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Pato O’Ward takes Mexico City by storm, proving the IndyCar driver can carry series in home country

IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward dazzled in Mexico City during the Formula 1 weekend and proved he’s a big enough star to carry IndyCar into his native country for its own race.

Jordan’s belief in Reddick pays off, and 23XI team will have a shot at NASCAR title

30 years after becoming champion, Frenchman Didier Auriol returns to world rally championship

Perez job in jeopardy as Red Bull boss refuses to confirm Mexican driver will finish F1 season

Tyler Reddick wins at Homestead, giving Michael Jordan a chance at the NASCAR title

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Sainz wins Mexico City Grand Prix as Norris tightens championship fight

Carlos Sainz Jr. won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday and Lando Norris closed the gap in the Formula 1 championship race after another contentious battle with Max Verstappen.

Sunday’s Time Schedule

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Regular-season champ Tyler Reddick takes NASCAR Cup pole at Homestead

Regular-season champion Tyler Reddick won the pole Saturday for the second race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs Sunday.

Austin Hill wins at Homestead to take 2nd spot in NASCAR Xfinity championship finale

Austin Hill grabbed the second spot next month in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale, racing to his fourth victory of the season Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Frankie Muniz’s 1st race since landing full-time NASCAR ride spoiled by truck’s mechanical problems

Frankie Muniz finished 33rd on Saturday in his first Truck Series race since the “Malcolm in the Middle” star announced he will become a full-time NASCAR racer next season.

Defending Homestead winner Christopher Bell looks to bounce back from disappointing Las Vegas race

It didn’t take long for Christopher Bell to move on from what he called a disappointing race last Sunday.

Haas F1 reiterates team is not for sale after aligning with Toyota on technical partnership

The first-year team principal of Haas reiterated the Formula 1 team is not for sale even if new technical partner Toyota tried to buy the organization.

Pato O’Ward finally gets a chance to drive an F1 car in native country Mexico

IndyCar star Pato O’Ward fulfilled a dream Friday when McLaren allowed him to drive Lando Norris’ car in front of his home country crowd in the first Formula 1 practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix.

McLaren loses appeal over Norris penalty as F1 title fight with Verstappen moves to Mexico City

Amid an unexpectedly tight championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, their teams brought the fight to the Mexico City Grand Prix over an officiating dispute in last week’s race.

Sergio Perez admits he’s having a ‘terrible season,’ hopes to turn F1 fortunes around at home race

This Formula 1 season has been a massive disappointment for Sergio Perez. If there’s one place for him to turn it around it would be at his home race, the Mexico City Grand Prix, which he considers the best event on the F1 circuit.

Alonso ill ahead of 400th start. Will skip Thursday events to focus on remainder of Mexican GP

Fernando Alonso is ill and unable to participate in Thursday activities at the Mexican Grand Prix. Aston Martin said the Spaniard will rest ahead of his record 400th race.

NASCAR declares Bobby Allison the winner of a 1971 race, moving him into 4th on all-time wins list

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison finally got his victory from Bowman Gray Stadium, more than five decades after he took the checkered flag and the trophy.

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ star Frankie Muniz lands full-time NASCAR ride in 2025

Former “Malcolm in the Middle” star Frankie Muniz is set to continue his NASCAR career with a full-time ride in the Truck Series for 2025.

Logano heads to Homestead as first NASCAR Cup finale qualifier; Verstappen takes F1 lead to Mexico

NASCAR heads to Homestead-Miami this weekend for the next playoff race. Joey Logano won in Las Vegas and is the first driver to grab a berth in the championship finale race next month in Phoenix.

Alex Bowman’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week capped by Logano making NASCAR’s title race

Few people in motorsports had as crummy a week as Alex Bowman. Two weeks ago, he left Charlotte Motor Speedway celebrating Hendrick Motorsports claiming four spots in NASCAR’s semifinals.

Circuit of the Americas is fined nearly $550K after fans invade the track at the US Grand Prix

The governing body for Formula 1 has fined the organizers of the United States Grand Prix nearly $550,000 after a group spectators invaded the track at the Circuit of the Americas while cars were still finishing their cooldown lap following Sunday’s race.

Leclerc wins US Grand Prix and late penalty gives Verstappen 3rd place over Norris in title chase

Charles Leclerc gave Ferrari its first United States Grand Prix victory since 2018 with a commanding drive.

Joey Logano seizes fresh chance in NASCAR playoffs to take spot in championship finale

Knocked out of the playoffs this time last week, Joey Logano seized on his reversal of fortune to become the first driver locked into NASCAR’s championship finale.

Allmendinger grabs spot in NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale with 1st victory of season

AJ Allmendinger won a two-lap sprint to finish Saturday night for his first victory of the season and an automatic berth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship finale.

Bell wins pole for opening race of third round of NASCAR playoffs. Blaney to start last

Christopher Bell won the pole in Saturday qualifying for the opening race of the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.

Kyle Larson opens the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs as the title favorite

Kyle Larson has been lucky of late in Las Vegas, where he opens the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs on top of the Cup Series standings and the favorite to win Sunday’s race.

Norris on pole for US Grand Prix after Verstappen wins sprint race as they restart F1 title fight

McLaren’s Lando Norris edged Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the pole at the United States Grand Prix on Saturday.

Rwanda shrugs off ‘sportswashing’ criticism in pursuit of a winning development formula

He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had outsize dreams.

Logano gets back into playoffs following Bowman disqualification and has sights set on 3rd Cup title

Joey Logano hoped he’d done enough to advance in NASCAR’s playoffs with an eighth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports declines to appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification from NASCAR playoffs

Hendrick Motorsports says it will not appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification at Charlotte Motor Speedway that eliminated him from NASCAR title contention.

Hailie Deegan will move to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series

Hailie Deegan is moving from NASCAR to IndyCar and plans to compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports.

Motorsports in the United States have taken a dramatic off-track turn: Analysis

Michael Andretti is seemingly out of motorsports just a year after he was drumming support for a Formula 1 team.

NASCAR aware of allegations a team engineer stole intellectual property to give to rival team

NASCAR says it is aware of allegations that an engineer for a Cup Series team accessed proprietary information and shared it with another team.

Larson dominates at The Roval to lead 3 Hendrick cars into next round of NASCAR playoffs

Kyle Larson raced to his Cup Series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday to easily advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs, winning on the hybrid road course/oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

NASCAR honors longtime AP auto racing writer Mike Harris as 2025 Squier-Hall award recipient

Retired motorsports writer Mike Harris of The Associated Press on Sunday was named recipient of the 2025 Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence.