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While battling side-by-side with William Byron, Denny Hamlin pushed up after getting in the dirty air of Martin Truex Jr. ahead. As he pushed up the track, Byron got into the outside wall. Later, when a cut tire sent Truex spinning, Byron ran into the back of a slowing Hamlin. The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota spun through the grass and lost several positions. He then harassed Byron under ...Keep readingView the full article
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Tyler Reddick captures his third win of the season in wild Round of 12 opening playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article
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He may be eliminated from the playoffs, but that didn't stop Tyler Reddick from going for the win at Texas. The RCR driver held on and thankfully, the tires did as well, beating Joey Logano to the checkered flag in a high-attrition race. In a race slowed by 16 cautions and even a red flag, there was no clear favorite. For Reddick, he's now won three races this season. Only Chase Elliott has won ...Keep readingView the full article
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Elliott, who came into the 500-mile race leading on points, was at the head of the field when his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet slammed into the wall at Turn 4 on Lap 185, ending his race in flames as the right-front corner caught fire as he ploughed through the frontstretch infield. “The tire blew apart, that’s why I crashed,” said Elliott, who was classified 32nd. “Something came ...Keep readingView the full article
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The 2022 NASCAR Playoffs Round of 12 kicked off Sunday with the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500. Here are the top moments! View the full article
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Texas Motor Speedway held its first NASCAR Cup Series race in 1997 in an event won by Jeff Burton. By 2005, the track had two dates on the schedule every year. In 2017, the track was repaved and reconfigured. The profile of the 1.5-mile intermediate track was altered with the banking in Turns 1 and 2 reduced from 24 to 20 degrees, and the corner was widened from 60 to 80 feet. As a result ...Keep readingView the full article
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Steiner worked alongside 1995 world champion McRae across the 1999 and 2000 campaigns during a spell at the factory Ford WRC operation run by M-Sport. At M-Sport, Steiner was operating as director of engineering, having previously entered the motorsport industry as a rally mechanic for the works Mazda team in 1986, before enjoying roles at the Jolly Club Lancia team (1991-1996) and Prodrive in ...Keep readingView the full article
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Noah Gragson wins at Texas Motor Speedway and advances to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs. View the full article
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Multiple playoff drivers are involved in big crash that collects the top half of the field at Texas. View the full article
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Gragson's incredible win streak continues, earning four consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series victories. It’s a feat no one has accomplished since Sam Ard did it back in 1983. For Gragson, he’s now won a career-high seven races during the 2022 season too, locking himself into the Round of 8 with this victory at Texas. "We just got a badass Bass Pro Shop team," an elated Gragson after ...Keep readingView the full article
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The crash was caused by John Hunter Nemechek losing control of his Toyota in the outside lane at Turn 2 after a Lap 117 restart. He was collected by Justin Allgaier’s Chevrolet, sparking a huge wreck that also took out fellow playoff contenders Brandon Jones (Toyota) and Daniel Hemric (Chevrolet) who were both caught up in the chaos that ensued. Nine cars in total were ...Keep readingView the full article
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Brad Keselowski led an all-Ford front row, beating Team Penske's Joey Logano by 0.028s His lap of 188.99mph (28.573s) was enough for his 18th career pole position and his first in over three years. "We want to win, but you got to start somewhere," said Keselowski after celebrating with his crew. "Had a good test last week at Homestead -- learned a bunch. We really needed that and ...Keep readingView the full article
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Group A Tyler Reddick, who was eliminated from the playoffs last weekend, topped the speed charts among Group A drivers at 187.526mph. Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top-five. Christopher Bell was the lowest playoff driver on the speed charts in this group, ranking tenth of the 18 drivers who had put down a time. While Logano led the way in ...Keep readingView the full article
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Racer Productions and the entire off-road racing community extend their condolences to the family of High Point Raceway co-founder, and lifelong friend of the Coombs family, Jack Holbert. Jack passed peacefully at his residence on the early morning of Sunday, September 18th at High Point Raceway near Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. Fittingly, Jack passed on the morning of the “Big Dave” Coombs Vet Homecoming Motocross race, held at High Point Raceway that day. View the full article
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Dakar has changed its roadbook philosophy in recent years, with the pacenotes handed out to crews just minutes before the start of each stage instead of the previous evening. This leaves co-drivers with no time to make their own additions to the roadbook, meaning they rely entirely on the information provided by the organiser. While the change in the timing of roadbook handover has received ...Keep readingView the full article
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Former team president Taylor Kiel resigned this week and is expected to take up a similar role at Chip Ganassi Racing once his non-compete clause has expired. However, it’s understood that he will not be directly replaced within the team, which next year expands to three cars, as Alexander Rossi joins incumbents Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. Autosport has learned McLaren CEO Zak Brown ...Keep readingView the full article
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Former AMSP team president Taylor Kiel resigned this week and is expected to take up a similar role at Chip Ganassi Racing once his non-compete clause has expired. However, it’s understood that he will not be directly replaced within the team, which next year expands to three cars, as Alexander Rossi joins incumbents Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. Instead, Motorsport.com has learned that ...Keep readingView the full article
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Cindric suffered a nerve-racking Bristol night race when his Team Penske Ford Mustang suffered two blown right-front tires, which dropped him multiple laps off the leaders. But when the engine of playoff rival Kyle Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota blew up in the final stage, that effectively salvaged his hopes of progression to the Round of 12. Having been below the cutline for most of the ...Keep readingView the full article
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It was a clean sweep for non-playoff drivers in the Round of 16. Chris Buescher snapped a six-year winless streak and returned RFK Racing to Victory Lane at Bristol. He became the 19th different winner of the 2022 season. In a hectic race of attrition, four drivers were eliminated from the playoffs. They were former Cup champions Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, as well as Richard ...Keep readingView the full article
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Earnhardt Jr. has named his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Chief Executive Officer of all his companies. Kelley was already in charge of the JR Motorsports team, which has enjoyed tremendous success in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with three championships and over 70 race wins. Rumors persist of the organization's interest in joining the Cup Series sometime in the future. "Kelley is one ...Keep readingView the full article
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With the first three playoff races won by non-playoff drivers, Bob Pockrass looks at which NASCAR drivers might be next to steal a postseason victory. View the full article
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The Finn returned to rallying’s top tier this season after securing a part-time drive with Toyota, sharing the third GR Yaris entry with eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier. Lappi’s return to Toyota, where he began his WRC career in 2017, was made possible by an opening in the driver line-up being created following Ogier’s decision to scale back his rally commitments to spend more ...Keep readingView the full article
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The test offered drivers a rare chance to test their Next Gen machinery and gather data at the 1.5-mile speedway, which hosts a Round of 8 race – the Dixie Vodka 400 – on October 23. Penske’s rookie Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric topped the field on Tuesday in his Ford Mustang at 165.548mph, ahead of teammate Joey Logano and the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry of Denny ...Keep readingView the full article
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Alex Bowman says the dynamic having non-playoff drivers win in a round doesn’t impact how he approaches a weekend. View the full article
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AJ Allmendinger will be one of the favorites in a couple weeks when it comes to the Charlotte road course. How he manages racing against drivers who are in the playoffs and how aggressive to push the issue for a spot: View the full article
