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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson's dreams first came true when he was given a motorcycle for Christmas at age 4. That was when he fell in love with racing.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There were many times following Jimmie Johnson's 83 career NASCAR wins when, trophy in hand and post-race obligations complete, his pending celebration would be instantly soured by the man who guided him to victory lane.

BRACKLEY, England (AP) — Mercedes technical director James Allison has signed a long-term contract extension with a view to helping the team back to the top of Formula One.

MADRID (AP) — Madrid will be added to the Formula One calendar, multiple sources told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Janet Guthrie says she grew up “out in the woods of southwest Miami," the oldest of five children with a reclusive mother who limited the family social life to time with relatives.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Haas F1 will field an American racer for the first time in team history — a woman in Formula One's Academy Series.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Guenther Steiner, the first employee hired by Haas F1 and one of the stars of the Netflix docuseries on Formula One, has not been retained as team principal after a decade with the series' only American team.

Gil de Ferran was lauded by his daughter as a “deep and pensive man and unafraid to discuss death” in a moving tribute to the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner.

Cale Yarborough, considered one of NASCAR's all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three consecutive Cup titles, died Sunday. He was 84. NASCAR announced the death of the Hall of Famer and South Carolina native in a statement.

Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former colleagues confirmed to The Associated Press. He was 56.