11:04 PM ET Associated Press SPARTA, Ky. — Austin Cindric answered the nagging question of when he’ll finally conquer an oval. In fact, he did it so well at Kentucky Speedway that the issue now is whether an encore is possible. Cindric won the first of two NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Kentucky this week,

3:56 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will move its August road course race from Watkins Glen in upstate New York because of state health restrictions, and the event will shift instead to the road course at Daytona International Speedway. The move means the Cup Series will make its debut on Daytona’s road

8:44 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has twice tested negative for the coronavirus and has been cleared to race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway. Johnson missed the first race of his Cup career when he tested positive Friday. He was tested after his wife received a positive result. Jimmie

10:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Boxing promotions run by Floyd Mayweather, Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya, teams in MLS, NASCAR and Indycar were among a cavalcade of sports organizations that navigated a federal loan program designed to help small firms cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Data released Monday

9:21 AM ET President Donald Trump called out driver Bubba Wallace on Monday, intimating that a noose found in his garage at Talladega Superspeedway last month was a hoax and questioning NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from the sport. Trump tweeted: “Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials

9:12 PM ET Bubba Wallace has a new endorsement deal with Beats by Dre. The popular audio company welcomed Wallace to its family on Monday, hours after President Donald Trump criticized NASCAR’s only full-time Black driver on Twitter. Beats by Dre said the timing of the announcement was not a coincidence. 1 Related “We weren’t

11:58 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — An injured crew member on Ryan Blaney‘s NASCAR team has returned to Team Penske’s headquarters in North Carolina, where he will undergo further evaluation. Zachary Price was treated and released from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and returned home with the rest of Penske’s travel party, the team said

7:23 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — A tire changer for NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney was taken to a hospital after being injured Sunday early in the Brickyard 400. Zachary Price was pinned between Blaney’s No. 12 Ford and Brennan Poole‘s No. 15 Chevrolet, the result of a six-car pileup near the entrance of pit

9:36 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Harvick turned up the pressure on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400. And on a cooling track, Hamlin’s worn tires simply gave out. As the sun set Sunday over Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hamlin seven laps from one of the few victories that has eluded him,

5:53 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Chase Briscoe put on four new tires during a late pit stop Saturday, then held off AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric over the final five laps to win the first Xfinity Series race on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. The Indiana native beat Justin Haley by 1.717 seconds.