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Deegan, 21, currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series. Driving for David Gilliland Racing, she has three top-tens in 44 career starts and currently sits 21st in the championship standings. Her best result came just this past weekend at Talladega, finishing sixth. Previously, she placed third in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series championship standings. She also has three victories in ...Keep readingView the full article

With NASCAR cutting the playoff field from 12 to eight on Sunday at Charlotte, Bob Pockrass looks at what each driver must do to reach the next round. View the full article

Ware, 26, suffered an ankle injury after crashing heavily at Texas Motor Speedway on September 25. Despite suffering an impact fracture and torn ligaments, he still raced the following weekend at Talladega Superspeedway with a boot on his right foot, finishing 32nd. However, due to the added footwork needed at road courses, he has decided to skip the Cup race at the Charlotte ...Keep readingView the full article

Top Performer - Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen This year Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen have put a strong case forward for best double act in world motorsport. This was only enhanced after storming to a memorable sixth win of 2022 at Rally New Zealand to seal a maiden world title. Rovanpera produced yet another mesmerising performance in challenging wet conditions to secure a ...Keep readingView the full article

Roma was due to join the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme operation for its third assault on the Dakar in Saudi Arabia next year, teaming up again with WRC legend Sebastien Loeb and Orlando Terranova as part of its three-car crew. However, having already been forced to miss the Morocco Rally this month, the traditional ‘dress rehearsal’ for Dakar, the Spaniard has now announced that he ...Keep readingView the full article

The two-time Supercars champion joined the second tier WRC2 class for the 11th round of the WRC season, for what was only the fifth event of a part-time foray into rallying. The 33-year-old, partnered by experienced co-driver Glen Weston, turned heads on debut by completing the four days of competition, held in treacherous wet conditions, third in class and ninth overall. Van Gisbergen had ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Briscoe didn’t have a great day at Talladega but that late caution helped him. He explains: View the full article

Defending Charlotte road course winner and 2021 Cup champion Kyle Larson is 18 points above the cutoff entering the elimination race Sunday. He also won the most recent road-course race (Watkins Glen). View the full article

Denny Hamlin has a simple strategy for the Charlotte road course elimination race as he sits 21 points above the cutline: “Have a decent day and don’t blow up.” View the full article

Austin Cindric is tied for eighth in the points as he enters the Charlotte road course elimination race on the bubble. Getting to the finish with no issues will be key. View the full article

Entering this past weekend’s Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, no playoff driver had yet secured a win in the first four playoff races. Talladega didn’t appear to be a prime candidate for that streak to end as its typical unpredictable nature leaves it prone to produce new or unexpected winners. Elliott, however, ended up mastering the chaos in a race featuring 57 lead ...Keep readingView the full article

Lappi, who shared the third GR Yaris with Sebastien Ogier this year, has watched Rovanpera dominate the WRC, winning six rallies, with five wins coming starting from first on the road. The 31-year-old Finn has known Rovanpera from an early age, and revealed in the lead up to the latter’s title success in New Zealand, that he did attempt to coach the WRC’s new youngest ever world champion 10 ...Keep readingView the full article

Ryan Blaney sums up his day as he comes up just short at Talladega but enters an elimination race with a 32-point cushion View the full article

Ryan Blaney squeaked into the playoffs and has endured his fair share of adversity so far in the postseason. What does he need to advance? View the full article

Rovanpera sealed a maiden World Rally Championship title in style by winning Rally New Zealand on Sunday, completing the feat a day after turning 22 years old. The achievement means Rovanpera has set a new benchmark for the WRC's youngest ever champion that was previously held by Colin, when the Scot won the title in 1995 aged 27. Former Mitsubishi and Hyundai factory WRC driver Alister was ...Keep readingView the full article

After a late caution for a stalled car at the end of the pitlane, Blaney led the way with two laps to go and remained in front at the start of the final of the 188 laps. As the field came off Turn 4, Blaney was on the inside with Michael McDowell behind him, while Elliott ran up top with Jones behind him. Jones gave Elliott a shove to push him past Blaney for the lead and the two ended up ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Elliott rebounded from Texas to log a victory at Talladega and lock up his spot in NASCAR's next round. Bob Pockrass has the takeaways. View the full article

Ross Chastain after finishing fourth: “My stomach hurts just from agonizing in the car over the wreck that I knew was going to happen. It was incredible we all made it.” View the full article

Chase Elliott describes the roller coaster of racing from the wreck at Texas to the win a week later at Talladega. View the full article

William Byron didn’t have the day he was looking for with a 12th-place finish and no stage points. View the full article

Fast Thoughts with Bob Pockrass: Which Hendrick Motorsports drivers will join Chase Elliott in the Round of 8? View the full article

Rick Hendrick talks about Chase Elliott’s win, Alex Bowman’s health and the upcoming appeal for William Byron View the full article

Ryan Blaney on overcoming recent challenges and the substitutes on his crew. View the full article

Blaney heads into the Round of 12 cut-off race at Charlotte a healthy 32 points clear of the elimination zone. He won the opening stage at Talladega and was in contention for most of the race. But when it came down to it, Chase Elliott was able to squeeze ahead and snatch away the victory. There was just 0.046s between the two drivers at the finish line. His hopes of becoming the 20th ...Keep readingView the full article

One of Hendrick’s NASCAR Cup Series drivers, Alex Bowman, became the second series driver this season to miss a race after suffering concussion-like symptoms following a rear-impact accident last weekend at Texas. Kurt Busch has remained sidelined since a similar wreck in July during qualifying at Pocono Raceway. Asked if as an owner he would be comfortable having to spend more for safety ...Keep readingView the full article