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Marques, who made 24 starts in F1 between 1996 and 2001, is due to make his race debut at Road America on 3 July. His Chicago-based team, owned by entrepreneur John Stange Jr, has mostly competed in the fourth-tier ARCA series of the NASCAR pyramid, and partnered with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports on an Indianapolis 500 entry for Oriol Servia in 2019. Marques will also be entered into ...Keep readingView the full article

Marques, who made 24 starts in F1 between 1996 and 2001, is due to make his race debut at Road America on 3 July. His Chicago-based team, owned by entrepreneur John Stange Jr, has mostly competed in the fourth-tier ARCA series of the NASCAR pyramid, and partnered with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports on an Indianapolis 500 entry for Oriol Servia in 2019. Marques will also be entered into ...Keep readingView the full article

Almirola, who decided he will retire from fulltime NASCAR competition at the conclusion of the 2022 season, is the only series driver to have finished in the top-10 in each of the season’s first three races. He opened the year with a fifth in the Daytona 500, was sixth at Fontana, Calif., and fought back from numerous issues Sunday for another sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With his ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. were battling back-and-forth for the win when a caution for a wreck with two laps remaining sent the race into overtime, opening up the chance for Bowman to strike. All the lead-lap cars pitted but three Hendrick Motorsports drivers – Kyle Larson, Bowman and William Byron – only took two tyres and lined up in the top three spots on the restart, while Kyle ...Keep readingView the full article

Trackhouse left Auto Club Speedway wondering what could have been after Daniel Suarez nearly captured the checkered flag after taking the lead on the final restart. Suarez promised that Trackhouse would win "a few races" this year, and just one week later, they were contenders yet again. Following Suarez's top-five finish in California, it was Chastain's turn in Las Vegas. He led a race-high 83 ...Keep readingView the full article

Busch wrecked in Saturday’s practice and his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team was forced to move to a backup car – but their backup was basically a “parts car” which didn’t even have an engine in it. After eight hours of work involving members from all four JGR teams, Busch’s team got his backup ready for Sunday’s race but he had to start from the rear of the field. The race ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that ended in a wild OT finish between teammates. View the full article

Alex Bowman prevailed over teammate Kyle Larson in a two-lap overtime shootout, winning for the seventh time in his NASCAR Cup Series career. Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. battled back-and-forth for the race lead for most of the final run, only for a caution to change the entire picture. Hendrick Motorsports opted to have three of their drivers pit for two fresh tires instead of four ...Keep readingView the full article

Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. were battling back-and-forth for the win when a caution for a wreck with two laps remaining sent the race into overtime. All the lead-lap cars pit but three Hendrick Motorsports drivers – Kyle Larson, Bowman and William Byron – took only two tires and lined up in the top three spots on the restart. Busch, who restarted fourth, was the first car on four new ...Keep readingView the full article

Alex Bowman pulls off last corner pass on Kyle Larson to win in wild overtime finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Erik Jones makes hard contact with the outside wall taking out Bubba Wallace in the process at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Chase Briscoe gets looses and collects Daniel Suarez on the front stretch at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Kyle Busch is upset with Chase Briscoe and hits Briscoe under caution after the first stage comes to an end. View the full article

While battling for the lead late in last weekend's event, Elliott tried to take a run three-wide to the outside on the frontstretch. Larson blocked and Elliott ended up in the outside wall, ultimately finishing 26th while Larson won. The reigning series champion was adamant that he did not try to run his teammate into the wall, saying that he didn't even realize he was up there. Audio showed ...Keep readingView the full article

Gragson lined up as the leader with five of 200 laps to go with Gibbs sharing the front row. Allgaier, Gragson’s teammate at JR Motorsports, lined up behind Gibbs and gave him a big push allowing Gibbs to clear Gragson for the lead off Turn 2. Gibbs quickly got away from Gragson and his win was secured when a wreck erupted on the last lap, which brought out a caution and froze the ...Keep readingView the full article

Ty Gibbs, 19, now has five NXS victories in his young NASCAR career. Gibbs joins Austin Hill (Daytona winner) as the only drivers locked into the 2022 playoffs. Cole Custer, a Cup Series regular, won at Auto Club Speedway last weekend. The race was slowed by 11 cautions, as well has a 41-minute red flag for inclement weather. Noah Gragson led the way in both Stage 1 and Stage ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where Ty Gibbs held off Noah Gragson on a late race restart to win his first race of the season. View the full article

Christopher Bell claimed his first Cup Series pole, beating out reigning series champion Kyle Larson on the front row. Kyle Busch was the only driver to not set a time after crashing in practice earlier in the day. There were no incidents during qualifying. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson claimed victory at LVMS in the two races there last year. Brad Keselowski has the most wins of all active ...Keep readingView the full article

Bell held on in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying to post the fastest average speed (182.673 mph) among the 10 cars. “I feel really good about (our car), that’s for sure,” said Bell, who has failed to finish the first two races of the 2022 season. “In practice, it took probably two runs to get the balance to where I was comfortable but I knew first run out that we were pretty ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson, the reigning Cup Series champion, went out late in the 35-minute session for a flying lap and posted an average speed of 181.183 mph. Larson won the first of his 10 races last season at Las Vegas. Christopher Bell ended up second-fastest (180.771 mph) and Ryan Blaney third (180.000 mph.) William Byron was fourth and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five. Read Also: NASCAR Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

During inspection on Friday night, five teams failed twice and were forced to eject a crew member. Practice on Saturday went smoothly for most teams, but not for Las Vegas native Kyle Busch. He lost a left-rear tire and slammed the outside wall, forcing Joe Gibbs Racing to break out the backup car. Greg Biffle also had a moment after touching the apron in Turns 1 and 2, but was able to ...Keep readingView the full article

Julius Seebach admits he had a lump in his throat when Audi’s ground-breaking RS Q e-tron off-roader rolled away from the startline at the Dakar Rally in January. “Stephane Peterhansel was the first to start as he was the winner last year [in a Mini JCW buggy],” explains the managing director of Audi Sport, “and it was a very emotional moment given the car had only been finished just ...Keep readingView the full article

With Cup practice and qualifying scheduled for Saturday morning, NASCAR conducted pre-qualifying inspection for teams Friday evening. The cars of Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland and Josh Bilicki all failed inspection twice. As a result, each team had a crew member ejected – car chief Robert Smith on Harvick’s team; car chief Matt Barndt on Elliott’s team; ...Keep readingView the full article

The 19-year-old beat out Zane Smith and KBM boss Kyle Busch to take the checkered flag. Chandler Smith now has three victories in the CWTS. The race was slowed by ten cautions. Read Also: Chandler Smith out-duels Zane Smith for Las Vegas Trucks win Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Laps ...Keep readingView the full article

On a restart with three of 134 laps remaining in the race, Zane Smith powered into the lead past Kyle Busch to grab the lead. With one lap remaining, Chandler Smith passed Zane Smith for the lead, only to see Zane Smith quickly move back out front. Chandler Smith quickly did a crossover move to reclaim the lead and held on for his first victory of the 2022 season. The win is the ...Keep readingView the full article