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Despite holding a healthy 36.4s overnight lead, Neuville elected to push while the majority of his rivals opted to preserve their cars and tyres. Heading into the final two stages of the rally, the Belgian opened up a 43.0s lead over Hyundai team-mate Esapekka Lappi, while championship leader Kalle Rovanpera maintained a lonely third, 2m11.2s adrift. Toyota’s Elfyn Evans cemented fourth ...Keep readingView the full article

The drivers at the Xfinity Series: Pacific Office Automation 147 showed their aggressiveness throughout the entire race. Sheldon Creed battled it out with John Hunter Nemechek and got the Stage 1 victory. Stage 2 brought the intensity, as John Hunter Nemechek bumped Sheldon Creed out of the way to take the lead. However, Cole Custer was able to gain momentum and pass John Hunter Nemechek to squeeze out the Stage 2 win. In overtime, Cole Custer was able to hold off Justin Allgaier and collect his first win of the season at the Portland International Raceway. View the full article

Cole Custer expressed his joy after the 2023 Pacific Office Automation 147 victory. View the full article

Custer lined in the third row for the final restart, but was actually in the perfect position to inherit the race lead. A failed attempt at a three-wide pass for the lead from Parker Kligerman, Custer jumped into the lead of the race. Justin Allgaier closed the gap the final two laps and got all the way to Custer bumper, but was unable to snatch the victory away. The win was the eleventh of ...Keep readingView the full article

Chandler Smith and Jeb Burton got at it with each other at the end of the Pacific Office Automation 147. View the full article

Cole Custer fended off Justin Allgaier in overtime to win the Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway. It is Custer's first win of the year. View the full article

Check out the NASCAR Truck Series Toyota 200 Highlights as Grant Enfinger edged out the competition to win stage one. Moving into stage two, it was close throughout, but a late caution helped Stewart Friesen grab his first victory of 2023. Heading into the final stage, it was filled with cautions, but Grant Enfinger held on during overtime to grab another victory in the Toyota 200. View the full article

In his first comments since Chase Elliott's suspension, Denny Hamlin seemed pleased NASCAR took the action he advocated for after the accident. View the full article

Reigning series champion Zane Smith looked like he was going to turn a fuel-mileage gamble into a win but was wrecked by Ty Majeski while racing for the lead with six of the originally scheduled 160 laps to go. Enfinger, who ran third at the time, inherited the lead but the race went into a two-lap overtime. Enfinger cleared quickly to the lead on the restart and held off Christian Eckes by ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world rally champion veered off the road in stage 14 in desperately wet conditions, while holding a 4.3s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi. Ogier has taken an 18.2s lead into Saturday’s afternoon stages where the rally began to slowly unravel. The Frenchman damaged the radiator of his GR Yaris in the same water splash that caused his Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta ...Keep readingView the full article

Hendrick drivers react to a one-race suspension to Chase Elliott for right-rear hooking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte. The drivers also weigh in on Corey LaJoie replacing Elliott this weekend. View the full article

Ryan Blaney said NASCAR was consistent in its punishment by suspending Chase Elliott for a similar act as Bubba Wallace last year. Blaney also has a take on data, how much it should be used in making decisions and how drivers might use it to lobby for punishments. View the full article

Corey LaJoie says he is sleep well now that he is getting a great opportunity to go into the Hendrick No. 9 car this weekend. View the full article

Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola are asked about what’s in their cars after a massive penalty NASCAR handed to their teammate Chase Briscoe this week for a counterfeit part found in Briscoe's car following Charlotte. View the full article

Kevin Harvick indicated it is better for NASCAR to use data to help determine penalties as he felt it wasn’t used a couple of years ago when he and Chase Elliott tangled at Bristol. Harvick also said a one-race suspension was appropriate for right-rear-hooking another driver. View the full article

Denny Hamlin obviously felt the one-race suspension to Chase Elliott was appropriate. They have talked but Hamlin said he would defer to Elliott as far as commenting on what was said. View the full article

NASCAR issued a huge penalty to Stewart-Haas Racing and Chase Briscoe: 120 driver and owner points, 25 playoff points, six-week suspension to crew chief John Klausmeier and fine of $250K for counterfeit underwing part. Chase Briscoe said the penalty to his team was justified and that it could have been worse. Plus what he said about the fact he was penalized for a part that was on the car in a race where he struggled. View the full article

The event will remain in Saudi Arabia for the fifth year running, and will be held from 5 to 19 January. The 5,000-kilometre route, encompassing a prologue and 12 competitive stages, will begin in the historic town of Al-Ula before competitors venture across the Empty Quarter to the Red Sea town of Yanbu. Organisers state that 60% of stages will be new, with the most ...Keep readingView the full article

Ogier started the day 0.1 seconds behind Lappi but managed to overhaul the Finn to take an 18.2s lead into the afternoon. Lappi reduced Ogier's lead across the afternoon before the latter ran off the road in stage 14, handing Neuville, who won five of the day's eight stages, the lead over Lappi by 36.4s. World champion Kalle Rovanpera inherited third (+1m50.7s) after a trouble-free run ...Keep readingView the full article

Blaney, who ended a 59-race winless streak with his victory last weekend at the Coca-Cola 600, had posted the fastest speed of the day in Round 1 of qualifying. Although he was the last of the 10 cars to qualify, Blaney came up just .008 seconds short in his quest to start this week’s race where he ended last week’s. Busch, who went out in the first five in the final round, ended with ...Keep readingView the full article

Logano, the reigning Cup champion, led the way in Saturday’s lone practice session with an average lap speed of 136.857 mph. The top-five single-lap speeds all came from the first 20-minute session. Kyle Larson was second, William Byron third, Michael McDowell fourth and Tyler Reddick fifth. Aric Almirola was the fastest car from Group B and ninth-fastest overall. Among those drivers ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak’s Ford Puma initially ground to a halt after running through a water splash in sight of the finish on stage 10. The 2019 world champion lost 20 seconds as the car stalled, although he was able to engage EV mode briefly to finish the stage. Once across the finish line the Puma suffered a complete electrical system blackout caused by water entering the car. Tanak was sitting in sixth ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world champion started the loop 0.1s adrift but ended with an 18.2s lead after the pair enjoyed a thrilling battle before Lappi's challenge began to unravel in the final two stages. Hyundai's Thierry Neville maintained third spot, 6.5s behind Lappi, while world champion Kalle Rovanpera headed to service in fourth, 1m03.5s in arrears. Toyota's Elfyn Evans was forced to nurse ...Keep readingView the full article

Loubet endured an eventful Friday at the rough gravel event which ultimately ended with a crash on stage seven. The Frenchman started the day strongly, running as high as third overall after the morning loop. However, his rally began to unravel when he suffered a gear selection issue at the start of stage five that prevented the 2019 WRC2 champion from starting on time, resulting in a ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world rally champion was largely in command during Friday morning’s loop of stages, winning two of the three tests to open up a 16.3s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi. The highlight of the loop was a faultless first run through Monte Lerno (49.9km), where he was 12.7s faster than anyone else. However, wet weather dominated the afternoon loop which Ogier’s feels caught ...Keep readingView the full article