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Check out the final laps of John Hunter Nemechek's victory at The Liuna. View the full article

John Hunter Nemecheck spoke on his first-place finish at the LIUNA in Las Vegas. View the full article

Logano went out midway through Saturday’s final round of qualifying, but his average lap speed of 184.357 mph was good enough to withstand a tough challenge from Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson (184.225 mph).The pole is the 30th of Logano’s career. So far this season, the Team Penske driver won the pole for the Daytona 500 and started second last weekend at Atlanta.“I didn’t think that ...Keep readingView the full article

The top three overall speeds came from the first 20-minute session, with Chastain’s average lap speed of 184.268 mph leading the way.Chastain’s Trackhouse teammate, Daniel Suarez, picked up his first win of the season at Atlanta, coming out on top in a three-way side-by-side photo finish.Noah Gragson was second quick overall (183.660 mph) in a Ford while Ty Gibbs was third (182.858 mph) in a ...Keep readingView the full article

On Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Cup Series managing director Brad Moran showcased the glove NASCAR confiscated at Atlanta from Logano, which featured webbing between each of the fingers, including a large section between the thumb and index finger.Logano – who had qualified second – was sent to the rear of the field prior to Sunday’s race and had to serve a pass-through penalty ...Keep readingView the full article

Caruth, a 21-year-old iRacer and college student, won Friday night’s Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in impressive fashion, besting a field that included three talented Cup drivers – Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell and Zane Smith.While collecting his first series win in his third start for Spire Motorsports, Caruth became just the third Black driver to win a race in NASCAR’s three ...Keep readingView the full article

Rajah Caruth has only been racing for five years. He made history Friday by winning the NASCAR Truck Series event in Las Vegas. View the full article

How does NASCAR rule on a photo finish like it had at Atlanta Motor Speedway? We explain the equipment involved and the process. View the full article

The extensive concept revealed by the governing body this week features a raft of significant changes to the WRC's technical and sporting regulations, alongside a plan to address the championship's promotion. The vision aims to attract more manufacturer participation and grow the championship.Perhaps its most bold decision is to remove the control hybrid units from Rally1 cars for the 2025 season ...Keep readingView the full article

Caruth, who won his first career pole earlier in the day, added hours later with his first career victory by holding off Tyler Ankrum by .0851 seconds.Caruth, 21, becomes just the second Black driver to win in the Truck Series and joins Wendell Scott and Bubba Wallace as just the third Black driver to win a NASCAR national series race. Corey Heim appeared in command of the race when a round of ...Keep readingView the full article

Oval tracks is where van Gisbergen has the most adjustment to make and he’s already logged three races on superspeedway tracks – an ARCA Menards race at Daytona and Xfinity starts at both Daytona and Atlanta.Last weekend’s Atlanta race produced van Gisbergen’s first top five finish, as he ended up third in just his second series start as smarting stopping late for gas while many others ran ...Keep readingView the full article

Over the years, many drivers have struck trouble with their race garments and helmets or been fined for using the wrong or unapproved type.Starting with Logano, here are five famous instances: Glove of Joey Logano, Team Penske racing Photo by: Jerry Jordan - KickinTheTires.net Logano weaves (illegal) webbing on his glovesDuring pre-race inspection at Atlanta Motor Speedway’s NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

The governing body revealed an extensive concept for the future at Wednesday’s World Motor Sport Council which will see the WRC undergo myriad changes to its technical and sporting regulations beginning next year.This vision, which aims to increase manufacturer participation and grow the championship, has been created by a new working group headed by FIA deputy president Robert Reid and former ...Keep readingView the full article

Pollard, 37, has won over 100 Late Model races in his career, including the All American 400 and Speedfest.He will compete at the Richmond Raceway short track in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. Rheem will serve as the primary sponsor on the car.“I’m very excited,” Pollard said of his upcoming start. “I really don’t know what to expect ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA’s unveiling of its concept for the future is extensive, featuring changes to the technical rules, sporting regulations and right down to the promotion of the WRC.The overhaul has been led by a working group created by the FIA last December and headed up by FIA deputy president Robert Reid and former WRC team boss David Richards. An FIA fan survey, that attracted more than 11,000 ...Keep readingView the full article

In a dramatic three-wide photo finish, Daniel Suarez snapped a 57-race winless streak and won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He crossed the finish line just 0.003s ahead of Ryan Blaney and 0.007s ahead of Kyle Busch.Busch now leads the regular season standings, but only by 1pt over William Byron and Austin Cindric. After two drafting races to kick off the new year, Bubba ...Keep readingView the full article

The four-car Ford team went winless last season and saw two of its veteran drivers – Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola – retire from full-time competition in the offseason.SHR added two inexperienced drivers to its lineup in Noah Gragson and Josh Berry, while Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece returned in the Nos. 14 and 41 teams, respectively.With a pair of unpredictable drafting tracks in Daytona ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA has released its extensive vision for the WRC’s future at today’s World Motor Sport Council, which includes a raft of proposals designed to improve the championship.Perhaps its most bold decision is to remove the control hybrid units from Rally1 cars for the 2025 season. Hybrid power formed a significant part of the new Rally1 regulations introduced in 2022. The changes mean Rally1 ...Keep readingView the full article

The world motorsport governing body has shared its key objectives for the future of the WRC which was presented at today’s World Motor Sport Council.These objectives have been put together following an extensive analysis of the WRC current form carried out by the FIA’s working group that was created in December last year to “evaluate and recommend the future direction of rallying” ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota has today announced that Rovanpera will pilot one of the three factory Toyota GR Yaris entries at the famous gravel rally next month (28-31 March). Rovanpera will join full-time Toyota team-mates Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta.Inclusion on the Kenya entry list means Rovanpera will compete in two consecutive WRC events. The Finn contested the first round of his partial WRC season at Rally ...Keep readingView the full article

Given the restrictive nature of the ethos of ‘stock’ car racing, which originally was aimed at taking cars straight out of the showroom and on to the racetrack, crew chiefs and mechanics have toiled to find ever more ingenious ways of making their cars run faster.The penalty handed out to Team Penske’s Joey Logano, fined $10,000 for wearing webbed gloves to restrict air coming into his ...Keep readingView the full article

Logano, who drives the No. 22 Ford for Team Penske, was fined $10,000 for utilizing racing gloves that were not SFI certified. NASCAR declined to assess any points penalty to the driver or his team.During pre-race inspection Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Logano was discovered to have gloves that had been altered, potentially for a competitive advantage.Black webbing had been added between the ...Keep readingView the full article

Sunday’s win was only the second of his career, but it’s difficult to imagine Suárez could have a more memorable one – using a last-lap pass to win in a three-wide photo finish.But as important as the win is – both to the progression of his racing career and an opportunity to win his first series championship – Suárez is by no means satisfied.“My goal is not to win one race. I want ...Keep readingView the full article

HMS announced on Tuesday it would enter the No. 17 in 10 Xfinity races this year with primary sponsorship from HendrickCars.com.Each of the organization’s four Cup drivers – Chase Elliott, William Byron, Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson – will compete with the team, along with an appearance by road racing veteran Boris Said.Daytona 500 champion Byron will be the first in the car, driving in four ...Keep readingView the full article

Twelve months ago the prospect of a career in the World Rally Championship was a pipe dream for a quartet of youngsters from all four corners of the globe. But now these inexperienced drivers are daring to turn their dreams into reality thanks to the FIA Rally Star initiative.The brainchild of Jerome Roussel, one of the figures that worked on the Rallye Jeunes programme that discovered the likes ...Keep readingView the full article