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Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start to summer, and it’s also the annual home to the Coca-Cola 600. After remembering those who lost their lives serving the United States, NASCAR fans can enjoy the longest race on the Sprint Cup Series schedule. It marks the second straight race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Last weekend was the 2015 Sprint All-Star Race on the same quad-oval course. Denny Hamlin broke…

An Englewood man killed in Vietnam will be honored at at NASCAR race this weekend.(Photo: KUSA) KUSA – This Memorial Day millions of people will see the name Sgt. Edwin Penn. His family and friends called him Ed. He grew up in Englewood. He was an athlete who won the state wrestling championship two years in a row for Englewood High School. It was football though, that earned him a…

CONCORD, N.C. – Some NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers met with series officials about safety concerns, including the sport not having a traveling safety team similar to IndyCar, shortly after Kyle Busch was injured in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick confirmed meeting with NASCAR, and that a traveling safety team was discussed, saying “that’s a conversation a group of us have had on…

Imagine you’re watching a NASCAR practice session while monitoring a live video and diagnostics feed from your favorite driver’s car on your tablet. You notice its is a little slow exiting Turn 3, which has steeper banking and bumpier surface than Turn 2, and that it’s loose in Turn 1 when being drafted from behind. You run the numbers on a algorithm you developed, and it suggests changes to the…

CONCORD, N.C. – Some NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers met with series officials about safety concerns, including the sport not having a traveling safety team similar to IndyCar, shortly after Kyle Busch was injured in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick confirmed meeting with NASCAR, and that a traveling safety team was discussed, saying “that’s a conversation a group of us have had on…

In recent weeks, the NASCAR storyline of note is how difficult it is to pass, even when a driver clearly has a faster car than anyone else does. But that won’t be an issue for Matt Kenseth, at least for the beginning of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kenseth’s lap of 194.252 mph gave him the pole in qualifying Thursday night, besting Joey Logano for the No….

CONCORD, N.C. – Some NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers met with series officials about safety concerns, including the sport not having a traveling safety team similar to IndyCar, shortly after Kyle Busch was injured in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. Reigning series champion Kevin Harvick confirmed meeting with NASCAR, and that a traveling safety team was discussed, saying “that’s a conversation a group of us have had on…

As just announced on FOX Sports 1’s NASCAR Race Hub, Jeff Gordon — the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion credited with helping take the sport mainstream — joins FOX NASCAR fulltime in 2016 as race analyst for its 16th year of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage, teaming with three-time champion Darrell Waltrip to offer seven championships’ worth of expertise. Gordon, currently competing in his 23rd and final fulltime Sprint Cup…

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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) The Women’s World Cup begins June 6 across six different cities in Canada, and ends with the final in Vancouver on July 5. The U.S. hasn’t won the tournament since 1999, though it did come close in 2011, losing a heartbreaker to Japan in penalty kicks. The Americans, ranked No. 2 in the world behind Germany, are expected to make it to the championship match though they…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest The “Greatest Day of Racing” will take place Sunday as the green flag will wave in three marquee races across the world, one right after the other: the Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. The latter event may provide the toughest challenge: Drivers will compete against each other for 400 laps and battle changing track conditions as the sun sets over the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor…

i FIFA President Sepp Blatter kicks a ball during the inauguration of a football stadium in the village of Dura al-Qari near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday. Blatter said he is on a “mission of peace” to resolve tensions between the Israeli and Palestinian soccer federations. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption itoggle caption Majdi Mohammed/AP FIFA President Sepp Blatter kicks a ball during the inauguration of a football…

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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) The Women’s World Cup begins June 6 across six different cities in Canada, and ends with the final in Vancouver on July 5. The U.S. hasn’t won the tournament since 1999, though it did come close in 2011, losing a heartbreaker to Japan in penalty kicks. The Americans, ranked No. 2 in the world behind Germany, are expected to make it to the championship match though they…

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For several hours on Wednesday afternoon, the 59-member NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel met in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine the five inductees for the Class of 2016. Forced to decide among 20 distinguished members of the NASCAR community, each with his own rightful merits and legacy in the sport, the panel spent the day whittling down the names that would make up the next class. When the final…

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Taya Kyle will be honored by NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway at Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) CONCORD, N.C. — Taya Kyle, the widow of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, will attend Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 and receive Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Stonewall Jackson Award. The racetrack’s award, which honors patriotism through personal support of the military, would have made her husband proud. After all, Chris Kyle — who…

Terry Labonte won NASCAR Cup championships in 1984 and 1996.(Photo: Chuck Burton, AP) CHARLOTTE – Four drivers and a leading speedway builder were voted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Wednesday. Drivers Terry Labonte, Curtis Turner, Jerry Cook and Bobby Isaac were selected along with former Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith. The five new hall members were chosen by a panel of 57 voters, including NASCAR officials, news media…