Brad Keselowski earns third NASCAR win of season

Brad Keselowski raced to his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, holding off a charging pack in overtime to take the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.

Keselowski took the lead from Alex Bowman with seven laps to go, building a big lead before a caution came out. Keselowski roared away on the restart and held off Bowman and Erik Jones to add to his victories this season at Atlanta and Martinsville.

Keselowski’s win came one day after longtime Truck Series driver Mike Mittler died of cancer at the age of 67. Mittler helped to give Keselowski and others a chance in racing.

“He helped a lot of guys in their career. Just a huge loss for the NASCAR community,” Keselowski said. “One of those unsung heroes. Gave his whole life to this sport.”

Bowman finished second for the third straight week, while Jones triggered some bad blood with Kansas native Clint Bowyer by making an aggressive move that allowed him to hold onto third.

Chase Elliott dominated long stretches of the race before losing the lead to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with 22 laps to go. But after his car failed inspection twice and Elliott had to start at the back, he still managed his third consecutive top-five finish.

Bowyer rounded out the top five.

IndyCar Series: Simon Pagenaud ended his victory drought with a splashy move in the rain in Indianapolis.

The Team Penske driver made a daring pass through three turns on the second-to-last lap and sped away from Scott Dixon for his third IndyCar Grand Prix victory and first series win since the 2017 season finale at Sonoma. Pagenaud beat five-time series champion Scott Dixon by 2.0469 seconds.

“I’ve got to get everything right, and we did that this weekend,” Pagenaud said. “Slowly and surely, we got there. The stars just...