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The Team Penske driver is fresh off his first career win in the season-opening Daytona 500, beating out GMS Petty's Erik Jones for the top spot in qualifying. Several drivers including Chase Elliott, William Byron, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Aric Almirola had incidents during the session as these new cars continue to prove themselves difficult to drive. Read Also: Daytona 500 ...Keep readingView the full article

Daytona 500 champion Austin Cindric will be in excellent position Sunday to start the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series with two consecutive wins. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed (174.647 mph) in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. "There's so much learning and there's so much going on," Cindric said. "Overall, it ...Keep readingView the full article

As NASCAR teams try to get a handle on the new Next Gen car race car, several found the limit at the two-mile track just before qualifying. Kevin Harvick, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell all spun in separate incidents. Additionally, Ross Chastain crashed heavily. Read Also: Wrecks and spins mar NASCAR Cup series practice at Fontana Denny Hamlin was ...Keep readingView the full article

Saturday morning’s practice sessions were the first time NASCAR had been on track in Fontana, Calif., since March 2020 and it was the debut of the Next Generation race cars on a 2-mile oval. Overall, Hamlin was fastest among the two 15-minute sessions with an average lap speed of 173.414 mph. He was followed by Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Alex Bowman. Completing the top-10 ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick loses control of his Subway Ford and brings out the caution in Cup Series practice at Fontana. View the full article

Five minutes into Cup Series practice, Ross Chastain slams the wall suffering significant damage with Chris Buescher spinning out as well. View the full article

Rovanpera came under pressure from Evans as the latter closed to within 1.2s of the Finn, but a masterful display on the final two night stages extended Rovanpera’s lead to 8.3s Evans was lucky to end the day after a strange finish to the final stage. The Welshman was caught out by a snowbank on the final corner and was briefly stranded but amazingly had cut the time beam in the process of ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR now ventures to the West Coast, starting with Auto Club Speedway at Fontana this weekend before journeying to Las Vegas and Phoenix. These tracks are closer in layout to the intermediate ovals that NASCAR races on the most. Cindric admits he’s not yet confident that teams have got their arms around the new car just yet, and believes there are still some hurdles in front of the ...Keep readingView the full article

The No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford (Kevin Harvick), No. 6 RFK Racing Ford (Brad Keselowski), No. 12 Team Penske Ford (Ryan Blaney), No. 22 Team Penske Ford (Joey Logano), No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota (Bubba Wallace), and the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Ford (BJ McLeod) all failed inspection twice. The penalty will be the loss of pit selection and one crew member being ejected from the race ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera transformed a 4.3s deficit to overnight leader Neuville into a 4.8s advantage over Toyota teammate Elfyn Evans after Saturday morning’s loop of three stages. It was the fifth lead change of the event to date. Esapekka Lappi climbed to third some 12s adrift as the three Toyotas capitalised on Neuville’s struggles to find the grip and a costly error during the morning’s final ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak was firmly in the fight for the win having won two stages on Friday placing the 2019 world champion 1.1 seconds adrift of the lead when drama struck. Tanak had completed the final 10km of stage five with a hybrid issue, which then triggered a red warning light on his car that required him to stop on a road section. As per new Rally1 hybrid FIA regulations such a situation requires the ...Keep readingView the full article

The opening seven stages of the WRC's only snow rally provided a pulsating battle for the lead with six cars separated by approximately 10s for the majority of the day. However, a late surge from Neuville helped the Belgian snatch a 4.3s overnight lead over Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera, who briefly held the lead heading into the afternoon loop. Toyota's Elfyn Evans surged to the lead after ...Keep readingView the full article

The Next Gen car has only tested once on the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and that was a one-car test with William Byron in early March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought a three-month halt to the season. The car itself has gone through numerous changes since then, not to mention Byron was involved in a wreck during the test itself. The Cup Series didn’t race or ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera moved into the lead after winning stage 3 and capitalising on teammate Esapekka Lappi stalling his GR Yaris on stage 3, dropping the Finn from the lead to sixth overall. As a result, Rovanpera headed back to service with a 10.4s lead over Solberg, who headed a strong start for Hyundai on the high-speed snowy roads. Elfyn Evans held third spot, 1.2s further back, despite ...Keep readingView the full article

The M-Sport driver rode his luck on early in Stage 2 when he clipped a snowbank that pitched his Ford Puma into a spin, 4.7km into the 27.8km test. Breen was able to reverse out of the snowbank to rejoin the stage after dropping 28s, but worse was to follow minutes later. The Irishman misjudged a high-speed section, resulting in his Puma ploughing through a snowbank. With his car buried ...Keep readingView the full article

Truex, the younger brother of NASCAR Cup Series star Martin Truex Jr., ran several races for JGR in Xfinity in both the 2011 and 2012 season. JGR announced Thursday that Truex, 29, will drive four races this season in the team’s No. 18 Toyota. Truex’s first race will be March 5 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He is also scheduled to drive the No. 18 Toyota April 8 at Martinsville, Va.; May ...Keep readingView the full article

The Frenchman is eager to kickstart his 2022 season in Sweden this weekend after an error resulted in a frightening crash on the third stage in Monte Carlo last month. Fourmaux and co-driver Alexandre Coria were lucky to walk way without injury after their Ford Puma was catapulted into ravine after a collision with a rock face. Such was the damage to the car, the team elected to build up a ...Keep readingView the full article

This weekend's Sweden event will be held in the brand new location of Umea, approximately 800km north of the event's previous home in Karlstad. The move north means drivers will face 17 new stages that appear to be much faster than previous snow rallies, courtesy of a number of long straights which connect technical and narrow sections. This combination has led several drivers to label this ...Keep readingView the full article

Michael McDowell said he won’t be able to help rookie (and teammate) Todd Gilliland much this weekend at Fontana with a new car and limited practice time. View the full article

Christopher Bell likens the new practice format to hot laps at a dirt track. Bell is used to hot laps and that’s better than no practice, which he has had for most of his first two years in Cup. View the full article

The motorsport governing body issued a statement on Wednesday night in response to racist comments made on social media directed at Kenyan driver Kimathi. The 27-year-old, named after WRC great and 1995 champion Colin McRae, is set to join the first rung on the WRC ladder this weekend, having made a name for himself in the African rally scene winning last year’s junior title. This weekend ...Keep readingView the full article

Both the No. 31 Kaulig Racing and The No. 50 The Money Team Racing entries have been issued penalties after wheel-related failures during the Daytona 500. In the case of TMTR's Kaz Grala, the car completely lost a wheel which then bounced across the track and forced several drivers to take evasive maneuvers. Justin Haley's Kaulig Racing crew chief Trent Owens, as well crew members ...Keep readingView the full article

The French carmaker has a rich history in rallying having competed in the WRC with its iconic A110 in the 1960 and 1970s. It has recently returned to the arena with a rally version of its new A110 model which is eligible to compete in the R-GT class. Speaking to selected media at Alpine’s Formula 1 launch this week, Luca De Meo CEO of Renault confirmed the brand’s motorsport’s arm Alpine ...Keep readingView the full article

How to watch NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway Both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series will be on track this weekend for Round 2 of the 2022 season. Rookie Austin Cindric heads into the race as the newly crowned Daytona 500 winner with another first-time winner, Austin Hill, taking the checkered flag in the NXS season-opener at Daytona. Here's how and where to watch all the on-track ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2019 and 2020 WRC manufacturers’ champions left Monte Carlo facing a myriad of problems to fix on its all-new i20 N Rally1 machine after a nightmare start to the new hybrid era. Thierry Neuville was the only Hyundai to reach the finish in a lowly sixth after recovering from broken front right suspension and handling issues. Teammate Ott Tanak retired after sliding into a rock face, having ...Keep readingView the full article