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                <title><![CDATA[Formula 1 World Championship standings, full driver and constructor points]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Formula 1 driver world championship standingsUpdated after HungaryRankDriverPointsGap1Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes21902Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari169-503George Russell, Mercedes160-594Charles Leclerc, Ferrari138-815Lando Norris, McLaren128-916Max Verstappen, Red Bull109-1107Oscar Piastri, McLaren…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, full playoff picture]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[NASCAR Cup Series standings, playoff pictureUpdated after IndianapolisRankNamePointsGapPlayoff1Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota88604062Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota802-843223Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford766-1202864Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota751-1…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NASCAR reverts back to tradition after snapping 53-year streak]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season was the first season since 2021 to feature no race on Easter Sunday. Prior to 2021, NASCAR had not scheduled a Cup Series race for the holiday since 1970, so the decision to keep Easter Sunday clear for 2025 was a well-received move by many fans.It also s…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NASCAR has a new top driver outside of the Cup Series playoffs]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[There have been 30 drivers, including 29 full-time competitors, who have finished at least one NASCAR Cup Series race inside the top seven through the first 22 races of the 2026 season.RFK Racing's Ryan Preece isn't one of them. Yet he has been lurking either barely inside or barely outsi…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[IndyCar fans can't even believe the latest 'Donald Trump Indy 500' complaint]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Racing is a niche sport. Every hardcore motorsport fan knows that and has been exposed to many a non-hardcore fan over the years.I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that since I became a fan, I've had folks ask me things like "where is the Indy 500 this year?" or "who is doing the halftime s…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
                <author>William Thomas</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[F1 on the verge of an incredibly underappreciated run not seen in two decades]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[While McLaren's Lando Norris earned his first win as reigning Formula 1 world champion in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, it was Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli who padded his world championship lead, as he's been doing for much of the 2026 season, with a third place finish.The…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Alex Palou's biggest 'challenger' has never won an IndyCar race]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Alex Palou went the entire month of June without an IndyCar race victory, and all anybody could talk about was how this year's championship was much, much closer than 2025's, when he won eight of 17 races and won the title by 196 points (four whole race victories) over Pato O'Ward in seco…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[No NASCAR race this weekend, final time before 2026 season ends]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[After the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season featured the first stretch of 28 consecutive race weekends since 1971, with the only off weekend of the year coming in April due to the Easter holiday, two off weekends were baked into the 2026 schedule.The first took place in April, again due to Ea…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
                <author>Isabella Anderson</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Reigning champion already eliminated, with a full month remaining]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[When it comes to Hendrick Motorsports' struggles throughout the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, it's easy to point to Kyle Larson's losing streak, which dates back to May 2025. It's also easy to point to Chase Elliott's lack of a top 10 finish since May, and the fact that Alex Bowman would…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
                <author>Daniel Wilson</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[The most obvious Hendrick replacement for Alex Bowman is being ignored]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Alex Bowman entered the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season without a contract to compete beyond its conclusion, and while there was plenty of speculation that he might be done after this year, given the fact that he's missed races in three of the past five seasons due to health issues and the…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[15-year-old phenom set for NASCAR debut, Carson Hocevar's schedule ends]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Full-time Spire Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar has spent much of the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series season behind the wheel of the No. 77 Chevrolet for same organization. Given the fact that he is only in his third Cup season, he is not bound by the same lower series res…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
                <author>Isabella Anderson</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[Hendrick Motorsports slump hits new low, but is it time to panic?]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Hendrick Motorsports won its 15th NASCAR Cup Series championship just one season ago, and while that was quite the feat, the organization now finds itself in a weird place during its 42nd season in the sport. Yes, Chase Elliott won two races in the early part of the season at Martinsville…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The NASCAR playoffs get right what another league gets wrong]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[It's the second and final off weekend of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and both IndyCar and Formula 1 are also in the midst of their own summer breaks. So forgive me for the "slow news week" vibe here, but this is also the perfect time to address a personal pet peeve in the world of…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NASCAR championship contender out, new landing spot rumored for 2027]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Front Row Motorsports have confirmed that Chandler Smith will not be back for what would have been a third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season with the team behind the wheel of the No. 38 Ford in 2027.Smith, who sits third in the point standings with two victories at Daytona Internationa…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[An unlikely F1 team principal could find himself on the hot seat]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Coming into the 2026 Formula 1 season, expectations were quite high for Williams. There were expectations of exiting the midfield and entering the top tier of teams and potentially even competing for the championship.Building on an exemplary 2025 season, it gave the organization even more…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim is the feud NASCAR has been missing for a generation]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Corey Heim made NASCAR history in Sunday's Brickyard 400 by becoming the first driver to win multiple times in his first 15 Cup Series starts since A.J. Foy in 1965. But naturally, all everyone is talking about is yet another run-in involving Carson Hocevar.Midway through the race, Hoceva…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Inevitable Connor Zilisch departure forces an ugly reckoning for Trackhouse]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[With the news that Alex Bowman plans to retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Series racing following the 2027 season, no time was wasted establishing a favorite to replace him in the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. And it's not Corey Day.It's Connor Zilisch.Despite sitting 34th in…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s gamble is finally paying off, and in a big way]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Just one race into the 2025 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (then Xfinity Series) playoffs, it was announced that rookie Carson Kvapil would not be back full-time with JR Motorsports in 2026.Instead, he would share the No. 1 Chevrolet with Connor Zilisch, whose 10-win rookie season resu…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
                <author>James Taylor</author>
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                <title><![CDATA[NASCAR must face unavoidable Indy dilemma after another dismal Brickyard 400]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The NASCAR Cup Series' annual trip to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway was full of storylines. Corey Heim earned a historic second win in the Brickyard 400 in only his 15th career start, much to the chagrin of Carson Hocevar.Kyle Larson complained that the races are too long and then…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Todd Gilliland exposed what NASCAR fans already knew about the In-Season Challenge]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive year, the NASCAR Cup Series ran its million-dollar In-Season Challenge to provide some extra excitement to the dog days of the regular season. And for the second consecutive year, it was hard to take it seriously as any sort of test of elite performance.In 2025,…]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                <description><![CDATA[Hendrick Motorsports did right by Alex Bowman by extending his contract for another season. But after the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season, Bowman is set to retire from full-time competition altogether, ending what is set to become a 10-year run at one of the sport's premier teams.Bowman's p…]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lando Norris achieves first-time F1 feat we didn't think was possible]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris will not become the first reigning champ since Sebastian Vettel (2013) to return the following year and fail to win a Grand Prix, as he took the checkered flag ahead of four-time world champion Max Verstappen to win Sunday's Hungarian Grand P…]]></description>
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