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The No. 4 Ford of Harvick and No. 19 Toyota were both taken back to NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C., for further inspection following last Sunday’s Cup Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Harvick’s crew chief, Rodney Childers, has been suspended four races and fined $100,000 for modification of a single-source supplied part found on the No. 4 ...Keep readingView the full article

Christopher Bell felt his team had championship speed long before those of us in the media recognized it. He has seen it all year. View the full article

Christopher Bell has always been a win-or-bust kind of racer. He’s learning the nuances of playoff racing and the benefits of getting the best finish and points possible View the full article

Smith, 20, who has been a part of Toyota’s driver development program for several years, has agreed to a multi-year deal and will drive Kaulig’s No. 16 Chevrolet fulltime in 2023. Smith will replace A.J. Allmendinger, who announced Wednesday will return to fulltime competition in the Cup Series next year with Kaulig. Read Also: A.J. Allmendinger returns to fulltime Cup racing with ...Keep readingView the full article

The organization announced on Wednesday that Allmendinger, 40, will compete fulltime in 2023 in Cup driving its No. 16 Chevrolet. Allmendinger has been running fulltime in the Xfinity Series for Kaulig Racing the past two seasons while also making a number of Cup Series starts. Read Also: Chandler Smith moving up to Xfinity in 2023 with Kaulig Racing “Through all the ...Keep readingView the full article

The eight-time world champion elected to scale down his WRC commitments this year in order to spend more time with his family and to explore opportunities in the FIAWorld Endurance Championship. As a result, Ogier is set to compete in six WRC events this year piloting the third GR Yaris which he has shared with Esapekka Lappi. A full season competing in a LMP2 prototype in the WEC was also ...Keep readingView the full article

The 44-year-old has become a familiar voice in the WRC, enjoying a top flight rally career that began in Spain alongside Donie O’Sullivan in 2004, and will coincidently end at the same rally, which will mark his 102nd event. Nagle went on to win five WRC rallies, all alongside Kris Meeke, and score 18 podiums, his last to date being a second in Sardinia while calling the notes for M-Sport’s ...Keep readingView the full article

Bowman, 29, crashed on lap 97 of the 334-lap 25 September race at Texas Motor Speedway. Although damaged, he continued on and finished the race. A few days later, he announced plans to skip the Cup race at Talladega after experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Bowman, who was already below the cut line before being sidelined, had hoped to return for the Round of 12 cut-off race at the ...Keep readingView the full article

Bowman, 29, crashed on Lap 97 of the 334-lap race at Texas Motor Speedway on September 25th. Although damaged, he continued on and finished the race. A few days later, he announced plans to skip the Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway after experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Read Also: Rick Hendrick: "We don't want (the drivers) hurt" Elliott: "There's no excuse for ...Keep readingView the full article

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