Hinchcliffe earns victory in Iowa

Less than two months after failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, James Hinchcliffe roared from behind in Newton, Iowa, to seize one of the more satisfying wins of his IndyCar career.

Hinchcliffe passed Josef Newgarden with just over 40 laps left to win at the Iowa Speedway on Sunday, his first victory of the season.

Hinchcliffe, who followed up his disaster at Indy with three finishes of 10th or worse in four starts, also picked up his first win since Long Beach in 2017 and his second victory at Iowa.

Hinchcliffe took first on the 0.894-mile track in 2013.

“This is such a good feeling after what happened in May. We knew we had it in us, and to come here and do it like that … I’m just so stoked,” Hinchcliffe said.

Spencer Pigot was a career-best second, followed by Takuma Sato in his first podium since a stunning win at the Indy 500 in 2017.

Newgarden finished fourth. But he moved from fourth to second in the standings behind Scott Dixon and cut his deficit to 33 points.

Formula One: After laboring with neck pain on Saturday, Sebastian Vettel found the perfect tonic 24 hours later – matching Alain Prost’s total of 51 Grand Prix victories and denying rival Lewis Hamilton a record-setting win in his home race in Silverstone, England.

The German defeated secondplaced Hamilton to win the British GP in front of a partisan crowd and extended his lead in the Formula One championship standings to eight points after 10 of 21 races.

NASCAR Cup: Erik Jones won a crash-filled race at Daytona International Speedway late Saturday, passing Martin Truex Jr. on the final lap and then wildly celebrating the first victory of his Cup career.

Jones was involved in one of the many wrecks Saturday night, but his No. 20 Toyota was still in good enough shape to get by Truex.