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Driver Kyle Busch, right, gives autographs before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

NASCAR teams, drivers will celebrate the sports’ roots at Darlington Raceway

Josh Berry’s path to NASCAR’s top series was filled with doubts. Berry spent about a decade toiling at small tracks, learning the lessons needed to achieve stock-car racing success.
 
Kyle Larson, center, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

AUTO RACING: Kyle Larson leads NASCAR Cup standings as series heads to Darlington

 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, center, celebrates his first place finish along with second place finisher Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward of Mexico, left, and third place finisher Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin of New Zealand in the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Team Penske suspends senior leadership. What to know about the scandal that has rocked IndyCar

 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Roger Penske after the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Penske suspends Cindric and 3 others in the wake of a cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500

 
McLaren driver Lando Norris, of Britain, is lifted after winning the Miami Formula One Grand Prix auto race Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Analysis: Lando Norris win shows McLaren is ready to return to global motorsports prominence

 

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Kyle Larson (5) crosses the finish line milliseconds in front of Chris Buescher (17) for the win during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin, the dominant NASCAR Cup Series drivers, could have a blooming rivalry

What is fast becoming the best rivalry in NASCAR evidently has a willing participant in Kyle Larson.
 
Kyle Larson (5) crosses the finish line milliseconds in front of Chris Buescher (17) for the win during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Larson edges Buescher at the line at Kansas Speedway in closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history

Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher to the line at Kansas Speedway on Sunday in the closest finish in NASCAR history.
 
McLaren driver Lando Norris, of Britain, is lifted after winning the Miami Formula One Grand Prix auto race Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Lando Norris earns 1st career F1 victory by ending Verstappen’s dominance at Miami

Lando Norris needed 110 starts and a mistake by Max Verstappen to earn his first ever Formula 1 race and end Verstappen’s dominance at the Miami Grand Prix.
 

Christopher Bell stops run of misfortune with pole qualifying run at Kansas Speedway

Christopher Bell put an end to a run of misfortune by qualifying on the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
 
Kyle Larson (5) heads down the front stretch during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Kyle Larson eyes Indy 500-Coke 600 double as busy May begins for him at Kansas Speedway

Kyle Larson’s busy month of May is getting going at Kansas Speedway. He will be driving his No. 5 for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday.
 
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, puts on his helmet before the Sprint race at the Miami Formula One Grand Prix, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Max Verstappen ties Alain Prost’s record with 6th pole-winning run to open an F1 season

Max Verstappen inched closer to a third consecutive win at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday by continuing his long domination of Formula 1 qualifying.
 
Williams driver Logan Sargeant of the U.S. arrives ahead of the Formula One Miami Grand Prix auto race at the Miami International Autodrome, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Logan Sargeant is the only American driver in F1. His seat is in jeopardy as he heads into home race

The only American driver in Formula One had a somewhat decent showing in the Saturday sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.
 
Fans watch from a grandstand as Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico, center, and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drive past during the practice session for the Formula One Miami Grand Prix auto race, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

F1 now makes 3 stops a season in the United States. Could Miami become a victim of oversaturation?

Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time since its sparkling Las Vegas debut six months ago.
 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Roger Penske after the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Chevrolet denies participation in Team Penske’s IndyCar cheating scandal

Chevrolet denies having any knowledge of the IndyCar cheating scandal within Team Penske and says it hired an independent law firm to investigate if any General Motors employees were involved.
 
Denny Hamlin (11) crashes coming out of Turn 4 in the final laps as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47) races past in a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing for NASCAR Cup Series

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing to drive the No. 47 in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team announced the deal on Thursday.
 
NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones (43) collides driver Bubba Wallace (23) during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Talladega. Ala. (AP Photo/Russell Norris)

Erik Jones cleared to return by NASCAR but will sit out Kansas race after back injury at Talladega

Erik Jones was cleared by doctors and approved to return by NASCAR on Thursday, but his Legacy Motor Club team will hold him out of this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway to allow him more time to recover from his crash at Talladega.
 
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, of Spain, left, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur, center, and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, of Monaco, pose for a photograph in recognition of Ferrari's partnership with HP, ahead of the Miami Formula One Grand Prix, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Off-track soap opera follows F1 into first 2024 stop in U.S. Andrettis plan to meet with series

Five races into the Formula 1 season and Max Verstappen and the globe-trotting series have made their way back to the United States for the first of three appearances.
 
Fans gather at the burial site of late Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna to mark the 30th anniversary of his death, at Morumbi cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The three-time F1 world champion died in a crash at the Imola race track in San Marino. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

F1 champion Ayrton Senna remembered on Imola track 30 years after his death during the San Marino GP

The 30th anniversary of three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna’s death is being commemorated with a memorial on the Imola track where he crashed during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
 
Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

AUTO RACING: Formula One goes to Miami, NASCAR to Kansas

Denny Hamlin is trying to help Joe Gibbs Racing keep up with the teams from Hendrick Motorsports. Hamlin tied William Byron for the most wins this season at three with his victory at Dover.
 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Roger Penske after the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Analysis: IndyCar cheating scandal risks sullying Roger Penske’s perfect image

Roger Penske’s pristine image in motorsports has taken some hits over the past two weeks. Two of his drivers, Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin, were disqualified from the season-opening race in March because they used push-to-pass software that should not have been available.
 
Denny Hamlin, front left, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Denny Hamlin says ‘worse drivers’ than him have won a NASCAR championship. Who does he mean?

Denny Hamlin is off to one of the best starts of his two-decade career, with three wins for Joe Gibbs Racing.
 
FILE - David Malukas prepares before the start of an IndyCar auto race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Madison, Ill. David Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren on Monday, April 29, 2024, without ever running an IndyCar race for the team because of injuries the 22-year-old suffered in an offseason mountain biking crash. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

David Malukas dropped by McLaren after injured IndyCar driver misses 4th race following bike crash

David Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren on Monday without running an IndyCar race for the team because of injuries the 22-year-old suffered in an offseason mountain biking crash.
 
Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)

Denny Hamlin holds off Larson late to win NASCAR Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway

Denny Hamlin held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson over the final, thrilling laps and wiggled through lapped traffic to win the NASCAR Cup race by about a quarter of a second Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway.
 

McLaughlin wins 2nd straight at Barber, putting happy ending on rough week for Team Penske

Scott McLaughlin won his second straight race at Barber Motorsports Park, giving Team Penske a much-needed triumph just days after IndyCar erased Josef Newgarden’s victory and also disqualified McLaughlin from the season opener.
 
El reinante campeón de las 500 millas de Indianápolis Josef Newgarden en conferencia de prensa sobre su descalificación en la primera carrera de la temporada de la F1 el viernes 26 de abril del 2024 en Birmingham, Alabama. (AP Foto/John Zenor)

Team Penske’s Power, McLaughlin lock up front row at IndyCar after controversial week

Getting back in the race car is “the best medicine in the world” for Josef Newgarden. It’s Scott McLaughlin’s “favorite place in the world.”
 

Ryan Truex goes back-to-back at Dover Motor Speedway for 2nd career NASCAR victory

Ryan Truex won the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway for the second straight year, giving the younger brother of Martin Truex Jr. the only NASCAR victories of his career.
 
FILE - Kyle Larson sits on the car that he will drive in the IndyCar Indianapolis 500 after is was unveiled at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “The Double” and run 1,100 miles in one day at both the Indianapolis 500 in an Indy car and the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's longest race of the year. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Kyle Larson’s Indianapolis 500 qualifying attempt could derail NASCAR All-Star plans

Kyle Larson has run into his first speed bump in his busy May. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “The Double” and run 1,100 miles in one day, starting with the Indianapolis 500 in an Indy car and then flying to Charlotte to drive in the Coca-Cola 600, N
 

Kyle Busch win the pole for NASCAR Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway

Kyle Busch turned a fast lap of 162.191 mph and won the pole for the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway.
 
FILE - Erik Jones during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Corey Heim will substitute for Jones in the No. 43 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

NASCAR driver Erik Jones defends medical treatment following wreck at Talladega

Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway.
 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Roger Penske after the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Newgarden’s next challenge is to repair his reputation around IndyCar after disqualification

It may take Josef ’Newgarden some time to regain the trust of his fellow IndyCar drivers, and he knows it. Two days after Newgarden’s season-opening win at St.
 
Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden talks in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, April 26, 2024, about his recent disqualification in the season-opening IndyCar auto race. Newgarden is preparing for Sunday's race at Birmingham's Barber Motorsports Park. (AP Photo/John Zenor)

Star driver Josef Newgarden fights back tears, accepts blame for breaking rules in IndyCar scandal

Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden is accepted blame for manipulating the push-to-pass system in his season-opening win, calling it an embarrassment.
 
Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg of Germany reacts in the garage during the second free practice session at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Friday, April 5, 2024, ahead of Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

German driver Nico Hülkenberg to leave Haas for Sauber next year ahead of Audi’s arrival in F1

Formula 1 driver Nico Hülkenberg is leaving Haas for Sauber at the end of the year, giving the team a German presence on the grid when it rebrands to Audi for 2026.
 
FILE - Alfa Romeo test driver Theo Pourchaire, of France, drives during a practice session for the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Pourchaire faces a new challenge after his IndyCar debut in going from the streets of Long Beach to the road course at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. The 20-year old Frenchman, who is the reigning Formula 2 champion, gets his second turn racing for injured Arrow McLaren driver David Malukas on Sunday. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

F2 champion Theo Pourchaire gets another IndyCar race with McLaren as Malukas continues to heal

Theo Pourchaire faces a new challenge following his IndyCar debut as he goes from the streets of Long Beach to the road course at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.
 
FILE _ Will Power, of Australia, talks with a crew member following practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday, May 22, 2023, in Indianapolis. Power said Thursday, April 25, 2024, he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism.. Power finished fourth and while his result was not thrown out, he was docked 10 points and all three Penske drivers were fined $25,000. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Will Power denies participating in Penske cheating scandal. Silence from Josef Newgarden

Will Power says he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism.
 
FILE - Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, right, celebrates his victory with team owner Roger Penske after the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg auto race, Sunday, March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday, April 24, when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, was also disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Josef Newgarden stripped of season-opening IndyCar victory for manipulating push-to-pass system

Josef Newgarden has been stripped of his win in IndyCar’s season-opening race at St. Petersburg because Team Penske manipulated its push-to-pass system during the race, making Pato O’Ward the winner.
 
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