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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ryan Blaney isn’t surprised to see non-playoff drivers win in the playoffs as what we saw in the first round of the Cup Series playoffs. View the full article

Joey Logano, speaking before the Bristol race, says the unpredictable nature of the Next Gen car leads to the non-playoff drivers winning races. View the full article

As expected, three crew members from the No. 12 car have been suspended for the next four races. This is because of a loose wheel that came off as Blaney exited his pit stall on Lap 92 of the 500-lap race. He had just hit the wall due to a flat tire and the team was scrambling as he brought the wounded car to pit road. After sending him back out, the left-rear wheel immediately came off and ...Keep readingView the full article

But this one was different. The playoffs opened with Erik Jones earning his third career win at Darlington in what was for sure a surprise, and it was quite the moment to see the iconic No. 43 back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2014. At Kansas the next week, Bubba Wallace scored his second career win and the third for 23XI Racing since it joined the Cup Series last year, which was ...Keep readingView the full article

The goal of the NASCAR playoffs' second round is survive and advance. Bob Pockrass looks at what each driver needs to do. View the full article

Kyle Larson said the second round is a “weird” group of tracks (Texas, Talladega, Charlotte road course). View the full article

Christopher Bell came up short at Bristol but he’s looking forward to Texas. Bell: “There would be no better place than Texas (to win) because that’s going to be a very important race.” View the full article

The Ford squad had planned to field four Ford Pumas for New Zealand’s return to the WRC schedule, with Fourmaux rejoining regulars Craig Breen and Gus Greensmith, alongside a privateer entry for Lorenzo Bertelli, on his return to the WRC. However, the British squad has today confirmed that it will no longer field an entry to be driven by Fourmaux and co-driver Alexandre Coria. The ...Keep readingView the full article

Elliott, who began the playoffs as the regular season champion and No. 1 seed, kicked off the 2022 playoffs by wrecking out of the opener at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, which left him with a 36th place finish. An 11th at Kansas a week later still had him in a precarious position in the Round 1 cutoff race Saturday night at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin Dillon doesn’t have any worries about Tyler Reddick maintaining focus on racing amid knowing he will lose his crew to Kyle Busch next season. View the full article

Why not just do a deal for Tyler Reddick to leave early instead of working to get a third charter? Richard Childress says: View the full article

Chase Elliott finished second at Bristol and can carry some momentum into the second round as the points leader. View the full article

Tyler Reddick on what the meeting was like with Richard Childress last week, his feelings on not knowing his crew (or possibly even his team) for next year and if 2023 is more a throw away year for him. View the full article