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The Daily Free Press

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Cut the Chicane: Does motorsport belong in the Olympics?

Cut the Chicane: Does motorsport belong in the Olympics?

Holly Gustavsen September 11, 2024
Despite the Paralympics ending Sunday and the 2024 Olympics commencing about a month before, people are already looking toward the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
People race in a game at an F1 Arcade in Seaport. This F1 Arcade is the first one to open in the United States, and it drew a large crowd, proving the support for F1 sports in Boston. TRUMAN DICKERSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

First F1 Arcade in America kicks off Boston opening with launch party

Truman Dickerson April 23, 2024
Inspired by the increasingly popular sport of Formula 1 racing, the first F1 Arcade in the U.S. — outfitted with a full restaurant and multi-screened racing simulators — opened in Seaport yesterday following its launch party Thursday.
PHOTO BY CLINTON NGUYEN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

The Blue Line: Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr.

Mike Benedykciuk October 2, 2014

As drivers zipped around the Canandaigua Motorsports Park at exceptionally high speeds on Aug. 9, Kevin Ward Jr.’s No. 13 sprint car collided into the track’s wall. The 20-year-old authoritatively...

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