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Hendrick Motorsports is back on top with Kyle Larson earning his second win of the 2023 season at Martinsville, beating Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. Christopher Bell remains in control of the championship lead, five points clear of Ross Chastain. Chastain enters Talladega as the defending winner of the April event, which marks his most recent Cup Series victory. This week, Kaulig ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway is this weekend. Check out an expert pick plus each driver's odds at FOX Bet to come out on top in Sunday's big race on FOX. View the full article

The rally world has been shocked by the death of Hyundai driver Breen, who died in a testing crash last week in preparation for the asphalt event. The fourth round of the world championship has continued albeit in a subdued and sombre manner with all drivers and teams paying tribute to the 33-year-old Irishman. After careful consideration, which included discussions with Breen's family ...Keep readingView the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Michael McDowell, Todd Gilliland and Corey LaJoie are among the drivers heading into Talladega with renewed confidence. View the full article

The reigning world champion won last year’s visit to Croatia after coming through a thrilling final stage showdown with then Hyundai driver Ott Tanak. While the route is largely unchanged from last year, Rovanpera believes the roads are rougher and will feature more cuts with more sharp edges on the sections of differing tarmac compared to 12 months ago. Significant rain in the lead up to ...Keep readingView the full article

Elliott, the sport’s most popular driver, missed six races after suffering a fractured tibia in his left leg in a snowboarding accident on March 3. He returned to action last weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and rallied from a slow start to finish 10th. Although technically it is possible for Elliott, 27, to still claim one of the 16 playoff spots by points, it would be exceedingly ...Keep readingView the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished fourth at Bristol and earned 33 points. His team set a goal of averaging 23 points a race after Daytona and so far is averaging 21 points. View the full article

Michael McDowell was 23rd in the final standings last year and is currently 18th. He doesn’t view it as a surprise. View the full article

Corey LaJoie was 31st in the standings last year and is 23rd this year. He shares his views on where his team is at and whether he can win at Talladega and if it would be considered an upset. View the full article

Following Martinsville, NASCAR took the No. 3 RCR Chevrolet and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford back to the R&D Center for further inspection. There were no issues with SHR car, but the same cannot be said for RCR. NASCAR found a violation relating to the 'Underwing Assembly Mounting & Underwing Stay Assembly Hardware' section of the rulebook. Austin Dillon finished 12th at ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul read a prepared statement to media in Croatia on Wednesday explaining what happened in the incident in which Breen died last Thursday during a pre-event test on Croatian roads. Co-driver James Fulton was unharmed in the incident. Abiteboul confirmed that the accident occurred at a relatively low speed and that the car had collided with a wooden fence which ...Keep readingView the full article

The South Korean marque announced earlier this week that it would honour Breen, who died in Rally Croatia testing crash last Thursday, by running a special colour scheme on its entries for the fourth round of the WRC. After careful consideration, which included discussions with Breen's family, surviving co-driver James Fulton, and Hyundai Motorsport’s crews and team members, the team decided ...Keep readingView the full article

Under WRC regulations, teams can register three crews to be eligible to score constructer points, with only the highest-finishing two crews scoring points. However, following the tragic death of Hyundai driver Craig Breen in testing crash last week leading up to the event, Hyundai will only field two cars this weekend, after deciding to contest the event following careful discussions with ...Keep readingView the full article

The WRC heads to Croatia in a sombre mood following the death of Hyundai driver Craig Breen, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a testing crash ahead of the event last Thursday. The 33-year-old was set to make his second WRC start of the season in the third Hyundai entry, which has now been withdrawn from the event. As a mark of respect and after discussions with Breen’s family and ...Keep readingView the full article

The "NASCAR Race Hub" crew discussed what fans should look forward to going into Talladega and who should be the favorites to win. View the full article

John Hunter Nemechek joined the "NASCAR Race Hub" and described what it was like winning the Call811.com Before You Dig. 250 and what it's going to take to continue that success. View the full article

On March 15, NASCAR issued penalties to five Cup teams – all four Hendrick Motorsports teams and the No. 31 team from Kaulig Racing – for the unapproved modification of hood louvers (vents) which are single-source parts. All points penalties against Hendrick were rescinded on appeal, but a different three-person panel mostly upheld the penalties against Kaulig. The original 100-point ...Keep readingView the full article

Which driver among Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron, Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson tops this week's rankings? View the full article

In most comments following Sunday’s race, drivers said they could tell no difference in the racing with the new package, or in some instances, thought it was worse than last year. Officially, Sunday’s race featured five cautions (two for stage breaks) and three green-flag passes for the lead. There were 10 official lead changes (including during pit stops and green-flag pit stops) and two ...Keep readingView the full article

The "NASCAR Race Hub" crew shared their thoughts on how Chase Elliott looked in his return following his snowboarding accident and if he can still make the playoffs. View the full article

The "NASCAR Race Hub" discussed Kyle Larson's huge win at Martinsville and Joey Logano coming up short and finishing second. View the full article

In fact, in most comments following Sunday’s race, drivers said they could tell no difference in the racing with the new package, or in some instances, thought Sunday’s race was worse than last year. Officially, Sunday’s race featured five cautions (two for stage breaks) and three green-flag passes for the lead. There were 10 official lead changes (including during pit stops and ...Keep readingView the full article

The factory Hyundai driver tragically succumbed to injuries in an accident last Thursday in preparation for this weekend’s WRC round in Croatia. Breen adopted #42 when he joined Hyundai as part-time driver for the first time in 2019 and continued to run the same number during his only full-time season with M-Sport last year, before returning to Hyundai to share the team’s third car for ...Keep readingView the full article