Max Verstappen (No. 1 Oracle Red Bull Racing) recovered from a five-place gearbox penalty to claim his eighth successive victory in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, with teammate Sergio Perez (No. 11 Oracle Red Bull Racing) adding to the celebrations for Red Bull as he completed a one-two result. Verstappen gradually picked off his rivals across a tense 44-lap encounter at Spa-Francorchamps, taking P1 after Charles Leclerc (No. 16 Scuderia Ferrari) had started the race on pole. The championship leader then kept his car on the track during a mid-race shower that threatened to – but did not quite force – a move from slick tires to intermediates. Perez also worked his way past Leclerc to come home in the runner-up spot, crossing the line some 20 seconds behind Verstappen and giving Red Bull their first perfect result since the Miami Grand Prix back in May. Leclerc held on for the final podium position, denying seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton (No. 44 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team) - who pitted late on to net the fastest lap - while Fernando Alonso (No. 14 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team) ahead of the other Mercedes machine of George Russell (No. 63 Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team) to take fifth. Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to Formula1.com) 

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Sam Mayer (No. 1 JR Motorsports Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet) took a dramatic double-overtime victory in Saturday’s Road America 180 at the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, road course. The 20-year-old from Franklin, Wisconsin, claimed his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, climbed onto his driver’s side window and pulled apart his fire suit like Superman to a happy and familiar crowd. Mayer’s win made him the 14th different driver to take the trophy at Road America in as many NASCAR Xfinity Series races there. He is the sixth different driver to earn his first career win at the 4.048-mile "America's National Park of Speed" and the fourth different driver to claim his first series trophy in 2023. “It was just about getting track position,” Mayer said of the frantic second overtime start that featured door-to-door racing among the top four cars. “We got it there at the end, I lost it for a second and then all hell broke loose there at the end, and we ended up on top,” Mayer said. “This team, it’s so special to get that first win, that monkey off your back. It feels so good.” Mayer led only the final two laps, jolting to the lead after JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier and Sage Karam jostled for the top spot on the penultimate lap. Allgaier, who won the opening two stages and led 42 laps, spun in Turn 8 after Mayer and Sage Karam (No. 24 Toyota) had passed him. Karam momentarily led with Parker Kligerman second, but Karam went wide in Turn 13 and Kligerman the same in Turn 14, allowing Mayer to take the lead coming to the white flag en route to the win. Kligerman (No. 48 Chevrolet) finished second ahead of Austin Hill (No. 21 Chevrolet) and Karam. Allgaier finished 18th. “It was a great race all around,” said Karam, who earned his first career top five in his seventh start of the season. “The last restart was very aggressive. I just had to get to the lead and had a good move on Allgaier, it was really aggressive and got three-wide. I can’t thank Sam Hunt Racing enough.” Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to NASCAR.com)