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July 14, 2016
Brothers Jeremy Martin (left, second place) and Alex Martin (right, first place) finished 1-2 in the season-opening race in San Bernardino, Calif. Bro

Martin brothers return to race on home motocross track

Alex and Jeremy Martin are in the top five overall, separated by just a few points as they head into this weekend's La Crescent Wine & Spirit Spring Creek National in Millville
Motorsports
July 3, 2016
Martin Truex Jr. (78), Greg Biffle (16), Jimmie Johnson (48) and Jamie McMurray (1) are at the head of a multi-car accident between Turns 1 and 2 at D

Brad Keselowski wins for the first time at Daytona

He fended off Kyle Busch to land first Daytona win.
Motorsports
June 26, 2016
Tony Stewart, center, celebrated after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Sonoma, Calif.

Stewart wins at Sonoma to end 84-race drought

Passed on the last lap by Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart returned the favor to win.
Motorsports
June 14, 2016
lJoey Logano drives during the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Sunday, June 12, 2016 in Brooklyn, Mich. (AP Pho

Joey Logano wins at Michigan, helps make NASCAR history

Joey Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 and was followed by 20-year-old Chase Elliott and 23-year-old Kyle Larson, the youngest top three in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.
Motorsports
June 6, 2016
Kurt Busch celebrated with his team in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Pocono Raceway on Monday.

Kurt Busch squeezes out just enough fuel to win at Pocono

Busch maneuvered his car with the help of interim crew chief Johnny Klausmeier and conserved enough fuel to win the Sprint Cup Series Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 on Monday afternoon at Pocono Raceway.
Motorsports
May 29, 2016
Alexander Rossi kisses the bricks on the start/finish line after wining the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Spee

Alexander Rossi pulls off stunning upset in 100th Indy 500

Rossi was a 66-to-1 long shot and certainly not the driver anyone would have picked to win. But the 24-year-old Californian used fuel strategy to outsmart a handful of drivers who had the most dominant cars in the race.
Motorsports
May 22, 2016
James Hinchcliffe of Canada celebrated winning the pole during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.

Hinchcliffe passes Newgarden on final run for Indy 500 pole

James Hinchcliffe watched the Indianapolis 500 last year from his hospital bed. He had nearly died from injuries six days earlier in a crash at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Motorsports
May 22, 2016
Joey Logano celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Saturday, May 21, 201

Logano wins $1M NASCAR All-Star race

Joey Logano won NASCAR's annual All-Star race by snatching the lead away from Kyle Larson with two laps remaining at Charlotte.
Motorsports
May 8, 2016
Kyle Busch (18) celebrates after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, May 7, 2016. (AP Phot

Kyle Busch finally wins at vexing Kansas oval

The vexing tri-oval had served up plenty of misfortune over the years for Kyle Busch.
Motorsports
May 2, 2016
Ryan Dungey

Minnesota motocross star completes a special year with title

Ryan Dungey of Belle Plaine rolled through a lot of memories in the past year while speeding toward a goal he reached Saturday night in New Jersey.
Motorsports
April 17, 2016
Carl Edwards, right, smiled while being interviewed by track announcer Tom Taylor after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday in Bristol,

Edwards wins Sprint Cup race at Bristol

The pole-sitter led 276 of 500 laps and posted his first victory of the season.
Motorsports
April 10, 2016
Kyle Busch stands on his car after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, early Sunday, April 10

Kyle Busch wins Sprint Cup race in Texas

He won both NASCAR races for the second weekend in a row.
Motorsports
April 3, 2016
Kyle Busch stood on his car and waved to the crowd as he celebrated winning the Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway

Kyle Busch outruns Allmendinger to win at Martinsville

Kyle Busch pulled away on a restart with 11 laps to go and outran AJ Allmendinger to the finish for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at Martinsville Speedway, and a sweep of the two-race weekend.
Motorsports
March 21, 2016
Jimmie Johnson celebrated a win in victory lane at the Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Fontana, Calif., on Sunday.

Johnson edges Harvick for another win at Fontana

Jimmie Johnson pulled away in overtime to beat Kevin Harvick on Sunday for the Southern California native's record sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at Fontana.
Motorsports
March 14, 2016
Carl Edwards, right, collided with Kevin Harvick at the finish line during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday.

Harvick nudges past Edwards to win in Phoenix

Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards twice bumped on the final lap before Harvick inched over the finish line first in an overtime finish Sunday for his record eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Phoenix International Raceway.
Motorsports
March 14, 2016
Carl Edwards, right, collides with Kevin Harvick, left, at the finish line during a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Phoenix International Racewa

Harvick holds off Edwards in thriller

Kevin Harvick edged Carl Edwards by 0.01 seconds to capture the Good Sam 500 for his fifth win in the past six races at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick recapped the wild finish afterwards.
Motorsports
March 6, 2016
Brad Keselowski celebrated after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday in Las Vegas.

Keselowski surges past Kyle Busch to win at Las Vegas

Keselowski, who overcame an early speeding penalty, drove his Team Penske Ford to his first Sprint Cup Series victory of the season and his first in nearly a full year since Fontana in March 2015.
Motorsports
March 6, 2016
Brad Keselowski wins again in Las Vegas

Brad Keselowski wins again in Las Vegas

Brad Keselowski passed Kyle Busch with five laps to go on Sunday and surged to his second win in three years in the NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Keselowski spoke after the race.
Motorsports
February 22, 2016
Denny Hamlin celebrated in Victory Lane after winning the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Hamlin edges Truax at finish to win Daytona 500

The margin of victory was 0.010 seconds, the closest in race history, and ended a 23-year drought in the event for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Motorsports
February 21, 2016
Hamlin noses Truex at Daytona 500

Hamlin noses Truex at Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin edged out Martin Truex Jr. by inches to win the Dayton 500 on Sunday. Reid Spencer of the NASCAR Wire Service recaps the race and discusses how big the win was for Joe Gibbs Racing.

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