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Deadspin | Jesse Love lands Cup ride with Wood Brothers Racing
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (219+ words) Jesse Love will drive the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2027. The team announced the news Wednesday, a week after confirming that driver Josh Berry will not return next season. Love, 21, will make…...
Deadspin | Chris Buescher signs extension with RFK Racing
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (109+ words) RFK Racing announced a multiyear contract extension with NASCAR Cup Series driver Chris Buescher on Tuesday. Buescher, 33, has been driving the company's No. 17 Ford since the 2020 season. He currently ranks seventh in the Cup Series standings with eight top-10 finishes…...
Deadspin | Denny Hamlin makes it 3 wins in a row, nabs 8th career title at Pocono
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (395+ words) Red-hot Toyota driver Denny Hamlin ran down and passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell to win his career-best third straight race Sunday, taking the Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. With Bell's No. 20 Toyota in…...
Deadspin | Lewis Hamilton wins in Barcelona for first victory with Ferrari
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (503+ words) Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won his first race as part of the legendary Ferrari team, capturing victory at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix in Spain on Sunday. The triumph came in his 31st race with Ferrari in a year of…...
Deadspin | Justin Allgaier captures first Pocono victory after wild late-race restart
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (991+ words) NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' Miller Tech Battery 250 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway Saturday featured a record 18 lead changes and a record 10 cautions -- including a seven-minute red flag period -- but in the end, it was a very familiar scenario in Victory…...
Deadspin | Daniel Suarez ends winless drought at rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600
3+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) Daniel Suarez used a two-tire pit stop and hard rain on Sunday night to hold off Denny Hamlin and win an emotional Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N. C. In the first race since Thursday's passing of 41-year-old two-time champion…...
Deadspin | Daniel Suarez dedicates Coca-Cola 600 win to late friend Kyle Busch
3+ week, 2+ day ago (528+ words) Daniel Suarez honored his close friend Kyle Busch the best way possible on Sunday night. The Mexico-born driver used a two-tire pit stop and hard rain on Sunday night to hold off Denny Hamlin and win an emotional Coca-Cola 600 at…...
Deadspin | Organizers, fans pay tribute to Kyle Busch at Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600
3+ week, 2+ day ago (356+ words) On the biggest racing day of the year in the United States, the country's two most prominent racing series staged several tributes for Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR champion who died unexpectedly Thursday. Busch, who was 41, died following a bout…...
Deadspin | Felix Rosenqvist wins Indianapolis 500 in closest finish ever
3+ week, 2+ day ago (723+ words) It's a month Felix Rosenqvist won't soon forget. First, he and his wife welcomed their first child, Stella, on May 4. Twenty days later, Rosenqvist won the Greatest Spectacle in Racing in history-making fashion. Rosenqvist nosed past David Malukas at the…...
Deadspin | Kimi Antonelli wins fourth straight race at Canadian Grand Prix
3+ week, 2+ day ago (221+ words) Kimi Antonelli recorded his fourth consecutive victory Sunday by taking first in the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Antonelli, 19, and Mercedes teammate George Russell were wheel to wheel much of the afternoon, trading leads multiple times on…...