NASCAR's 1st All-Star race in Northeast at Dover scraps Promoter's Caution, has $1 million prize

DOVER, Del. (AP) — NASCAR scrapped the “ Promoter’s Caution ” for this season’s All-Star race at Dover Motor Speedway and will run a three-segment, 350-lap competition.

The May 17 event marks the first time in the 42-year history of the All-Star race that it will be held in the Northeast. NASCAR moved the All-Star race from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Dover so that North Wilkesboro will be a points-paying Cup race. Dover lost its traditional Cup race for at least one season.

All drivers will race in the first two segments.

The top 26 finishers from the first segment will have their starting order inverted for the second. The remaining drivers will line up by finish.

The lowest combined finishing positions from both segments set the starting lineup for the 200-lap final race. The All-Star race final will feature 26 cars, with race winners and previous champions automatically locked in. The remaining spots will be filled by results from the first two segments until the field reaches 25 drivers. The final position will be awarded through the fan vote.

During the final segment, a competition break will take place at or around Lap 225.

There is again a $1 million prize for the race winner in the exhibition race. No points are at stake.

Christopher Bell passed Joey Logano with nine laps remaining and cruised to victory last season in an action-packed NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Last season’s race featured the “Promoter’s Caution” that allowed the track president to decide when to throw the yellow flag at a random point in the race to bunch the field. The late flag helped cost Logano the victory and the $1 million prize.

Dover will also hold a Truck Series race on Friday and a second-tier series race on Saturday. It will mark the first time in NASCAR history that all three national series compete during All-Star Weekend.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the superintendent’s home.

Federal officials in Los Angeles served the warrants as part of an ongoing investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the probe. The nature of the investigation and what allegations were being examined was not immediately clear.

Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, confirmed that court-authorized searches were underway Wednesday.

The district and the superintendent’s office did not immediately respond to emails and a voicemail requesting comment.

TV news footage showed agents in FBI shirts and jackets outside Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's modest home in the San Pedro neighborhood about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of downtown LA. There was no visible sign of agents outside the district headquarters as of mid-morning.

The sprawling Los Angeles Unified School District is the nation's second largest, with more than 500,000 students and covering more than two dozen cities.

Carvalho has been its superintendent since February 2022. Before coming to Los Angeles, Carvalho oversaw Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida’s largest school district, from 2008 to 2021, when he was credited with improving graduation rates and academic performance.

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Tucker reported from Washington.

The exterior of LAUSD headquarters is shown Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The exterior of LAUSD headquarters is shown Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

People stand in the lobby of the LAUSD headquarters Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Media stages outside LAUSD headquarters Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

FILE - Los Angeles District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, at podium, holds a news conference as SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, listen, in Los Angeles City Hall, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)