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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

Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) will establish a series of high-profile driverless races at the UAE’s Yas Marina Formula 1 track using cars from Japan’s premier open-wheel series, Super Formula, which can travel at over 185mph. The first event is scheduled for 27 April and has been designed to showcase the remarkable pace of autonomous driving by bringing together the world’s ...Keep readingView the full article

Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) will establish a series of high-profile driverless races at the UAE’s Yas Marina Formula 1 track using cars from Japan’s premier open-wheel series, Super Formula, which can travel at over 185mph. The first event is scheduled for 27 April and has been designed to showcase the remarkable pace of autonomous driving by bringing together the world’s ...Keep readingView the full article

After ending the 2023 season as one of top performing teams, 2024 has been a bit of a rollercoaster for the 31-year-old native of Prosper, Texas.Buescher has gotten caught up in wrecks in the season opener at Daytona and at Las Vegas but in between he ran ninth at Atlanta and second most recently last weekend at Phoenix.Buescher earned a career-best three wins last season and remains confident his ...Keep readingView the full article

Chris Buescher is a busy man these days, having welcomed a second child before the Daytona 500. He discusses that and more ahead of Bristol. View the full article

UFC Hall of Famer Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone discussed his transition from fighting to Desert Racing on "Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour" podcast. View the full article

As part of the FIA’s extensive vision for the future of top-level rallying, the world motorsport governing body announced plans for affordable upgrade kits to be made available for Rally2 cars next year to close the performance gap between Rally2 and Rally1 cars.These bolt-on upgrade kits will be priced at approximately €5,000, comprising a larger exhaust, modified aerodynamics, a larger air ...Keep readingView the full article

On Episode 8 of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” NASCAR Legend Kevin Harvick sits down with UFC Legend Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for an electrifying conversation. Join us as they delve into Cerrone's off-road racing journey, experience in UFC, competing against Conor McGregor, insights into his relationship with Dana White, the importance of family, and much more! Plus, get an exclusive look at Donald's passion for acting and his love for TV and movies. View the full article

Kevin Harvick is joined by UFC Legend Donald “Cowboy” Corrone! Kevin and Cerrone discussed Cowboy’s Hall of Fame UFC career and his relationship with Dana White. View the full article

Kevin Harvick is joined by UFC Legend Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone! Kevin and Cerrone discussed Cowboy’s transition from the UFC into Desert Racing, acting and more. View the full article

For the past three years, Toyota has been the dominant force in the World Rally Championship, sweeping aside the opposition to win a stunning drivers’ and manufacturers’ treble. But this year the Japanese marque is taking on a new challenge and has entered the Rally2 customer sphere with the GR Yaris Rally2 – “the aggressive sibling of the GR Yaris Rally1”, according to Toyota WRC team ...Keep readingView the full article

At Phoenix, Toyota drivers absolutely dominated, leading all but 14 laps with Christopher Bell ultimately taking the checkered flag.Chris Buescher was second and Ty Gibbs third in the final running order. Fresh off his third consecutive top-five finish, Ryan Blaney now leads the regular season championship standings.Bell is also the defending winner of the spring race at Bristol, but that was on ...Keep readingView the full article

Again this season, the iconic 0.625-mile track will host two days of racing, a Truck Series race on May 18 followed by the Cup Series’ all-star race on May 19.Last year’s events – the first NASCAR races at the track since a Cup race in 1996 – were held on the same surface, despite millions of dollars in renovations to the facility by Speedway Motorsports.Wednesday’s Goodyear tire test ...Keep readingView the full article