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Suarez started on the pole for Sunday’s 82-lap race on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile course but lost the lead to eventual winner Michael McDowell early in the first stage.With 35 laps remaining, Suarez went to the inside of Elliott and nudged him out of the way to take over the runner-up position behind McDowell. He then briefly retook the lead before he, McDowell and Elliott all made their final ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell became the 14th different this year and the 13th to lock themselves into the playoffs.After an early caution for Justin Haley, the race went completely green until the finish. There was plenty of contact, but never anything that required another restart.Daniel Suarez led from pole position, but it was McDowell out front by the end of Stage 1. Denny Hamlin ran long and snatched the Stage 2 ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the full highlights for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Michael McDowell wins Stage 1 with a 0.72 second lead over Daniel Suárez. Denny Hamlin wins Stage 2 with a 0.744 second lead over Michael McDowell. After leading a majority of the laps on the day, Michael McDowell takes the checkered flag for his first Nascar Cup Series win of the season. View the full article

McDowell took advantage of a slow pit stop by Daniel Suarez to extend his lead in Stage 2 and never looked back at Indianapolis. The 38-year-old native of Phoenix, Ariz., deftly out-duelled Chase Elliott down the stretch as the race ended with a 77-lap green flag run. He cleared Elliott by 0.937 seconds to win Sunday’s race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.Although McDowell was in ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell took advantage of a slow pit stop by Daniel Suarez to extend his lead in Stage 2 and never looked back.The 38-year-old native of Phoenix, Ariz., deftly out-dueled Chase Elliott down the stretch as the race ended with a 77-lap green flag run. He cleared Elliott by 0.937 seconds to win Sunday’s race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.Although McDowell was in contention to make ...Keep readingView the full article

Michael McDowell earned the checkered flag at the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. View the full article

NASCAR's August schedule continues Sunday with the Verizon 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, will become the first driver since Kurt Busch in 2014 to attempt the 1,100-mile double.Tony Stewart was the most successful of those who have attempted it, finishing ninth in the 1999 Indy 500 and then fourth in the Coke 600.The car is a combined effort between HMS and McLaren, and the paint scheme reflects that. Larson's No. 17 Arrow McLaren-Hendrick ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, will become the first driver since Kurt Busch in 2014 to attempt the 1,100-mile double.Tony Stewart was the most successful of those who attempted it, finishing 9th in the 1999 Indy 500 and then fourth in the Coke 600.The car is combined effort between HMS and McLaren, and the paint scheme reflects that. The team also plans to enter the Indy 500 in ...Keep readingView the full article

Van Gisbergen is set to become the next New Zealander to tackle the US racing scene with a full-time move from Supercars to NASCAR next year.He made his oval debut in the Truck Series on Friday, finishing a credible 19th, and will make a second Cup Series start on the Indianapolis road course tomorrow from eighth on the grid.He has effectively been sharing the track with fellow Kiwis Scott Dixon ...Keep readingView the full article

Van Gisbergen is set to become the next New Zealander to tackle the US racing scene with a full-time move from Supercars to NASCAR next year.He made his oval debut in the Truck Series on Friday, finishing a credible 19th, and will make a second Cup Series start on the Indianapolis road course tomorrow from eighth on the grid.He has effectively been sharing the track with fellow Kiwis Scott Dixon ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the full highlights for the Pennzoil 150 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. AJ Allmendinger wins Stage 1 with a 5.999 second lead over Sam Mayer. In stage 2, AJ Allmendinger wins Stage 2 with a 3.121 second lead over Ty Gibbs. Ty Gibbs took the checkered flag for his first win in the Xfinity Series this season. View the full article

Gibbs and A.J. Allmendinger were the class of the field from the start of Saturday’s race on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile course.With Allmendinger out front, both he and Gibbs make their final green flag pit stop on lap 43 of 62 with Gibbs beating Allmendinger off pit road.A lap later, a caution was displayed for a stalled car. Gibbs led the way on the restart with 16 laps remaining and was never ...Keep readingView the full article

Kostecki, who currently leads the Supercars standings with his Erebus Motorsport team, was entering this weekend's Indy Road Course event with Richard Childress Racing’s No. 33 Chevrolet team with no track time and little preparation.Saturday’s practice and qualifying sessions showed Kostecki clearly has the pace to contend, but his path to a win or strong finish became much tougher following ...Keep readingView the full article

Brad Keselowski talked about what it's like to be the star and miss a spot in the playoffs. View the full article

Michael McDowell talked about his mindset going into playoffs and his plans for 2024. View the full article

Bubba Wallace discussed thoughts on the playoff bubble with three regular season races left. View the full article

Chase Elliott talked about his view on making the playoffs with three races remaining in the regular season View the full article

Kevin Harvick discussed his season and mentioned racing through a potential injury. View the full article

The two-time World Endurance champion and overall winner in the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours will start 28th in his Cup debut on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, driving the #67 23XI Racing Toyota.He joins a star-studded field that includes Shane van Gisbergen, Brodie Kostecki, Jenson Button, and Mike Rockenfeller for Sunday's race."It’s been a long preparation for myself," said Kobayashi ...Keep readingView the full article

The veteran racer will start 28th in his Cup debut, driving the No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota.He joins a star-studded field that includes Shane van Gisbergen, Brodie Kostecki, Jenson Button, and Mike Rockenfeller.Kobayashi, a two-time WEC champion and the 2021 overall winner at Le Mans, has never made a start in any level of stock car racing before. But the 36-year-old has plenty of experience ...Keep readingView the full article

Suarez, who remains without a win this season and sits five points outside the playoffs, turned the fastest average lap speed early in the final 10-minute round of Saturday’s qualifying session at 99.814 mph.Nearly every car – including Suarez – went out in the final minute to make a second attempt but Reddick came up just short (99.649 mph) to knock Suarez off the pole.The pole is the first ...Keep readingView the full article

Daniel Suarez set a blistering pace early in the final round of NASCAR Cup qualifying and held on to win a very timely pole for Sunday’s Indy Road Course.Suarez, who remains without a win this season and sits five points outside the playoffs, turned the fastest average lap speed early in the final 10-minute round of Saturday’s qualifying session at 99.814 mph.Nearly every car – including ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell, who remains in the battle to make the 16-driver playoff field, ended up with the fastest average lap speed of both sessions at 98.515 mph.Kyle Larson ended up second quick (98.436 mph) while McDowell’s FRM team-mate, Todd Gilliland, was third fastest (98.402 mph).Gilliland, however, went off course with less than three minutes remaining in the second 20-minute session and got stuck in ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA declared on Saturday that the all-electric RX1e class will not be in action at next weekend’s World Rallycross Championship round at Estering in Germany (19-20 August) on safety grounds.The decision follows the cancellation of the RX1 class at the Lydden Hill round last month to understand the cause of a fire that broke out in the British venue's paddock, which destroyed Lancias driven ...Keep readingView the full article