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Shane Van Gisbergen shared with Bob Pockrass that he is content with his decision to leave Australian Supercars to pursue a career in NASCAR. View the full article

Shane Van Gisbergen and Bob Pockrass laughed about "Talladega Nights" and potentially buying a bigger house. View the full article

Trackhouse/Kaulig driver Shane van Gisbergen says the simulator has primarily been a good tool, especially for a track such as Atlanta where he had no practice. What he said at Phoenix about his preparation, racing in the Xfinity Series and any pressure. View the full article

Different for COTA will be a restart zone (exit of Turn 20 at start of frontstretch instead of near start-finish line) and some repave/patchwork (between Turns 1-2, from Turns 9-11 and Turns 18-19). Christopher Bell explains how that could change the race. View the full article

After Sunday's race became a case of roulette than tire management, how would drivers feel if it occured again in the fall Bristol event? View the full article

The famous Italian manufacturer has been linked with a return to the World Rally Championship following reports in Italian media last year. The marque is the most successful in WRC history winning 10 constructor titles (1974-1976, 1983, 1987-1992).Lancia is undergoing a revival as an automotive brand under the Stellantis Group and in February it launched its new all-electric Ypsilon hatchback. The ...Keep readingView the full article

The biggest issue I found with Sunday’s tire conversation-dominated event was who to thank for it because still today, nobody seems to know the exact reason how it came about.A tire combination used last fall at Bristol with no problems on the same cars suddenly decided this spring not to lay down any rubber on the same track surface – like at all. Instead, what remained was beads of rubber ...Keep readingView the full article

Was Denny Hamlin's victory at Bristol enough to unseat Kyle Larson atop this week's rankings? Check out the updated top-10 drivers. View the full article

Shirley Muldowney is a legendary racer known as the first lady of drag racing — and also Cha Cha. Ahead of a documentary release, we explain the latter nickname. View the full article

Snorkels were famously adopted by WRC teams in previous editions of the event – prior to its WRC return in 2021 – to help cars navigate through sections of tricky terrain, preventing water and dust from entering the engine. The exhausts made a re-appearance when the Safari Rally returned to the WRC, but regulations prohibited Rally1 cars from using the devices. However, the FIA has this ...Keep readingView the full article

The 36-year-old said in a social media post on Tuesday that KTM had decided not to renew his contract following the 46th running of Dakar in January."KTM has decided to not renew my contract so Dakar 2024 was my last event with them… I do feel like I'm still in my prime and going out there fighting for wins, especially at Dakar so it's unfortunate to not have that opportunity to do it in 2025," ...Keep readingView the full article

Ryan Blaney was frustrated after the race. He felt that there was something different about the tire to the extent it was a different tire from the fall — that is how different the tire felt to him. Here's what he said after getting out of the car Sunday. View the full article

The race Sunday showed there could be an alternative in the horsepower debate if tire management was an issue more often. Here is what Denny Hamlin and Chris Gabehart said after it was brought up. View the full article

After his second-place finish, Martin Truex Jr. said he didn’t think more sets of tires would have made a big difference. View the full article

Although Goodyear brought the same tire combination as was used in last September’s race at the track, it became clear early in the race the tire fall-off was laying no rubber on the track, which resulted in unusually excessive tire wear.Teams quickly discovered they couldn’t go more than 47 to 50 laps before they risked a tire cording to the point of losing air pressure.To help manage the ...Keep readingView the full article

In fact, when the race concluded, Larson wasn’t exactly sure how he escaped with a fifth-place finish, let alone being one of the five drivers who managed to finish the race on the lead lap.“I think it was all accidental,” Larson said. “I don’t really know what happened. … A bit confusing on how that all played out and happened, but happy we were able to make it live there at the ...Keep readingView the full article

As NASCAR looks for better racing, especially on short tracks and road courses, drivers want more horsepower. Here's what they're saying. View the full article

As NASCAR looks for better racing, especially on short tracks and road courses, drivers want more horsepower. Here's what they're saying. View the full article

Shinozuka shot to fame by becoming the first Japanese driver to claim outright victories in both the WRC and the gruelling Dakar Rally.Born in Tokyo, Shinozuka's greatest success came as a factory Mitsubishi driver. In 1988, he claimed the inaugural Asia-Pacific championship alongside co-driver Fred Gocentas. The pair took the title scoring a solitary rally win in India at the Himalayan Rally ...Keep readingView the full article

Bob Pockrass shared his "Fast Thoughts" after the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. View the full article

Denny Hamlin was again victorious at Bristol, but the post-race chatter centered on tire issues that lead to a track-record 54 lead changes. View the full article

Denny Hamlin was again victorious at Bristol, but the post-race chatter centered on tire issues that lead to a track-record 54 lead changes. View the full article

For Keselowski, the only negative lasting effect from the race – which was unexpectedly dominated by tire wear and tire management strategy – was smoldering remains of tire burning on his No. 6 Ford when the race ended.Like many, Keselowski was pushing his tires to the limit on the final roughly 50-lap run after a round of green flag pit stops. He managed to remain one of the five cars on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Most drivers navigated the same issue throughout Sunday’s race, but the difference was Truex was in the best position to catch Hamlin for the win. And it was close – so close.Following an uncharacteristic round of green flag pit stops on the short track, Truex emerged running second to Hamlin with 47 of 500 laps to go.The two swapped the lead briefly battling lapped traffic but Truex knew he ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR Chief Racing Development Officer John Probst gave his view on the race at Bristol and teams needing an extra set of tires. View the full article