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10:49 AM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch will move to Richard Childress Racing next season, ending a 15-year career with Joe Gibbs Racing because the team could not come to terms with NASCAR’s only active multiple Cup champion. Busch will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet for Childress in an announcement made

3:58 AM ET Nico Hulkenberg is a front-running candidate to replace Mick Schumacher at Haas next season, multiple sources have told ESPN. Hulkenberg last raced full-time in F1 with Renault in 2019 but has made a handful of substitute appearances for Racing Point and Aston Martin in the years since as a COVID-19 stand-in. Hulkenberg

Sep 10, 2022 Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher have joined the list of drivers with a grid penalty at the Italian Grand Prix, which now stands at nine. Magnussen and Schumacher will both drop 15 places from wherever they qualify after Haas made changes to the engine components in both cars. 1 Related Formula

9:52 AM ET Williams driver Alex Albon is recovering in hospital after suffering a respiratory failure following surgery for appendicitis. Albon missed the Italian Grand Prix at the weekend for surgery on Saturday. The Thai driver experienced “unexpected post-operative anaesthetic complications” after his procedure and was sent to intensive care at Monza’s Ospedale San Gerardo,

5:31 AM ET MONZA, Italy — A controversial safety car at the end of a race won by Max Verstappen. Formula One has been here before. The one which ended Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix one was slightly less dramatic and much less impactful than the last time that happened, at last year’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi

6:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar’s intense season came to a nail-biting end in which Team Penske’s superstars duked it out for the title and the future of the race winner clouded once again. Will Power beat Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden by 16 points for the Australian to win his second

1:58 PM ET The Safety Car period at the end of the Italian Grand Prix brought back memories of last year’s season-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton saw his shot at an eighth world title disappear on the final lap of the final race of last year when race director Michael Masi

6:31 AM ET Brazilian Felipe Drugovich won the Formula Two championship at Italy’s Monza circuit on Saturday but his chances of moving up to Formula One next season remain remote. The 22-year-old MP Motorsport driver clinched the title mathematically with three races to spare, despite retiring from the sprint race won by Estonian Juri Vips

7:14 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Will Power broke Mario Andretti‘s record for poles on the day he most needed a big run. The greatest qualifier in IndyCar history is now one step closer to a second championship. Power grabbed his 68th career pole with Andretti watching from pit lane Saturday at Laguna

12:50 PM ET MONZA, Italy — George Russell has said he believes Max Verstappen will slice through the field at the Italian Grand Prix from wherever he starts on Sunday. There was confusion over the final grid order after qualifying, with nine drivers hit with penalties for engine changes made over the past 48 hours.

6:56 AM ET Nyck de Vries will replace Alex Albon at Williams for the Italian Grand Prix after the Thai driver contracted appendicitis. The Dutchman, who won Formula 2 in 2019 and Formula E in 2021, is in the running to be Alex Albon’s teammate next year as there is ongoing uncertainty about the future

3:34 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Jimmie Johnson announced Friday that sponsor Carvana has agreed to fund next year’s racing endeavors, and the seven-time NASCAR champion will use the next few weeks to determine his 2023 schedule. Johnson just a week ago said he was still seeking funding for a full IndyCar season.

9:01 AM ET Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will drop to the rear end of the grid for the Italian Grand Prix as he joined the growing list of drivers taking an engine change penalty. The nature of Monza’s circuit, which features long straights and overtaking opportunities, is seen as a place where the impact of grid

4:45 AM ET Porsche has confirmed it is no longer in negotiations to join forces with Red Bull in Formula One following several months of talks. Porsche was planning to enter F1 at the start of the new engine regulations in 2026 and was in negotiations with Red Bull about partnering with the team. It

8:59 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will start this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Mercedes confirmed his car would be fitted with a new power unit that will incur a grid penalty. Hamilton will use his fourth power unit of the season in Italy, taking him over his quota for

2:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago: North Wilkesboro Speedway. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina native Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined the stock car body and the track’s owner on Thursday to announce that the track will

9:57 AM ET Ferrari has revealed the tweaked livery it will use at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the car company. The one-off livery features a splash of yellow to pay homage to Modena, the hometown of the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. Yellow is one of the colours of

6:08 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar newcomer Scott McLaughlin has signed a multiyear contract extension with Team Penske just as the New Zealander heads into his first championship race since joining the series. The extension is the third in a month given out by Roger Penske, who also recently extended the contracts

12:56 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR is investigating a spate of car fires that left one championship contender fuming after his Ford erupted into an inferno during the opening playoff race. Kevin Harvick lashed out at NASCAR and the new Next Gen car after his inexplicably caught fire at Darlington Raceway. The Next Gen debuted

Sep 5, 2022 Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he had no problem with Lewis Hamilton‘s profane radio messages during the Dutch Grand Prix because the teams play the role of “vomit bags” for their drivers at emotional moments. Hamilton later apologised for telling the team they had “f–ing screwed” him, although he said he will

Sep 1, 2022 Racers were angry. Racers were complaining. Racers were questioning everything, live in HD on our television sets. Awesome. Welcome to the postseason. On Sunday night in the 73rd edition of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s oldest speedway and its still-new race car joined forces to send the sport through a

1:05 PM ET AlphaTauri has defended itself against accusations that Yuki Tsunoda‘s retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix was staged to help Red Bull win the race. Tsunoda’s stoppage on Lap 46 was a key moment in the race, triggering a Virtual Safety Car period that allowed Max Verstappen to make a pit stop with

9:35 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Greg Anderson won his 100th career NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn in the Pro Stock finals of the U.S. Nationals on Monday. Anderson reached 208.07 mph in his 6.587-second winning run. Seven of his victories have come at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. “I don’t know if I

6:30 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Scott Dixon watched Scott McLaughlin lead lap after lap around Portland International Raceway and figured at some point, his fellow New Zealander would be ordered to pull over. There’s a championship on the line – the closest IndyCar title fight in 19 years – and McLaughlin is

6:24 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Scott McLaughlin led a Team Penske rout at Portland International Raceway by scoring his third victory of the season in a 1-2 finish that moved Will Power one race closer to the IndyCar championship. McLaughlin led 104 of the 110 laps Sunday to pick up his third

7:30 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Ron Capps won the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout on a hole-shot Sunday in the NHRA U.S. Nationals. Capps beat Matt Hagan in the final round to take the $80,000 top prize in the bonus event at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Capps, the defending series

1:07 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands – Daniel Ricciardo called fellow Australian Oscar Piastri, who is replacing him at McLaren next season, to tell him there are no hard feelings about how things have played out this year. After a protracted legal tug of war between Alpine and McLaren, this week it was confirmed Piastri will

5:45 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Team Penske powered its way around Portland International Raceway on Saturday in a 1-2-3 qualifying sweep that poised the IndyCar championship leaders for a big swing against Ganassi in the title fight. Scott McLaughlin won the pole — his third of the season — and picked up

7:53 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Steve Torrence won the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout specialty race Saturday at Lucas Oil Raceway as part of the NHRA U.S. Nationals. In the final round of the specialty event with a total purse of $130,000, Torrence, the four-time defending series champion, had a 3.692-second

12:19 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands – Lewis Hamilton felt he could have set up a tantalising start alongside 2021 title rival Max Verstappen at the Dutch Grand Prix as Mercedes bounced back to form. Last week Mercedes languished off the pace at the Belgian Grand Prix but has been in the mix with Red Bull