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NASCAR has red-flagged the event after issues with the curbing caused a massive incident late in the race. The curbing caused issues earlier in the race as debris was wedged beneath it. Following a late-race debris yellow in the same area, NASCAR worked on the curbing. Even so, the following restart quickly devolved into chaos. On the second lap of green-flag running, the curbing finally ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai Motorsport driver recorded a comfortable win at the Ypres Rally as the event made its long awaited debut on the WRC calendar this weekend. Neuville headed a Hyundai 1-2 finishing 30.7 seconds ahead of teammate Craig Breen to score his first win of the season, while ending Hyundai’s poor run of form that after unreliability and misfortune cost the team likely wins at the previous ...Keep readingView the full article

Maillet's body was found by the local police in her Luxembourg home, alongside the bodies of her husband and another woman, all three showing gunshot wounds. According to a statement issued by Luxembourg's public prosecutor, Maillet's husband is believed to have shot and killed both women before committing suicide. "At 00:10, the bodies of two women and one man were discovered by the police ...Keep readingView the full article

After having to abandon his first lap on the track in Round 1, Byron was among the first to hit the track in the final 10-minute session and set an average single-lap speed of 100.044 mph – the fastest lap of the weekend so far. The pole is Byron’s second of the 2021 season, in which there have only been six qualifying sessions so far. He also won the pole at Road America in ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota WRC driver has stated that he will be testing what he described as "the World Endurance Championship car" in Bahrain in November as he works towards his dream of competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ogier, 37, has given no other details of the test, but it appears that he was talking about the new-for-2021 Toyota GR010 Hybrid. Toyota has so far only confirmed that it is working ...Keep readingView the full article

The home hero has proved the class of the field as Rally Ypres made its debut on the WRC calendar, leading home a Hyundai one-two, 30.7s ahead of team-mate Craig Breen. It was an emotional victory for Neuville in front of a huge home crowd, his first WRC win since the Monte Carlo Rally in January last year and the first alongside new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe. The triumph also ended ...Keep readingView the full article

The local hero produced a faultless drive on the first run through Sunday’s stages, based around Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix venue Spa-Francorchamps. Neuville managed to increase his 10.1s overnight advantage to 14.9s, helped by a mistake for nearest rival and teammate Craig Breen, who clipped a bank on the day’s first stage. Only 4.3s covered Toyota trio Elfyn Evans, Kalle Rovanpera ...Keep readingView the full article

Stage 3 The final stage of the race went completely green with Ty Gibbs in control for the final restart. However, Austin Cindric was quickly able to overtake him and never looked back. Sam Mayer was battling teammate Elliott for position inside the top-five when the two came together. Mayer spun and slammed the tire barrier, but he was able to get the car off track and avoid a ...Keep readingView the full article

The local hero realistically needs to just complete Sunday’s remaining four stages, held around the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit, to claim his first victory since the Monte Carlo Rally last year and Hyundai’s first since February’s Arctic Rally Finland. Neuville has so far produced a faultless performance scoring seven stage wins to open up a 10.1s lead over team-mate Craig Breen ...Keep readingView the full article

Truex posted the top single-lap speed of 98.028 mph in the final minute of the session, which was extended by several minutes due to a late caution for Bubba Wallace going off course with a flat tire. William Byron ended up second-fastest and also posted his fast lap (97.479 mph) in the few additional minutes added to the session. Truex’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, was third ...Keep readingView the full article

Hyundai team boss Andrea Adamo issued orders to Neuville and Breen to bring the one-two result home earlier in the day, resulting in the pair reducing the risks taken on afternoon’s challenging tarmac stages. The pair duly followed orders although Neuville did rack up his sixth and seventh stage wins on the way to ending the loop 10.1s ahead of Breen. "Pleased to finish the day ...Keep readingView the full article

JR Motorsports driver Michael Annett had returned last weekend at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International to the No. 1 Chevrolet after missing three races while having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right femur. Annett participated in two laps of practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on Friday but on Saturday morning JRM announced he would not compete in the race this ...Keep readingView the full article

Neuville claimed the final stage of the morning to extend his lead over Breen to 6.8 seconds after witnessing his overnight advantage halve, as Breen won the opening two stages of the day. However, hopes of a Hyundai top three lock-out were dashed when Ott Tanak dropped from third to sixth overall after picking up a puncture on the first morning test. Toyota’s resurgence continued as Elfyn ...Keep readingView the full article

Katsuta was caught out by a compression on the high speed tarmac road during his run through the 12.49km Dikkebus stage, which triggered a frightening crash. His Yaris WRC car flicked wide into a ditch and sent into a series of violent pirouettes and rolls before clattering into a telegraph pole, which then fell and blocked the stage, forcing organisers to red flag the test. Katsuta and his ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric, who already has five wins on road courses in his NASCAR career, topped the practice 50-minute session with a best single-lap speed of 95.154 mph. It’s the second consecutive season the Xfinity Series has competed on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. Chase Briscoe won last year’s inaugural race while Cindric led half the 42 laps but ended up fifth. “I got a fast Ford ...Keep readingView the full article

The local hero produced a masterclass, dominating the evening loop of stages as the sun began to set in Belgium, winning all three tarmac tests to open up a 7.6s lead over Breen. Neuville and Breen proved the class of the field making the the most of their knowledge of Rally Ypres’ peculiar tarmac roads as previous event winners in 2018 and 2019 respectively. After winning the last stage ...Keep readingView the full article

The famous Belgian tarmac event has joined the WRC schedule for the first time this weekend adding to what has become a diverse 2021 calendar. To close out the rally on Sunday, organisers have created two stages away from the rally’s base in Ypres, incorporating the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The move has divided opinion among competitors given the two-hour plus drive from Ypres ...Keep readingView the full article

Local hero Neuville was embroiled in an enthralling battle with Breen, but after finishing second in the first three stages, a win on the final stage of the loop secured a 0.4s lead as crews returned to service. Hyundai has employed a “no stone unturned” approach to the event, completing four pre-event test days, and its preparation paid off by winning the opening quartet of ...Keep readingView the full article

The M-Sport Ford driver lost the rear of his Fiesta in a fast, long, left-hander, resulting in a high-speed crash almost within sight of the finish. Such was the violence of the crash the in-car cameras cut out. The car eventually came to rest in a ditch at the side of the muddy tarmac road in the 23.62km Kemmelberg stage. Fourmaux and co-driver Renaud Jamoul emerged from the incident ...Keep readingView the full article

The Korean marque has led the last four rallies, three of those comfortably, only for misfortune and reliability to strike resulting in rivals Toyota picking up the win. Suspension frailties struck Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak in Portugal, Sardinia and Safari, while a double puncture stymied pre-event favourite Tanak on home soil in Estonia last month. The team’s only win this season ...Keep readingView the full article

The championship’s top two are among a majority of WRC drivers tackling Ypres' famous asphalt roads for the first time this weekend as the famous Belgian event finally joins the WRC calendar. Ypres is known for its fast and narrow tarmac roads featuring several surface changes punctuated by several junctions that provide plenty of opportunities for cuts. These conditions, coupled with the ...Keep readingView the full article

Double MotoGP race winner Petrucci has lost his place at the Tech 3 team for 2022, along with teammate Iker Lecuona, to make way for Moto2 graduates Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner. Petrucci told Motorsport.com in an exclusive interview during the German Grand Prix weekend that, should he lose his place in MotoGP, he would like to switch to motorcycle rallying and targeted competing in the ...Keep readingView the full article

Friday, August 13th 5:35 a.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series practice (NBCSN) Saturday, August 14th 10:05 a.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying (NBC Sports App) 11:05 a.m. EST. – Cup practice (NBC Sports App) 4 p.m. EST. – NASCAR Xfinity Series race (NBCSN) What time is the NASCAR Cup race? The Cup race will take place Sunday following the IndyCar/Xfinity ...Keep readingView the full article

Papis, 51, was set to make his first NASCAR start since 2013 in this weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis road course. However, that return will have to wait as he has tested positive for COVID-19. “It’s always an unfortunate event when another driver has to be taken out of the car. I have a great respect for Max and all that he has done for the motorsport’s world ...Keep readingView the full article

The M-Sport Ford driver enlisted the services of the four-time Ypres winner and seven-time Belgian rally champion in the build up to the rally, which is a brand new event for Greensmith and many of the WRC field. The connection with Snijers, who won the Ypres event every year between 1991 and 1994, came via the Belgian wife of Greensmith’s co-driver Chris Patterson. Snijers has been ...Keep readingView the full article