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NASCAR's wet weather racing exploit was flawed, but 'so much fun'

At Richmond earlier this season, the Cup series had its first experience utilizing wet weather tires on shorter ovals as teams began the race with them and ran the first 30 laps until the track dried.

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NASCAR Cup NHMS: Bell wins on rain tires in weekend sweep

Bell, who won Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, got a big jump on the field on an overtime restart and cruised to a 1.104-second win over a surprising Chase Briscoe.

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NASCAR Cup NHMS: Qualifying rained out; Chase Elliott on pole

Persistent rain around the 1.058-mile track in Loudon, N.H., on Saturday forced the cancelation of Saturday’s qualifying session. The field for Sunday’s race was set by the NASCAR performance metric, which is based in large part on the driver’s most recent finishing position and his team’s rank in owner points.…

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Kobbie Mainoo stays cool as clamour for England midfield spot grows

Teenage rising star insists he is taking progress in his stride after a whirlwind 12 months for club and country

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NASCAR Cup Iowa: Reigning champion Blaney earns first win of 2024

Sunday night’s race was the first for the Cup series at the track, which had hosted Xfinity, Truck, ARCA and IndyCar rounds previously.

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NASCAR Cup Iowa: Several tire issues as Gragson leads practice

For one of the few times this season, Cup teams were given a 50-minute practice session on Friday, this time because it’s the series’ first race at the .875-mile oval. The track has also been recently partially repaved.

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Martin Truex Jr. to retire from NASCAR Cup after 2024 season

Truex , 43, has mulled retirement from Cup the last several years which has resulted in him signing one-year renewal with Joe Gibbs Racing and putting off a decision each year as long as possible.

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NASCAR Cup Sonoma: Ryan Blaney fastest in practice; Will Brown third

Blaney, the reigning series champion, is still without a win this year after running out of gas with two laps remaining last weekend.

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Carl Edwards 'shocked' by election to NASCAR Hall of Fame

Edwards and veteran Ricky Rudd received the most votes on the Modern Era ballot when the Hall’s voting panel recently selected the members of the Class of 2025.

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‘When I took over it was a mess’: Ten Hag comes out fighting after Cup win

Erik ten Hag says he will join another club and keep winning trophies if Manchester United press ahead with plans to sack him

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Can Marcus Rashford pull something from season’s wreckage in Cup final?

Manchester United striker’s career of wild peaks and troughs needs a strong performance at Wembley after latest England blow

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2025 NASCAR Hall of Fame class revealed

Two drivers – both from Modern Era Ballot – and one team owner – from the Pioneer Ballot – were elected Tuesday to become the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s class of inductees in 2025.

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Mary Earps: ‘It’s been a tough season. I felt like the punching bag at times’

Final-day humbling followed FA Cup final triumph and now, the England goalkeeper tells Suzanne Wrack, she wants to know Manchester United’s ambitions before committing her future

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Ten Hag hits back at Rooney’s claim that United players are faking injuries

Erik ten Hag has rejected Wayne Rooney’s claim that Manchester United’s injured footballers are actually fit enough to play by stating they all are ‘desperate’ to do be involved

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Van Gisbergen hopes to get "in a seat in the Cup Series next year"

The three-time Supercars champion became the first driver in more than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when captured the victory in the inaugural Chicago Street Race last July driving for Trackhouse Racing.

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MPs call for English football’s regulator to have power to save FA Cup replays

MPs have called for the Independent Regulator for Football to have the scope to reintroduce replays to the FA Cup

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Klopp trusts youth amid injury chaos as farewell tour arrives at Old Trafford

Liverpool’s youngsters have kept team on track before FA Cup quarter-final but United have been hampered by absentees

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Christopher Bell hopes critical Phoenix win "is just the beginning"

Since joining the Cup series full-time in 2020 – and especially since moving to Joe Gibbs Racing the following season – Bell has been a fairly consistent performer, winning half a dozen races and he has even advanced to the Championship 4 the last two seasons.

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Caruth's Vegas Truck win offers "validation" to his NASCAR career

Caruth, a 21-year-old iRacer and college student, won Friday night’s Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in impressive fashion, besting a field that included three talented Cup drivers – Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell and Zane Smith.

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Revealed: ‘extremist’ Trump economist plots rightwing overhaul of US treasury

Stephen Moore, who withdrew from Fed consideration after sexist remarks were uncovered, co-author of radical Project 2025 effort

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Shane van Gisbergen on Daytona debut: "I feel like I belong here"

Van Gisbergen, whose only previous NASCAR oval track experience came last season in a Truck race at the Indianapolis Raceway Park short track, had a rough debut in last Friday’s ARCA season opener, getting caught up in an accident on lap 3 of 83.

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Chelsea hope Carabao Cup success can be first form of vindication

Victory against Liverpool in the final at Wembley would prove to owners and fans that the plan is starting to take shape

The Guardian - UK

Cup final composure key as Raheem Sterling seeks to change the narrative

Carabao Cup success with Chelsea would be a proud moment for a player who has spent his career having to prove himself

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Kaulig Racing adds Derek Kraus to its 2024 NASCAR Cup roster

Allmendinger has won two races in the No. 16 car (Indy RC 2021 and Charlotte Roval 2023), but will only run select races this year as he competes for the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.

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Being "the other guy" at HMS fuels William Byron's passion

Byron, who experienced a breakout season in Cup last year with his first appearance in the Championship 4, added another surprising chapter with his first Daytona 500 victory on Monday.

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