MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The start of Sunday’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix has been moved back three hours in hopes the 57-lap event can get in before the worst of afternoon thunderstorms hits Miami Gardens.

Lights out at Miami International Autodrome will now be 1 p.m.

FIA made the announcement Saturday night, stating in a social ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was recognized posthumously this week with one of North Carolina’s highest honors by Gov. Josh Stein.

Biffle was among nine athletes and coaches Stein inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine “for their contributions and leadership in sports and beyond,” the governor said on social media ...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — At first glance, the Formula 1 steering wheel, a bit of a misnomer because its shape resembles a square or rectangle rather than a circle, looks like it belongs on a commercial airliner or a high-tech video game with its dizzying array of multi-colored buttons and dials.

It’s such a high-tech piece of equipment, filled...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Formula 1 changed the formula this season. Then, introduced several rules changes during an unexpected month break that changed the formula again. Friday’s F1 Sprint qualifying showed, however, something hasn’t changed: Miami remains McLaren’s town.

McLaren Racing took over Coconut Grove Wednesday with a parade of ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s estate has been sued for a combined $30 million by the estates of two others killed in a Dec. 18 plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport, court records show.

Lawyers for the estates of Dennis Dutton, the pilot of the Cessna 500 Citation II, and Dutton’s son, Jack, filed the claims in ...Read more

MIAMI — The Cadillac Formula 1 team CEO lives in Fort Lauderdale and Indianapolis. The team grew from the efforts of the family of world motorsport’s most famous naturalized U.S. immigrant. It carries the brand name associated with accessible U.S. automotive luxury.

Perhaps fitting, then, that Cadillac F1’s first grand prix on U.S. land ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There’s more reshuffling happening at the top of NASCAR, and this shift makes history.

NASCAR chief executive officer and chairman Jim France is stepping down as CEO and being replaced in the role by current NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell, an industry source confirmed to The Charlotte Observer. The news was first ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Denny Hamlin led a race-high 134 laps and won the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Hamlin held off a late charge from second-place finisher Chase Elliott, who finished 0.502 seconds behind Hamlin, to pick up his third Cup Series win at LVMS.

Hamlin started second. William Byron finished ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas native and NASCAR hall of famer Kurt Busch has seen the sports landscape grow from the then-Las Vegas Stars to multiple major league teams.

NASCAR was a leader in major sporting events competing in Southern Nevada, with the racing series calling the area home since 1998.

Busch, who retired from NASCAR in 2023 and now ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The IndyCar race planned for this summer as part of America’s 250th anniversary won’t go through the Capitol grounds, but will instead follow a 1.66-mile, seven-turn street circuit course around the National Mall, event organizers announced Monday.

It comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January ...Read more

Tyler Reddick isn't exactly the Michael Jordan of NASCAR.

Not yet anyway.

Still, Reddick seems to be at the start of something special as the driver of a team co-owned by the NBA legend who led the Chicago Bulls to two NBA championship three-peats in the 1990s (1991-93 and 1996-98).

Less than a month into the season, Reddick has established ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — No matter who won Sunday’s Daytona 500 — even if it was Tyler Reddick boldly darting, dodging and diving through traffic and surging past Chase Elliott in a final lap blur of horsepower and hope — it wasn’t enough.

Even if Reddick was driving a car owned by the iconic Michael Jordan, it still wasn’t enough.

It...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In Daytona International Speedway’s Victory Lane, with his trademarked smile beaming, global sports icon and 23XI Racing owner Michael Jordan took time out of his celebration to mention someone.

His first mention wasn’t Tyler Reddick, the winner of the 2026 Daytona 500.

It was someone who you don’t often hear ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Great American Race’s start time has been moved up an hour.

NASCAR has announced that the 2026 Daytona 500 will now begin at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday — an hour earlier than its previously scheduled 2:30 p.m. green flag — due to the threat of inclement weather in the Daytona Beach area late Sunday.

The sanctioning ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — On a table at Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s home sits a photo of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Stenhouse — when he was just 3 or 4 years old and long before he raced for a living.

“I’ve got pictures sitting on the table of him signing autographs,” Stenhouse told the Orlando Sentinel. “It’s awesome.”

Earnhardt inspired ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin has driven without fear, doubt or hesitation for more than two decades, especially at Daytona International Speedway.

But the cocksure NASCAR star arrived at the storied track still shaken, a bit unsure and curious how he would respond to the emotions of recent months.

Hamlin will seek his fourth Daytona ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson’s contemporaries from his sport’s heyday are all but gone.

Pictures in a frame. Names on a trophy. Plaques in the Hall of Fame.

All remain faces of the sport, most just sans helmet and fire suit.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick are on TV. Jeff Gordon is a big wig at Hendricks ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It was always going to be Austin Hill, wasn’t it?

The driver of the No. 21 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series car notched his fourth win at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday evening — doing so by leading a field-most 78 laps, sweeping the stages and earning 75 season points for good measure.

That marks 11 ...Read more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Great American Race’s start time has been moved up an hour.

NASCAR has announced that the 2026 Daytona 500 will now begin at 1:30 p.m. ET Sunday — an hour earlier than its previously scheduled 2:30 p.m. green flag — due to the threat of inclement weather in the Daytona Beach area late Sunday.

The sanctioning ...Read more