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[motorsport] Britain among six events bidding to join 2022 WRC calendar
The WRC has been absent from Great Britain since 2019 after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of last year’s event amid reduced funding from the Welsh government. Rally GB then lost its place on last year’s schedule to Belgium’s Ypres Rally, which was eventually postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. After the cancellation of the 2020 event, a bid fronted by promoter Bobby Willis attempted ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR returns to indoor mask mandate at Watkins Glen
On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR issued an update to its covid protocols which states that beginning with this weekend’s ARCA and NASCAR races at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, it will require all personnel wear a face mask in enclosed areas at all times, regardless of vaccination status. Enclosed areas will include team haulers as well as buildings – including the media center, restrooms ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Suarez will race both in Nashville and Watkins Glen this weekend
Suárez will first head to Nashville, Tenn., where he will compete in Saturday’s Trans Am TA2 race as part of the inaugural Music City Grand Prix IndyCar Series weekend. Suárez, the 2016 Xfinity Series champion and first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race, will drive the No. 75 Chevrolet Camaro for Silver Hare Racing with sponsorship from Wesley Financial ...Keep readingView the full article
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[autosport] Trackhouse signs Chastain for 2022 NASCAR Cup season
Chastain will pilot the #1 Chevrolet Camaro alongside teammate Daniel Suarez in the No. 99 as the team expands to a two-car operation with the acquisition of CGR. The 28-year-old joined Ganassi full-time at the start of the 2021 season, scoring two top-fives and six top-tens with a career-best result of second at Nashville. He is currently 18th in the championship standings, just outside the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Trackhouse Racing confirms Ross Chastain for 2022 season
Chastain will pilot the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro alongside teammate Daniel Suarez in the No. 99 as the team expands to a two-car operation with the acquisition of CGR. Read Also: Chip Ganassi sells entire NASCAR team to Trackhouse Racing The 28-year-old joined Ganassi full-time at the start of the 2021 season, scoring two top-fives and six top-tens with a career-best result ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] R.C. Enerson to make NASCAR Cup debut at Watkins Glen
Enerson, 24, made his NASCAR debut in the Xfinity Series last year. He finished 20th at Road America, but is more well-known for his open-wheel endeavors. The Florida native is an Indy Lights winner and has four IndyCar starts, placing as high as ninth at Watkins Glen in 2016. Earlier this year, he attempted the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 with Top Gun Racing but missed the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Katsuta gets new WRC co-driver as injured Barritt continues recovery
Barritt was advised by doctors to withdraw from last month’s Rally Estonia following four stages after sustaining neck and back pain, that necessitated a trip to hospital for precautionary checks. While Toyota confirmed the Briton was ok following his hospital visit in Estonia, Barritt is a notable omission on the entry list for Rally Ypres from August 13-15. In Barritt’s place is ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Reconfiguration of Atlanta Motor Speedway is well underway
Within minutes of the conclusion of the July 11 race, AMS’ operations department began removing the foam inserts in the speedway’s SAFER barriers. A few days later, the steel portions of the barriers wrapped around the entire 1.54-mile outer wall had been meticulously removed. By July 19, the first chunks of asphalt were removed from Turn 1 of the speedway. Since then, all the asphalt in ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Prodrive reveals upgraded Dakar challenger
The FIA recently announced new T1+ regulations for the Dakar Rally in an attempt to help equalise the performance of the four and two wheel drive cars in the top T1 class. As a result of this and lessons learned from its Dakar debut in January, Prodrive has completed an overhaul of its BRX Hunter, resulting in several changes to the vehicles Sebastien Loeb and Nani Roma will drive next ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] The technical secrets behind Audi's 'electric' Dakar challenger
Audi Sport's project for the 2022 Dakar Rally is something so unique that it brought all its departments together to work on it. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented the crew from returning home for several months, the team led by Andreas Roos presented the RS Q e-tron 4x4 hybrid on July 23, more than five months ahead of its Dakar debut. The prototype with which Carlos Sainz ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Loeb: No plans at the moment for 2022 WRC return
The nine-time WRC champion last appeared in the championship in 2020 when the Frenchman joined Hyundai Motorsport for the Monte Carlo and Turkey rounds, finishing sixth and third respectively. This year is the first time since 2017 that Loeb has been absent from the championship as the most successful driver in WRC history has focussed on a Dakar rally programme with Prodrive, and a campaign in ...Keep readingView the full article
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[autosport] Karam to make NASCAR debut in Xfinity Series race at IMS
Karam will drive Jordan Anderson Racing’s #31 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series race on the IMS Road Course on 14 August, just the second time the series has competed on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile layout. The 26-year-old has made 24 IndyCar Series starts, including a seventh-place finish in this season’s Indianapolis 500 driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. He drove in a 12-race partial ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Karam to make NASCAR debut in Xfinity Series race at IMS
Karam will drive Jordan Anderson Racing’s No. 31 Chevrolet in the Aug. 14 Xfinity Series race on the IMS Road Course, just the second time the series has competed on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile layout. The 26-year-old native of Nazareth, Pa., has made 24 IndyCar Series starts, including a seventh-place finish in this season’s Indianapolis 500 driving for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. “It ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Ogier plans to help Toyota as much as possible with 2022 WRC car
The seven-time WRC champion is set to scale down his rally commitments in 2022 with the Frenchman only likely to undertake a partial campaign as the WRC welcomes its new hybrid Rally1 regulations. Ogier has stated a wish to remain within the Toyota group next year and has flagged a possible outing with the brand in the World Endurance Championship. While his plans for 2022 are yet to be ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Spain WRX: Kevin Hansen beats brother Timmy in Barcelona
The Team Hansen driver, who had claimed a debut win at the 2019 Abu Dhabi round in the stewards room post-race, crossed the finished line first at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after a close battle in the final with the highest qualifier, his brother Timmy Hansen, and triple World RX title-winner Johan Kristoffersson. The Hansen duo had topped the qualifying order, in part thanks to ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Spain WRX: Kristoffersson stripped of Day 1 lead
The Swede had topped the overall order having set the fastest time in each of the first two sessions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but Stewards Decision No.10 at 20.45 announced Car #1’s disqualification from Q1 for the FIA Data logger not being connected, and thus no data could be read by the FIA technical delegates after the session. The Stewards received a report from the FIA ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Spain WRX: Kristoffersson leads way on Audi debut
Starting from the outside grid slot in his Q1 race, Kristoffersson took an early joker lap then delivered what would be the fastest laps of the day to eventually overcome 2019 Drivers’ Champion Timmy Hansen for the race win, and the fastest time. Having headed the Q1 classification, ahead of Kevin Hansen and Timo Scheider, Kristoffersson and Timmy Hansen started on the inside of the grid in ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Sordo welcomes third WRC co-driver of 2021 after latest split
The Hyundai Motorsport driver has today announced that he has split with Borja Rozada, who only took over the seat earlier this year from long-time co-driver Carlos del Barrio, with whom he scored his three WRC wins. However, after only three events into their partnership, Sordo has confirmed that Rozada will be replaced by Candido Carrera, who has more than 30 WRC outings in the books. It ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Audi reveals electric-powered Dakar challenger
A small group of media, including Motorsport.com, were invited to Audi's motorsport facility 90km from Munich for a sneak peak into the electric-powered prototype, which follows the nomenclature of Audi's SUV range. The RS Q e-tron is 4.5m long, 2.3m wide and 1.95 high, with the massive intake located on the roof one of the most visibly striking elements on the car. Two spare tyres are ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] World RX postpones maiden Nurburgring round due to flooding
The event has been delayed due to the recent flooding disaster in central Europe with the venue and its facilities being used as an integral part of the relief effort in the region, specifically as a collection and distribution centre. The German round will therefore move from a July 31-August 1 date to become the final round of the series, on November 27-28. “Everybody has seen the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR suspends pair of Hendrick Motorsports executives
NASCAR issued a series of penalties to the Nos. 9 and 48 teams Thursday after discovering Hendrick used a sealed engine from the No. 9 Chevrolet of Chase Elliott in Alex Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last weekend. According to the Cup Series rulebook, “When the long block is sealed the engine must be used in the same vehicle number the next time it is ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Jack Roush is passing his baton but has 'no retirement plans'
While Roush, 79, has not been as visible as he once was, the longtime NASCAR owner made it clear this week that he still plans to play an active role in the organization’s ‘reset’ with the addition of Keselowski. “I welcome (Brad) as a partner and look forward to what we can do together. I’ve been asked to say that I’m passing my baton to him, which I am, but I still have one hand ...Keep readingView the full article
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Larry Mac on NASCAR officiating, no PJ1 at Loudon, and should Almirola be a playoff driver? | MCREYNOLDS RUNDOWN
On this episode of the McReynolds Rundown, Larry McReynolds discusses if NASCAR should move up start times to prevent race tracks, with no lights, be cut short, how the playoff grid works if there is more than 16 winners, eliminating traction compound, and answers your questions. View the full article
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[autosport] How Keselowski aims to emulate Stewart with move into ownership
That's a point not lost on 2012 Cup champion Keselowski, who at an official presentation announcing his long-anticipated team switch for 2022 on Tuesday went out of his way to compare his new driver/owner role at Roush to Tony Stewart’s move into a similar position at Haas CNC Racing in 2009. As Keselowski noted, Stewart was the same age (37) and had the same tally of career wins in the ...Keep readingView the full article
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Brad Keselowski to become part-owner of Roush-Fenway Racing in 2022
Brad Keselowski sits down with NASCAR RaceHub talk about him joining Roush-Fenway Racing in 2022 as a driver and part-owner. View the full article