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JULY 22, 2020
Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 10:13AM 
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Fabio Quartararo (No. 20 Petronas Yamaha SRT YZR-M1) won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday as the MotoGP got its season underway amid the coronavirus pandemic. Six-time defending MotoGP champion Marc Márquez (No. 93 Repsol Honda RC213V) crashed hard with four laps to go and had to be carried off the track on a stretcher with an apparent arm injury. He started third but had to come from behind after losing control of his bike and avoiding an earlier crash that put him back in the pack at the beginning of the race. From then on Marquez put on an absolutely brilliant display, charging all the way to third before an ugly high-side put him down and out of the race. The 21-year-old Quartararo, who started from pole position after a record lap at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, became the first Frenchman to win in MotoGP since Regis Laconi in 1999. “This is best moment of my life for sure," Quartararo said. “It is strange, without the fans. I would love them to be here and to cheer with them. This race was for all of them, for all the people affected with COVID.” It was the first of seven races in Spain in a reduced season that was originally scheduled to start in March. The second of the 13-races on this year's calendar will also be run at Jerez next weekend. Maverick Vinales (No. 12 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1) was second and Andrea Dovizioso (No. 04 Ducati Team GP20) finished third. (Thank you to AP Sports.)
Fabio Quartararo (No. 20 Petronas Yamaha SRT YZR-M1) won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday as the MotoGP got its season underway amid the coronavirus pandemic. Six-time defending MotoGP champion Marc Márquez (No. 93 Repsol Honda RC213V) crashed hard with four laps to go and had to be carried off the track on a stretcher with an apparent arm injury. He started third but had to come from behind after losing control of his bike and avoiding an earlier crash that put him back in the pack at the beginning of the race. From then on Marquez put on an absolutely brilliant display, charging all the way to third before an ugly high-side put him down and out of the race. The 21-year-old Quartararo, who started from pole position after a record lap at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, became the first Frenchman to win in MotoGP since Regis Laconi in 1999. “This is best moment of my life for sure," Quartararo said. “It is strange, without the fans. I would love them to be here and to cheer with them. This race was for all of them, for all the people affected with COVID.” It was the first of seven races in Spain in a reduced season that was originally scheduled to start in March. The second of the 13-races on this year's calendar will also be run at Jerez next weekend. Maverick Vinales (No. 12 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1) was second and Andrea Dovizioso (No. 04 Ducati Team GP20) finished third. (Thank you to AP Sports.)
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Portrait of Marc Marquez by Whit Bazemore.
Portrait of Marc Marquez by Whit Bazemore.
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Defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Josef Newgarden (No. 1 Team Penske Hitachi Chevrolet) put on a dominating performance Saturday night to win Race 2 of the Iowa INDYCAR 250s Doubleheader at Iowa Speedway. Newgarden became the first INDYCAR driver to win at Iowa Speedway from the pole, easily driving to his first win of the season and 15th of his career. It was Newgarden's first win since capturing last year’s race at Iowa 363 days ago. Newgarden beat teammate Will Power (No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) to the checkered flag by 2.7869 seconds. He averaged 135.900 mph. Newgarden’s win completed a sweep of the doubleheader on the 7/8th-mile oval by Team Penske, as Simon Pagenaud won Friday night after starting last (see below). “Feels really good,” said Newgarden, who finished fifth in Friday night’s Race 1 despite leading 68 laps. “I don’t know what we’ve got to do to keep the bad luck off us, but hopefully this is a good start. Our guys did an amazing job yesterday. I was so disappointed for them. I was angry for them because I thought they had the winning car. They put in the work and weren’t able to get rewarded for it. I was so determined to come back today. I think everyone was determined to come back and have a really good race, and we just ran hard. We ran hard all day.” This was Newgarden's third career win at Iowa Speedway. Graham Rahal (No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Hy-Vee Honda) finished third, his second podium of the season. (Thank you, as always, to INDYCAR Media.)
Defending NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Josef Newgarden (No. 1 Team Penske Hitachi Chevrolet) put on a dominating performance Saturday night to win Race 2 of the Iowa INDYCAR 250s Doubleheader at Iowa Speedway. Newgarden became the first INDYCAR driver to win at Iowa Speedway from the pole, easily driving to his first win of the season and 15th of his career. It was Newgarden's first win since capturing last year’s race at Iowa 363 days ago. Newgarden beat teammate Will Power (No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) to the checkered flag by 2.7869 seconds. He averaged 135.900 mph. Newgarden’s win completed a sweep of the doubleheader on the 7/8th-mile oval by Team Penske, as Simon Pagenaud won Friday night after starting last (see below). “Feels really good,” said Newgarden, who finished fifth in Friday night’s Race 1 despite leading 68 laps. “I don’t know what we’ve got to do to keep the bad luck off us, but hopefully this is a good start. Our guys did an amazing job yesterday. I was so disappointed for them. I was angry for them because I thought they had the winning car. They put in the work and weren’t able to get rewarded for it. I was so determined to come back today. I think everyone was determined to come back and have a really good race, and we just ran hard. We ran hard all day.” This was Newgarden's third career win at Iowa Speedway. Graham Rahal (No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Hy-Vee Honda) finished third, his second podium of the season. (Thank you, as always, to INDYCAR Media.)
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Simon Pagenaud (No. 22 Team Penske Menards Chevrolet) charged from last to first to win Race 1 of the INDYCAR Iowa 250s Friday night, July 17, at Iowa Speedway. Pagenaud held off Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing PNC Bank Honda) by .4954 of a second for his first win of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Pagenaud started last in the 23-car field after a fuel pressure problem prevented him from making a qualifying attempt earlier in the day. It’s the first time a driver has won from the last starting spot on the grid since March 2017, when Sebastien Bourdais drove from the rear to the front of a 21-car field to win the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. “This place is tough,” Pagenaud said after his fifteenth career win and his first at the 7/8th-mile oval. “What a night. What a day for us. First of all, amazing group effort from the whole Team Penske to recover from Road America. We unloaded really well. This morning was a lot of fun. Qualifying was disheartening, but these guys never give up. That’s what this team is all about. I can’t believe it. I have to rewatch the race. How did I get there? I don’t know. But the last 50 laps were certainly a lot of tension. When (Scott) Dixon is chasing you, you better hit your marks.” Pagenaud’s win for Team Penske ended Chip Ganassi Racing’s dominant start to the season in which Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing NTT DATA Honda won the first four NTT INDYCAR SERIES races. Five-time series champion Dixon opened with three straight wins, with Rosenqvist earning his first career victory last Sunday at Road America. Rookie Oliver Askew (No. 7 McLaren SP Arrow Chevrolet) finished third Friday night, marking the best-career NTT INDYCAR SERIES finish for the defending Indy Lights champion.
Simon Pagenaud (No. 22 Team Penske Menards Chevrolet) charged from last to first to win Race 1 of the INDYCAR Iowa 250s Friday night, July 17, at Iowa Speedway. Pagenaud held off Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing PNC Bank Honda) by .4954 of a second for his first win of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Pagenaud started last in the 23-car field after a fuel pressure problem prevented him from making a qualifying attempt earlier in the day. It’s the first time a driver has won from the last starting spot on the grid since March 2017, when Sebastien Bourdais drove from the rear to the front of a 21-car field to win the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. “This place is tough,” Pagenaud said after his fifteenth career win and his first at the 7/8th-mile oval. “What a night. What a day for us. First of all, amazing group effort from the whole Team Penske to recover from Road America. We unloaded really well. This morning was a lot of fun. Qualifying was disheartening, but these guys never give up. That’s what this team is all about. I can’t believe it. I have to rewatch the race. How did I get there? I don’t know. But the last 50 laps were certainly a lot of tension. When (Scott) Dixon is chasing you, you better hit your marks.” Pagenaud’s win for Team Penske ended Chip Ganassi Racing’s dominant start to the season in which Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing NTT DATA Honda won the first four NTT INDYCAR SERIES races. Five-time series champion Dixon opened with three straight wins, with Rosenqvist earning his first career victory last Sunday at Road America. Rookie Oliver Askew (No. 7 McLaren SP Arrow Chevrolet) finished third Friday night, marking the best-career NTT INDYCAR SERIES finish for the defending Indy Lights champion.
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Lewis Hamilton (No. 44 Mercedes-AMG Petronas) dominated the Hungarian Grand Prix for the eighth time in his career to tie Michael Schumacher's record for the most wins at one circuit, and took the lead in the 2020 Formula One world championship in the process. Hamilton served notice in qualifying with a new track record and the pole position, and then he powered away from the field at one point lapping all cars up to fifth position before deciding to take an additional pit stop to go for fastest lap, which he duly took to claim an additional world championship point. Max Verstappen (No. 33 Red Bull Racing Honda) delivered an intense drive after crashing in the rain in the warm-up to hold off Valtteri Bottas (No. 77 Mercedes-AMG Petronas) and take second place following an incredible rebuild job from the Red Bull team on the grid right before the race.
Lewis Hamilton (No. 44 Mercedes-AMG Petronas) dominated the Hungarian Grand Prix for the eighth time in his career to tie Michael Schumacher's record for the most wins at one circuit, and took the lead in the 2020 Formula One world championship in the process. Hamilton served notice in qualifying with a new track record and the pole position, and then he powered away from the field at one point lapping all cars up to fifth position before deciding to take an additional pit stop to go for fastest lap, which he duly took to claim an additional world championship point. Max Verstappen (No. 33 Red Bull Racing Honda) delivered an intense drive after crashing in the rain in the warm-up to hold off Valtteri Bottas (No. 77 Mercedes-AMG Petronas) and take second place following an incredible rebuild job from the Red Bull team on the grid right before the race.
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Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani (No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi V.R.) didn’t necessarily expect to dominate the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring, but that’s exactly what they did. Derani started from the pole position Saturday and pulled ahead of the field. Nasr then took over and did much the same, crossing the finish line 36.432 seconds ahead of Ryan Briscoe (No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R) to win the DPi class and finish first overall in the two-hour 40-minute race at Sebring International Raceway. For Nasr, who missed the IMSA WeatherTech 240 on July 4 after testing positive for COVID-19, the victory was special. “I really went through a lot the last days,” said Nasr, who experienced mild symptoms before testing negative and returning to racing. “I was frustrated, but it was something I couldn’t control. My first intention was to protect the team. It was hard to miss Daytona.” The victory was the first for the No. 31 team during the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, which resumed earlier this month after being delayed more than five months because of the virus. It also was Derani’s fourth victory at Sebring; he previously won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts three times. “I think this place likes me,” Derani said. “It was a fantastic day for us. We had our last win last year at Petit Le Mans. This team is so used to winning, and not having the two races at Daytona go our way wasn’t what the team expected. … I love this place. We had a dominant car the whole way. It’s fantastic when you can roll off the truck with a setup that is as good as we had today.” Briscoe tried to challenge Nasr during the second half, taking the lead in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R he shared with Renger van der Zande when Nasr pitted in the final 45 minutes. But when Briscoe pitted with 34 minutes remaining, Nasr took the lead and sailed away from there. “I couldn’t think of a better race to come back to IMSA,” he said. “I love this series. I love this track. Sebring is just amazing, and I think Sebring loves us back. … It’s such a gift. I can’t describe it.” Sebastien Bourdais charged up to pass Oliver Jarvis on the final lap to give the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi V.R he shared with Joao Barbosa a third-place finish. It was their third consecutive podium result and made it a 1-2-3 for Cadillac and GM Racing. The season resumes July 31-Aug. 2 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (Thank you, as always, to IMSA Media.)
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It took more than two years for Corvette Racing’s IMSA win total to go from 99 to 100 and just two weeks to make it 101. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner (No. 4 Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R) scored the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring victory in the GTLM class, leading a 1-2 sweep for the Michigan-based squad. Milner held off a charging Antonio Garcia by a scant 0.480 seconds ahead to score his and Gavin’s first victory since the 2018 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. "It was close there at the end,” Milner said. “Olly did a great job of saving fuel and that allowed us to get out ahead of the (No.) 3 car. It was a great strategy from Chuck (Houghton, race engineer) and great pit stops from Brian (Hoye, car chief) and the whole crew. To have these Corvette C8.Rs in as good as shape as they were after the long break is a testament to everyone on this team." It was Gavin’s 49th IMSA premier series victory, moving him into a three-way tie for fourth on the all-time IMSA win list with the legendary Al Holbert and Butch Leitzinger. It was Milner’s 17th IMSA win, and his and Gavin’s seventh win in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition. "It's been an amazing day,” Gavin said. “Thanks to Corvette Racing and Tommy for doing a wonderful job to bring the car home at the end. It was the strategy and pit stops that made the difference. Our guys did an outstanding job throughout the race." The runner-up result moved Garcia and Taylor to the top of the WeatherTech Championship GTLM standings with three races now in the books. A pit-lane dust-up with just over two hours remaining effectively removed both Porsche GT Team entries from victory contention. Nick Tandy’s No. 911 Porsche RSR-19 was sandwiched between Gavin and Laurens Vanthoor’s No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR-19, leaving Vanthoor without nose bodywork and Tandy with an eventual cut tire. Vanthoor and co-driver Earl Bamber recovered to finish third, however.
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Co-drivers Aaron Telitz and Jack Hawksworth (No. 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3) backed up a dominant performance two weeks ago in the IMSA WeatherTech 240 At Daytona with their second straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class win. Telitz started second after qualifying just .067 seconds behind teammate Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Lexus. The Wisconsinite quickly found his way to the front on Lap 12 of the 3.74-mile circuit, however. It was a crucial final pit stop that put the team in prime position to collect its second victory of 2020. Hawksworth (above) got out in front of the GTD field and only mere car lengths in front of Bill Auberlen, in search of his 61st IMSA victory in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. The Brit then opened a gap and sailed away to the win. “The car was brilliant today and to be honest the strategy was perfect,” said Hawksworth. “The decisions on pit lane, the decision to take four tires at the first stop, put full fuel in for the second and short fill the last, made all the difference. So yeah, the championship is on the line for sure.” Cooper MacNeil and Toni Vilander continued their Sebring success on Saturday night, finishing second in the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa/WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3. The runner-up finish extended their podium streak at Sebring to three consecutive years, after finishing on the GTD podium at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts in both 2018 and 2019. Auberlen’s quest to become the winningest driver in IMSA wasn’t achieved today, but he and co-driver Robby Foley held on for a third-place result.
Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani (No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi V.R.) didn’t necessarily expect to dominate the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring, but that’s exactly what they did. Derani started from the pole position Saturday and pulled ahead of the field. Nasr then took over and did much the same, crossing the finish line 36.432 seconds ahead of Ryan Briscoe (No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R) to win the DPi class and finish first overall in the two-hour 40-minute race at Sebring International Raceway. For Nasr, who missed the IMSA WeatherTech 240 on July 4 after testing positive for COVID-19, the victory was special. “I really went through a lot the last days,” said Nasr, who experienced mild symptoms before testing negative and returning to racing. “I was frustrated, but it was something I couldn’t control. My first intention was to protect the team. It was hard to miss Daytona.” The victory was the first for the No. 31 team during the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, which resumed earlier this month after being delayed more than five months because of the virus. It also was Derani’s fourth victory at Sebring; he previously won the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts three times. “I think this place likes me,” Derani said. “It was a fantastic day for us. We had our last win last year at Petit Le Mans. This team is so used to winning, and not having the two races at Daytona go our way wasn’t what the team expected. … I love this place. We had a dominant car the whole way. It’s fantastic when you can roll off the truck with a setup that is as good as we had today.” Briscoe tried to challenge Nasr during the second half, taking the lead in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R he shared with Renger van der Zande when Nasr pitted in the final 45 minutes. But when Briscoe pitted with 34 minutes remaining, Nasr took the lead and sailed away from there. “I couldn’t think of a better race to come back to IMSA,” he said. “I love this series. I love this track. Sebring is just amazing, and I think Sebring loves us back. … It’s such a gift. I can’t describe it.” Sebastien Bourdais charged up to pass Oliver Jarvis on the final lap to give the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing/JDC-Miller MotorSports Cadillac DPi V.R he shared with Joao Barbosa a third-place finish. It was their third consecutive podium result and made it a 1-2-3 for Cadillac and GM Racing. The season resumes July 31-Aug. 2 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (Thank you, as always, to IMSA Media.)
(Jake Galstad/Motorsport Images/Courtesy of Racer Magazine)It took more than two years for Corvette Racing’s IMSA win total to go from 99 to 100 and just two weeks to make it 101. Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner (No. 4 Corvette Racing Corvette C8.R) scored the Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring victory in the GTLM class, leading a 1-2 sweep for the Michigan-based squad. Milner held off a charging Antonio Garcia by a scant 0.480 seconds ahead to score his and Gavin’s first victory since the 2018 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. "It was close there at the end,” Milner said. “Olly did a great job of saving fuel and that allowed us to get out ahead of the (No.) 3 car. It was a great strategy from Chuck (Houghton, race engineer) and great pit stops from Brian (Hoye, car chief) and the whole crew. To have these Corvette C8.Rs in as good as shape as they were after the long break is a testament to everyone on this team." It was Gavin’s 49th IMSA premier series victory, moving him into a three-way tie for fourth on the all-time IMSA win list with the legendary Al Holbert and Butch Leitzinger. It was Milner’s 17th IMSA win, and his and Gavin’s seventh win in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition. "It's been an amazing day,” Gavin said. “Thanks to Corvette Racing and Tommy for doing a wonderful job to bring the car home at the end. It was the strategy and pit stops that made the difference. Our guys did an outstanding job throughout the race." The runner-up result moved Garcia and Taylor to the top of the WeatherTech Championship GTLM standings with three races now in the books. A pit-lane dust-up with just over two hours remaining effectively removed both Porsche GT Team entries from victory contention. Nick Tandy’s No. 911 Porsche RSR-19 was sandwiched between Gavin and Laurens Vanthoor’s No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR-19, leaving Vanthoor without nose bodywork and Tandy with an eventual cut tire. Vanthoor and co-driver Earl Bamber recovered to finish third, however.
(Courtesy of Racer Magazine)Co-drivers Aaron Telitz and Jack Hawksworth (No. 14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3) backed up a dominant performance two weeks ago in the IMSA WeatherTech 240 At Daytona with their second straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class win. Telitz started second after qualifying just .067 seconds behind teammate Frankie Montecalvo in the No. 12 Lexus. The Wisconsinite quickly found his way to the front on Lap 12 of the 3.74-mile circuit, however. It was a crucial final pit stop that put the team in prime position to collect its second victory of 2020. Hawksworth (above) got out in front of the GTD field and only mere car lengths in front of Bill Auberlen, in search of his 61st IMSA victory in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. The Brit then opened a gap and sailed away to the win. “The car was brilliant today and to be honest the strategy was perfect,” said Hawksworth. “The decisions on pit lane, the decision to take four tires at the first stop, put full fuel in for the second and short fill the last, made all the difference. So yeah, the championship is on the line for sure.” Cooper MacNeil and Toni Vilander continued their Sebring success on Saturday night, finishing second in the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa/WeatherTech Racing Ferrari 488 GT3. The runner-up finish extended their podium streak at Sebring to three consecutive years, after finishing on the GTD podium at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts in both 2018 and 2019. Auberlen’s quest to become the winningest driver in IMSA wasn’t achieved today, but he and co-driver Robby Foley held on for a third-place result.
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Austin Dillon (No. 3 RCR Chevrolet) held off a hard-charging field three times on restarts in the closing laps to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2020 season in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was a 1-2 finish for the Richard Childress Racing team with Dillon’s rookie teammate Tyler Reddick (No. 8 RCR Chevrolet) finishing .149-seconds behind. Dillon now has an automatic berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff. It’s his third career victory. Dillon, 30, grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress, was emotional after the win, screaming “thank yous” into his team radio and then dedicating the victory to his wife Whitney and their one-month old son, Ace, back at home in North Carolina. “Not bad for a silver spoon kid, right,” Dillon joked after climbing out of his Chevrolet, a reference to his upbringing in NASCAR’s brand of royalty and a comment last year by Alex Bowman. “Tyler Reddick, he raced me clean. 1-2 for RCR. This has been coming. We’ve had good cars all year. I’ve got my baby Ace back home and my wife and I love them so much. I’m just so happy. Thank God. To tell you the truth, it means a whole lot [to be in the Playoffs] for the family, for all our of partners.” Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford) finished third. Next up for the NASCAR Cup Series is Kansas Speedway, Thursday night (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). (Thank you to Holly Cain/NASCAR.com)
Austin Dillon (No. 3 RCR Chevrolet) held off a hard-charging field three times on restarts in the closing laps to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the 2020 season in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was a 1-2 finish for the Richard Childress Racing team with Dillon’s rookie teammate Tyler Reddick (No. 8 RCR Chevrolet) finishing .149-seconds behind. Dillon now has an automatic berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff. It’s his third career victory. Dillon, 30, grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress, was emotional after the win, screaming “thank yous” into his team radio and then dedicating the victory to his wife Whitney and their one-month old son, Ace, back at home in North Carolina. “Not bad for a silver spoon kid, right,” Dillon joked after climbing out of his Chevrolet, a reference to his upbringing in NASCAR’s brand of royalty and a comment last year by Alex Bowman. “Tyler Reddick, he raced me clean. 1-2 for RCR. This has been coming. We’ve had good cars all year. I’ve got my baby Ace back home and my wife and I love them so much. I’m just so happy. Thank God. To tell you the truth, it means a whole lot [to be in the Playoffs] for the family, for all our of partners.” Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford) finished third. Next up for the NASCAR Cup Series is Kansas Speedway, Thursday night (7:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN). (Thank you to Holly Cain/NASCAR.com)
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Acura Motorsports today announced it has come to a mutual agreement with Team Penske to end its successful, three-year partnership at the conclusion of the current IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The championship-winning program originated in 2017 in preparation for Acura's debut in the premier class of IMSA competition at the start of the 2018 season. Acura Team Penske scored its first Daytona Prototype International (DPi) victory – at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio – in 2018, and captured three more victories en route to sweeping the Manufacturer, Team and Drivers titles last year. In addition to sweeping the major IMSA DPi championships in 2019, the Acura ARX-05 scored four race wins, 14 additional podium finishes and nine poles from 22 races since its debut in 2018 racing against Cadillac, Mazda and Nissan.
Acura Motorsports today announced it has come to a mutual agreement with Team Penske to end its successful, three-year partnership at the conclusion of the current IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The championship-winning program originated in 2017 in preparation for Acura's debut in the premier class of IMSA competition at the start of the 2018 season. Acura Team Penske scored its first Daytona Prototype International (DPi) victory – at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio – in 2018, and captured three more victories en route to sweeping the Manufacturer, Team and Drivers titles last year. In addition to sweeping the major IMSA DPi championships in 2019, the Acura ARX-05 scored four race wins, 14 additional podium finishes and nine poles from 22 races since its debut in 2018 racing against Cadillac, Mazda and Nissan.