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Following Danica Patrick: U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa
(credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images for NASCAR) By: Farrah Kaye Before Saturday’s race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had won the last three races at Iowa Speedway. Even when his engine blew and he was...
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Following Danica Patrick: Zippo 200 At The Glen
(credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)By: Farrah Kaye In a rare occasion, Danica Patrick wasn’t in the spotlight during pre-race media availability. Thanks to a rare road course weekend, JR...
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Following Danica Patrick: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve (Montreal)
(credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images) By: Farrah Kaye The last time Danica Patrick was at a road course, she ran one of the best races of the season. A last lap punt into the gravel by Jacques...
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Following Danica Patrick: Double Duty At Bristol
(credit: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images)By: Farrah Kaye The spring Bristol Motor Speedway was not the same as the Bristol Motor Speedway the drivers came to this past weekend. After uneventful racing in...
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Following Danica Patrick: Double Duty At Atlanta
(credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images) By: Farrah Kaye For the last time on the circuit, Danica Patrick turned her first laps at a track. Atlanta Motor Speedway is a “cookie cutter” 1.5 mile track,...
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Following Danica Patrick: Virginia 529 College Savings 250
(credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) By: Farrah Kaye The biggest story at JR Motorsports wasn’t Danica Patrick this weekend. Well, not directly. Shortly before the green flag at Richmond...
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Ainslie & Artemis Racing Enjoying Revivals At America’s Cup World Series
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — J.P. Morgan BAR skipper Ben Ainslie and crew aren’t the only ones at America’s Cup World Series San Francisco benefitting from a month of practice. So, too, are the two Artemis...
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Oracle Racing’s Spithill Wins 2nd Consecutive America’s Cup World Series
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Jimmy Spithill of Oracle Racing rebounded from last place at the start of the Super Sunday fleet race finale to win the America’s Cup World Series San Francisco championship....
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Undercover Investigation Reveals Little Oversight At California Horse Auctions
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Americans don’t eat horsemeat, but we do export horses for slaughter. Most end up on dining tables in Europe and China. While California is one of the few states that bans the...
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Calif. Race Tracks, Rescue Groups Take Action Against Horsemeat Trade
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) – California horses are supposed to be protected by law from slaughter for human consumption. Yet many still end up in the slaughter pipeline, including thoroughbreds. That’s why some...
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Alcohol Blamed In Richmond Head-On Collision
RICHMOND (CBS SF) — Two people involved in a head-on collision apparently fueled by alcohol and high speeds in Richmond late Thursday night were clinging to life and another is in critical condition, a...
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Golden Gate Fields Investigating How Horse Went Up For Auction
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — A Bay Area race track is investigating why one of its thoroughbreds ended up on the auction block, where horses are at risk of being sent to slaughter. As KPIX 5 reported earlier...
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Bo Derek Renews California Effort To Ban Horse Slaughtering Nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The USDA said it will increase inspections of imported beef, in the midst of a horsemeat scandal in Europe. So far, none of the tainted products have made it to the United...
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Tony Kanaan Finally Wins Indy 500, Ends Heartbreak
The hard-luck loser no more, Tony Kanaan finally won the Indianapolis 500 Sunday.
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America’s Cup Champs Cut Short 2-Boat Testing
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — America’s Cup champion Oracle Team USA sustained damage to its newest catamaran just minutes into the first day of its two-boat testing program on San Francisco Bay. The damage...
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Coast Guard Issues Permit For America’s Cup Racing On SF Bay
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The U.S. Coast Guard issued the official permit late Friday that is required to conduct America’s Cup yacht racing on San Francisco Bay beginning next week. The permit requires...
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America’s Cup Opening Ceremony Set For Thursday
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/BCN) — The America’s Cup regatta starts later this week in San Francisco with an opening ceremony and the first preliminary race. The opening ceremony is scheduled for 3 p.m....
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New Zealand Doesn’t Back Off With America’s Cup Rules Protest
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Sailing near the fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge, Emirates Team New Zealand’s sleek catamaran turned back toward Alcatraz Island and accelerated almost as if skipper Dean...
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America’s Cup Champ Coutts Defends Rules Changes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Not long after helping to sail one of the new America’s Cup catamarans around ghostly San Francisco Bay, four-time winner Russell Coutts scoffed at accusations by two foreign...
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Racing Against Nobody, New Zealand Gets Points In America’s Cup Regatta
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — This was supposed to be the most eye-popping America’s Cup ever. Sleek, space-age catamarans capable of sailing three times the speed of the wind would race on San Francisco...
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Ron Capps Earns 4th Funny Car Win At Sonoma
SONOMA (CBS/AP) — Ron Capps raced to his second Funny Car victory of the season Sunday for his fourth career win in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. The Californian powered his Dodge Charger to a...
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Redwood City’s Malibu Grand Prix Closing After 34 Years
REDWOOD CITY (KPIX 5) — Kids of all ages are flocking this week to the Malibu Grand Prix in Redwood City to enjoy the mini golf, bumper boats and race cars one last time. After more than 30 years, the...
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KPIX 5 Reports On Horse Auctions Brings Changes To Golden Gate Fields
BERKELEY (KPIX 5) — A KPIX 5 investigation into the dark side of the horse racing industry has led to results. Following our series of reports, Golden Gate Fields has launched a landmark new program to...
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Fairfield Father Killed In Wreck Caused By Car Involved In Street Race
FAIRFIELD (CBS SF) — A man was killed in a crash by a speeding car involved in a street race in Fairfield on Sunday evening, a police sergeant said. Officers responded to reports of a collision at...
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Sonoma Raceway Proposes Music Festivals & Unrelated Auto Events
SONOMA (CBS SF) – Plans to redefine Sonoma Raceway as more than just a vehicular events center will be submitted to the Sonoma County’s Permit and Resource Management Department in the upcoming weeks....
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California Chrome Expected To End Triple-Crown Drought At Belmont Stakes
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A horse so popular that has made his way into mainstream America, will try to end horse racing’s 36-year Triple Crown drought at Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. California Chrome...
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San Francisco Is Out Of The Running To Host America’s Cup In 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – As has been rumored, San Francisco is officially out of the running to host the next America’s Cup in 2017. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee received a letter late Tuesday night from...
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Revs Up For The Weekend at Sonoma Raceway
SONOMA (CBS SF) – The annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to the Bay Area this weekend. Over a quarter million fans are expected to attend the event at Sonoma Raceway. WATCH A PREVIEW: The...
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’62 Ferrari Sold At Carmel Auction For $34 Million
CARMEL (CBS/AP) — A rare 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO once owned by a famed racing driver and Olympic gold medalist has sold for $34.65 million. Thursday’s sale at an auction in Carmel during Monterey Car Week...
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Cars Suspected Of Racing In San Jose Lose Control, Collide, Then Fatally...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF)_ The drivers of two cars that might have been racing in East San Jose have been taken into custody Monday afternoon following a fatal collision with a female pedestrian who was pinned...
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Can You Call Yourself A Bay Area Runner If You’ve Never Done The Dipsea?
KPIX 5 Morning Weather Anchor Roberta Gonzales answers the questions you never get to ask on-air. I like to run. I like to run a lot! Granted at one time, I was much faster than I am today, so now I...
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Teen Bystander Killed In Cloverdale Crash Was Never Reported Missing
CLOVERDALE (CBS SF) — Investigators looking into a crash that killed a teenage girl in Cloverdale are trying to find out why no one told first responders to the crash that she was missing. California...
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California Chrome To Return To Horse Racing Next Year
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The 4-year-old colt California Chrome will return to racing next year. Trainer Art Sherman says the winner of the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Horse of the Year is recovering from a...
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2 Riders Killed at World Superbike Race in Monterey County
SALINAS (CBS SF/AP) – Two racers were killed in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap of a World Superbike race, leaving the racing community overwhelmed and raising questions about what happened on...
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Thousands Of Racers Descend On Bonneville Salt Flats After Years Of...
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS (AP) — Thousands of racers have descended on Utah’s world-famous Bonneville Salt Flats after two years of cancellations. They came this week from as far away as New Zealand,...
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Man Killed After Crashing Into Tree While Racing In Santa Clara
SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) – One man died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree and caught fire Sunday afternoon in Santa Clara, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was first...
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East Bay Sideshow Crackdowns Yield Several Arrests, Citations, Towed Cars
ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — Sideshow crackdown operations in Antioch and Oakland resulted in multiple arrests, citations and towed vehicles over the weekend. A team of over 20 officers and deputies from East...
View ArticleNASCAR Suspended Until May Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has suspended its season until May as part of the CDC’s recommendation to postpone gatherings for the next eight weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic The decision came...
View ArticleNASCAR Returns to Sonoma Raceway Following Pandemic Hiatus
NOVATO (KPIX) — NASCAR makes its return to Sonoma Raceway this weekend. It’s a welcome sight as people return to the region and pump much-needed dollars into the local economy. This weekend will see...
View ArticleSpeed-Loving Los Gatos Teen Competing In Formula 4 US Championship In Texas
LOS GATOS (KPIX) — A Bay Area teenager will be on one of racing’s largest stages when he competes in the Formula 4 U.S. Championship this weekend in Austin, Texas. Junior racer Max Parker and his peers...
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