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Rovanpera ended Saturday in the box seat to become the youngest ever WRC rally winner after a dominant display on Estonia’s fast and flowing gravel stages. The 20-year-old transformed an overnight 8.5s lead over Hyundai’s Craig Breen into a 50.7s advantage heading into the final day on Sunday. Rovanpera produced one of the drives of the season to blitz the field in the brand new Peipsiaare ...Keep readingView the full article

After an impressive morning of attacking driving, the Toyota driver elected for a measured approach across the afternoon gravel stages, but the 20-year-old Finn still managed to increase his lead over Breen to 50.7 seconds. "It was really great day. Yesterday the gap felt small and today we could effect it much bigger," said Rovanpera, who is on the verge of becoming the WRC's youngest ever ...Keep readingView the full article

The championship contender has struggled to match the pace of his Toyota teammates, rally leader Kalle Rovanpera and fourth-placed Sebastien Ogier, which has left him almost two minutes adrift of the lead in fifth. Evans made a costly mistake on Friday's second stage when he overshot two junctions and stalled the car losing 12 seconds in the process. Since then the Welshman has struggled to ...Keep readingView the full article

Gunning for a maiden WRC win, the Toyota driver was simply untouchable at times as he made light work of a run of brand new stages. Extra work on pace notes paid off as Rovanpera blitzed the field in the opening test to record a memorable stage win. The 20-year-old went on to more than treble his overnight rally advantage over the impressive mistake free Breen from 8.5s to a commanding ...Keep readingView the full article

Team Penske announced Thursday that Keselowski would be leaving the organization at season’s end to pursue other opportunities and reigning Xfinity Series champion Austin Cindric will take over Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford beginning with the 2022 Cup season. Motorsport.com reported in May that Keselowski had been offered ownership in Roush-Fenway Racing and the organization would be renamed ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera produced a dominant yet brave display, with Breen, on his return to the WRC, the only driver able to compete and live with the Finn’s pace. Three of the four stages went the way of Rovanpera’s Toyota as Breen claimed the other test win in a hotly-contested fight at the front. As a result, Rovanpera ended the day with a 8.5s lead over Breen, while a surge from Hyundai teammate ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota pairing had made a strong start to the seventh round of the World Rally Championship on the fast and jump laded Estonian gravel roads before drama stuck. Katsuta and Barritt were sitting third overall after stage four but the pair were forced to stop on the road section to stage five when Barritt reported neck and back pain. Barritt was then transferred to hospital for treatment ...Keep readingView the full article

Ogier has confirmed he won't contest a full season in WRC next year, as the series begins its new hybrid era, and is eyeing opportunities in circuit racing with WEC and the Le Mans 24 Hours top of the list. The Frenchman flagged earlier this year that whatever happens in 2022 he would like to remain within the Toyota team in some guise. He could contest a half WRC season or run as few as two ...Keep readingView the full article

Toyota driver Rovanpera won three of the four stages to open up a 0.2s lead over Hyundai’s Craig Breen, who was twice awarded notional stage times by officials. Breen was held up by dust created from a slowing Gus Greensmith, whose M-Sport Ford had a technical issue, and on the following stage he was slowed by a marshal standing in the middle of the road to warn him that Greensmith had pulled ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai driver started the day by winning the opening stage to take the overall rally lead, but his rally began to unravel on the second test of the day when he suffered a front right puncture. Tanak was running strongly when his Pirelli tyre appeared to delaminate, ripping bodywork from the front of his i20 halfway through the 17.05km stage. The Estonian managed to reach the end of the ...Keep readingView the full article

Burton, 20, is the fourth member of his family to make it to the top level of NASCAR. In fact, he made his debut earlier this year at Talladega where he finished 20th. His father Jeff won 21 times in a Cup career spanning over two decades while his uncle Ward won five races including the 2002 Daytona 500. His cousin Jeb, who he currently competes against in the Xifinity Series, also has 33 ...Keep readingView the full article

The Finn, who topped the day’s earlier shakedown, clocked a best time of 1m42.8s following his run through the tight and technical 1.64km gravel stage in front of a big crowd. “This is one of the rallies where I like to drive and like to push, so hopefully we can fight," said Rovanpera. Hyundai’s Craig Breen emerged as Rovanpera’s nearest rival ending the stage 0.1s adrift, as the ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2012 Cup series champion, who gave Penske its first title in NASCAR's premier division, has driven for the team since the end of 2009 following his breakthrough victory at Talladega earlier that year with Phoenix Racing. But following speculation that he will become a co-owner in a new Roush-Fenway-Keselowski Cup team, it was announced earlier today that Keselowski will depart Team Penske ...Keep readingView the full article

In a statement, Keselowski said his time driving for Roger Penske’s team was a “tremendous opportunity” and that he was proud of their success together. He also wished his successor Austin Cindric “all the best” as he takes over Penske’s famed No.2 car in 2022. Read Also: Penske confirms Keselowski NASCAR Cup exit, Cindric to drive No. 2 in 2022 On the subject ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric was previously announced as transitioning to the Cup Series full-time next season, driving the #21 Wood Brothers Ford, but Harrison Burton will now take that seat next year. Penske said 2012 Cup Series champion Keselowski was leaving the team “to pursue other opportunities within the sport”, which opens the door to the potential Roush-Fenway-Keselowski deal that Autosport revealed ...Keep readingView the full article

Cindric was previously believed to be transitioning to the Cup Series full-time next season driving the No. 21 for Wood Brothers Racing, but Harrison Burton will now take that seat next year. Penske said Keselowski was leaving the team “to pursue other opportunities within the sport”, which opens the door to the potential Roush-Fenway-Keselowski deal that Motorsport.com revealed in ...Keep readingView the full article

Evans is out of contract come the end of the current season, having joined Toyota from M-Sport Ford for the 2020 season, narrowly missing out on winning the championship. The Welshman has maintained that he is happy at Toyota but had emerged as a potential target for M-Sport for next season. However, it appears Evans is set to stay at Toyota for 2022 alongside rising star Kalle ...Keep readingView the full article

The Belgian suffered the heartbreak of a suspension failure on the final day of the Safari Rally last month, robbing him the chance of a likely victory, which would have been his first triumph since Monte Carlo last year. It was the third rally in a row that Hyundai had suffered a rear suspension failure while one of its drivers was leading comfortably, resulting in boss Andrea Adamo vowing to ...Keep readingView the full article

Plenty is still to be revealed for the game, including the official name, but there have been some tidbits confirmed. It’s known that after Studio 397’s acquisition earlier in the year that rFactor 2 physics will be the basis for the new NASCAR title. With five sparkly new images to dissect and some words from Motorsport Games (NASDAQ: MSGM) Vice President of Publishing & Marketing ...Keep readingView the full article

On this episode of the McReynolds Rundown, Larry Mac talks NASCAR drivers being more outspoken in the media, Atlanta being reconfigured, Kurt Busch hearing up and answers your questions. View the full article

As part of the deal, HendrickCars.com will become the majority sponsor for Larson in 35 of the 36 points-paying races. They will also back Larson's dirt endeavours, becoming a primary sponsor in all non-NASCAR events he competes in. Larson's current agreement expires at the conclusion of 2022, but this new contract extends his stay with HMS through the 2023 season. “When we perform on ...Keep readingView the full article

As part of the deal, HendrickCars.com will become the majority sponsor for Larson in 35 of the 36 points-paying races. They will also back Larson's dirt endeavors, becoming a primary sponsor in all non-NASCAR events he competes in. Larson's current agreement expires at the conclusion of 2022, but this new contract extends his stay with HMS through the 2023 season. “When we perform on the ...Keep readingView the full article

The blue oval’s interest in WRC has heightened following the introduction of new hybrid Rally1 regulations in 2022, which has resulted in more input into M-Sport’s plans for rallying’s new era. Last week M-Sport became the first team to officially launch its new Rally1 weapon with the unveiling of its all-new Puma at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The launch signified Ford’s renewed ...Keep readingView the full article

This season will be the last of the current iteration of WRC cars, first introduced in 2017, as the championship moves to new hybrid Rally1 regulations next year. The rule change has seen Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford juggle fighting for this year's title with designing, building and developing all-new hybrid cars for next season. While Hyundai has proved it has the fastest car, Toyota is ...Keep readingView the full article

Annett, who competes fulltime in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports, will also miss Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire following an MRI which revealed a stress fracture in the Iowa driver’s right femur. Josh Berry, who ran 12 races for the team in the No. 8 Chevrolet this season, will sit in for the recovering Annett this weekend. The MRI revealed the fracture on Monday ...Keep readingView the full article