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Neuville blitzed the 1.95km side-by-side tarmac test in front of a bumper 60,000 crowd on Thursday night, seeing off Toyota’s Elfyn Evans in their head-to-head contest to post a time 0.1s faster than WRC2 star Teemu Suninen, who set the early benchmark. The return of the Olympic Stadium super special for the first time since 2006 proved to be a hit with the drivers and particularly ...Keep readingView the full article

The nine-time world rally champion returned to the WRC this year with M-Sport Ford for what was initially a one-off appearance at Monte Carlo in January, which he subsequently won alongside Isabelle Galmiche to net an 80th career WRC win. Since the triumph, Loeb has made appearances in Portugal and Kenya with this weekend’s outing at the Acropolis Rally his fourth for the British team. It is ...Keep readingView the full article

Still seeking his first championship as a driver, Denny Hamlin is also wearing the owner hat in the playoffs, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

North Wilkesboro Speedway, opened in 1947, was one of the eight tracks on the original NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 1949. Won by Bob Flock, the then-dirt track eventually shifted to asphalt in 1957. It continued to host the Cup Series until 1996. That 93rd and final race was won by Jeff Gordon. Its recent revival, partly due to $18 million dollars (used towards rebuilding ...Keep readingView the full article

The Japanese manufacturer shuffled its driver roster this season after eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier elected to scale back his WRC commitments to a partial campaign to spend more time with family and explore opportunities in sportscar racing. The decision resulted in Toyota signing Lappi to share the third GR Yaris with Ogier for the 2022 campaign. It was a move that brought Lappi ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota star has dominated the 2022 season, earning the 21-year-old the opportunity to become the WRC's youngest-ever world champion. Rovanpera can eclipse the record set in 1995 by Colin McRae, who was aged 27 when he claimed the title for Subaru if the Finn can outscore Hyundai rival Ott Tanak by 18 points on the Acropolis rally's rough gravel stages. Such has been Rovanpera's dominance ...Keep readingView the full article

Earlier this year, Speedway Motorsports announced that North Wilkesboro would host two months of racing in 2022 featuring multiple lower racing series, first in August on pavement and then again in October on a dirt surface. The track’s surface repaving – part of Speedway Motorsports’ planned multi-million-dollar renovation project – was originally scheduled to take place sometime in ...Keep readingView the full article

Chase Elliott on his Darlington wreck and it could play in his head as far as how hard he races on the edge at Kansas: “I’m going to do what I think is right and what my gut is feeling inside the car.” View the full article

Kyle Larson slapped the wall a few times at Kansas earlier this year and still finished second. Can he take that same aggressive approach in the playoffs? His philosophy: View the full article

At Darlington, Kevin Harvick's car burst into flames due to apparent rubber build-up on the headers that ignited. Other cars have caught fire in recent weeks, although for varying reasons. Another issue seems to be the exhaust getting moved/bent after contact, and catching the foam inside the door panel aflame. After Chris Buescher and Joey Logano's fires at ...Keep readingView the full article

Sebastiens Loeb and Ogier have re-written most of the World Rally Championship’s record book over the last 20 years. But when it comes to the Acropolis Rally the pair remain in the dust trail of Colin McRae, who remains the Acropolis master. Twenty years ago, the 1995 world champion conquered Europe’s toughest and most gruelling rally for a record fifth time in seven years to firmly stamp ...Keep readingView the full article

Elliott, who entered last weekend’s playoff opener at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway as the No. 1 seed, ended up being the first driver out of the race. On Lap 113 of 367, Elliott spun in Turn 1 and hit the wall, then got into Chase Briscoe as he slid down back across the track. The damage on the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was not repairable. Before the race was halfway over, Elliott ...Keep readingView the full article

Harvick was forced to retire from the first race of the NASCAR Cup playoffs in Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington when his #4 Stewart-Haas Ford caught fire on lap 276 of 367. The 2014 Cup champion safely exited the vehicle, which quickly became engulfed by smoke and fire, and was classified a disappointing 33rd to leave him in danger of elimination from the playoffs' round of ...Keep readingView the full article

On Lap 276 of 367 in Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, fire erupted first out of the right side of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford and then the left, which forced him to bring the car to a stop at the bottom of Turn 1. Harvick safely exited the vehicle which quickly became engulfed by smoke and fire. Harvick had not experienced any issues with his engine prior nor suffered any ...Keep readingView the full article

Audi became the first major manufacturer to embrace Dakar's new T1U regulations for electric and hybrid cars earlier this year when it entered a trio of RS Q e-trons for Stephane Peterhansel, Carlos Sainz and Mattias Ekstrom. Despite the scale of challenge involved, Audi's maiden outing the Saudi Arabia-based rally-raid was largely a success, yielding four stage wins and a spot inside the ...Keep readingView the full article

Erik Jones on his conversation with Richard Petty after earning the 200th win for the No. 43 car and also whether the victory Sunday made up for not making the playoffs View the full article

In a race where many playoff drivers encountered misfortune, Logano did well to avoid trouble. He of course still had his moments, including door-to-door contact with Christopher Bell exiting Turn 2. But overall, it was a good day for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford. After starting from pole position, he led 64 laps en route to a fourth-place finish, collecting a handful of stage points as ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Larson explains what he felt when he had an engine issue early in the Darlington race. View the full article

Fast Thoughts with Bob Pockrass: The Next Gen car and NASCAR's playoff format are a recipe for frustration when suspected parts fail View the full article

Kyle Busch on coming so close but having an engine failure end his night 23 laps early. View the full article

Denny Hamlin explains his strategy over the final laps as he hoped to pass Erik Jones for the win View the full article

Alex Bowman sums up his 10th-place day at Darlington. View the full article

William Byron’s eighth-place finish at Darlington was just his second top-10 in 19 races since his win at Martinsville. He’s second in the Cup standings. View the full article

William Byron and Alex Bowman came out strong in the playoff opener, while Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson had races to forget, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article

Harvick spent the first part of Sunday’s race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway recovering from a bad first pit stop but eventually made his way into the top-10 in Stage 3. But on Lap 276, fire erupted out of both sides of the underside of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford which forced Harvick to bring it to a stop at the bottom of Turn 1. Harvick safely exited the vehicle which quickly became engulfed by ...Keep readingView the full article