DOVER, Del.—Martin Truex Jr. grew up in New Jersey wanting to follow his dad into racing. Martin Truex, though, mostly raced on free weekends when he wasn’t running Sea Watch International, which harvests and processes clam products. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver worked as a teenager on his dad’s clamming boat, often rising before dawn…
Larson: Aftermath of Violent Talladega Wreck ‘Unsettling’
DOVER, Del.—Kyle Larson has survived near-death experiences on the track in all kinds of racing series. Even by those harrowing standards, the 2021 NASCAR champion still found the aftermath of the full-contact hit from Ryan Preece last week at Talladega “unsettling.” It twisted and busted the support bars in Larson’s Chevrolet’s roll cage. Kyle Busch…
Pérez Wins F1 Sprint in Baku, Verstappen Confronts Russell
BAKU, Azerbaijan—Max Verstappen confronted George Russell in the pit lane following a collision as his teammate Sergio Pérez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday. Red Bull remains the team to beat in Formula One, with Pérez first and Verstappen third in the sprint, but Verstappen was unhappy after Russell left a hole…
Bowman Out at Least 3 NASCAR Races With Fractured Vertebra
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Alex Bowman suffered a fractured vertebra in a sprint car crash and Hendrick Motorsports said Wednesday the NASCAR star will miss at least the next three Cup races. Bowman will be replaced by Josh Berry, who filled in for Chase Elliott for five races as Elliott recovered from a broken leg. Berry will be…
Evans Leads Jaguar One-Two in Berlin Formula E Race
BERLIN—New Zealand’s Mitch Evans led Britain’s Sam Bird to Jaguar’s first ever Formula E one-two in a chaotic race in Berlin on Saturday. The victory, from ninth on the grid at the circuit around the city’s old Tempelhof airport, was Evans’s second in a row—after Sao Paulo on March 25—in the all-electric world championship. “It’s…
German Magazine Fires Editor Over AI ‘Interview’ With Michael Schumacher
The publishers of a German magazine that ran an “interview” with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologized to the Formula One great’s family. Seven-times world champion Schumacher, now 54, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family…
Irish Rally Driver Breen Died After Fence Post Penetrated Car Window, Hyundai Says
Irish rally driver Craig Breen was killed instantly in a crash in Croatia last week after a fence post penetrated the car’s side window, his Hyundai team revealed on Wednesday. Co-driver James Fulton was unhurt in the accident in pre-event testing last Thursday. Breen’s funeral took place in his home town of Waterford on Tuesday….
F1 Stewards Dismiss Ferrari’s Penalty Petition
LONDON—Formula One stewards have dismissed a Ferrari petition to review the penalty that dropped Carlos Sainz from fourth to 12th at this month’s Australian Grand Prix. The four stewards upheld their original decision after a virtual meeting on Tuesday to consider whether to review the matter. Ferrari needed to present a “significant and relevant new…
F1 Stewards Set Date to Consider Ferrari Penalty Review
Formula One stewards will hold a virtual hearing on April 18 to decide whether there are grounds for reviewing a penalty that stripped Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz of points in the Australian Grand Prix. The governing FIA said in a statement that Spaniard Sainz and Ferrari representatives had been asked to attend the hearing. FIA head…
Marquez Given Stay of Execution on MotoGP Penalty
Honda’s Marc Marquez has been granted a stay of execution on a penalty imposed for his crash with Miguel Oliveira in the Portuguese season-opener, MotoGP said on Thursday. Oliveira was in second place in the opening stages when six-times premier class champion Marquez locked up and barged straight into the RNF Racing rider, with both…
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