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6/2/2025 |  Ryan Blaney races to first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the year at Nashville (Associated Press (AP)) LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and Team Penske have been fast with his No. 12 Ford Mustang this year only to have races slip away when it mattered most.
Not Sunday night.
Blaney ran away down the stretch for his first Cup Series victory of the year Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway, then he celebrated with a burnout in front of the roaring fans after what he called a rough year. 

6/2/2025 |  Max Verstappen blames frustration for a ‘move that was not right’ after colliding with Russell (Associated Press (AP)) Max Verstappen said Monday that frustration caused “a move that was not right and shouldn’t have happened”, a day after he initially seemed unrepentant over his collision with George Russell at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.

6/2/2025 |  Detroit Grand Prix takeaways: Kyle Kirkwood's second 2025 win leads U.S.-born podium (Fox Sports) DETROIT — Alex Palou 5, Kyle Kirkwood 2.
That’s the score when it comes to INDYCAR wins this year, with Kirkwood picking up his second victory of the season at the Detroit Grand Prix, where Palou got wrecked but didn’t seem to have the pace to match Kirkwood.
"I knew we were going to have a good points day — I wanted to keep it clean because of [Palou’s crash]," Kirkwood said. "But also, I was like, ‘I've got to win this race.’"

6/2/2025 |  Max Verstappen admits guilt for George Russell clash at F1 Spanish GP (Yahoo Sports) Max Verstappen has admitted his clash with George Russell during the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix “was not right and shouldn’t have happened”.
The Red Bull driver finished 10th at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after being hit with a 10-second penalty for the incident and was also given three penalty points on his licence, which puts him on the edge of a race ban.
Verstappen's race unravelled when he lost third place to Charles Leclerc following a safety car restart on lap 61.

5/29/2025 |  Hamilton says talk of friction with engineer "all noise" (Reuters Sports) BARCELONA, May 29 (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton said he has a great relationship with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami and continuing speculation about friction between them is just noise.
Terse radio exchanges at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton's race debut in the Italian Formula One team's red overalls, raised questions in March and they resurfaced in Monaco last Sunday.