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Prior to holding off Austin Dillon to secure the win in Sunday’s race, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series series champion found himself battling Joey Logano and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott for the lead with just under 20 of 200 laps remaining. Larson had been side-drafting Logano when he shot up the track and pinched Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet into the outside wall. Elliott ...Keep readingView the full article

Suarez, 30, fought his way into contention late in the 400-mile race. He and Trackhouse Racing teammate Ross Chastain showed speed during the final stage. Unfortunately, a spin for Chastain while running seventh ended his chances at a good finish. But Suarez pushed on and lined up on the front row for the final restart. He was able to take the lead from Kyle Larson, but Larson snatched it ...Keep readingView the full article

Reigning series champion Kyle Larson held off a wild, last-lap charge from Austin Dillon to win Sunday’s wreck-marred Wise Power 400 in Fontana, Calif. – Larson’s first win of the 2022 season. On the way to the win, however, Larson made contact with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott as the two were battling for the lead with just under 20 of 200 laps remaining. Elliott’s No. 9 ...Keep readingView the full article

Larson snatched the lead back from Daniel Suarez in the final couple laps before holding off Austin Dillon and Erik Jones for the race win. Suarez ended up fourth. Larson's win was not without controversy, making contact with teammate Chase Elliott during the final portion of the race. Earlier, Tyler Reddick was the dominant driver. He claimed the green-white-checkered flag in both ...Keep readingView the full article

The Korean marque showed a significant improvement in speed and reliability on the snow highlighted by Neuville leading the event on Friday before ultimately finishing second, 22s behind winner Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera. Neuville’s teammate Ott Tanak was also in contention for victory on Friday having clinched two stage wins, before a hybrid issue forced him out of the event. The Estonian ...Keep readingView the full article

Rally Sweden returned to the WRC schedule this year but in a new location in the city of Umea after the COVID-19 pandemic force the cancelation of the event last year. The event’s move approximately 800km north of its spiritual home in Karlstad was taken to ensure competitors would face full snow conditions after rallies where snow has been limited in the Varmland region of the country. As ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin’s Daytona victory, which he achieved on team founder Roger Penske’s 85th birthday, cemented his place in the end-of-season Playoffs at the earliest opportunity. His father says the #2 car’s maiden success in the 500 was significant in many ways for the team, since Brad Keselowski left the outfit for an owner/driver role at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. “The #2 car has never ...Keep readingView the full article

Austin’s Daytona victory, which he achieved on team founder Roger Penske’s 85th birthday, cemented his place in the end-of-season Playoffs at the earliest opportunity. His father says the #2 car’s maiden success in the 500 was significant in many ways for the team, since Brad Keselowski left the outfit for an owner/driver role at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. “The #2 car has never ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver produced a faultless drive to claim his third career World Rally Championship win on Sweden’s snow despite opening the road on Friday. Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen initially took the lead on Friday before reclaiming the advantage on Saturday morning and going on to clinch the win by 22s from Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, while Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi came home ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver clinched his third career WRC victory with a margin of 22s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, while Esapekka Lappi on his return to the factory Toyota team claimed the final podium in third. Opening the road, Rovanpera grabbed the lead of the rally after Stage 3 but became embroiled in at times a six-way tussle for the lead on Friday, as only 8.9s separated the ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver, sitting second, was pushing hard in stage 16 when he lost the rear of GR Yaris on a long left-hander, resulting in a heavy impact with a snowbank. Evans was able to continue with damage to the front of his car before stopping to make some repairs. It was initially thought that the frontal impact was the reason for his retirement but the Welshman has confirmed that the absence ...Keep readingView the full article

Rovanpera will head into the final stage of the World Rally Championship’s snow event equipped with a healthy 21.6s lead after nearest rival and teammate Evans crashed out on the day’s first test. With Evans removed from the action, the battle for second intensified between Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi, with 3.7s separating the pair in Neuville’s ...Keep readingView the full article

The Toyota driver was rushing hard in Sunday morning’s opening stage when he spun into a snowbank. The impact flicked the GR Yaris violently around but damage to the front of the car forced the Welshman out of the rally. Evans had been sitting second and was attempting to reel in rally leader and Toyota teammate Kalle Rovanpera after receiving a time penalty for a wild finish to last ...Keep readingView the full article

Custer’s No. 07 Ford clearly was the class of the field but slow stops on pit road repeatedly forced him fight back to the lead. He restarted seventh on Lap 129 of 165 following a round of pit stops and grabbed the lead for the final time on Lap 145. Custer, however, then had to hold off a wave of challengers in three overtimes before securing his first series win since 2019. Anthony ...Keep readingView the full article

Making his first NXS start of the 2022 season, Cup Series regular Cole Custer delivered SS Green Light Racing the checkered flag. Custer now has ten victories in the Xfinity Series, beating Noah Gragon and Trevor Bayne. The race went into triple overtime and was even halted for over 20 minutes due to cleanup of sand barrels that were struck by Brandon Jones. Check out the full race results ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR and team officials inspect Ross Chastain’s crashed car after the Cup Series practice in Fontana. View the full article

Erik Jones on how twitchy the Cup cars were at Fontana and what could be done: "Part of it is tires, part of it is suspension. There's so many factors, it's not one thing." View the full article

"This track is tough." Austin Cindric says there were a lot of mistakes Saturday in Fontana. Does he view those spins as mistakes? View the full article

The Team Penske driver is fresh off his first career win in the season-opening Daytona 500, beating out GMS Petty's Erik Jones for the top spot in qualifying. Several drivers including Chase Elliott, William Byron, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Aric Almirola had incidents during the session as these new cars continue to prove themselves difficult to drive. Read Also: Daytona 500 ...Keep readingView the full article

Daytona 500 champion Austin Cindric will be in excellent position Sunday to start the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series with two consecutive wins. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed (174.647 mph) in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. "There's so much learning and there's so much going on," Cindric said. "Overall, it ...Keep readingView the full article

As NASCAR teams try to get a handle on the new Next Gen car race car, several found the limit at the two-mile track just before qualifying. Kevin Harvick, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell all spun in separate incidents. Additionally, Ross Chastain crashed heavily. Read Also: Wrecks and spins mar NASCAR Cup series practice at Fontana Denny Hamlin was ...Keep readingView the full article

Saturday morning’s practice sessions were the first time NASCAR had been on track in Fontana, Calif., since March 2020 and it was the debut of the Next Generation race cars on a 2-mile oval. Overall, Hamlin was fastest among the two 15-minute sessions with an average lap speed of 173.414 mph. He was followed by Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Joey Logano and Alex Bowman. Completing the top-10 ...Keep readingView the full article

Kevin Harvick loses control of his Subway Ford and brings out the caution in Cup Series practice at Fontana. View the full article

Five minutes into Cup Series practice, Ross Chastain slams the wall suffering significant damage with Chris Buescher spinning out as well. View the full article

Rovanpera came under pressure from Evans as the latter closed to within 1.2s of the Finn, but a masterful display on the final two night stages extended Rovanpera’s lead to 8.3s Evans was lucky to end the day after a strange finish to the final stage. The Welshman was caught out by a snowbank on the final corner and was briefly stranded but amazingly had cut the time beam in the process of ...Keep readingView the full article