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Kurt Busch will compete in the 2026 Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) NASCAR Classic at Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans, France. The event runs from July 2-5, and will celebrate 50 years since NASCAR’s first attempt in the 24-hour race. Busch, who collected 34 victories throughout his NASCAR Cup Series career, including the 2017 Daytona 500 and the series championship in 2004, will drive the No. 1 Monster Energy Chevrolet in his HSR debut. The car, a former Chip Ganassi Racing chassis, was used when Busch won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2020. Ganassi later gifted Busch the...

A man unloading a BMW painted by Andy Warhol on the National Mall died Wednesday after a winch gave way and trapped him under the car. The accident happened just before 3 p.m. near 14th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. A U.S. Park Police spokesperson told WTOP-FM that the victim, who was not identified, died at the scene from critical injuries after first responders had tried to save his life. Metropolitan Police officials told WJLA-TV that a winch failed as the man unloaded the 1979 BMW M1 Art Car from a flatbed truck and the car fell on top of...