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Formula E expects to have a woman on the grid “within the next two years”

The series hasn’t featured a female driver since its 2015-16 Season 2

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How to watch 2025 NASCAR playoff race at Las Vegas: Weekend schedule, start time, TV

The Round of 8 of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs begins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

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Winners and losers from a drama-filled NASCAR weekend at Indianapolis

NASCAR's annual visit to the hallowed grounds of IMS did not disappoint. On Saturday, JR Motorsports earned a very special victory, despite Justin Allgaier's heartbreaking loss, and Austin Hill is likely going to face the wrath of NASCAR officials for some reckless driving.

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How Katherine Legge brought the girl power movement to NASCAR

When Katherine Legge saw the first render for her pink race car, covered in e.l.f. branding, her reaction was swift. “Oh god, that’s so cliché. Do we have to do a pink car?” she recalls asking her team.

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Katherine Legge adds Brickyard 400 to 2025 NASCAR schedule

Katherine Legge has once again expanded her 2025 NASCAR schedule, adding the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She will again pilot the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet in her fifth Cup race of the year.

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Winners and losers from a wild NASCAR Cup race on the streets of Chicago

It was another wild NASCAR Cup race at Chicago with non-stop action from start to finish. Shane van Gisbergen sweeping the weekend was a rather predictable outcome, but it didn't take away from the fact that the race was full of epic storylines. In fact, there were so many winners and…

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Katherine Legge knocks 23XI’s Corey Heim out of Chicago Cup start in shock upset

Entering the Chicago race weekend, five open entries were entered for the final four spots on the grid. While Shane van Gisbergen earned an impressive pole position, it was a David vs. Goliath battle for the last spot in the field with the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet up…

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Shane van Gisbergen earns NASCAR Cup pole in Chicago with blistering lap

After a dominant victory in Mexico City, Shane van Gisbergen (SVG) remains the man to beat as NASCAR takes on the Chicago Street Course. He was nearly half a second faster than his closest competition, with Michael McDowell joining him on the front row.

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With 41 entries, one driver will fail to qualify for the NASCAR Cup race in Chicago

In something that has become increasingly rare in modern NASCAR, there will be a DNQ (did not qualify) in this weekend's Cup race at the Chicago Street Course.

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Shane van Gisbergen earns NASCAR Cup pole in Mexico City

Shane van Gisbergen went to the top early in qualifying with a 1:32.776s lap in the No. 88 Chevrolet…and no one was able to beat it. This is the Trackhouse Racing driver's second career pole and his first of the 2025 season. Sitting 33rd in the championship standings, he desperately needs…

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2025 NASCAR Mexico City race weekend schedule, start times and how to watch

Round 16 of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season takes the top level of the sport to a place where they've never been before -- Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. It will also be the first points-paying Cup race outside of the United States since 1958.

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Full entry list for NASCAR's Mexico City race weekend revealed

There will be 37 Cup cars and 39 Xfinity cars competing in this historic event at Mexico City. The Xfinity field, which is usually capped at 38 grid spots, has been expanded to 40 for this event only. As a result, everyone on the entry list will get to compete…

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NASCAR releases full entry list for triple-header weekend at Texas

The NASCAR Cup Series will be joined by both the Xfinity and Truck Series divisions this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) in Fort Worth, Texas.

Motorsport

Aric Almirola: "Katherine didn't do anything wrong" in Talladega pileup

Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race featured an unfortunate accident with just 13 laps to go where some spotter miscommunication resulted in a multi-car crash that eliminated, Katherine Legge, Aric Almirola and Jeffrey Earnhardt from the event.

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NASCAR Driver Slams Claims She Was a 'DEI Hire' After Crashing at Race: 'I Earned My Seat'

After a crash at the Xfinity Series race in North Carolina, the veteran NASCAR driver denounced online harassment and accusations of being a "DEI hire."

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NASCAR's Katherine Legge says she has been receiving death threats after Xfinity crash at Rockingham

NASCAR driver Katherine Legge said she has been receiving “hate mail” and “death threats” from auto racing fans after a crash last weekend at Rockingham

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Katherine Legge pushes back against disturbing comments and "death threats"

In this polarizing age we all live in, social media can be a treacherous place. Unfortunately, Katherine Legge is experiencing that first-hand following her recent NASCAR outings. In a recent episode of her podcast, Throttle Therapy, Legge got candid about the Rockingham race weekend.

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Marco Andretti calls out NASCAR critics of "badass" Katherine Legge

A veteran of four Indianapolis 500s and a multi-time race winner in IMSA, Katherine Legge is a proven racer. But at 44 years old, she is pushing herself outside of her comfort zone and taking on a new challenge entirely as she ventures into the world of stock car racing.

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Talladega entry list features 39 Cup cars, 41 Xfinity, and an Earnhardt

After their only off-weekend for the rest of the year, NASCAR's Cup Series teams will begin their 28-week trek to the championship with a visit to the intimidating Talladega Superspeedway.

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Jesse Love victorious in wild wreckfest at Rockingham

After an action-packed race, slowed by 14 cautions, two red flags, and an overtime — Jesse Love became the lucky driver to take the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to Victory Lane at Rockingham.

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Kasey Kahne's return hindered by early wreck with Katherine Legge

Kasey Kahne's anticipated return and Katherine Legge run ended early, and quickly Satuday as the two came together just over 50 laps into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham, leaving both with significant damage.

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Katherine Legge fails to qualify, but will still run NASCAR Xfinity race

Legge took an unusual path into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham after failing to make the race in qualifying

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Katherine Legge expands NASCAR plans to 12-race schedule for 2025

Last month, Katherine Legge became the 17th woman to race at the top level of NASCAR when she made her Cup debut at Phoenix Raceway. The experience made enough of an impression that she has made plans to return -- and since last week's announcement has been working to expand…

Motorsport

Katherine Legge and e.l.f. Cosmetics to take on seven more NASCAR races for 2025

When Katherine Legge took the green flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this year, she became the 17th different woman to compete at the Cup level. The last woman to run a Cup race before her was Danica Patrick over seven years ago. And much like Patrick's last race, Legge's debut was…

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Katherine Legge's eventful NASCAR Cup debut ends 100 laps shy of the finish

Katherine Legge's goal in her first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race was "to be respectful of the leaders and stay out of the way." Driving the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet, she started from the rear of the 37-car field and planned to do just that.

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