MONZA, Italy—Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen was fastest in final practice on Saturday for the Italian Grand Prix, but Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc looked a good bet for pole position at his team’s home race. Nine of the 20 drivers are carrying penalties for Sunday’s race and Verstappen, who leads Leclerc by a massive…
Daniel Suarez Claims First Cup Series Win at Toyota/Save Mart 350
Mexican driver Daniel Suarez won for the first time in the NASCAR Cup Series Sunday, becoming the series’ fifth foreign-born winner by claiming the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. With 28 laps to go, polesitter Kyle Larson brought out the race’s fourth caution when his right front tire came off after…
Greyhound Racing Nearing Its End in the US After Long Slide
DUBUQUE, Iowa—Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here…
Verstappen Beats Hamilton for Pole Ahead of F1 Season Finale
ABU DHABI—A first Formula One championship for Max Verstappen was in reach after masterful Red Bull strategy helped the Dutchman overcome an early qualifying mistake to beat Lewis Hamilton for the top starting spot in the title-deciding Abu Dhabi GP. Verstappen flat-spotted his medium tires in Saturday’s qualifying, which forced Red Bull to blueprint a…
Ointment Led to Medina Spirit’s Failed Test After Ky Derby: Bob Baffert Attorney
Urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection, according to an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race and is facing disqualification. Baffert had…
Ointment Led to Medina Spirit’s Failed Test After Kentucky Derby: Bob Baffert Attorney
Urine testing of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has shown that a steroid present in the colt’s system came from a topical ointment and not an injection, according to an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert. Medina Spirit tested positive for the steroid betamethasone after winning the May 1 race and is facing disqualification. Baffert had…
Keselowski Seeks Another Title Round in Final Penske Season
MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Brad Keselowski moved to Team Penske to become a NASCAR champion and industry leader. He achieved his first goal in 2012 when he won the Cup title, the first for team owner Roger Penske in NASCAR competition. Keselowski also earned Penske’s 500th victory and in 2019 passed Mark Donohue as the winningest driver in…
Boston Marathon Men’s Wheelchair Champ Has Costly Wrong Turn
OSTON—Marcel Hug, the men’s wheelchair champion at the 125th Boston Marathon, will now always remember the words that locals recite when discussing the final mile of the race. “Right onto Hereford, left onto Boylston.” Too bad for Hug, he didn’t make that right turn. Instead, he followed the lead vehicle up Commonwealth Avenue before heading…
F1: Hamilton Takes Pole for Turkish GP Ahead of Bottas
ISTANBUL—Formula One defending champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with title rival Max Verstappen in third. But Hamilton has a 10-place grid penalty for going over his allocation of three combustion engines for the season and will start 11th on Sunday. It…
Headaches Galore: Contenders Struggle in NASCAR Playoffs
DARLINGTON, S.C.—Kyle Busch slammed into the wall and wiped out several orange cones on his way to the garage. Chase Elliott told his crew chief simply, “It’s killed,” after he was crunched against the wall at Darlington Raceway. It was a layout certainly “Too Tough To Tame” for some of the top contenders in the…
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