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Thierry Neuville edged closer to a second World Rally Championship victory of the season to boost his title hopes at the Acropolis Rally after navigating through Sunday morning’s stages.The championship leader managed to tread the fine line between pushing and not overstepping the limit to take a 1m02.4s lead into the Power Stage.That lead is now over title rival Sebastian Ogier who managed to ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin referred most questions to the team statement as far as 23XI Racing not signing the charter agreement. He said he’ll be able to keep focus. And he did acknowledge that not having a charter deal yet impacts things, such as finalizing a deal with Bubba Wallace. View the full article

RFK co-owner Brad Keselowski on a couple of teams not signing the charter agreement, whether he felt “forced” to sign it, what he sees in the new agreement that he likes and what the level is of frustration among team owners. View the full article

Austin Hill held off a charging Chandler Smith and Corey Heim to earn his ninth career win as a NASCAR Xfinity Series driver. Seven of his nine victories have come on drafting tracks including four at Atlanta. It's extra special for Hill as a Georgia native."We had to dig deep for that one," said Hill."The No. 81 [Smith] got into (Turn) 3 and had me jacked up. He's doing what he has to do to try ...Keep readingView the full article

Co-owned by basketball icon Michael Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, 23XI Racing confirmed that it did not sign NASCAR's proposed charter agreement that most teams have signed Friday night. View the full article

Thierry Neuville is refusing to get carried away with his Acropolis Rally lead ahead of what is expected to be the roughest stage of the World Rally Championship event on Sunday.This year’s edition of the Acropolis Rally has proved to be among the toughest in recent years with all five drivers mathematically in the title fight finding trouble.Neuville managed to avoid trouble through ...Keep readingView the full article

Thierry Neuville successfully navigated through another brutal day at the Acropolis Rally to lead the World Rally Championship event into the final day.The championship leader survived six rough gravel stages, without a service, to lead Hyundai team-mate Dani Sordo by 54.9s, provisionally claiming the maximum 18 Saturday points.Sordo took two points away from Neuville’s title rival Toyota’s ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin's dismal qualifying run puts him at the very back of the 38-car field. He immediately took the ailing No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota back to the garage with a possible powertrain issue. The hood went up and the crew quickly tried to assess the situation under the watchful eye of NASCAR officials."They see a few red flags, certainly," Hamlin told NBC Sports. "They'll dig into it ...Keep readingView the full article

At the Southern 500 Cup Series race last weekend, 23XI Racing investor Curtis Polk wore a curious sign on his back, which read:"Please don't ask me about my Charter. I don't want to disparage NASCAR and lose it." Polk's message was a shot at the anti-disparagement clause that could become part of the new deal.“Yeah, it’s a threat," said Hamlin when asked about potential clause. "That’s if ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville has inherited the Acropolis Rally lead after team-mate Dani Sordo became the latest World Rally Championship Rally1 driver to hit trouble.Sordo had moved into the lead of the rally on the opening stage of the day when team-mate and overnight leader Ott Tanak suffered two punctures in separate incidents.He started the afternoon’s stages with a 10.3s advantage over ...Keep readingView the full article

A decision surrounding Hyundai’s future in the World Rally Championship beyond 2025 is yet to be made, insists team principal Cyril Abiteboul.Confirmation that lead driver Thierry Neuville has signed a new one-year contract for 2025 has fuelled speculation that the Korean brand is potentially heading for an exit from its works WRC programme in 2026.Hyundai is understood to be gearing up for a ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Dani Sordo increased his lead over his World Rally Championship team-mate Thierry Neuville to close out a dramatic Saturday morning at the Acropolis Rally.Sordo, competing in a part-time campaign, inherited the rally lead when his Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak lost time following two tyre failures on stage seven.The Spaniard drove smartly through the two tricky gravel stages to open up a ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Dani Sordo moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally after World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak suffered a double puncture in stage seven.Tanak started Saturday with a 21.8s margin over Sordo before drama struck twice in the day’s opening stage, Rengini, 28.67km.The 2019 world champion suffered a right rear puncture five kilometres into the stage which resulted in the ...Keep readingView the full article

Sebastian Ogier says World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville should “stop crying” and “learn driving first on the road” following an eventful opening day at the Acropolis Rally.Ogier’s comments aimed at the Hyundai driver arrived after the eight-time world champion won three of the day’s six stages, starting second on the road, behind Neuville, having now emerged as the ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR postseason is here and the frantic next ten weeks are known for producing some of the sport's wildest moments on the way to deciding the series' champion. Although it's impossible to shine a light on every dramatic moment over the years, we picked those that had the biggest impact on the playoffs -- or the sport as a whole. So here's a look at the ten most shocking moments in the ...Keep readingView the full article

A power issue for Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier handed Hyundai’s Ott Tanak the Acropolis Rally advantage as drama struck four of the five World Rally Championship title contenders.Tanak was the only championship challenger to avoid problems to end an attritional Friday on Greece’s rough gravel roads with a 21.8s lead over team-mate Dani Sordo. Ogier had led the rally by 5.9s at the midday ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Ott Tanak has regained the Acropolis Rally lead while Adrien Fourmaux’s pursuit of a maiden World Rally Championship victory has come to a halt.Tanak moved into a five-second rally lead when he took advantage of a mysterious issue for rally leader Sebastien Ogier’s Toyota GR Yaris on stage five.Ogier had been running strongly before dropping time in the final split of the 21.67km ...Keep readingView the full article

Sebastien Ogier moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally after an eventful opening loop where power issues struck his World Rally Championship title rivals Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans.A blistering effort on the final stage of a particularly arduous gravel loop helped Toyota driver Ogier regain the rally lead he held after winning the opening stage, to head to service with a 5.9s ...Keep readingView the full article

For the very first time, the Round of 16 will feature a drafting track and a road course, just as Round of 12. It is likely to factor into this being the most unpredictable playoffs yet, and the drivers are weary of what lies ahead.In the spring, a whopping 16 cars were involved in a crash at the end of the first lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which opens the 2024 playoffs, By the end of the ...Keep readingView the full article

Martin Truex Jr. will have one last shot at a NASCAR Cup Series title this year, but a mistake at the start of the Southern 500 had him believing he had just thrown it all away. Losing control on Lap 3, he slammed the wall, watching helplessly as a 58-point buffer in the Series' points evaporated. Despite this, he still barely made it and is now one of just two drivers to advance into the playoffs ...Keep readingView the full article

Often referred to as the ‘European Safari’ given the incredibly tough conditions, this weekend’s World Rally Championship Acropolis Rally is likely to be even tougher than its African counterpart.WRC drivers are set to face possibly the roughest Acropolis Rally in recent memory thanks to series of contributing factors that has resulted in much rougher stage conditions.The Greek round of the ...Keep readingView the full article

We asked the 16 Cup Series playoff drivers questions on a variety of subjects about NASCAR. These are their anonymous responses. View the full article

The ambitions of any Formula 1 engineering project are always geared towards moving the team involved further up the grid. The Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy is no different and has similar long-term aspirations – but a whole lot more besides. The programme was launched on Thursday, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent. A launch event was staged on the ...Keep readingView the full article

The ambitions of any Formula 1 engineering project are always geared towards moving the team involved further up the grid. The Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy is no different and has similar long-term aspirations – but a whole lot more besides. The programme was launched on Thursday, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent. A launch event was staged on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Sebastien Ogier has confirmed plans to contest the remaining rounds of the World Rally Championship to help Toyota challenge for both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ crowns.The eight-time world champion was set to contest a half-season campaign in his role as part-time driver, but his impressive run of three wins and three second-place finishes have proved crucial for Toyota’s ...Keep readingView the full article