Back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden has a driving dream he still harbors, even knowing that challenges with schedules and sponsors make it likely impossible to ever achieve. Newgarden not only wants to drive a stock car someday, he wants to do The Double. Yes, the Indianapolis 500 followed by a quick flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Coca-Cola 600, which Kyle Larson was the latest to try in May, only to be foiled by weather.
George Russell clinched Mercedes' first win of the season at Formula 1's Austrian GP after taking advantage of a late clash between McLaren driver Lando Norris and championship leader Max Verstappen in a Red Bull on Sunday. It was Russell's second F1 win. McLaren's Oscar Piastri was second, ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr.
Max Verstappen is looking unbeatable again at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Formula 1 leader followed up his win in the sprint race on Saturday with another dominant performance in qualifying to take pole position for the fourth straight year at the Red Bull Ring. It ended a streak of three straight races where the three-time defending F1 champion failed to take pole position, and dealt a blow to his closest rivals who hoped to challenge him on Red Bull's home circuit this weekend.