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Detroit — The Detroit Grand Prix is nearly three weeks away, which means this is when four-time IMSA champion driver Jordan Taylor arrives to check out the scene and promote the three-day event.

With the Chevrolet backdrop on the Renaissance Center cluster just beyond the start-finish line, Taylor, who has been in Detroit over the years to support the race, spoke on Wednesday about the importance of racing in Detroit because of the manufacturers.

Construction began in Detroit on Monday to build the grandstands around the 1.7-mile, nine-turn street circuit downtown. The Grand Prix has long been a fixture in Detroit. It moved to Belle Isle in 1992 but returned to the city streets in 2023.

“I like coming to Detroit, obviously,” said Taylor, who won five times on Belle Isle. “Wherever you have success, you're gonna enjoy coming back to, and I don't think I do any other races where I come to do media days every year. It's always a big one for Cadillac and Chevrolet, so I enjoy coming back. It's a big one for the community. It's big one for the brands. The track is difficult, but it’s one that we always look forward to.”

Three series will be competing — IndyCar, which will be coming off the Indianapolis 500; the IMSA GTP and GTD Pro series; and the rising stars in the Indy NXT series — when racing kicks off on May 29.

Also on Wednesday, student-designed murals from Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Detroit that will be displayed on trackside barrier walls along the circuit were unveiled, as was the official Detroit Grand Prix commemorative poster designed by College for Creative Studies senior Reden Lee.

All of the artwork captures the spirit of racing in Detroit. There are plenty of challenges to the street circuit as Taylor, winless since the series moved away from Belle Isle, knows. His brother, Ricky Taylor, is a four-time winner in Detroit, including last season with Filipe Albuquerque.

“It's a much different challenge,” Taylor said of racing in the streets of Detroit versus Belle Isle. “The corners are very tight. Here, it is bumpy, but all the corners are very low speed. Belle Isle had a couple higher speed corners, which is kind of rare for a street course. This is more, I'd say, traditional for corner speeds, but there's so many different surfaces as well. You turn it into a corner, and it goes from one surface to another. So the balance of the car is always changing. It's a huge challenge for the drivers, but for the engineers too to set up a car that will do well here.”

It’s also about pit-stop strategy.

“Our team was always so good in the pit stops and strategy to keep us up front (in Belle Isle), so it always seemed to go our way,” Taylor said. “We limited mistakes all those years. We haven't had success here. It's just a different animal when you come over here.”

Both IMSA classes, one more of a prototype class and the other production-looking, compete simultaneously, which adds yet another challenge.

“That's what makes it unique, because we're in our race, they're in their race,” Taylor said. “They're not going to pull over when we come to pass them, so it's up to us to get through that traffic as quickly as possible and not make mistakes. But that's where you can kind of make a lot of opportunities.

"If you're struggling to pass someone, maybe you can use that traffic to your advantage. If you're leading and you've got pressure, maybe you can make a break in traffic and get away from them. So it just adds a whole other layer that other forms of racing don't have, and I think that's what creates a lot of action in our series versus other ones.”

For more information on the 2026 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, visit www.DetroitGP.com. The event is seeking additional volunteers for the race weekend. Tickets for the Detroit Grand Prix can be purchased through www.DetroitGP.com/Tickets or by calling 888-811-PRIX (7749).

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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Detroit Grand Prix revs up preparations for three-day racing event

Alex Bowman is making up ground with 15 races left in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series regular season. Bowman sits 127 points behind the Chase bubble in the driver's standings with over half of the regular season remaining. Meanwhile, the No. 48 car is only 83 points back in the owner's standings.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver appeared to be out of the mix and while it is still a long shot, he is making up the needed ground. Bowman is on the pace to accomplish his points goal set before returning from his vertigo symptoms. The No. 48 team has a better chance at making the Chase, but Bowman can't be ruled out yet.

If Bowman can gain 8.5 points per race on the Chase bubble, he will reach the 16-driver field. It may require at least one win before September, but Bowman's two straight top-3 finishes certainly helps his case. It seemed nearly impossible two weeks ago; however, Bowman is giving himself an opportunity after two strong runs.

More: Kyle Busch could face NASCAR penalty after wreck at Texas in 2026

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The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2026 Go Bowling At The Glen at Watkins Glen International, and the entry list has been revealed. 

NASCAR released the 2026 Go Bowling At The Glen, O'Reilly Series, and Truck Series entry list for Watkins Glen on Monday afternoon. This is Watkins Glen's only race date on the NASCAR schedule and the first road course since COTA in March. All three NASCAR levels will be on track this weekend.

All 36 full-time drivers are present for the 2026 Go Bowling At The Glen on Sunday afternoon. This is the second season in the charter system's history in which all 36 entries have a full-time competitor. Josh Bilicki (Garage 66) and Katherine Legge (Live Fast Motorsports) are the open entries, making it a 38-driver field.

Below, you can check out the NASCAR entry list for the Cup Series race at Watkins Glen in May 2026!

NASCAR Cup Series entry list, Watkins Glen International (May 2026)

1. No. 1 Ross Chastain
2. No. 2 Austin Cindric
3. No. 3 Austin Dillon
4. No. 4 Noah Gragson
5. No. 5 Kyle Larson
6. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
7. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
8. No. 8 Kyle Busch
9. No. 9 Chase Elliott
10. No. 10 Ty Dillon
11. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
12. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
13. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
14. No. 17 Chris Buescher
15. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
16. No. 20 Christopher Bell
17. No. 21 Josh Berry
18. No. 22 Joey Logano
19. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
20. No. 24 William Byron
21. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
22. No. 35 Riley Herbst
23. No. 38 Zane Smith
24. No. 41 Cole Custer
25. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
26. No. 43 Erik Jones
27. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
28. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. No. 48 Alex Bowman
30. No. 51 Cody Ware
31. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
32. No. 60 Ryan Preece
33. No 66 Josh Bilicki*
34. No. 71 Michael McDowell
35. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
36. No. 78 Katherine Legge*
37. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
38. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen

* = open entry

More: How to watch NASCAR live at Watkins Glen in May 2026, full schedule

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Multiple SUVs launch in China after Beijing Auto Show, with BEV, PHEV, and EREV models across pricing tiers.

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Futbol üzrə Azərbaycan milli komandasının mərkəz hücumçusu Renat Dadaşov Polşanın “Motor” komandasında növbəti oyununa çıxıb.

Arena.az xəbər verir ki, 26 yaşlı hücumçunun komandası Polşa çempionatının 2025/2026-cı illər mövsümünün 31-ci turu çərçivəsində Poznan “Lex”i ilə qarşılaşıb.

Lyublin təmsilçisi bu rəqiblə doğma meydanda üz-üzə gəlib və məğlubiyyətə üzülüb – 0:1. Renat bu görüşün 77-ci dəqiqəsində meydana buraxılıb.

31 turdan sonra 39 xalı olan “Motor” hazırda Polşa çempionatının turnir cədvəlində 18 iştirakçı arasında 12-ci pillədə qərarlaşıb. Renatın komandası keçirdiyi 31 oyunda 9 qələbə qazanıb, 12 heç-heçə edib, 10 məğlubiyyətə üzülüb.

Xatırladaq ki, Dadaşov “Motor”la 2025-ci ilin yayında 1+1 illik müqaviləyə imza atıb. O, Lyublin klubunun heyətində meydana çıxdığı 21 oyunda fərqlənə bilməyib.

Renat Dadaşov ötən mövsümü Polşanın digər klubu “Radomyak”da keçirib. Amma o, mövsüm bitən kimi sözügedən klubu tərk edib və “Motor”la razılaşıb. Renat karyerası ərzində “Qrasshopper”, “Tondela”, “Eştoril”, “Pasuş de Ferreyra”, “Hatayspor”, “Ankaragücü” kimi klublarda da forma geyinib. O, Azərbaycan milli komandasının heyətində meydana çıxdığı 43 oyunda 6 qol, 2 məhsuldar ötürmə müəllifi olub.