Tag: Racing
NASCAR: Chastain gets Pitbull’s Trackhouse Racing first win in Texas
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Trackhouse is owned by former NASCAR driver Justin Marks and entertainer Pitbull and is in its second season of competition. Chastain, an eighth-generation watermelon farmer from Florida, was kept on by Marks for Tra...
NASCAR ‘exploring’ launch of electric racing series
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During a press conference announcing his promotion to NASCAR Chief Operating Officer, Steve O'Donnell said the sanctioning body is looking into launching an exhibition series featuring all-electric cars. "There's a h...
Kentucky racing board upholds Bob Baffert’s suspension
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Kentucky Horse Racing Commission board members on Friday voted 10-0 with three abstentions against the stay in a specially called meeting. KHRC stewards last week suspended the Hall of Fame trainer for 90 days with a...
Ukrainian racing driver fighting for family: ‘There are no weapons to defend’
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The professional touring car racer spoke to Motor Racing UK about the ordeal he and his fellow private citizens are facing as their homes fall under attack. "My family and I are in Kyiv, we are constantly fired with ...
American racing great Danny Ongais dead at 79
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Ongais was born in Kahului and remains only native Hawaiian who has ever competed in the Indy 500. He made 11 starts from 1977 and 1996, earning four top 10 finishes and a fourth place result in 1979. Ongai...
Fox Nation revs up for Daytona 500 with sponsorship of underdog racing team, new streamable special
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A David to NASCAR’s Goliath, Spire Motorsports boasts one of the smallest rosters in the league competing against teams of almost 300. But, don’t let this underdog crew of men and women fool you. What they lack in ma...
Caitlyn Jenner launching auto racing team in the all-female W Series
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The Olympic gold medalist and former IMSA sports car driver has announced she’s launching the Jenner Racing team in the W Series, which features an all-female lineup of drivers competing on tracks around the world. ...
Ester Ledecka defends Olympic snowboard PGS title, ski racing next
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Maybe even — dare she say — neglect her snowboard a bit to focus more on the skiing side. LIVE UPDATES: BEIJING OLYMPICS Good thing she kept on shredding. The standout from the Czech Republic defended her snowb...
Ukraine racing to downplay fears of Russia invasion as US sends military aid
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The developments come as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the U.S. of "building up tension" within the eastern European country, adding that "we are observing these actions of the United States with profound c...
A.J. Foyt Racing makes Tatiana Calderón first female IndyCar driver since 2013
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A.J. Foyt Racing has announced that Tatiana Calderón will drive the No. 11 car during the 2022 season and become the first female driver with a full-time ride in the IndyCar series since 2013. Calderón has ...
Mercedes withdraws Formula One championship protest, but says it lost ‘faith in racing’
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Hamilton was leading the race under caution when race control allowed lapped cars to pass him in order to bring second-place Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen alongside for a single-lap sprint to the finish. Vers...
Racing legend Frank Williams dead at 79
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Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serv...
LA aims to curb street racing; family of woman killed by speeding Lamborghini says it’s not enough
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Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who introduced the measure last month, noted that street racing "generally occurs over a short section of a wide, straight local road with low levels of traffic volumes and easy access ...
Chile overcame the Delta variant. Now it’s racing to vaccinate kids
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Liliana Silva didn´t see it coming. When her brother traveled from Germany, where he lives, to visit his family in Chile, none of them felt vulnerable. He had completed the 10-day mandatory quarantine in Santiago an...
Baffert charged by New York racing, scheduled for hearing
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NYRA announced the beginning of the hearing process Friday, adding the organization believes Baffert’s conduct warrants suspension or revocation of his right to train horses or enter races at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belm...
See and hear it: Next Gen NASCAR Cup Series previewed in Daytona pack racing test
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Eight teams are at Daytona International Speedway this week putting the all-new Cup Series cars through their first pack racing test on a superspeedway. The radically changed vehicles feature a new body style, indep...