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Blaney grabbed the lead with eight of 200 laps remaining thanks to a giant push from Kyle Busch and it appeared there would be plenty of time for Larson and Byron – or both – to mount a challenge to Blaney for the win. After all, Larson led the most laps in the race (70) and Byron led 18 while Blaney had reached the front for just the first time all day. Denny Hamlin tried to push the ...Keep readingView the full article

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William Byron led the way on a restart with eight of 200 laps remaining of Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 and Blaney was the first car to pick the inside lane on the restart. When the race went green, Kyle Busch pulled up behind Blaney and gave him a huge push that shot up past Byron and into a big lead entering Turn 1. Blaney then deftly held off repeated charges from Byron and Kyle ...Keep readingView the full article

The two drivers were battling for sixth place at the conclusion of the second stage. Dillon, who is fighting for a playoff spot, was trying to score as many stage points as possible. He got a run to the inside and beat Keselowski to the line. It was after the green-and-white checkered flag that things went wrong. Dillon came up off the apron, anticipating that Keselowski would give him ...Keep readingView the full article

2019 champion Hansen topped the Intermediate classification to land pole position for semi-final one, a race that he led from lights to flag to secure the front row for the all-important final. Just like on day one, the Swede hadn’t had things all his own way in qualifying on Sunday, as Dutchman Kevin Abbring and then Q1 winner Johan Kristoffersson set the fastest times. But thanks to ...Keep readingView the full article

Allmendinger fended off charge after charge on three consecutive two-lap overtimes and finally came away with the win Saturday, holding off Brandon Jones for his third Xfinity Series win of the 2021 season. On the final overtime restart, Allmendinger had Noah Gragson lined up alongside him and Jones behind him. Jones gave him a shove to clear for the lead but could not complete a pass for the ...Keep readingView the full article

However, by virtue of Hansen beating Kristoffersson in a head-to-head battle in Q2, the 2019 World RX title winner sits top of the order. Triple and defending World RX Champion Kristoffersson made the best launch from the same Q1 race as Hansen and led throughout, defending his track position despite a big push from Hansen behind, who had taken an early joker. While the joker merge on the ...Keep readingView the full article

It was a dominant showing for Creed, who won all stages and led 142 of 163 laps on his way to the race win. But it wasn't easy. Creed appeared to be cruising to the race win in the closing laps until a late-race yellow for a spin by Tanner Gray set up a two-lap dash to the checkered flag in overtime. Creed chose the top, while Matt Crafton took the bottom for the final restart. It paid off ...Keep readingView the full article

Japan is set to host the championship’s final round from 11-14 November although the rising number of COVID-19 cases has resulted in confirmation this week that October’s Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix will be cancelled for a second consecutive year. MotoGP has already scrubbed its Japanese GP from its calendar earlier this year before this week’s decision to cancel the Malaysian Grand ...Keep readingView the full article

What time is the NASCAR race? There are just two more opportunities for drivers outside the playoffs to race their way into the postseason. The next chance comes this Sunday at the two-mile Michigan race track. Race: FireKeepers Casino 400 Date: Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 Start time: 3 p.m. EST. Location: Michigan International Speedway Kevin Harvick, who has ...Keep readingView the full article

Nemechek, 24, is the top seed entering the Camping World Truck Series playoffs Friday night when they kickoff at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. Driving in his first season for Kyle Busch Motorsports, Nemechek has led more laps (487), has more wins (five) and more playoff points (49) than another other contender but doesn’t intend to take anything for granted. “It’s ...Keep readingView the full article

The Spire Motorsports driver will be replaced in the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro by Josh Berry in Sunday's race. LaJoie is 29th in the championship standings after a 16th-place finish at the Indianapolis Road Course. He was going to start 24th at MIS. Berry will be pulling double duty as he replaces Michael Annett in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race. Annett continues to recover from a leg ...Keep readingView the full article

Rhodes, who has two wins this season and is seeded third in the 10-driver playoff, believes the competition in the series of late has been far more intense. “I’m really aggressive with the truck. I try to be at least, and that’s just product of the racing. The field is so close now with these Ilmor motors. Everybody is very close and passing now is so hard,” Rhodes ...Keep readingView the full article

In response to the increased quantity of cases, NASCAR reintroduced a policy to require all team personnel and media wear a face mask in enclosed areas of the track at all times, regardless of vaccination status. This week, NASCAR has announced several additional changes – effective with this weekend’s races at World Wide Technology Raceway (Trucks) and Michigan International Speedway ...Keep readingView the full article

On Aug. 3, NASCAR reinstituted a policy to require all team personnel and media wear a face mask in enclosed areas of the track at all times, regardless of vaccination status. On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR made several additional changes – effective with this weekend’s races at World Wide Technology Raceway (Trucks) and Michigan International Speedway (Xfinity and Cup series). Among the ...Keep readingView the full article

Top Performer - Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe It's an obvious choice, but it is impossible to overlook Ypres Rally winners Thierry Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe. They were supreme in every department. The Hyundai Motorsport pair were under huge pressure to deliver in front of a expectant home crowd, heading into the event as overwhelming favourites given their knowledge of ...Keep readingView the full article

Bakkerud tied on points for the World RX crown in 2019, but lost the title on countback. Now he will race in the FIA European Rallycross Championship season opener that features on the World RX bill this weekend in an ES Motorsport Skoda Fabia. Having been one of three drivers to have contested every World RX event since the series' inception in 2014 until the start of 2021, Bakkerud returns ...Keep readingView the full article

The current manufacturers' championship leaders were soundly beaten on Belgium's WRC debut, as rival Hyundai ended its victory drought with a comfortable one-two headed by local hero Thierry Neuville. Ypres' unique fast and narrow tarmac roads, lined with cuts and deep ditches, favoured those with previous experience of the rally as evidenced by 2018 and 2019 event winners Neuville and Craig ...Keep readingView the full article

Wallace, who competes fulltime in the Cup Series for 23XI Racing, will drive Hattori Racing Enterprises’ No. 61 Toyota in Saturday Xfinity race at Michigan International Speedway. HRE’s Truck series driver, Austin Hill, was originally scheduled to run the race but will instead focus on the start of the Truck Series playoffs Friday night at World Wide Technology Raceway. Wallace, 27, has ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson kicked off the weekend in a big way, winning the Knoxville Nationals for the first time Saturday night. Just a few hours later, the Hendrick Motorsports driver then qualified fourth and went on to lead the most laps at IMS, but victory eluded him. A late-race caution put him a couple rows back for the restart, and the chaos that soon erupted would rob him of a chance at the ...Keep readingView the full article

JR Motorsports announced on Monday that Berry, 30, will compete fulltime in the Xfinity Series in 2022, driving the organization’s No. 8 Chevrolet. Berry has a long history with JRM, having competed for its Late Model program for 11 years, earning 89 wins and several championships along the way, including the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series championship in 2020, a CARS LMSC driver ...Keep readingView the full article

The Korean marque ended its WRC victory drought in style as Thierry Neuville led home Craig Breen to score a one-two at last weekend's event in Belgium. It was Hyundai's first win since Ott Tanak's triumph at February's Arctic Rally Finland and arrives after the team witnessed likely wins slip from their grasp in the previous four rallies. Hyundai has proved it has the fastest package this ...Keep readingView the full article

It didn’t end well for either. Entering Turn 1 of the second overtime, Hamlin led the way and Briscoe, who lined up second on the final restart, made it to the outside of Hamlin in attempt to pass for the lead. Instead, Briscoe ran off the course, cut across the grass and reemerged on the track entering Turn 3 and briefly ahead of Hamlin. NASCAR immediately assessed Briscoe a ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin led the way entering the second, two-lap overtime but Chase Briscoe ran off course and cut the track and was immediately handed a penalty by NASCAR. Briscoe, however, continued racing on the track and battled Hamlin hard for the lead, hitting him in the right-rear corner and spinning him. Allmendinger, running third at the time, inherited the lead and ended up holding off Ryan ...Keep readingView the full article

Denny Hamlin led the way entering the second, two-lap overtime but Chase Briscoe ran off course and cut the track and was immediately assessed a penalty by NASCAR. Briscoe, however, continued racing on the track and raced Hamlin hard for the lead, hit him in the right-rear corner and ended up turning him. Allmendinger, running third at the time, inherited the lead and ended up ...Keep readingView the full article