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Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe were able to cruise to the finish 15.0s ahead of Ott Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja, after the Hyundai motorsport president Sean Kim told its drivers to hold positions to safeguard a first WRC 1-2-3. Despite the order preventing Tanak from claiming the maximum points to boost his slim championship hopes, the Estonian won the final powerstage to ...Keep readingView the full article

Neuville started the final service of the rally with a 29.3s lead over Tanak after Hyundai management told its drivers to hold positions ahead of the morning’s second stage. Hyundai’s Dani Sordo completed a solid drive to remain third with the position further cemented after Toyota’s difficult Acropolis continued when Elfyn Evans was forced to retire from fourth. Evans demise elevated ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch answers Bob Pockrass on whether he is headed to RCR next year. View the full article

After holding off fellow JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier for the Stage 2 victory, rain began falling around the speedway and the race was halted after 93 of 200 laps. Since the race had already seen the first two stages completed or the halfway distance reached, it was official and at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET, NASCAR decided conditions would not improve the rest of the day and ...Keep readingView the full article

Noah Gragson wins the rain-shortened race at Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. View the full article

In a move that would shake up the Cup Series landscape, Kyle Busch appears set to leave JGR and Toyota after this season. View the full article

The Ford squad appeared set to challenge for a second win of the World Rally Championship season with nine-time world champion and 2022 Monte Carlo winner Loeb leading team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet, after the pair shared the spoils in Friday’s six stages. However, the team’s victory and podium hopes unravelled on Saturday as four of its five cars hit trouble during the day’s six ...Keep readingView the full article

Reddick, was fastest in Saturday’s practice session, was the last of 10 cars to qualify in the final round and rocketed to the top with an average lap speed of 180.608 mph. The pole is the second this season for Reddick and third of his career. His two previous poles in the Cup Series have come on road courses. “Oh man, I think we’re in pretty good shape,” said Reddick, who is ...Keep readingView the full article

Tanak heads into final day of the Greek gravel rally sitting 27.9s behind team-mate and rally leader Neuville following an eventful Saturday that shook up the leaderboard. Neuville, Tanak and team-mate Dani Sordo started the day sitting fourth, fifth and sixth overall, but now lockout the podium places after drama struck the overnight top three of Sebastien Loeb, Pierre-Louis Loubet and ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick’s #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford caught fire during last weekend’s first playoff race at Darlington, despite no crash damage or contact with the wall. Flames erupted out underneath both sides of the car and came in through his dashboard at one point, causing the 2014 champion to retire and be classified 33rd. After he vocally took NASCAR to task following the incident, NASCAR ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick’s No. 4 Ford caught fire during last weekend’s race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway despite no crash damage or contact with the wall. Flames erupted out underneath both sides of the car and came in through his dashboard at one point. After vocally taking NASCAR to task following the incident, NASCAR mandated several changes to the car’s chassis this week that went into effect this ...Keep readingView the full article

Group A Christopher Bell topped the leaderboard in Group A at 178.412mph, which put him third overall. Bubba Wallace, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher, and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-five in the first group. In the closing moments, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lost a right-rear tire and hit the outside wall in Turn 3. The team was able to repair the damage in time for qualifying. Blaney ...Keep readingView the full article

After starting the day in fourth, Neuville survived Saturday’s six stages to hold a 27.9s margin over teammate Tanak, who inherited second following Esapekka Lappi’s retirement on the penultimate stage. A mechanical issue for Lappi’s Toyota handed Hyundai a 1-2-3 with Dani Sordo 52.9s back in third, as the South Korean marque clean swept Saturday’s stages. The leaderboard suffered a ...Keep readingView the full article

Loeb started the morning with a 1.7s lead over Loubet after the pair shared the spoils across Friday's six stages. The rally leader and nine-time world champion made a strong start to the day by posting the second fastest time on the morning's 33.2km test (Stage 8) to maintain his lead. That advantage extended to 19.0s over Hyundai's Thierry Neuville, who managed to leapfrog Loubet. However ...Keep readingView the full article

Hocevar, who had struggled much of the race, made his final stop for gas on Lap 80 of 134 and tried to hang to the end and grab the win, which would be his only way to move on in the playoffs. It nearly worked. Nemechek, the first car on new tires, moved into second and eight seconds behind with 14 laps remaining. On the final lap, Nemechek easily got around Hocevar to reclaim the lead ...Keep readingView the full article

John Hunter Nemechek passes Carson Hocevar on the final lap in turn 1 to win at Kansas and knock Hocevar out of the Truck Series playoffs. View the full article

The Kiwi will continue his association with Hyundai New Zealand for his home World Rally Championship round, while the car also features increased backing from Repco. The automotive parts retailer is also the naming rights backer of what will be the first WRC round in New Zealand in a decade. Paddon and long-time co-driver John Kennard are part of a 12-car WRC2 field that also includes ...Keep readingView the full article

Nine-time world champion Loeb found himself locked in a fight with his younger team-mate Loubet across Friday’s six stages as the rally lead swung between the two Ford Puma drivers. A hat-trick of stages wins in the morning pushed Loeb into the lead before Loubet capitalised on an error from his rival to claim a maiden WRC stage win on Stage 5. The victory elevated the Frenchman to the rally ...Keep readingView the full article

The nine-time world champion, making a return to the World Rally Championship this weekend, ended the day with a 1.7s advantage as fellow Ford Puma driver Loubet produced the best performance of his WRC career to date. Loeb claimed a hat-trick of stage wins during the morning stages to move into the rally lead, but an error in the afternoon helped open the door for Loubet to claim a maiden WRC ...Keep readingView the full article

Few playoff drivers escaped the playoff-opener at Darlington Raceway unscathed. Four title challengers finished 27th or worse while others, like Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson, spent the entire race trying to rebound from early issues. Regular season champion Chase Elliott was the first to exit the event and finished in last-place. Martin Truex Jr. may have missed the playoffs, but he was ...Keep readingView the full article

The nine-time world champion benefitted from an advantageous road position on the dusty gravel stages, but once again showed his class to win all three stages of the morning loop. The 48-year-old, partnered by Isabelle Galmiche, became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event eclipsing the record perviously held by 1979 world champion Bjorn Waldegard set in 1991. Sitting seventh overnight, the ...Keep readingView the full article

Let the games begin — all of them. Thursday's NFL opener is just the beginning of a seemingly never-ending stretch of sports, Martin Rogers writes. View the full article

Dale Earnhardt Jr. explains how he ended up racing a late model stock car as part of the revival of North Wilkesboro Speedway, which will have dirt races in October after the asphalt is torn up and before it is resurfaced. View the full article

"I almost wanted to cry. It was so emotional." Dale Earnhardt Jr. describes the feeling of racing again at North Wilkesboro Speedway. View the full article

NASCAR announced Thursday that it will return to historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2023. Bob Pockrass breaks down what you need to know. View the full article