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The 2012 Cup champion opens up about his winless streak, where he keeps his trophies and how much longer he will race. View the full article

Van Gisbergen rocked the NASCAR world when he won on debut in the inaugural Cup race at the Chicago Street Course, driving the Project91 entry for Trackhouse Racing.He became the first driver in 60 years to win in his first-ever Cup Series start. The New Zealander followed it up with a top-ten finish at the Indianapolis RC, becoming the first driver to open their Cup career with back-to-back ...Keep readingView the full article

The field of 16 will be cut down to 12 in Saturday night's 500 lap race at the half-mile short track.Shockingly, regular season champion Martin Truex Jr. finds himself in the danger zone, seven points out after crashing early at Kansas due to a cut tire.Bubba Wallace (-19pts), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-22pts), and Michael McDowell (-40pts) are all below the cut-line as well.Just above the cut-line are ...Keep readingView the full article

With a fulltime move to the Cup series on deck for 2024 at Legacy Motor Club, this year is likely Nemechek’s last best opportunity to win a title in NASCAR’s lower tier series.Nemechek, driving Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Toyota, enters the opening playoff race Friday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway with a series-leading six victories, including a dominating performance in last ...Keep readingView the full article

1. Rovanpera’s brilliance, resilience and lucky “buckaroo” momentKalle Rovanpera may have inherited the rally lead after Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier suffered suspension failures, but the reigning world champion thoroughly deserved his third win of 2023.The stats again outline what a special drive this was from the 22-year-old Toyota driver. Despite facing the ...Keep readingView the full article

Based on his brief experience in the playoffs, Reddick believed the best approach to kick off the 2023 title battle was to take advantage of the speed his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota team had shown all season.That meant going into the first three races minimizing mistakes and not putting himself into situations that could end with a win, or if things went wrong, a last place finish.“The last few ...Keep readingView the full article

The Finn was promoted to Hyundai’s third factory i20 N Rally1 car, shared with Dani Sordo, for WRC rounds in Estonia and Finland, filling the position left by the late Craig Breen.Last month the Korean marque revealed that Suninen will also be handed an opportunity for a third gravel rally when the WRC returns to Chile, for the first time since 2019, at the end of the month.PRIME: How the WRC ...Keep readingView the full article

The 25-year-old, who was competing as a rookie in the Cup Series with the Legacy Motor Club team co-owned by Jimmie Johnson, was suspended by the team and later NASCAR itself on 5 August.It was deemed that Gragson violated the sport's code of conduct after liking a meme that mocked the 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. A few days later, he officially parted ...Keep readingView the full article

Gragson, who was competing as a rookie in the Cup Series with Legacy Motor Club, was suspended by the team and later NASCAR itself on August 5th.It had been deemed that Gragson violated the sport's code of conduct after liking a meme that mocked the 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. A few days later, he officially parted ways with Legacy M.C.The team has ...Keep readingView the full article

Noah Gragson had been suspended indefinitely since Aug. 5 for liking a racially insensitive social media post on the death of George Floyd. View the full article

With one race remaining in the first round of the Cup Series playoffs, here's which drivers are in position to advance and which need help. View the full article

With one race remaining in the first round of the Cup Series playoffs, here's which drivers are in position to advance and which need help. View the full article

There's no hiding from the fact that the World Rally Championship is entering a crucial phase as it wishes to establish its future, improve its appeal and attract more manufacturers. And last weekend's Acropolis Rally gave both the series and the FIA every incentive to ensure that its pathway is defined when the governing body's president Mohammed Ben Sulayem uttered the words the majority of ...Keep readingView the full article

Mayer, 20, is currently in his second full-time season as a NASCAR Xfinity Series driver. All of his starts have come with JRM, including a part-time schedule in 2021.After going winless last year, he's won twice so far in 2023 with victories at Road America and Watkins Glen. How now enters the playoffs as the fifth seed in the reset championship standings.“We’ve seen so much potential in Sam ...Keep readingView the full article

Elton Sawyer, NASCAR's senior vice president of competition, said in an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Tuesday morning, that the sanctioning body has elected to reintegrate stage break cautions for the only remaining road course this season - the Xfinity and Cup playoff races on Oct. 7 and 8.“Probably the most important part of this decision-making was, if you look back at our five previous ...Keep readingView the full article

The team's future in the WRC was called into question at last weekend's Acropolis Rally following the publication of an interview with driver Pierre-Louis Loubet in French media that suggested the squad could be absent from next year's Rally1 field.The article has since been labelled "fake news" and has been removed.M-Sport has endured a challenging 2023 campaign which Wilson admits has been a ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA launched a WRC tyre tender in July inviting tyre brands to submit their interest in becoming the championship's sole tyre supplier, with the current tender expiring at the end of next year.The tyre tender will cover a three-year period from 2025 to 2027, the last year of the contract coinciding with the WRC's expected move to new regulations.Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli is currently ...Keep readingView the full article

WRC Promoter has collated a raft of ideas over the last three months to improve the championship, having faced criticism from drivers concerned by the WRC's appeal and perceived lack of direction.Following comments made by Hyundai's Thierry Neuville to Motorsport.com at Rally Portugal, the WRC Promoter invited drivers to a meeting to share their ideas to help improve the category's appeal in ...Keep readingView the full article

Bob Pockrass gave his "fast thoughts" and breaks down whether drivers like Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr. and more will be eliminated after Bristol in the NASCAR playoffs. View the full article

Tyler Reddick spoke on whether his move to make the pass for the win at Kansas was a bold one. View the full article

Denny Hamlin spoke on what went wrong for him on the final restart as he came up one spot short at Kansas. View the full article

The WRC made the move to introduce hybrid power with its Rally1 regulations last year which coincided with a pioneering decision to adopt 100% sustainable fuel, provided by P1 Racing Fuels.However, the championship’s long-term future from 2027 and beyond has prompted the FIA to investigate a range of propulsion methods to future-proof the championship and align it with the automotive market ...Keep readingView the full article

With just eight weeks left in the 2023 season, most teams are set for next season. But here are the pieces that still need to fall into place. View the full article

FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem revealed at last weekend’s Acropolis Rally that the three-time WRC constructors’ winner (1995-1997) is considering a possible return to the championship.Subaru has a rich history in the WRC, running Colin McRae (1995), Richard Burns (2001) and Petter Solberg (2003) to world drivers' titles before exiting at the end of 2008 due to the global financial ...Keep readingView the full article