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The Toyota driver reeled off seven consecutive stage wins to turn an overnight 6.9s lead into a commanding 32.1s advantage over Neuville heading into the final day.After losing third following a spin in the morning, Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta snatched the final podium position back from Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen. Jari-Matti Latvala, the only other driverr in the Rally1 field to complete full ...Keep readingView the full article

Gragson, 25, was first suspended by the race team and then by the sanctioning body. The 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship runner-up is a rookie in the Cup Series this year and currently sits 33rd in points.Xfinity Series regular Josh Berry will drive the #42 car this weekend at Michigan in place of Gragson.Berry has made several starts this year, filling in for Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman ...Keep readingView the full article

Gragson, 25, was first suspended by the race team and then by the sanctioning body. The 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship runner-up is a rookie in the Cup Series this year, and currently sits 33rd in points. Xfinity Series regular Josh Berry will drive the No. 42 car this weekend at Michigan. Berry has made several starts this year, filling in for Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman at Hendrick ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai driver closed to within 6.9s of Evans after claiming three stage wins on Friday afternoon, but on Saturday morning Neuville struggled in tricky wet conditions. Evans fought back claiming all four stages to extend his overall advantage over Neuville to 17.7s as the Belgian was unable to match the pace of the Toyota.Neuville came close to beating Evans in stage 12, missing out by ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver starred in challenging wet conditions to win all four stages of the morning loop to transform his overnight 6.9s lead to 17.7s, as WRC crews headed to the midday service.Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen snatched third from Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta after an error from the Japanese driver. Three-time Rally Finland winner Jari-Matti Latvala successfully navigated the stages to ...Keep readingView the full article

Love picked up his series-leading sixth win of the 2023 season, but it was one of the most difficult for the 18-year-old native of Menlo Park, Calif.Love, who was not feeling well Friday and saw his cool suit malfunction during the event, was trailing late in the race but powered past Connor Mosack on a restart with one lap to go in regulation to grab the lead. A multi-car accident behind him ...Keep readingView the full article

Berry’s average lap speed of 188.549 mph in Friday’s qualifying session gave him the pole over his teammate Justin Allgaier (188.289 mph). Allgaier had topped Friday’s practice session.The pole is the second this season for Berry, with both coming in the last three races. It’s also the third of his career.Berry said he and his No. 8 JRM team are determined to atone his race at Pocono two ...Keep readingView the full article

Evans spent the majority of Friday fighting with Rovanpera, after the latter assumed the rally lead on stage two and then went on to reel off five consecutive stage wins.Rovanpera’s roll on stage eight handed Evans a lead, which he maintained across the afternoon to hold a 6.9s gap over Neuville after 10 of 22 stages. Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta completed the day in third (+16.4s) ahead of ...Keep readingView the full article

The reigning world champion seemed to be in control of the rally, winning five consecutive stages to open up a 5.7s lead over Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans, despite starting first on the road.However, the 22-year-old made a rare error resulting in his GR Yaris rolling onto its roof during the second pass of the fast and undulating Myhinpaa (stage eight) gravel test.Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai pairing were sitting in fourth heading into stage five, the final test of Friday morning’s loop, when drama struck.Lappi ploughed into trees lining the gravel road after misjudging a right-hander. The impact caused significant damage to the i20 N and it is unlikely the car can be repaired to return on Saturday.Both driver and co-driver emerged from the crash relatively unscathed ...Keep readingView the full article

Suarez and his No. 99 Chevrolet team secured entry in last year’s playoffs thanks to his first career win at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway, but they have yet to reach Victory Lane this year.An up-and-down season has him sitting 34 points behind the cutoff line to make the 16-driver playoff field with four races remaining.Suarez, 32, insists this is no time to panic.“There is a lot of racing left. I ...Keep readingView the full article

For the second time in as many weeks, Busch and Keselowski found themselves battling for the lead during the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) main event, this time Thursday night at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich.SRX, founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and George Pyne, features six short track races on a mix of pavement and dirt with drivers running identical cars.Busch grabbed ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen lost control of their GR Yaris going over a crest 11.1km into the famous Myhinpaa stage.The Finnish duo rolled before eventually coming to a halt upside down at the edge of the gravel road. Rovanpera and Halttunen emerged from the incident unscathed. The damaged car was rolled back onto its wheels several minutes after the incident but remained stranded in ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera managed to tame changeable conditions to win three of the four high-speed gravel stages to lead Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by 3.9s at midday service.Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville completed the loop in third (+12.3s) while Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta inherited fourth (+16.0s) after Esapekka Lappi crashed out in stage five.Teemu Suninen (Hyundai) and WRC returnee Jari-Matti Latvala ...Keep readingView the full article

The M-Sport driver suffered a power loss during his pass through stage three (Lankamaa, 14.21km) on Friday morning which was caused by an impact to the bottom of his Ford Puma.Tanak, who started the day leading the rally after winning Thursday night’s Super Special, believes his car struck a bedrock during the stage which went through the car’s sump guard.The impact caused terminal damage to ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak had started the day leading the rally after winning Thursday’s night’s Super Special, but an engine issue for the second event in succession proved to be the 2019 world champion’s downfall on Thursday morning.The Estonian lost the rally lead to Kalle Rovanpera in stage two before heading into stage three, the famous 14.21km Lankamaa test.However, as Tanak reached the six kilometre mark ...Keep readingView the full article

The M-Sport-Ford driver produced a committed run through the 3.48km mixed surface Harju test, held on streets and parkland roads within the host city of Jyvaskyla.Tanak clocked a time 0.6s faster than Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, while championship leader Kalle Rovanpera was a tenth further back to clock the third fastest time."The ones we are fighting are very strong obviously – we need to put ...Keep readingView the full article

Chris Buescher earned victory last weekend at Richmond, capturing his third career Cup win. It was RFK Racing's first win of the 2023 season.Martin Truex Jr. remains in control of the regular season championship, 39pts ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Denny Hamlin.Michael McDowell still holds the 16th and final spot in the playoffs, 18 points ahead of rookie Ty Gibbs.Kevin Harvick is the ...Keep readingView the full article

The Japanese brand has based its WRC team in Jyvaskyla since its decision to return to rallying’s top tier in 2016, which has since resulted in three constructors’ crowns (2018, 2021-22) and four drivers’ titles (2019-2022).Ahead of this weekend’s Rally Finland, held in Jyvaskyla, a letter of intent was signed between the City of Jyvaskyla, the Toyota WRC team and the Toyota Mobility ...Keep readingView the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. opens up about being the Daytona 500 champion, impressing Tony Stewart and returning to the Cup Series playoffs. View the full article

As previously reported, the South Korean brand’s team principal Cyril Abiteboul is evaluating a move from three to four factory entries for 2024, having fielded three cars in the top tier since 2019.Internal discussions regarding an expansion are continuing. They centre around budget and the ability to secure a driver line-up to make the most of the extra investment from Hyundai.Abiteboul says ...Keep readingView the full article

Seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and his chief Chad Knaus are joined by Donnie Allison in entering the NASCAR Hall of Fame. View the full article

Van Gisbergen, who won the Chicago Street Race in his Cup Series debut last month, will compete in the Aug. 11 Truck Series race at IRP driving Niece Motorsports’ No. 41 Chevrolet.IRP is a 0.686-mile asphalt short track, located in Clermont, Ind., just west of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Van Gisbergen is already scheduled to compete in the Aug. 13 Cup race on the IMS Road Course with Trackhouse ...Keep readingView the full article

Two drivers – one from the Pioneer Ballot and one from the Modern Era Ballot – and one crew chief were elected Wednesday to become the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s class of inductees in 2024.Joining the Hall of Fame from the Modern Era Ballot:Jimmie Johnson: Johnson, 47, won seven Cup championships, equal with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time. Five of those titles came in ...Keep readingView the full article

LaJoie has driven the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro since 2021, recording two top-fives and three top-tens. He currently sits 27th in the championship standings, 153 points ahead of his team-mate Ty Dillon.Earlier this year, he drove the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at Gateway while Chase Elliott was serving a one-week suspension.It was revealed on Wednesday that he will ...Keep readingView the full article