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Tanak delivered a masterclass in speed and tyre management to score his and the British team's second win of 2023.The 2019 world champion won seven of the 16 tricky gravel stages to complete the rally with a 42.1-second margin over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, who snatched second after late drama struck team-mate Teemu Suninen.Tanak led after winning Friday’s opening stage before briefly ...Keep readingView the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series' playoff schedule continues Sunday with the YellaWood 500. Here are the top moments from Talladega! View the full article

Wallace enters Talladega just two points below the cut-line in the playoffs. He started this round 14pts out, so a strong third at Texas helped him gain valuable ground.But Wallace did lead a race-high 111 laps and was in control on the final restart before a three-wide pass down the backstretch secured William Byron the victory. While others may look at Talladega with trepidation, Wallace likely ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch, 38, has already amassed a Hall of Fame-worthy career of statistics and appeared to pick up right where he left off joining Richard Childress Racing this season after more than 15 years at Joe Gibbs Racing.Busch has won three times in 2023 and qualified for the playoffs but his performance since the advent of the Next Gen car last year has been somewhat erratic.His only win last season came ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak headed to the final service of the gravel event with a slightly reduced 51.6s lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen.Suninen came under pressure from charging Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville (+58.3s), who won the morning’s two stages.Toyota’s Elfyn Evans completed the loop in fourth overall (+1m19.1s) ahead of title rival Kalle Rovanpera (+2m07.8s), with the third Toyota driven by ...Keep readingView the full article

The Ford squad closed in on a second WRC win of the season with Tanak ending Saturday with a 58.3s lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen ahead of Sunday’s final four stages.Tanak took a 4.2s overnight lead into Saturday but it was a strategy call, made on Friday night, to take four hard tyres as part of his tyre package for the morning loop, that proved crucial.Facing extremely abrasive gravel ...Keep readingView the full article

In pre-qualifying inspection, three Fords from three different teams had issues. The No. 2 Team Penske Ford of Austin Cindric, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Todd Gilliland and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Ryan Preece all failed twice. As a result, the car chief from each team have been ejected and all drivers have lost their pit selection.Round 1Fords have continued their ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2019 world champion won four of the six stages to open up a 58.3s advantage aboard his Ford Puma, having started the day with a 4.2s margin over Suninen.An inspired tyre call across the morning loop helped Tanak increase his lead to 47.8s, before a masterclass in tyre management maintained his momentum in the afternoon.Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville ended the day in third (+1m03.0s) after ...Keep readingView the full article

Sanchez found himself trying to climb back towards the front of the pack after a mid-race penalty during Saturday's NASCAR Truck race at Talladega.Late in the race, he tried to force the issue up the middle in a three-wide situation. He and Crafton made contact, igniting a pileup that involved several trucks.Crafton pulled his damaged truck into Sanchez's team stall, leaving it there.Sanchez went ...Keep readingView the full article

Moffit, making his first start of the 2023 season in a second entry for Front Row Motorsports, took control of the race late in the third stage but lost the lead to Christian Eckes just before a late wreck sent the race into a two-lap overtime.On the restart, Moffitt edged out front, only to see Eckes reclaim the lead before he eventually got shuffled out of the lead on the final lap.Moffitt held ...Keep readingView the full article

Evans and his team-mates Kalle Rovanpera and Takamoto Katsuta all opted to take only soft tyres for the loop held on roads that were much more abrasive than those navigated on Friday.While Evans briefly managed to overhaul Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen to claim second overall and Rovanpera climbed to fourth after winning stage seven, their tyre strategy backfired on stage nine.Towards the end of the ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak claimed two of the three morning stages but it was decision to run hard tyres for the final stage that helped the Estonian to open up a commanding 47.5s lead over Hyundai driver Suninen. Tanak had started the day with only a 4.2s overnight margin.Toyota’s Elfyn Evans briefly jumped to second, but a call to run soft tyres resulted in the Welshman dropping to fourth overall (+1m16.8s) ...Keep readingView the full article

Ryan Blaney is 11 points below the cutoff entering the second race of the Round of 8. He has been in this position in previous years so he doesn’t seem too stressed out heading into Talladega. View the full article

After an impressive start to the rally, Loubet was sitting fourth heading into stage three when he went off the road at high-speed.The Frenchman appeared to carry too much speed into a right-hand corner which resulted in his car being sent into a frightening series of rolls, before coming to rest on its roof. Loubet and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul luckily emerged from the wreckage without ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak completed the day's six demanding gravel stages with a 4.2s lad over Suninen, who impressed in only his third Rally1 start.Tanak led the rally after winning the opening stage before losing the advantage following a spin and loss of hybrid in stage two. However, the 2019 world champion was able to rattle off two stage wins across the afternoon to regain the lead.Toyota’s Elfyn Evans led the ...Keep readingView the full article

Evans guided his Toyota GR Yaris to two fastest times from the three stages, to open up a 2.6s-lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen, as the WRC endured a spectacular return to South America's gravel roads.M-Sport’s Ott Tanak headed to midpoint service in third, 0.1s adrift of Suninen, despite suffering a spin and loss of hybrid. Championship leader Kalle Rovanpera, who could seal a second world ...Keep readingView the full article

Lappi misjudged the final corner of the opening gravel test (Pulperia, 19.77km) which resulted in instant retirement from the first day of action from the championship’a return to Chile after a four-year hiatus.The Finn appeared to clip a concrete culvert with the front left which pitched his i20N into a series of rolls with the finish line in sight.Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm emerged from ...Keep readingView the full article

The Japanese marque is yet to make any official announcements regarding its plan for next season, with all of its drivers currently out of contract at the end of the year.Toyota’s management had stated its wish to maintain its driver line-up of world champion Kalle Rovanpera, Elfyn Evans, part-time driver Sebastien Ogier and Takamoto Katsuta into 2024.While contacts are yet to be signed between ...Keep readingView the full article

The British operation’s participation in rallying’s top tier was called into question during the Acropolis Rally earlier this month.Team founder Malcolm Wilson has since reiterated that M-Sport has no intention to stop its Rally1 programme and “will be doing whatever we can to try and find a way to stay in at the highest level”.The Ford-supported team has endured a challenging 2023 season ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) both confirmed the news on Thursday.The Brickyard 400 has long been considered a crown jewel on the NASCAR calendar, first joining the schedule in 1994, but following the 2020 NASCAR Cup season it was removed.NASCAR still competes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway but on the road course layout. The event was not without drama and action, but the longer it ...Keep readingView the full article

The Brickyard 400 has long been considered a crown jewel on the NASCAR calendar, first joining the schedule in 1994. But following the 2020 NASCAR Cup season, it was removed.NASCAR still competes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but now on the road course layout. The event was not without drama and action, but the longer it went on, the louder voices grew for NASCAR to give the oval another ...Keep readingView the full article

William Byron locked himself into the Round of 8 with a big victory last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Ross Chastain was second and Bubba Wallace, who led a race-high 111 laps, finished third.A late-race crash while battling for the lead dropped Kyle Larson down to just two points ahead of the elimination zone. He is just ahead of Wallace, whose 23XI Racing team-mate Tyler Reddick is three ...Keep readingView the full article

Charlotte Motor Speedway hosted the annual event every year from 1987 to 2019. In 2020, the tried Bristol Motor Speedway before moving it to Texas Motor Speedway for two years. But now, it may have finally found a new home.In 2023, the unlikely resurrection of North Wilkesboro Speedway saw the return of the NASCAR Cup Series action for the first time since 1996, running the All-Star Race earlier ...Keep readingView the full article

The reigning world champion has an opportunity to seal a second consecutive world title this weekend, although the Finn rates his chances of achieving the feat as "small" heading into the gravel rally.Rovanpera holds a 33-point lead over his Toyota team-mate Evans with 90 points remaining from the final three events of the season.To successfully defend his world title this weekend he would need to ...Keep readingView the full article

In this installment of You Kids Don't Know, looking back at when an injured Davey Allison had to Velcro his glove to the shifter during a race. View the full article