Joey Logano led a race-high 138 laps to capture his first checkered flag of the season in Sunday afternoon's FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.  Chase Elliott finished second, the best finish of his young career on the Sprint Cup Series and tied the best finish for a rookie at Michigan, but he couldn't get close enough in the closing laps to pressure Logano and had to conserve fuel to make sure he could make it to the start-finish line. Logano started the race from the pole and dominated on restarts to lock himself into the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-five finishers. NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series is off next weekend and returns June 26 f...

Daniel Suarez won the first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of his career Saturday, passing Kyle Busch on the second-to-last lap to take the checkered flag in the Menards 250 at Michigan International Speedway.  Busch led 88 of 125 laps and seemed destined for his fifth victory of the season, but he had to settle for a second-place finish following Suarez's strong move in the latter stages, as seen in this video courtesy of Fox Sports: NASCAR: After getting chased down by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Busch had the following to say, per Motor Racing Network: According to NASCAR Xfinity on Twitter, the Mexico-born driver made NASCAR history by entering victory lane at Michigan: Following the win, Suarez could barely contain his excitemen...

Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for Formula One's 2016 Canadian Grand Prix with a magnificent lap of one minute, 12.812 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. The Englishman's 53rd pole of his career, and fifth of the season, came at the expense of Nico Rosberg, who finished the day 0.062 seconds behind his Mercedes team-mate.  Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari secured third spot, with Daniel Ricciardo forced to settle for fourth place.  Here’s a look at the classified results, per Formula One:   A shunt into the barrier 10 minutes from the end of the third practice session ensured Renault's Kevin Magnussen would not take part in Saturday's qualifying, with the Danish driver set to start from the back...

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series dominoes continue to fall into place ahead of Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Last week in Pocono, Kurt Busch punched his ticket to the Chase by seizing the checkered flag, following a trend that Martin Truex Jr. started the week before in Charlotte and that Matt Kenseth truly started in Dover a few weeks earlier before the All-Star weekend. Indeed, those with spots in the Chase continue to take a backseat to those beginning to hit desperation mode as the weeks continue to tick away before drivers can miss out on the title pursuit altogether. NASCAR now hits a historic track to dish out another potential automatic bid with a handful of notable names still looking to secur...

Lewis Hamilton will look to parlay his impressive practice times into a fifth career win at Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday. There'll also be plenty of focus on Hamilton's championship battle with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo will look to bounce back from disappointment in Monaco. First, though, must come the qualifying sessions to establish who will own pole position on the tricky Gilles Villeneuve circuit. Before a preview of the big race, see below for the schedule and viewing details:   Date: Sunday, June 12 Time: 7 p.m. (BST), 2 p.m. (ET) TV: Sky Sports F1, Channel 4 (highlights), NBC Live Stream: Sky Go, NBC Sports Live Extra For...

Despite Matt Crafton leading for most of the race, an opportune William Byron won the Rattlesnake 400 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. The No. 9 Toyota led for only six of the 167 laps. Texas Motor Speedway took to Twitter after Byron crossed the finish line: NASCAR Trucks also tweeted after the race concluded: Crafton, who led 133 laps, was in first place with five remaining. But Rico Abreu hit the wall and caused the action to slow up. That allowed Byron to take advantage and pass Crafton. Frontstretch documented the scene: Friday's race didn't get off to an ideal start for Crafton. After he led for 10 laps in the early going, one of Crafton's tires went flat and forced him to the pits. ...

Joey Logano will start at the pole position for NASCAR's Firekeepers Casino 400 after winning the qualifying round Friday at Michigan International Speedway. The Firekeepers Casino 400 will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. Technical inspections delayed qualifying about 30 minutes, per ESPN's Bob Pockrass. Take a look below at the qualifying results and reaction from the day's action. NASCAR provided a look at the Logano team celebration: For the third week in a row, Logano finished the second round with the fastest time, but this time he was able to win the final heat and secure the pole position. After winning at Pocono Raceway on June 6, Kurt Busch looks like one of the top drivers in the sport at the moment, and he ...

Joey Logano has earned the pole for Sunday's Firekeepers 400, winning the last two of three qualifying rounds on Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Logano ran the two-mile lap in a time of 36.08 seconds in the final round, slightly slower than his 36.001 in the second round. He'll start first ahead of Martin Truex Jr., Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Friday's qualifying had multiple delays, first before it started because of a backup in the inspection area, and then twice in the opening session because of debris on the track and a wipeout by David Ragan. Scroll down for all of our real-time updates, analysis, statistics, pictures, tweets and anything else worth monitoring from Michigan.   Follow Brian J. Pedersen on Twitter at @...

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time during Friday's first and second practice sessions of Formula One's 2016 Canadian Grand Prix. The reigning World Champion was over three-tenths of a second faster than team-mate Nico Rosberg and half a second faster than Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel during the opening session, and he was untouchable again in the second, with Vettel going faster than Rosberg. The rest of the pack sat well behind the top three, although a number of incidents impacted the opening session, and the second saw most drivers prioritise simulations over fast laps. Here's a look at the practice times and a recap of each session.   FP2 Recap Here's a look at the final results for the second practice session, via Fo...

MONTREAL — Formula One officially announced its long-rumoured Heineken sponsorship deal at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Thursday with a large press conference/party befitting one of the world's largest breweries. While the deal is good news for the sport as a whole, it could further exacerbate the preexisting financial inequality between the individual teams. Also, when companies like Heineken opt to sponsor the series as a whole, rather than a specific team, the sport's commercial rights holder takes approximately 35 percent of the cash before it filters back to the teams. As part of the arrangement, the Dutch beer company will be the title sponsor for three F1 races each year, starting with the Italian Grand Prix this ...