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[motorsport] NASCAR Truck Series Las Vegas results: Chandler Smith wins
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
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[motorsport] Chandler Smith out-duels Zane Smith for Las Vegas Trucks win
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
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Chandler Smith passes Zane Smith on final lap in WILD finish in Vegas
Full highlights from Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series highlights from Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a wild finish between Kyle Busch, Chandler Smith, and Zane Smith. View the full article
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[motorsport] Erik Jones: Next Gen car has "opened so many doors for us"
The 25-year-old native of Byron, Mich., already has more top-five finishes in two weeks (one) than he did in the entire 2021 season (none). Many things have changed since last season for Jones. His Richard Petty Motorsports organization merged with GMS Racing to produce a two-car team in the Cup Series called Petty GMS Motorsports. In addition, Jones got a new crew chief in Dave Elenz, who ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Cup Las Vegas schedule, entry list and how to watch
How to watch NASCAR at Auto Club Speedway All three national divisions will take to the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reigning Cup Series champion Kyle Larson took victory in California ahead of Austin Dillon and Erik Jones. It was a race that saw many interesting names towards the front of the field, including Tyler Reddick, who won both Stage 1 and 2 before a tire failure derailed his ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Austin Dillon: RCR had commitment to "embrace this new car"
Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick have proven to be extremely competitive to start the 2022 season, particularly last weekend at Auto Club Speedway in California when both drivers had a chance to win the race. Both had fast cars in the season opener at Daytona but neither was able to complete all the laps, with Dillon finishing 25th and Reddick 35th. Last weekend, saw far better results for ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Former Hyundai WRC driver Paddon seals two-year WRC2 deal
The New Zealander will pilot a Hyundai i20 N Rally 2 car, backed by Hyundai New Zealand, in selected events this year before contesting a full season in 2023. Paddon announced he will reunite with long-time co-driver John Kennard for the programme, a rekindling of a partnership that claimed victory at Rally Argentina when competing as a factory Hyundai driver in 2016. The 34-year-old ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] First six weeks of NASCAR Next Gen is “really hardcore” – Harvick
After its debut in the non-championship Busch Light Clash at the LA Coliseum on February 6, the Next Gen car has now seen full-blooded Cup Series competition at Daytona and Fontana. This weekend’s race, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is the first for the car on a 1.5-mile oval – the kind of track that makes up the majority of the schedule. Harvick says his Stewart-Haas Racing team is ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR grants Cup teams more practice time at Las Vegas
On Wednesday, NASCAR announced Cup teams will not be split into two groups for practice this weekend, as they were last weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Instead, there will be one 35-minute practice in which all cars can participate on Saturday. The practice will run from 1:30 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. ET. Cup Series qualifying will begin at 2:15 p.m. ET Saturday and will still be split into two ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] WRC striving for two snow rallies in the future
Traditionally, the WRC has factored a snow event into its calendar, with Sweden the spiritual home of the winter rally, having only be absent from the schedule on four occasions since the championship's inception in 1973. Sweden returned to the WRC calendar this season, in a new location of Umea, 800km northeast of its previous home in Karlstad, following a COVID-19 induced lay off last ...Keep readingView the full article
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Radioactive: Fontana – “He’s a [expletive] idiot!”
Take a listen to the sights and sounds from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race from Fontana where Kyle Larson took home this first win of the season. View the full article
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[motorsport] Three members of Gilliland's FRM team suspended for losing a wheel
The No. 38 FRM team becomes the third team this year to be penalized for losing a wheel in the Next Gen era. NASCAR switched to a center-locking wheels with a single lug nut for the 2022 season. Gilliland's crew chief Seth Barbour, as well as crew members Jourdan Osinskie and Tanner Andrews have been suspended from the next four points-paying events. Previously, both the No. 31 ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Three things we learned from the Fontana NASCAR Cup race
Reigning series champion Kyle Larson won the race, but not without controversy and he certainly didn’t dominate, leading just 28 of the 200 laps. Here are three takeaways from Sunday’s race as the series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Next Gen car’s first visit to a 1.5-mile track. 1 ) Auto Club Speedway is a perfect example of why all track owners should shelve – at least ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Lappi surprised by his own pace after WRC comeback podium
The Finn took over Toyota's third GR Yaris he will share with eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier this season for the first time last weekend. The snow event also marked his return to the Toyota factory team he drove for in 2017 and 2018 and only his second top-flight start since 2020. Despite limited time at the wheel of the new hybrid GR Yaris compared to his teammates and rivals, Lappi ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] WRC Sweden: The Good, the Bad and the brush with the snowbanks
Top Performer - Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen There is a case to be made for Kalle Rovanpera's third WRC win, alongside co-driver Jonne Halttunen, as his best yet and perhaps the most telling for the future. Rovanpera scored a maiden win on gravel in Estonia and blitzed the field at his Acropolis debut last year, but this win is his first having to open the road on an event. Eight-time ...Keep readingView the full article
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Kyle Larson, Cliff Daniels break down their winning day in Fontana
Kyle Larson and crew chief Cliff Daniels break down their winning day in Fontana on Sunday afternoon after a run in with Chase Elliott. View the full article
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[motorsport] Pit crews were "the story of the day" at Fontana Cup race
The season-opening Daytona 500 had pit stops, of course, but most were done under green-flag conditions and without a full field of cars on pit road at the same time. Sunday’s race in Fontana, Calif., couldn’t have been more different. With the track’s old and abrasive surface and a record-tying 12 cautions, Cup series’ pit crews got tested to the max with repeated full-field ...Keep readingView the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR Fontana: Kyle Larson wins after run-in with Elliott
The race came alive on the restart on lap 179, when Chase Briscoe, who didn’t pit, led the way followed by Elliott, Alex Bowman and Larson. Using a three-wide move, Larson quickly powered to the lead after the restart as Bowman tagged the outside wall, but there was no caution. On the next lap, Larson clashed with team-mate Elliott and sent his car up the track and into the wall.With 10 laps ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Hyundai and Toyota call for changes to WRC hybrid regulations
Both manufacturers were forced to retire cars involved in the battle for victory at last weekend’s Rally Sweden after suffering failures with the control hybrid unit. Under the current FIA regulations surrounding the new hybrid component, drivers and teams are unable to continue if warning lights appear, or if there is an absence of active lights on a hybrid unit, even if the car can still ...Keep readingView the full article
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How will Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson move on from Fontana?
Bob Pockrass discusses how teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott will move on after the race at Fontana. View the full article
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Tyler Reddick on the numbness in his leg during the race and why it was a head-scratcher
Tyler Reddick talked about the numbness in his leg during the race at Fontana and why it was perplexing to him. View the full article
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Daniel Suarez describes what he was thinking over the final four laps Sunday in Fontana
Daniel Suarez describes what was going through his head over the last four laps Sunday in Fontana. View the full article
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Tyler Reddick led 90 laps in Fontana, but a flat tire doomed his day
Tyler Reddick led 90 laps in Fontana, more than he had total in his Cup career, but a flat tire doomed his day. View the full article
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Jeff Andrews explains how Hendrick Motorsports will handle the Kyle Larson-Chase Elliott dynamic after Fontana
Hendrick Motorsports general manager Jeff Andrews explains how the team will handle the Larson-Elliott dynamic after Fontana: View the full article
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Kyle Larson explains what happened with teammate Chase Elliott at Fontana
Kyle Larson explains what happened with teammate Chase Elliott at Fontana. Larson describes if this will be more than just a bump in the road in the future for him and Elliott. View the full article