in IndyCar’s biggest race this May before retiring again. The 48-year-old from Brazil made the announcement on Twitter. 🇧🇷Tem sido uma jornada maravilhosa, mas ainda não acabou. Espero vcs para a última em Maio.•🇺🇸 Let’s do

4:32 AM ET Mercedes has returned to an all-black colour scheme for the 2023 Formula One season as they look to return to title contention. The iconic black livery from 2020 and 2021 has been refined as part of a significant project to reduce overall weight of the car. Mercedes has retained the aggressive ‘zero

2:50 PM ET Dale Earnhardt, top, and Dale Jarrett contested one of NASCAR’s all-time-great Daytona 500s in 1993. Bill Frakes /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images The 1993 Daytona 500, run 30 years ago today, is first and foremost a love story. Yes, it was the Dale and Dale Show. Yes, it was the victory that sparked

7:25 AM ET Associated Press NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart will return to full-time competition this season — as an NHRA drag racer. Stewart, a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, will run a Top Alcohol Dragster for McPhillips Racing for the full 2023 NHRA season. Stewart, who turns 52 in May, will be sponsored

3:26 PM ET Time is not on Fernando Alonso‘s side but the 41-year-old double Formula One world champion, preparing for a new adventure with Aston Martin, has not given up on adding to his tally of 32 grand prix wins. The Spaniard recognised, however, that it was unlikely to happen in 2023. Alonso has joined

12:26 PM ET Lando Norris has likened the FIA’s threat of clamping down on Formula One drivers making political protests or carrying political slogans to being treated like school kids. The FIA updated the International Sporting Code last December with a clause requiring prior written permission for drivers to make or display “political, religious and

4:59 AM ET Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali has issued a warning to prospective F1 team owner Michael Andretti, saying some of his recent comments in the media were “not smart”. Andretti has joined forces with American car manufacturer Cadillac in the hope of setting up a new F1 team in 2026, but the project

5:30 PM ET Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri has introduced flashes of red to its colour scheme for the 2023 season. The Italian team, named after Red Bull’s fashion brand, launched their car at New York’s Fashion Week on Friday to continue the company’s U.S-themed start to the new season. AlphaTauri AlphaTauri Reigning champions Red

6:43 AM ET Jean-Eric Vergne of DS Penske won an action-packed Hyderabad E-Prix on Saturday, marking a successful return of a high-profile motorsport event in India. Vergne held off a strong challenge from Envison Racing’s Nick Cassidy to cross the chequered flag in the first place despite having less than 0.5 percent energy left in

11:44 AM ET Six protesters who were involved in a track invasion on the opening lap of last year’s British Grand Prix have been convicted after a two-week trial. Prosecutors claimed the members of the Just Stop Oil environmental campaign group, five of whom briefly sat on the circuit while the race was going on,

8:34 AM ET Marc Marquez is arguably MotoGP’s greatest of all time, but has spent more than two years recovering from a career-threatening arm injury. Gold & Goose / Red Bull Content Pool “I had a dream career until 2020,” Marc Marquez told ESPN, recalling his decorated time in MotoGP, the two-wheeled equivalent of Formula One.

12:44 PM ET Associated Press Katherine Legge will attempt to qualify for her third Indianapolis 500 this year — her first IndyCar race since 2013 — in a car fielded by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Legge will enter the race in the No. 44 Honda with sponsorship from Hendrickson, a global manufacturer and supplier of

12:59 AM ET Sunaadh Sagar India plays host to a top-tier motorsport series after almost a decade, as Formula E comes to town in the form of the Hyderabad E-Prix on February 11. Here’s everything you need to know about the showpiece event: Wait, what’s an E-prix? The electric equivalent of a Formula 1 race.

8:21 AM ET FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, head of motorsport’s governing body, has stepped back from overseeing Formula One in a day-to-day capacity. Ben Sulayem was elected on a manifesto which included the restructure of race control and the FIA’s F1 operation as a whole. FIA single-seater boss Nikolas Tombazis will take over that

5:23 PM ET Formula One will never gag anyone, chief executive Stefano Domenicali has stated in response to a pre-season controversy between the governing FIA and drivers over ‘political’ statements and freedom of speech. The Italian, who represents U.S.-based commercial rights holders Liberty Media, told the Guardian newspaper he also expected the sport’s Paris-based governing

12:48 PM ET Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s exhibition race at the LA Coliseum on Sunday, a mouth-watering appetizer ahead of the 2023 season. Chris Williams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NASCAR season has arrived. The real season. After the stock car equivalent to a department-store soft opening at the LA Coliseum on Sunday night, the

9:51 AM ET Associated Press IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala; Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October on The

9:19 AM ET Logan Sargeant says it will be an honour to end Formula One’s eight-year wait for an American driver this year. Florida-born Sargeant, 22, will race at Williams this season alongside Alex Albon at a time when F1’s popularity Stateside is booming like never before. Until this year, F1 had been without a

4:53 AM ET F1 boss Stefano Domenicali’s bizarre no-show on stage at Red Bull’s season launch was due to a last minute decision not to steal the limelight from the confirmation of the Ford partnership. Domenicali created the viral moment of Red Bull’s car launch at Manhattan’s Classic Car Club on Friday, as he failed

2:11 PM ET NEW YORK — On Friday, Ford announced its return to Formula One as a partner of Red Bull’s nascent powertrains division. The deal will see the famous Blue Oval back on the F1 grid from 2026 onwards, although its involvement in F1 will remain a step short of the likes of Mercedes,

7:15 AM ET NEW YORK — Ford has confirmed it will return to Formula One in 2026 as it joins forces with world champions Red Bull. The American automotive giant announced its return to the sport on Friday morning at Red Bull’s launch event in New York. The deal will see Ford team up with