AUTO RACING: After Verstappen victory, F1 finale in Abu Dhabi brings auto racing season to a close
Associated PressAll Times Eastern FORMULA 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Site: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Fast facts: Heading into the season finale, Verstappen has won 53 of 89 races in his championship seasons, or 59.6%.. Verstappen can match Michael Schumacher’s record of five straight F1 season titles by winning again next year.. Verstappen joined Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Juan Manuel Fangio as drivers with four straight championships.. Esteban Ocon, 14th in the point standings, has been released by Alpine and Jack Doohan will replace him in the season finale, making his F1 debut. Online: http://www.formula1.com NASCAR Cup Series Last race: Joey Logano led 107 laps to dominate the winner-take-all finale at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 10, earning his third championship and completing a remarkable turnaround after initially missing the second-round cut before earning a reprieve with another driver’s disqualification. Online: http://www.indycar.com NHRA Drag Racing Last event: Drag racers ended their season in Pomona, California, with Antron Brown winning the Top Fuel title at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals and taking his fourth world championship.. Jack Breckman, driving for injured and recovering drag-racing great John Force, won the Funny Car event with Austin Prock taking the series crown. Breckman brought Force’s racer into second overall.. Greg Anderson won his sixth Pro Stock world championship.. Gaige Herrera won his second straight Pro Stock Motorcycle title.. Three-time NASCAR champion and current Top Fuel racer Tony Stewart and wife Leah Pruett welcomed newborn son Dominic James.