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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The final two playoff spots will be determined in tonight’s Cup regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, but that’s not the only thing that will be settled. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Here is a look at what to watch for in tonight’s race. Who makes the playoffs? Fourteen of …

The World Center of Racing will welcome the Xfinity and Cup series Friday for two qualifying sessions and a 100-lap race. The Cup Series will set the field for its regular-season finale. Michael McDowell started on the pole for last year’s race and is among more than a dozen drivers trying to win a berth in the playoffs. The Xfinity …

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and series officials were shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that touts plans for an immigration detention center in Indiana dubbed “Speedway Slammer,” and includes a car with the same number as the only Mexican driver in the series. “It caught a lot of people off …

‘COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer’ | Homeland Security secretary nicknames Miami Correctional Facility holding ICE detainees  WTHR IndyCar officials and Pato O’Ward shocked by ICE-related ‘Speedway Slammer’ post  AP News ‘Speedway Slammer’ immigration jail set to be Trump’s next ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  USA Today Migrant deportation flights launch from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  Fox News IndyCar says it was unaware of DHS’s use of AI-generated …

Major League Baseball got the full NASCAR experience in its trip to Bristol Motor Speedway, and that meant a rain delay dragging down the audience. The Braves-Reds MLB Speedway Classic from Bristol Motor Speedway (Tenn.) averaged 1.6 million viewers across Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, according to FOX. The game was delayed more than two hours on Saturday night and …

Following Alligator Alcatraz, this marks the second state partnership to expand ICE detention space  WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand ICE detention space by 1,000 beds. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is partnering with the Indiana Department of Corrections and these beds will be available at …

Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, usually hosts the high-octane sport of NASCAR racing, but it has also hosted football games and concerts in the past. Last weekend was the first time it hosted a Major League Baseball game — the first time one has been held in the state of Tennessee, too — …

The Speedway Classic between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds sold more than 85,000 tickets, a record for an MLB regular-season game, though the event was marred by logistical challenges. The official number of tickets sold for the game, which was scheduled for Saturday and completed Sunday after an inclement weather postponement, was 91,032. The previous milestone for most regular-season …

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The instant the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds cleared the baseball diamond inside the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway, a new clock started. “The Last Great Colosseum” has to switch from hosting the MLB Speedway Classic and be ready for NASCAR’s return to the historic racetrack for a playoff race Sept. 13. The first MLB regular-season game …

William Byron and crew chief Rudy Fugle played their fuel mileage strategy to perfection at Iowa Speedway, earning their second NASCAR Cup Series victory this season in the No. 24 Chevrolet. It’s the 15th career victory across 11 Cup tracks for Byron, who opened the season with his second consecutive Daytona 500 win. The Hendrick Motorsports star became the fifth …