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Joe Gibbs Racing to replace Matt Kenseth with Erik Jones
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing is replacing NASCAR’s oldest full-time driver with one of the youngest as the series undergoes a rapid changing of the guard. Erik Jones will drive the No. 20...
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Almirola ready to return this weekend after missing 2 months
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Aric Almirola plans to return to action this weekend after missing two months of the NASCAR season with a fractured vertebra. Richard Petty Motorsports announced Wednesday that...
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Larson’s NASCAR pole tossed out with inspection failure
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Kyle Larson has made a habit of flunking NASCAR inspection. Knocked from the top of the points standings this week because of an inspection failure, Larson was stripped of his pole...
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Hamlin wins at New Hampshire, ends JGR’s winless streak
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing has undergone an unexpected upheaval that forced the organization into a youth movement. The biggest surprise, though, was going 0 for 2017. Denny Hamlin ended that...
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Brickyard 400 win helps Kahne add to Hendrick resume
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kasey Kahne proved he’s still capable of winning races. Now he must convince team owner Rick Hendrick he still belongs on one of NASCAR’s strongest teams. One day after 19-year-old...
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Penske inks NASCAR’s Brad Keselowski to multiyear extension
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Team Penske has reached an agreement with 2012 NASCAR Cup champion Brad Keselowski on a multiyear extension. The 33-year-old Keselowski has driven for Penske throughout his...
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Kyle Busch ends winless season with Cup victory at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch watched the number of laps he’s led this season tick, tick, tick as it crossed 1,000, and he only really cared about the lap he hadn’t led: the last one. “We’ve had...
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NASCAR cuts weekend schedule to save money, ease travel
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch usually wakes up around 8 a.m. or so on race day and just waits until he’s needed for a meet-and-greet before he slips into the No. 18 Toyota. But if he’s up, he may as...
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Martin Truex Jr. wins I Love New York 355 at The Glen
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (WTNH) — Race fans flocked to Watkins Glen for NASCAR action over the weekend. On Sunday, Martin Truex Jr. took the checkered flag despite running low on gas during the last laps of...
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Local NASCAR legend one of the victims in Guilford plane crash
GUILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Local NASCAR legend Ted Christopher has been identified as one of the victims from a plane crash in Guilford on Saturday afternoon. The Facebook page for Thompson Speedway...
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Police identify second passenger who died in North Branford plane crash that...
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The second passenger who was killed in a North Branford plane crash Saturday afternoon has been identified by police. North Branford police say Charles Dundas of Long...
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Track to retire number of driver killed in plane crash
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut race track is retiring the number of a NASCAR driver who died in a plane crash. Stafford Speedway announced that Ted Christopher‘s No. 13 will be retired...
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Trump revels in latest war of words with professional sports
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated his criticism of NFL players who knelt during the national anthem, pushing back against suggestions that race drove his calls for those...
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Funeral held for NASCAR driver killed in plane crash
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Mourners have gathered in Connecticut to say goodbye to a NASCAR driver who died in a plane crash. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2xungyT) the funeral for Ted...
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NASCAR driver killed in plane crash honored Sunday
STAFFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — One of the victims of a deadly plane crash in North Branford was honored on Sunday. Local NASCAR legend Ted Christopher died in the plane crash near west street two weeks ago....
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Plane crash deaths of pilot, NASCAR driver ruled an accident
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) — Officials have ruled the deaths of NASCAR driver Ted Christopher and an 81-year-old pilot in a Connecticut plane crash an accident. The medical examiner’s office said...
View ArticleGruden may be latest back from big break
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) If Jon Gruden does leave the comforts of the broadcast booth for a second stint as coach of the Oakland Raiders, he wouldn’t be the first coach lured back to the sidelines after a...
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: Eagles, Patriots fight for Super Bowl; fans giddy
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots are set to do battle in the Super Bowl, with the Eagles gunning for their first title and the Pats shooting for their sixth. Giddy...
View ArticleThe Latest: Norway’s Krueger wins gold despite early fall
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): 4:40 p.m. Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krueger crashed on the first lap of the men’s 30-kilometer cross-country race...
View ArticleThe Latest: Japanese forward suspended for kicking at Swede
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Japanese forward Rui Ukita has been suspended one game by the International Ice Hockey Federation for...
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