auto racing

Cadillac F1 makes entrance as official team at Miami Grand Prix

May 16, 2025 Jenna Fryer

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The new Cadillac F1 team officially announced its arrival at a glitzy South Beach extravaganza packed with industry executives and influencers and highlighted by a musical showcase from Janelle Monáe and […]

Cadillac gets OK to join F1 in 2026

March 14, 2025 Jenna Fryer

A Formula One team is set to build its engines in Concord. Although the grid expansion was approved last November, it was not until Friday that governing body FIA and Formula One Management said the […]

Newgarden wins his first Indy 500

May 29, 2023 The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 is the one race Josef Newgarden desperately wanted to win. It’s basically the only race that matters to his boss. Coming up empty for 11 consecutive years had become personal […]

Helio Castroneves wins 4th Indianapolis 500

May 30, 2021 Cory Lavalette

INDIANAPOLIS — At long last, Helio Castroneves joined the exclusive club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners on Sunday. Then Spiderman scaled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway fence for his trademark victory celebration at the largest sporting […]

Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in 2001 CART crash, seriously injured in handbike accident

June 19, 2020 The Associated Press

ROME — Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident. Zanardi was transported […]

Cooper — at odds with speedway, sheriff over fans at race — closes track

June 9, 2020 Cory Lavalette

ALTAMAHAW — Ace Speedway found a creative way to defy Gov. Roy Cooper’s coronavirus restrictions. The governor responded by closing the venue and declaring it an imminent hazard. “The North Carolina Department of Health and […]

Sports

GOLSON: An ode to the greatest race in the world

November 6, 2019 Jordan Golson

AUSTIN — Formula One is the best motorsport in the world. It has the best drivers, the most advanced technology, and the rock stars behind-the-scenes who make it all happen: the engineers. (Really.) As a […]