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11:46 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Christian Lundgaard will leave European racing and switch to IndyCar next season in a third seat for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The Danish driver is a member of the Alpine Formula One team’s junior program and made his IndyCar debut in August on the road course at Indianapolis

6:47 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Alexis DeJoria powered to her first Funny Car victory in more than four years Sunday in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. DeJoria beat J.R. Todd with a 3.921-second run at 327.66 mph in a Toyota Camry for her sixth career victory. “I was hungry

2:05 AM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Steve Torrence made the quickest Top Fuel run in Bristol Dragway history Saturday to top qualifying for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Torrence closed out qualifying with a 3.667-second run at 331.28 mph for his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the this season and 31st in his

May 29, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — Dear smart watch and pedometer manufacturers: I don’t want to tell you how to run your business, but you’re missing out on a sponsorship opportunity during Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. And I don’t mean slapping a sticker on any of the 33 race cars that will be roaring down the frontstretch

9:03 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brittany Force made the quickest run in Bristol Dragway history Friday, powering to the provisional No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Force blistered the track record at Thunder Valley with a 3.682-second run at 328.94 mph. She’s in position for

May 30, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — On Saturday morning, roughly 24 hours before the start of the 2021 Indianapolis 500, an impromptu meeting of Indy’s most exclusive club took place as the drivers meeting of this year’s 33 competitors was being adjourned. A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears, the only four-time winners over 104

Jun 20, 2021 Alvin Kamara has officially become a two-sport star. The New Orleans Saints running back was named as NASCAR’s first-ever growth and engagement advisor on Sunday, continuing his growing relationship with the sport over the past year. “I’m excited they carved out a role for me,” Kamara said Sunday. “I got an office.

11:15 AM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — First came the woman, then the fastest cars in racing. Tony Stewart, who fell in love with NHRA while tagging along with fiancée Leah Pruett at her races the past two seasons, will be an official part of the sport in 2022. The NASCAR Hall of Fame

10:16 AM ET Associated Press Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing confirmed the worst kept secret in IndyCar on Monday when British driver Jack Harvey was officially added to its 2022 lineup. Harvey had been assumed to be headed to Rahal since August, when he informed Meyer Shank Racing he was leaving at the end of his

8:13 PM ET Associated Press ENNIS, Texas — Greg Anderson broke the Pro Stock victory record with his 98th win Sunday in the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. The 60-year-old Anderson won when Chris McGaha red-lighted in the final. “I saw (McGaha’s red light) on the scoreboard and I had a difficult time getting

9:18 PM ET Associated Press ENNIS, Texas — Robert Hight held onto the top spot in Funny Car qualifying Saturday at Texas Motorplex in the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Hight raced to his first No. 1 qualifier of the season and 70th overall with a 3.878-second run at 331.94 mph Friday in a Chevrolet Camaro. “We’re

1:16 AM ET Associated Press ENNIS, Texas — Brittany Force broke both ends of the Texas Motorplex record in Top Fuel qualifying Friday night for the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Force made the fifth-quickest run in NHRA history with a 3.637-second pass at 335.32 mph. She’s trying to earn her 11th No. 1 qualifier of the

7:29 PM ET Associated Press The IndyCar future of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was in doubt Tuesday after Rahal Letterman Lanigan said the Japanese driver won’t return to the team next year. Sato has raced in IndyCar since 2010 following seven seasons in Formula One. The Tokyo native has driven for Rahal the

2:23 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Czech racer Filip Salac was taken by helicopter to a hospital after crashing hard early in the Moto3 race in at the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas. Race officials at the Circuit of the Americas said the 19-year-old was conscious after the crash and was taken

4:28 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway was washed out and rescheduled for Monday because persistent rain backed the series into too tight of a window to run as scheduled. The race was initially delayed almost two hours and NASCAR made one attempt Sunday at starting the 500-miler.

5:53 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Amid a season of self-described suffering, Marc Marquez was all smiles as he returned to his winning form in Texas. The Repsol Honda rider dialed up his old speed for a dominant victory at the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday, while championship leader Fabio

6:07 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Smooth and steady, same as he’s been all season, Alex Palou cruised to his first IndyCar championship with an easy Sunday drive at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The 24-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the IndyCar championship and pulled it off in just

7:32 AM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — The IndyCar championship race tightened ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach after a messy qualifying session put contenders Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward in the middle of the pack. “Maybe rules don’t apply the last race of the season? When everything’s at stake? It

2:09 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Dean Berta Viñales, a 15-year-old Spanish rider, died after crashing in a motorcycle race in Spain on Saturday. Race organizers said Viñales, a cousin of MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales, did not recover from his injuries after the crash in a Supersport 300 race at the Jeréz de la

7:53 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Endless hours on iRacing trying to familiarize himself with the downtown city street course in Long Beach paid off Friday when IndyCar points leader Alex Palou sailed through his first career laps on the circuit. Palou takes a 35-point lead into Sunday’s title-deciding season finale. The

2:11 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — The love affair between Romain Grosjean and IndyCar will continue another year. The Frenchman will move to Andretti Autosport in 2022 to drive a full season, including the Indianapolis 500. Grosjean did not commit to ovals when he left Formula One to drive for Dale Coyne

11:04 AM ET Associated Press SOCHI, Russia — The first Formula One race in Miami will be held on May 8. The Miami race at a new track named the Miami International Autodrome — being built around Hard Rock Stadium — will be the first of two U.S. events on the 2022 F1 schedule, along

Sep 19, 2021 Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — The tiny IndyCar team Sam Schmidt formed 20 years ago moved another step toward becoming an elite organization with a sponsorship extension by Arrow Electronics announced ahead of Sunday’s race at Laguna Seca. The deal through 2028 retains Arrow’s name in the Arrow McLaren SP team title.

6:10 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — The new faces of IndyCar dominated at Laguna Seca, where Colton Herta won the race, Alex Palou moved an easy Sunday drive away from the championship and Romain Grosjean was treated like a rock star. Herta routed the field — and ran over “either a squirrel or

6:17 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Tim Wilkerson raced to his second Funny Car victory in three weeks Sunday, beating Cruz Pedregon in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Wilkerson had a 3.927-second run at 331.36 mph in a Ford Shelby Mustang in the final for his 22nd career victory. He

1:35 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar’s extended partnership with NBC Sports yielded an additional bonus for next year’s schedule, which was already earmarked to air a record number of races on network broadcast. The three-year extension announced with the network in July touted a record 13 races on NBC. That number was

11:05 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Force topped Funny Car qualifying for the 163rd time in his career Saturday in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. The 72-year-old Force’s run of 3.860 seconds at 332.18 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro on Friday held up, for his third No. 1 qualifier

7:28 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Colton Herta won the pole at Laguna Seca and will try Sunday to tie his father as a two-time winner at the rolling California road course. The win would actually give him the family throne on the overall victories list. Herta won from the pole in 2019

9:39 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — – The father-daughter duo of John and Brittany Force topped the first round of qualifying Friday night in the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Brittany Force matched her Top Fuel track record set this year with a run of 3.662-seconds at 331.85 mph in her dragster.

6:16 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — When Alex Palou and teammate Scott Dixon missed the first turn on the first lap at Portland International Raceway, it put Pato O’Ward in position to take firm hold of the IndyCar championship. But the two Chip Ganassi Racing drivers didn’t panic, even when IndyCar sent Palou