Jesse Love holds off field in double-OT to score first win at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jesse Love earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday in a typically wild double-overtime finish in the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway — crossing the line by a slight 0.141-seconds ahead of Riley Herbst. In many ways, it was victorious redemption for the 19-year-old Californian, who earlier this season was […]

Michael McDowell soars to Busch Light Pole at Talladega

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ford led qualifying for Sunday‘s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), with Michael McDowell earning the second pole position of his career Saturday. McDowell‘s No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford made a dramatic run in the final round of qualifying, with a speed of 182.022 […]

Kyle Larson, No. 5 team to serve pass-through penalty after Talladega start

TALLADEGA, Ala. — The No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Kyle Larson will serve a pass-through penalty after the start of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway for an infraction found before Saturday morning’s qualifying session at Talladega Superspeedway. Larson was not allowed to participate in Busch Light Pole qualifying after officials found […]

Norris worried fans will be turned off F1 by Verstappen’s ‘boring’ dominance

  • World champion follows sprint win with pole in qualifying
  • Lewis Hamilton knocked out in Q1 and 18th after error

McLaren’s Lando Norris warned that Max Verstappen’s dominance of Formula One is in danger of turning fans away from the sport after the Dutchman powered to another pole for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Verstappen took his fifth consecutive pole of the season in Shanghai where he was once more all but untouchable. That was in stark contrast to Lewis Hamilton, whose travails continued with the Briton managing only 18th on the grid – his worst qualifying position since he crashed out in Brazil in 2017.

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NASCAR survivor pool: NASCAR.com’s 36 for 36 picks for Talladega

NASCAR.com‘s 36 for 36 continues at Talladega Superspeedway. With 36 races and 36 full-time Charter cars, our players select one car per race, but there‘s a simple twist: once they‘ve made the pick, they can‘t choose that car again for the rest of the 36-race season. Yes, that means every car will be selected exactly […]

Liquid Death becomes official Iced Tea Sponsor of NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Liquid Death, the healthy beverage platform and one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic brands, is now officially a NASCAR partner. The brand will be on-site this weekend in Talladega to jumpstart the partnership with an interactive display featuring the “Thirst Hearse” and offering fans samples of select iced tea flavors. As part […]

‘This journey has been not easy’: Zhou relishing home debut in F1 Chinese GP

The Sauber driver has had a long wait to race on home soil and expectations are off the charts in Shanghai

There has been no little wait for the home crowd and their local hero Zhou Guanyu but what a moment it will be when, finally, this weekend he becomes the first Chinese driver to compete at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. Already the star of a documentary, the only Chinese driver to compete in an F1 race is the main draw for a meeting that sold out in minutes.

This race has not been held since 2019 because of the pandemic and while the 24-year-old Zhou made his F1 debut in 2022, with the Alfa Romeo (now Sauber) team, he has had to wait till his third season to race on a track in the city where he was born and where he has never before competed in a single-seater.

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