MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In the land of plantains and mangoes, papaya ruled again Sunday at the FIA Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ascended to the lead early and controlled the race, leading teammate Lando Norris to a 1-2 finish for the papaya-colored team a year after Norris scored an upset win in Miami Gardens...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Nearly two decades have passed since one of the most important films in American cinema hit theaters, and changed history.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences refusal to nominate, much less award “Best Picture,” to “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” in 2006 remains one of American cinema’s ...Read more

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — There was a moment on Saturday when Kasey Kahne thought back to 2004.

February 2004, specifically.

The 45-year-old driver could picture who he was 20-plus years ago, how he was feeling, as the NASCAR Xfinity Series race stalled under a red flag with less than 10 laps to go at Rockingham Speedway. He felt a lot different ...Read more

Darlington is a staple in NASCAR, one of the Cup Series’ toughest ovals for the past 75 years.

The 1.366-mile track in South Carolina has hosted more than its share of historic moments since 1950. From Richard Petty to David Pearson to Carl Edwards, many of NASCAR’s greatest drivers have won races at the track famously known as being “too...Read more

There’s no track in NASCAR like Darlington Raceway.

It’s hosted numerous momentous occasions throughout Cup Series history, since Harold Brasington laid out his idea for this unique race track in his South Carolina hometown during the late 1940s.

And now, the track’s leadership looks to the future.

Darlington, which generates $112 ...Read more

CHICAGO — There’s no telling if the cars will set any speed records this summer, but the setup for the Chicago Street Race is projected to go a lot faster.

NASCAR and the city announced the traffic plan for the third Chicago Street Race, with buildout and breakdown of the pop-up racecourse in Grant Park reduced to 25 days, shaving nearly ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wood Brothers Racing returns this weekend to Martinsville, where its storied past and promising future will be on display.

NASCAR’s oldest team, established in 1950, is opening a Hall of Fame at its Stuart, Va., museum on May 22. The exhibit will feature five significant race cars in its history, along with trophies and ...Read more

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Larson owned a half a lap lead with eight laps left in Saturday’s Xfinity Series Hard Rock Bet 300. It which would’ve been Larson’s second win in less than 24 hours at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He would’ve been two-thirds of the way to a NASCAR weekend Homestead hat trick with Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas native Noah Gragson is driving for his third team in his third season in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Gragson is in his first season racing for Front Row Motorsports. His car number and race shop are different, but not everything is entirely new for Gragson.

After Stewart-Hass Racing shut down after the 2024 season, Gragson ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Katherine Legge is set to become the first woman driver in a NASCAR Cup series race since Danica Patrick retired in 2018, Mooresville-based Live Fast Motorsports said Monday.

Legge will make her Cup series debut in the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway Sunday. She’ll drive the No. 78 Droplight Chevy Camaro.

“...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As the final laps of a thrilling Daytona 500 whizzed around him, Ryan Preece was somewhere else — physically and mentally.

Physically, after an admirable run that ended in a gnarly wreck with fewer than 10 laps to go, he stood in the infield care center grass, somehow safe.

Mentally, he was with his child.

“I don�...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron went back-to-back at the Daytona 500, relying on a little luck and his gut.

Byron sat ninth entering the final 2.5 miles, but for the second time avoided danger at the end to take the checkered flag, leaving heartbreak and wreckage in his wake.

“Obviously some good fortune,” he said. “But trusting my...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla — What’s more difficult than winning the Daytona 500 once? Why winning it twice.

It took overtime and a crash on the white-flag lap for William Byron to win his second straight Daytona 500 on Sunday. Byron was ninth going into the final lap in overtime when Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe made contact causing many cars to ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — That wasn’t rain that delayed the Daytona 500 on Sunday, it was Bill France’s tears.

Once upon a time, during NASCAR’s heyday, the Daytona 500 used to run without a hitch on a dry track and underneath the blue skies as race fans basked in what they famously called “Bill France Weather.”

The narrative back then...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The buzz started small and grew louder at the sold-out Daytona International Speedway about an hour before the green flag dropped to officially start Sunday's Daytona 500.

No, it wasn't for Pitbull, a former car owner and Cuban American rapper and singer, taking the main stage for a mini-set.

It wasn't for Anthony ...Read more

Bubba Wallace had barely settled into his seat for Daytona 500 Media Day earlier this week when the first question came.

The question wasn’t about his chances of perhaps winning his first 500 and what that would mean for his racing career.

It wasn’t about what he needs to do to be a more consistent driver and a championship contender.

And...Read more

Here are five drivers to watch during the 67th Daytona 500. The 200-lap affair at the storied 2.5-mile oval is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Fox.

Ryan Blaney

The 2023 Cup Series champion sandwiched a 2021 summer race win at Daytona International Speedway with a photo-finish runner-up to Denny Hamlin in 2020 and a fourth-place showing in ...Read more