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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Christopher Bell likes that the NASCAR Cup Series will be at Iowa Speedway for the first time. Heading into Sunday's race, the .875-mile track isn’t quite the one he remembers.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. announced Friday he will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, saying it was time to live by his own schedule after 19 years in NASCAR's Cup Series.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — NASCAR’s inaugural Cup Series practice at Iowa Speedway turned into a test for tires and created questions about the quality of race Sunday will produce.

Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Daytona 500.

McLaren driver Lando Norris believes Formula 1 is more exciting than it has been in a long time, but fears that may change with new technical regulations for the cars set to take effect in 2026.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR avoided one public relations nightmare last week when it granted Kyle Larson a waiver to participate in the playoffs even though he missed the Coca-Cola 600.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Argentine driver Agustín Canapino’s future in IndyCar is unclear after his team pulled him from Road America shortly before the first practice of the weekend.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 is over and the worried wait to see if Kyle Larson's participation in that event would cost him a shot at winning a NASCAR championship has been resolved.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Will Power pondered retirement last year as his wife battled a near deadly staph infection that had the Australian wondering if he needed to focus on his family's future. “She almost died,” Power said.

MONTREAL (AP) — Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third straight year Sunday for the Red Bull star's 60th Formula 1 victory and sixth in nine races this season.