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After a late caution for a stalled car at the end of pit road, Blaney led the way with two laps to go and remained out front to begin the last of 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 racing ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Elliott wins in a wild finish at Talladega to advance to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR playoffs. View the full article

The NASCAR Playoffs continued Sunday with the YellaWood 500. Here are the top moments from Chase Elliott's win at Talladega! View the full article

The 2022 NASCAR Playoffs Round of 12 continues Sunday with the YellaWood 500. Here are the top moments from Talladega! View the full article

The Toyota driver clinched the 2022 title with two rounds of the season remaining after an impressive dominant victory at Rally New Zealand, his sixth of the campaign. As a result, the Finn - who turned 22 years-old on Saturday - has become the youngest ever WRC champion taking over the mantle previously held by the late Colin McRae, who won the title in 1995 at the age of 27. Rovanpera, the ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota pairing Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen sealed the 2022 WRC title in style with a dominant victory at Rally New Zealand that included a powerstage win. The success has installed the Finn, who turned 22 years-old yesterday, as the WRC’s youngest ever world champion, eclipsing the record previously held by the late Colin McRae, when he won the championship in 1995, aged 27. In ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen secured a maiden world crown with a faultless run across the four days of competition on New Zealand’s famous gravel roads that rejoined the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2012. The pair took the win by 34.6s from Toyota team-mate and outgoing world champion Sebastien Ogier, while Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, Rovanpera’s chief title rival ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver extended his lead to 32.0s over team-mate Sebastien Ogier, while chief title rival Hyundai’s Ott Tanak held third, 46.1s adrift. Rovanpera and Tanak shared the spoils across the pair of Sunday morning stages. Rovanpera will secure a maiden world title if he clinches the rally win and picks up at least two points on the powerstage. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville completed ...Keep readingView the full article

With a second driver out with a concussion this year, NASCAR drivers enter Sunday's race with additional trepidation. View the full article

Chase Elliott says he is afraid the sport has gone backward when it comes to safety and the Next Gen car. He said he still has confidence that improvements will be made to the car. View the full article

Brad Keselowski said he wouldn’t expect a single-file race but maybe some drivers might avoid the more gratuitous moves. I asked him if that would mean he changes the way he races Talladega. His response: View the full article

Hendrick Motorsports President Jeff Andrews says Alex Bowman did not associate anything he was feeling as symptoms of a concussion until Wednesday night. Andrews said Bowman felt fine after some laps in a sprint car Tuesday warming up a car for Jimmie Johnson. View the full article

Joey Logano said the crash testing next week is important to make sure any changes to the rear of the car do not compromise the fuel cell area. He said changes need to be made, but testing needs to be done first. View the full article

Denny Hamlin said he sort of was satisfied that NASCAR penalized William Byron this week. View the full article

Denny Hamlin says the Next Gen car needs a redesign, that drivers weren’t listened to initially, that there is more trepidation racing this car at Talladega and there is a need for more young drivers to speak up. View the full article

Austin Hill, who dominated much of the race, went to block Noah Gragson with four of 113 laps remaining, which opened the door for Mayer to move into the lead. On the final lap, Allmendinger looked like he would finish behind Mayer but got another run and cut to Mayer’s right as Mayer tried to block him. He clipped Mayer by 0.015 seconds at the finish line to earn his first career win on a ...Keep readingView the full article

AJ Allmendinger edges Sam Mayer in a spectacular final lap at Talladega. View the full article

And if there is blame to cast, Ives made clear this week he would shoulder some of the responsibility. Many drivers were quick to blame NASCAR on the construction of its Next Gen car when Alex Bowman this week became the second Cup Series driver sidelined with concussion-like symptoms this season following a wreck in last weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. Bowman’s accident, much ...Keep readingView the full article

A late caution intentionally brought out by Carson Hocevar – and for which he was penalized – sent the race into a two-lap overtime with Christian Eckes out front and DiBenedetto in third. On the final lap as the field came off Turn 4 and into the tri-oval, Corey Heim slammed the outside wall and cut back down the track, which triggered a massive wreck. NASCAR immediately called for a ...Keep readingView the full article

Matt DiBenedetto wins in a wild overtime finish to the Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway ftaer the caution comes out on the final lap. View the full article

Elliott's Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was sidelined this week after suffering concussion-like symptoms following a crash at Texas Motor Speedway. He is the second Cup driver to be forced out of the car this year due to a concussion, with the other being Kurt Busch. Both Bowman and Busch hit the wall rear-first in fairly tame accidents, but several drivers have stated that ...Keep readingView the full article

Bell held off Kyle Larson to win the pole for Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Bell’s average lap speed of 180.591 mph just edged Larson (180.516 mph). Bell’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin slotted in third (180.421 mph). With two races remaining in the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, Bell is ranked 11th out of 12th drivers in the ...Keep readingView the full article

The 22-year-old has the potential to become the WRC’s youngest ever world champion come Sunday at rally New Zealand, eclipsing the record set by the late Colin McRae in 1995, then aged 27. Rovanpera can seal the title if he outscores Hyundai’s Ott Tanak by eight points. The prospect of winning the championship has increased after a dominant performance from the Finn to surge from fourth ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver, celebrating his 22nd birthday, claimed three of the day’s five completed stages, held in treacherous wet conditions, to spring into a commanding 29.0s lead over teammate Sebastien Ogier. Rovanpera had started the day sitting fourth, some 12.2s adrift of leader Elfyn Evans after suffering a 5s hybrid boost penalty overnight. The Finn quickly leapt ahead of Ogier before ...Keep readingView the full article

Ott Tanak and Thierry Neuville were handed 5s penalties on Friday night for exceeding the prescribed maximum hybrid boost of 240kJ permitted for Stage 1 under the WRC rules. The offence occurred during Thursday night’s super special stage, with Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera also breaching the regulations, costing the Finn a 5s penalty. A stewards hearing on Saturday found that Hyundai ...Keep readingView the full article