Motorsports

As has been the case for the 2021 Formula 1 season, the championship-deciding race was rife with drama. On the closing laps of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Williams driver Nicholas Latifi slid off the track and hit a wall, leading to a safety car.

Kyle Busch’s feud with Brad Keselowski flared Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. It led to Busch making a postrace comment he quickly regretted. Busch, angry with Keselowski for trying to push him out of the way just before the checkered flag at the Xfinity 500, used a slur referring to people with intellectual disabilities.

Lewis Hamilton made history at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday, securing the victory to not only take the lead atop the 2021 Formula 1 standings, but also to become the first F1 driver in history to reach 100 career wins.

The intensity of playoff racing at Bristol Motor Speedway — not to mention feelings of disrespect — led to exchanges between Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick on the track, on pit road and, finally, inside Elliott’s hauler Saturday night.

NASCAR will make history on Feb. 6, 2022 when it moves its non-points exhibition, the Clash, to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The race — which has been held at the Daytona International Speedway since its inception in 1979 — will also mark the first stock-car race at the venue, which has previously hosted supercross and speedway motorcycle races.