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Motorsports Gone Mad: Silly season spins out of control

FILE - Colton Herta celebrates winning the pole position for the IndyCar Toronto auto race in Toronto, on July 16, 2022. Herta always wanted to be a race car driver and pursuing his passion came with parental conditions, among them the insistence that he learn to play a musical instrument. He learned the drums, started a band, and The Zibs played last week at one of Indianapolis' oldest bars. He doesn't have a gig scheduled for this weekend in Nashville: Herta is too focused on avenging his loss in last year's Music City Grand Prix. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP, File) Pato O'Ward crosses a bridge during a practice session for the Music City Grand Prix auto race Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. The race is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Pato O'Ward, of Mexico, waits for the start of a practice session for a IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Felix Rosenqvist, of Sweden, talks with Sam Schmidt before a IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Alex Palou, of Spain, waits in his pits during qualifications for an IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, July 29, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Alpine driver Fernando Alonso of Spain walks through paddock prior the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring racetrack in Mogyorod, near Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi) FILE - Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren, arrives at the track for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Thursday, March 12, 2020. There is no love lost between rival team owners Chip Ganassi and Zak Brown, and the two now find themselves entangled over the reigning IndyCar champion. Ganassi says he picked up the option on Alex Palou for 2023, but McLaren Racing says it has signed the Spaniard for next year. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
Motorsports Gone Mad: Silly season spins out of control