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February 16, 2018 at 5:41 pm

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February 12, 2018 at 7:17 am

Green flag, ‘Atomic Blonde’: Charlize Theron to start 500

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Academy Award winner Charlize Theron was named honorary starter for the 60th running of the Daytona 500. The actress will...

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January 16, 2018 at 7:14 am

Earnhardt Jr. to help NBC Sports at Super Bowl and Olympics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly every day brings a new experience for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who spent the first 43 years of his life living...

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Spectators enjoy the Northwest Super Late Model 200-lap race at the 30th annual Fall Classic at the Yakima Speedway in Yakima, Wash. Sunday, October 1, 2017. A group of Yakima investors plans to purchase the speedway property to build a mixed-use development. (JOVELLE TAMAYO/Yakima Herald-Republic file)

November 19, 2017 at 5:54 pm

Checkered flag coming for Yakima Speedway as hotel, retail and ice arena planned

Ted Pollock, the racetrack’s owner of 51 years, is in the process of selling — and an era is ending.

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September 25, 2017 at 10:10 am

Trump ‘proud of NASCAR’ for protest-free New Hampshire race

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — President Donald Trump lauded NASCAR on Monday because no drivers, crew or team members protested during the national anthem before a...

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August 7, 2017 at 7:34 am

Hendrick Motorsports, Kasey Kahne to split after 6 years

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kasey Kahne is out at Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the season. The Brickyard 400 winner was released from the...

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In this photo provided by NHRA, Antron Brown drives during Top Fuel qualifying Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at the NHRA Northwest Nationals drag races at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash. Brown ran a 3.735-second pass at 329.10 mph to take the top spot in qualifications. (Jerry Foss/NHRA via AP)

August 6, 2017 at 6:24 pm

Antron Brown, Robert Hight complete perfect weekend at Northwest Nationals

Brown won his 49th career Top Fuel title and Hight went unbeaten to grab his first Funny Car title at Pacific Raceways, and 39th of...

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August 5, 2017 at 8:17 pm

Robert Hight (Funny Car), Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Tanner Gray (Pro Stock) lead Northwest Nationals qualifying

Finals will be contested Sunday at Pacific Raceways in Kent.

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Kasey Kahne (5) kisses the yard of bricks on the start/finish line after winning the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

July 23, 2017 at 9:00 pm

Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw ends 102-race drought at NASCAR’s highest level

Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw won a crash-marred Brickyard 400 for his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory since August 2014.

epa05996713 Japanese driver Takuma Sato of Andretti Autosport celebrates in Victory Circle after winning the 101th running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 28 May 2017. EPA/STEVE C. MITCHELL

May 28, 2017 at 9:39 pm

Takuma Sato of Japan wins Indianapolis 500, beating Helio Castroneves

Takuma Sato became the first Japanese winner of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when he denied Helio Castroneves a record-tying fourth victory as the two...

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