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Stock cars racing past fans at Daytona under the lights

FEATURED OPINION AUGUST 30, 2026

Award the Points.
Keep the Race Green.

Daytona closed NASCAR’s regular season, but the latest attempt to fix stage cautions only makes the case for eliminating them.

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01 first Cup win

04 weekend results

00 forced consensus

Racing Opinion photography · Daytona International Speedway

NASCARPreece wins by 0.024 secondsMOTOGPMárquez rules AragónMOTOCROSSPrado sweeps · Hunter takes titleINDYCARO’Ward wins Milwaukee

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AUGUST 29–30

The weekend in full.

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NASCAR Cup · Daytona

Preece wins by inches—and races straight into the Chase.

Ryan Preece earned his first Cup Series points victory in an overtime Coke Zero Sugar 400, edging Daniel Suárez by 0.024 seconds. Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed the top five.

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Pro Motocross · Ironman

Prado goes 1–1. Hunter Lawrence leaves with the championship.

Jorge Prado swept both 450 motos for his first U.S. overall victory. Hunter Lawrence finished fourth overall with 8–4 results, enough to settle the season-long fight with his brother Jett.

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MotoGP · Aragón

Márquez remains the ruler of Aragón.

Marc Márquez won at MotorLand Aragón ahead of Pedro Acosta and Marco Bezzecchi, turning a tense opening exchange into another controlled home victory.

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IndyCar · Milwaukee

O’Ward takes Milwaukee while weather rewrites the weekend.

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s completed Milwaukee 250 ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Christian Lundgaard. The Saturday race had been stopped after 91 laps by rain and held for a separate resumption.

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RACING OPINION PHOTO DESK

Close enough to feel it.

A rotating view from the grandstands, flag stand and edge of the action. Fresh photography will move through this space as the archive grows.

The pack rushes past the Daytona grandstands
01The pack rushes past the Daytona grandstands
Officials above the speedway at night
02Officials above the speedway at night
Fans on their feet at the Coke Zero Sugar 400
03Fans on their feet at the Coke Zero Sugar 400
Smoke hangs over the tri-oval
04Smoke hangs over the tri-oval
A Daytona burnout under the lights
05A Daytona burnout under the lights
The night-race crowd watches the action
06The night-race crowd watches the action

THE WEEKEND NOTEBOOK

One layer deeper.

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01 · NASCAR Cup · Daytona

Preece wins the final berth by 17 points.

The first Cup win of Preece’s career also secured the last Chase position over Shane van Gisbergen.

Official results ↗
02 · Moto3 · Aragón

Quiles returns from a broken collarbone and wins.

Three weeks after surgery, championship leader Máximo Quiles beat David Almansa and Marco Morelli at MotorLand.

Official Moto3 report ↗
03 · IndyCar · Milwaukee

Rain turns a doubleheader into a moving target.

Saturday’s 250 was suspended at lap 91, leaving teams to reset for a rare Sunday built around one completed race and one still to finish.

Official IndyCar update ↗