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The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will be broadcast in primetime on NBC for the first time when the season-opening Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway is televised, starting at 8 p.m. (ET) Saturday, June 6. The race is moving to NBC from its originally scheduled window on NBCSN. It's the first primetime INDYCAR race on broadcast television since 2013. NBC Sports' lead INDYCAR broadcast team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy will call the Genesys 300 on NBC. The Genesys 300 will be the first race of the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES campaign. The second race will take place on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - the GMR Grand Prix - on Saturday, July 4, also on NBC. The postponed Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, will take place on Sunday, Aug. 23, on NBC.
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will be broadcast in primetime on NBC for the first time when the season-opening Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway is televised, starting at 8 p.m. (ET) Saturday, June 6. The race is moving to NBC from its originally scheduled window on NBCSN. It's the first primetime INDYCAR race on broadcast television since 2013. NBC Sports' lead INDYCAR broadcast team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy will call the Genesys 300 on NBC. The Genesys 300 will be the first race of the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES campaign. The second race will take place on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - the GMR Grand Prix - on Saturday, July 4, also on NBC. The postponed Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, will take place on Sunday, Aug. 23, on NBC.
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After two heartbreaking defeats since the re-opening of NASCAR’s 2020 season May 17 at Darlington, Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) got to the checkered flag without incident and won the rescheduled Alsco Uniforms 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Thursday night. In an event contested at 500 kilometers (312 miles), Elliott passed fading Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) for the lead on Lap 181 of 208 and cruised to a 2.208-second victory on the 1.5-mile intermediate track. Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) was second and Ryan Blaney (No. 12 Team Penske Ford) finished third. It was Elliott's first win on the Charlotte oval and the seventh of his Cup career. (Thanks to NASCAR Media.)
After two heartbreaking defeats since the re-opening of NASCAR’s 2020 season May 17 at Darlington, Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) got to the checkered flag without incident and won the rescheduled Alsco Uniforms 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Thursday night. In an event contested at 500 kilometers (312 miles), Elliott passed fading Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) for the lead on Lap 181 of 208 and cruised to a 2.208-second victory on the 1.5-mile intermediate track. Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) was second and Ryan Blaney (No. 12 Team Penske Ford) finished third. It was Elliott's first win on the Charlotte oval and the seventh of his Cup career. (Thanks to NASCAR Media.)
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Miller Lite Ford) won the Coca-Cola 600 in overtime early Monday morning. It was the first win for Keselowski this season, his first Coca-Cola 600 victory, his 31st career Cup win and the first win at this event for Ford since 2002.
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On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through the rain on the streets of Monte Carlo to win the Monaco Grand Prix. It was the first victory in a Formula 1 world championship race for Lotus. Exactly 60 years after it all began, Lotus is paying tribute to the beginning of its truly remarkable Formula 1 history, which has seen legendary drivers such as Moss, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna all claim wins for the Norfolk-based outfit.
After setting new lap records in practice then claiming the first-ever pole position for Lotus in qualifying, Sir Stirling Moss put on a near-flawless display. In a real race of attrition, only the top three drivers completed all 100 laps of the course and just five racers were classified. It was this race where Moss cemented his reputation as a rain master. He drove his new Lotus 18 relentlessly through the wet streets with supreme confidence to take the checkered flag. Moss beat his nearest competitor, Bruce McLaren, by 52 seconds.
The Lotus Type 18, which Lotus founder Colin Chapman believed was the marque’s first proper Formula 1 car, was perfectly suited to the tight, twisting streets of Monaco. The lightweight aluminium-bodied racer was agile and dynamic in Moss's hands, taking the field – including a trio of entrants from Ferrari – by storm.
After the first victory by Moss, Lotus race cars went on to take the checkered flag a further 80 times, delivering six Drivers’ Championships and seven Constructors’ Championships.
On May 29, 1960, Sir Stirling Moss drove his Lotus for almost three hours of punishing racing, battling through the rain on the streets of Monte Carlo to win the Monaco Grand Prix. It was the first victory in a Formula 1 world championship race for Lotus. Exactly 60 years after it all began, Lotus is paying tribute to the beginning of its truly remarkable Formula 1 history, which has seen legendary drivers such as Moss, Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna all claim wins for the Norfolk-based outfit.
After setting new lap records in practice then claiming the first-ever pole position for Lotus in qualifying, Sir Stirling Moss put on a near-flawless display. In a real race of attrition, only the top three drivers completed all 100 laps of the course and just five racers were classified. It was this race where Moss cemented his reputation as a rain master. He drove his new Lotus 18 relentlessly through the wet streets with supreme confidence to take the checkered flag. Moss beat his nearest competitor, Bruce McLaren, by 52 seconds.The Lotus Type 18, which Lotus founder Colin Chapman believed was the marque’s first proper Formula 1 car, was perfectly suited to the tight, twisting streets of Monaco. The lightweight aluminium-bodied racer was agile and dynamic in Moss's hands, taking the field – including a trio of entrants from Ferrari – by storm. After the first victory by Moss, Lotus race cars went on to take the checkered flag a further 80 times, delivering six Drivers’ Championships and seven Constructors’ Championships.
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Maserati is commemorating its two consecutive wins in the Indianapolis 500 (1939 and 1940) with its Maserati 8CTF. The 8CTF was another inspired design by Ernesto Maserati. The machine originated in 1938 with the support of the Orsi family, the Modena entrepreneurs who had taken over the business in 1937. Characterized by its 8-cylinder engine with cylinders cast in a monoblock with the head (hence the name "8CTF" or 8 cylinders "testa fissa" - fixed head), the new car was Maserati's bid to return to competitiveness against the other European constructors. The car, which won the Indianapolis 500 in 1939 and 1940 was entered as the "Boyle Special" by the Chicago-based Boyle Racing Headquarters team owned by Michael Joseph “Mike” Boyle, and it was driven by Wilbur Shaw. After the first two victories, Shaw seemed destined for a historic hat-trick in 1941, but a puncture prevented him from winning the Indianapolis 500 a third consecutive time. In 1946, after a break due to the Second World War, the same 8CTF that Shaw had driven finished third in the Indy 500, this time with Ted Horne at the wheel. It was followed home by another 8CTF, driven by Emil Andres. Horne repeated his third place in 1947, and went on to finish fourth in 1948. The Maserati 8CTF remained competitive at the highest levels of racing for a decade.
Maserati is commemorating its two consecutive wins in the Indianapolis 500 (1939 and 1940) with its Maserati 8CTF. The 8CTF was another inspired design by Ernesto Maserati. The machine originated in 1938 with the support of the Orsi family, the Modena entrepreneurs who had taken over the business in 1937. Characterized by its 8-cylinder engine with cylinders cast in a monoblock with the head (hence the name "8CTF" or 8 cylinders "testa fissa" - fixed head), the new car was Maserati's bid to return to competitiveness against the other European constructors. The car, which won the Indianapolis 500 in 1939 and 1940 was entered as the "Boyle Special" by the Chicago-based Boyle Racing Headquarters team owned by Michael Joseph “Mike” Boyle, and it was driven by Wilbur Shaw. After the first two victories, Shaw seemed destined for a historic hat-trick in 1941, but a puncture prevented him from winning the Indianapolis 500 a third consecutive time. In 1946, after a break due to the Second World War, the same 8CTF that Shaw had driven finished third in the Indy 500, this time with Ted Horne at the wheel. It was followed home by another 8CTF, driven by Emil Andres. Horne repeated his third place in 1947, and went on to finish fourth in 1948. The Maserati 8CTF remained competitive at the highest levels of racing for a decade.
