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Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen delivered a faultless performance to conquer the WRC’s most gruelling event in style.The two-time world champions, competing in a partial season this year, won seven of the 19 demanding gravel stages but crucially were the only Rally1 pairing to avoid any punctures, accidents or mechanical issues. Read Also: WRCWRC Safari Rally: Sublime ...Keep readingView the full article

Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen clinched a first victory of the season in the second event of a partial campaign by a dominant 1m37.8s from Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta. M-Sport’s Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux claimed a second career WRC podium in third, 2m25.1s adrift.Rovanpera was fast and faultless through Kenya’s 19 stages, which are renowned as the ...Keep readingView the full article

After building up a sizeable lead through Friday and Saturday, Toyota’s Rovanpera could afford to take a measured approach, completing the trio of stages with a 1m53.5s rally lead over team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, with M-Sport-Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux third [+2m57.4s].Evans maintained fourth position [+4m51.1s] sitting 0.3s behind Tanak in the Sunday classification, where a maximum of seven ...Keep readingView the full article

Watch the best moments from the ToyotaCare 250! View the full article

Watch the best moments from the ToyotaCare 250! View the full article

Joey Gase ripped the rear bumper off of his car and threw it at Dawson Cram's car. View the full article

Smith, who earned his first series victory at Richmond almost one year ago, didn’t appear to have as good a car as his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Aric Almirola through the first two stages.Early in the final stage, however, Smith and Almirola both elected to pit for new tires under a caution on lap 174 of 250 for a wreck involving Joey Gase and Dawson Cram.Smith beat Almirola off pit road and ...Keep readingView the full article

Check out the final laps as Chandler Smith won the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. View the full article

On lap 173 of the 250-lap race, Dawson Cram got on the inside of Gase entering Turn 1, spun him out and Gase's No. 35 Chevrolet slammed hard into the wall nearly ripping off his rear bumper cover.With the caution out, Gase got out of his car and walked to the back and ripped the bumper off. Gase then waited for Cram to drive back through Turn 1 and used hands to toss the bumper cover onto Cram’s ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell left a message for Kyle Busch — and Busch returned the call for them to talk about what happened at COTA. View the full article

Kyle Busch said he would race Christopher Bell differently: “Run him harder for a little bit until he concedes that he’s sorry on the race track and then get back to normal.” View the full article

Rovanpera has proved to be the class of the field in Kenya, which is regarded as the most gruelling event on the WRC calendar.The reigning two-time world champion is the only Rally1 driver to avoid punctures or any major delays across the 13 stages to date, which has resulted in a huge 2m08.9s lead over Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta.Read Also: WRCWRC Safari Rally: Drama strikes ...Keep readingView the full article

The WRC points leader climbed to second position across Saturday morning, benefitting from punctures delaying his Toyota rivals Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta.However, Thierry Neuville’s bid for a podium was dashed when his i20 N struggled for power, and he was forced to stop on several occasions before ending the stage in EV mode.Neuville was unable to fix the problem that Hyundai stated was ...Keep readingView the full article

For Hamlin and his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team, that means focusing now on getting the most at tracks on which they are typically strong and executing well in races in which they have winning speed.Sunday night’s race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway – the Virginia native’s home track – is a prime opportunity. He has four wins and 18 top fives in 34 career starts at the ¾-mile track ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson, who was fastest in Saturday’s practice, went out early in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying and paced the session with an average lap speed of 120.332 mph.Elliott, who went out last of the 10 cars, went second-fastest on his first of two laps (120.321 mph), but couldn’t gain any speed on his second lap leaving him sharing the front row with Larson.The pole is Larson’s first ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson, who ran in the first 20-minute session, ended up with the fastest average lap speed (121.835 mph) in Saturday’s practice at the ¾-mile short track.“It’s a tough place for me, so I don’t ever really come here with the highest of expectations, more so just because of me,” said Larson, who drives Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 Chevrolet.“Talking to my team and stuff – we won the ...Keep readingView the full article

Reigning world champion Rovanpera was one of the few to avoid punctures or mechanical issues to complete the day’s six stages with a 2m08.9s lead over Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta, with M-Sport Ford’s Adrien Fourmaux third [+3m13.3s].Read Also: WRCWRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera leads Neuville, double puncture costs Evans WRCEvans: Costly WRC Safari Rally punctures a ...Keep readingView the full article

Evans started Saturday sitting in second trailing leader Kalle Rovanpera by 56.9s but ended the morning loop in fifth [+3m34.2s] after picking up punctures in stage eight [Soysambu] and 10 [Sleeping Warrior].Read Also: WRCWRC Safari Rally: Rovanpera leads Neuville, double puncture costs Evans Evans picked up a left-rear failure in the day’s opening test before losing the ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota’s Rovanpera was among the fortunate to enjoy a clean run through a gruelling and incident-filled Saturday morning loop of stages, to open up a 1m27.9s lead over Hyundai’s Neuville, who leapt from fourth to second.Neuville took advantage of a chaotic loop for Evans and Katsuta, who were delayed by double punctures. Katsuta ended the morning in third, where he started the day, albeit ...Keep readingView the full article

The reigning world champion delivered a dominant display to reel off the fastest times in all six of Friday's stages to open up a commanding 56.9s lead over Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans.Rovanpera's most impressive drive arrived in stage four where he was 11.1s faster than nearest rival Hyundai's Ott Tanak, who retired from the day two stages later. Tanak had managed to stay within 18.6s of the ...Keep readingView the full article

The Rally Sweden winner was forced to surrender second position when his i20 N ground to a halt in stage five with a transmission issue.The Finn cut a frustrated figure, admitting there was no warning of the imminent failure. His exit comes after suffering four propshaft failures during last year's visit to Kenya which triggered the team to fit a stronger version of the component ahead of the 2024 ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera set a blistering pace across the day’s six stages aboard his factory Toyota to lead team-mate Elfyn Evans by 56.9s heading into Saturday.Takamoto Katsuta ended the day in third [+1m00.8s] to set up a provisional Toyota 1-2-3 after a nightmare day for Hyundai.Lappi had trailed Rovanpera by 15.5s heading into the afternoon before a transmission issue ended the Rally Sweden winner’s day ...Keep readingView the full article

The WRC points leader suffered a right-rear puncture towards the end of stage three after clipping some loose rocks at the side of the road.Neuville pressed on in the hope not to drop too much time, before his tyre exploded in sight of the finish. The Belgian reached the stage end losing 19.9s but the remains of the rubber had ripped a hole in the right-rear corner of his i20 N Rally1.Prior to ...Keep readingView the full article

Two-time world champion Rovanpera, making the second start of a partial WRC campaign, managed to tame an at times ill-handling GR Yaris to open up a 15.5s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi.Ott Tanak headed to midday service in third [+16.8s] ahead of Toyota pair Takamoto Katsuta [+41.3s] and Elfyn Evans [+43.1s], with Neuville sixth [+48.0s] after a tyre drama. The top eight was completed by ...Keep readingView the full article

William Byron earned pole position, led the most laps, and became the first repeat winner of the 2024 season with his victory last weekend at COTA. Martin Truex Jr. has taken sole possession of the points lead, leading Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs by 5pts.The series now heads to Richmond, with Kyle Larson returning as the defending winner of the spring event.This week in the news, a ...Keep readingView the full article