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Hamlin, who won last fall’s Bristol Night Race, found himself in a much different scenario in Sunday’s race, which was the first spring Bristol event held on the asphalt since 2020. The race has been run on dirt for the past three years.It became clear early that the race would turn into a battle of tricky tire management and strategy.Although Goodyear brought the same tire combination to this ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the highlights from the Food City 500 in Bristol, TN. Ty Gibbs, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and more battled it out in this NASCAR Cup Series race. View the full article

Check out the final laps of Denny Hamlin's victory at the NASCAR Food City 500. View the full article

Goodyear’s Greg Stucker talked about the tire issues seen at the race in Bristol . View the full article

The 2024 NASCAR season continued Sunday with the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Here are the top moments! View the full article

Many drivers are in favor of more horsepower at the short tracks. Joey Logano explains why. View the full article

Michael McDowell feels his team would be able to adapt if they add horsepower. But he’s skeptical that if NASCAR switched gears and added horsepower would make the racing better because it would create more separation. View the full article

Chase Elliott spoke on the horsepower debate and how it would impact NASCAR as well as how it would effect tire wear on the vehicles. View the full article

Brad Keselowski compared the ability to accomplishing more horsepower to something he deals with as a parent. He communicated his thoughts on whether it would be simple to do and that there is no guarantee it would impact racing for the better. View the full article

If NASCAR ever did decide to increase horsepower (and not implying that will happen whatsoever), I wondered if Kyle Busch would worry about impact on other components of the car. He didn’t seem too worried: View the full article

The FIA announced last month that the WRC would drop hybrid power from its Rally1 class three years after its introduction in 2022.The change is part of the FIA’s roadmap for the future of top-level rallying, which will also see Rally1 cars undergo a reduction in aerodynamics and the car’s air restrictor, to cut costs and close the gap in performance to the Rally2 class.Removing the hybrid ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the highlights from the Weather Guard Truck Race from Bristol Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch, Christian Eckes, Zane Smith, and more battle it out in this NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race. View the full article

Busch and Eckes dominated the race, leading a combined 249 of the 250 laps, but Eckes got a good jump on the field on a restart with 24 laps remaining.While Eckes built his lead to more than a second, Busch was able to significantly close the gap on the final lap and close to the left rear of Eckes’ No. 19 Chevrolet exiting Turn 4.Eckes held on for the 0.141-second win at the checkered flag ...Keep readingView the full article

Christian Eckes narrowly beat Kyle Busch in the Weather Guard Truck Race. View the full article

The 33-year-old native of Hendersonville, Tenn., stepped in Stewart-Haas Racing’s No. 4 Ford this year following the retirement of star Kevin Harvick and his subsequent move to the Fox Sports NASCAR TV booth.It’s been a rough ride through the 2024 season’s first four races for Berry, with no start better than 14th (Atlanta) and no finish better than 20th (Las Vegas). The Las Vegas is also ...Keep readingView the full article

Martin Truex Jr. explains why he thinks the track changed during the Group B practice Saturday at Bristol. View the full article

Blaney, who was fastest in practice and in the first round of qualifying, backed it up with an average lap speed of 124.954 mph in the final round to earn his first pole since the 2022 season.The reigning series champion’s most recent pole came at Richmond in April 2022. It’s the 10th pole of his career.“I’m proud of this whole group. Our Ford Mustang was fast all day,” said Blaney, who ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday’s race will be the first in the spring on the asphalt surface at Bristol since 2020. The spring race has been run on dirt the past three seasons, with Christopher Bell the most recent winner last year.Blaney, who currently leads the series points standings, topped the speed chart with an average lap speed of 127.681 mph. The top three overall speeds were from the first 20-minute group ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Briscoe said he has not talked with Erik Jones (said he never was called) and he didn’t see anything he did Sunday other than race hard. View the full article

Kobayashi, 37, became the first Japanese driver to run a Cup race in 20 years when he made his debut at the Indianapolis Road Course last year. He started 28th and finished 33rd after being involved in a few incidents during the event.The 2021 Le Mans 24 overall winner is getting a second start with 23XI Racing’s No. 50 Toyota team in next weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas and this ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai driver has moved to clarify his future after comments made in an interview with AutoHebdo this week suggested this season could be his last. The championship leader is in the final year of his contract with Hyundai and is yet to put pen to paper on a new deal.Neuville has previously told Motorsport.com that he would like to secure a new two-year deal and this view remains. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Zilisch, 17, will compete in next Saturday’s race at COTA in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. He will also drive the No. 7 in the fall race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.In addition, Spire will coordinate a separate entry for Zilisch at the Oct. Truck race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Earlier this week, it was announced that once Zilisch turns 18 later this year, he will run four Xfinity ...Keep readingView the full article

The German manufacturer was due to see out its third and final season in the FIA-sanctioned series as part of its much-touted cross-country programme with the RS Q e-tron hybrid.However, just a month after scoring a maiden win in the prestigious Dakar marathon in Saudi Arabia in January, Audi announced that it would be shutting down the project with immediate effect, leaving it out of the ...Keep readingView the full article

F1 has teamed up with Puma to release its first ever collaborative brand clothing range, as the sport continues to build its ‘cool’ identity within a growing audience. Heavy on black with simplistic design, many garments boldly feature a very prominent modern F1 logo, but they were also developed to reflect some of the sport’s most iconic features. “We looked at a lot of different ...Keep readingView the full article

F1 has teamed up with Puma to release its first ever collaborative brand clothing range, as the sport continues to build its ‘cool’ identity within a growing audience. Heavy on black with simplistic design, many garments boldly feature a very prominent modern F1 logo, but they were also developed to reflect some of the sport’s most iconic features. “We looked at a lot of different ...Keep readingView the full article