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Reddick led on the white flag lap, but Brad Keselowski pushed Michael McDowell back out front and into the lead as the field went into Turns 1 and 2.Entering the tri-oval, McDowell blocked Keselowski in the outside lane and Keselowski dove to the inside. McDowell, just a step slow, tried to block that move as well but instead his No. 34 Ford got turned into the wall.As cars scattered throughout ...Keep readingView the full article

Michael Jordan spoke with Jamie Little to discuss Tyler Reddick's win and his role as the co-owner of 23XI racing. View the full article

Check out the greatest moments from the Geico 500 in Talladega! View the full article

Check out the final laps of Tyler Reddick's victory at the Geico 500. View the full article

A group of seven Toyota Racing drivers were the first to hit pit road with 36 laps remaining to make their final green flag stop for fuel to make it to the end of the race.Tyler Reddick was leading a group of seven drivers in a single-file line when a bad push entering Turn 3 sent Jones head-on into the inside wall. His Legacy Motor Club teammate John-Hunter Nemechek was also involved.23XI ...Keep readingView the full article

Erik Jones is 38 points behind the current playoff cutoff and believes he could still point his way into the playoffs with improved performance. View the full article

Bubba Wallace enters Talladega 39 points ahead of the current cutoff. A year ago, he was in a deep hole and after 10 races was 49 points behind a spot — and rallied to make the playoffs. He obviously feels better this year. View the full article

The Toyota driver has been among the most critical of the new points system and again brought the subject back into question after finishing second behind team-mate Sebastien Ogier.Evans scooped 19 points from the weekend, picking up 15 for finishing second on Saturday before claiming three from the Super Sunday classification and one from the Power Stage.His tally matched title rival Thierry ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch currently is on the playoff bubble, but is he at the point where at a race such as Talladega, he might have to consider racing for stage points as something pivotal. View the full article

The Hyundai driver took a 4.9s lead into the final day after winning nine of the 16 stages up to that point, in what was an intense battle with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans.However, both Neuville and Evans hit trouble in stage 18 on Sunday morning, which effectively ended the pair’s victory hopes.Neuville drifted into a grass bank following a late pacenote call, costing him 23.3s while causing ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Talladega Superspeedway for the GEICO 500 on Sunday. Here are the highlights! View the full article

Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais triumphed following an incident-filled Sunday that saw the pair inherit the lead after Hyundai driver Neuville and Toyota’s Evans both crashed in stage 18 of 20.Ogier took the first win of his 2024 partial campaign from Evans by 9.7s, while Neuville had to settle for third [+45.9s] after his costly error. The battle for victory developed into a three-way ...Keep readingView the full article

Ogier started the morning 11.6 seconds adrift of Neuville but similar accidents for both Neuville and Evans have pushed the eight-time world champion into a 9.1s lead over Evans.Evans and Neuville both reached the end of stage 18 with damaged cars - with the latter, who started the day leading by 4.9s, now dropping to third, 10.2s in arrears.Hyundai’s Ott Tanak survived a moment in stage 18 to ...Keep readingView the full article

Love passed Parker Kligerman at the start of the first overtime, but a multi-car wreck triggered by several drivers running out of fuel sent the race into a second two-lap overtime.After taking the white flag, Love briefly raced side-by-side with Leland Honeyman but eventually powered past him and held off Riley Herbst by 0.141 seconds to earn the win, his first in just his ninth start. Love, a ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the best highlights from the NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ag-Pro 300! View the full article

Check out the final laps of Jesse Love's victory at the Ag-Pro 300. View the full article

Neuville’s co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe put down a proposition on the event’s recce after noticing that the final stage of the Saturday morning and afternoon loop featured a 9.11km stage.Wydaeghe suggested that if Neuville posted two fastest times on the passes through the stage then he would buy a Porsche 911.While Neuville was already eyeing the stage wins to help extend his lead in an intense ...Keep readingView the full article

The title rivals were locked in a titanic scrap across the day’s eight stages, which saw the lead change hands and the margin between the pair never exceeding five seconds, having started Saturday tied on overall times.A maximum attack approach, assisted by a beneficial tyre call in unpredictable weather, ultimately resulted in Hyundai driver Neuville ending the day with a 4.9s lead from Evans ...Keep readingView the full article

McDowell, whose first career pole came earlier this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, was fastest in both rounds on Saturday, winning the pole with an average lap speed of 182.022 mph over fellow Ford driver Austin Cindric (181.739 mph).In three superspeedway races this season, McDowell has started second, first and now second. He was involved in a wreck in the season-opening Daytona 500 and ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson was not allowed a qualifying attempt Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team could face further NASCAR penalties.Prior to the start of the first round of Saturday's qualifying session, NASCAR announced Larson would not be allowed to participate and was sent back to the Cup Series garage.A NASCAR spokesman said the team was penalized for making an ...Keep readingView the full article

Neuville and Evans started the day tied for the lead after ending Friday on identical times, and the fiercely competitive battle continued across the morning’s four stages.But it was championship points leader Neuville who had the measure of the Welshman to move into a 4.7s lead as the crews headed for service.Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier ensured the battle for victory remained between three ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Neuville and Toyota driver Evans incredibly clocked identical overall times to sit tied for the lead on Friday night after 119.74 competitive stage kilometres.Neuville claimed three of the four morning stages on the way to opening up a 10.1-second lead over Evans until a puncture on stage six cost the Belgian valuable time.Evans moved into a 1.6s lead before Neuville responded on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai’s Neuville and Toyota’s Evans couldn’t be split after 119.74 competitive stage kilometres, ending the day with identical overall times.Neuville had been in control of the rally, winning three of the four morning stages that contributed to a 10.1-second lead over Evans, before knocking a tyre off the rim in stage six.This strife helped Evans close to within 0.1s before the Welshman ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai driver set the pace by winning three of the four stages to open up an 8.6s lead over nearest title rival Evans.Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier coped admirably as stage conditions worsened after every pass to end the loop in third, 21.5s adrift. Hyundai's Ott Tanak held fourth (+37.3s) despite struggling with his i20 N.M-Sport's Adrien Fourmaux completed the top five (+41.6s) ...Keep readingView the full article

Scrutineering is central to motorsport, and always has been. These safety and technical checks are an important component of any event: they take place before the cars go out track, continue over the course of the competition and on through to the aftermath of the race. In the modern, high-technology world, scrutineering has become ever more sophisticated and today in the WeatherTech IMSA ...Keep readingView the full article