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Busch’s No. 18 Toyota was one of the stronger cars throughout Sunday’s haphazard Texas Grand Prix and hoped to have a chance to compete for the win when NASCAR called the race due to heavy rains after 54 of a scheduled 68 laps. Busch ended up in 10th but having pit for fuel and new tires while others like eventual race winner Chase Elliott were close or may run out, he hoped to gain ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas for the COTA Echo Park Grand Prix View the full article

Chase Elliott picked up his twelfth career victory at Circuit of the Americas after the race was called with 14 to go due to inclement weather and poor visibility. View the full article

Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team short-pit near the beginning of the final stage and were likely to end up two laps short on fuel to make it to the finish. Fortunately for Elliott, heavy rains brought out the second red-flag of the race and NASCAR called the race complete following the completion of 54 of the scheduled 68 laps. Had the race remained green, Elliott ...Keep reading View the full article

On lap 17 of the race, Christopher Bell ran into the back of Ryan Blaney and spun out. Behind, Kevin Harvick slowed down to avoid the incident but due to low visibility, Bubba Wallace continued on unaware of what was happening ahead and ran into the back of Harvick's car, destroying both cars. Harvick was furious after retiring from the event, saying afterwards: “We don’t have any ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch collected his second career stage victory on a road course. View the full article

On Lap 17 of the race, Christopher Bell ran into the back of Ryan Blaney and spun out. Behind, Kevin Harvick slowed down to avoid the incident. Due to low visibility, Bubba Wallace continued on unaware of what was happening ahead. He ran into the back of Harvick's car, destroying both race cars. Harvick was furious after retiring from the event, saying afterwards: “We don’t have any ...Keep reading View the full article

Watch as Martin Truex Jr. wipes out on a very wet race track at COTA and Cole Custer comes up underneath him before his car bursts into flames. View the full article

Carnage ensues at COTA after difficulties with rain take out several cars including Kevin Harvick, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell and Ryan Blaney. View the full article

Joey Logano scores his third stage win of the season and his first on a road course at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX. View the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series goes green at COTA as rain moves in, prompting drivers and crew chiefs to decide whether they switch up their tire strategy after the first lap. View the full article

Evans’ fourth World Rally Championship victory in his career, and first since last year’s Turkish event, elevates him to second in the WRC drivers’ standings and just two points behind leader Ogier. The British driver began the final day holding a 10.7-second advantage over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo and fastest times on three of Sunday’s six special stages allowed him to increase that to ...Keep reading View the full article

Reddick was second in the first round to A.J. Allmendinger but was among the first to go out in the Sunday’s final round and led the way with an average speed of 92.363 mph. He will lead the field to green Sunday afternoon in the Texas Grand Prix. The pole is the first for Reddick in his Cup career and the first for Richard Childress Racing on a road course event since the late Dale Earnhardt ...Keep reading View the full article

Evans claimed victory with a comfortable with a 28.3s advantage over Hyundai's Dani Sordo while reigning champion Sebastien Ogier finished almost a minute and 30 seconds back in third. On Saturday evening, the Welshman watched his lead slashed by a third when the last man standing for Hyundai, Sordo, scorched through the Porto superspecial to keep in contention. Nevertheless, at the final ...Keep reading View the full article

Watch as Kyle Busch blows away the field, climbing one win closer to the coveted 100-victory mark in the Xfinity Series. Also hear from Kyle after the race as he details and relives the big win. View the full article

Busch started on the pole, led three times for 35 of the 46 laps and cruised to victory in the Pit Boss 250 by 11.024 seconds over A.J. Allmendinger. No other driver led more than three laps. The win came in Busch’s first series start of the 2021 season and NASCAR’s first trip to the 3.41-second, 20-turn Circuit of the Americas road course. It’s also Busch’s 98th career ...Keep reading View the full article

Overnight leader Tanak had begun to build a considerable advantage through Saturday’s stages, dominating the morning loop for Hyundai and continuing to stretch his advantage through the same stages in the afternoon. Tanak set the fastest time on the second stage after the break, thereby claiming the 250th stage win of his career, which handed the 2019 world champion an overall lead of 22.4 ...Keep reading View the full article

Gilliland showed early his No. 38 Ford had speed but he was saddled with a pit-road penalty for a crew member over the wall too soon and had to restart the second stage from the rear of the field. With nine of 41 laps remaining in the race, Gilliland had worked his way back to second and reclaimed the lead with five laps to go. He ended up easily holding off Kaz Grala by nearly eight ...Keep reading View the full article

Despite much of the 55-minute session at the Circuit of the Americas held in downpour conditions, HMS placed three cars in the top-five during a challenging practice at the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course. William Byron led the way, posting an average lap speed of 77.846 mph late in the session, just holding off Joey Logano (77.558 mph), who set his top speed just prior to the conclusion of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Check out the NASCAR Cup Series take the new Circuit of the Americas track in the rain for final practice. View the full article

The Estonian had vaulted up from third to first on Friday evening after both his team-mates, Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville, hit trouble. Their misfortune presented Tanak with all the incentive he needed to pull away from the Toyota of Elfyn Evans in second place, with Sordo battling the Welshman hard in his bid to ensure maximum manufacturers’ points for the Korean marque. Tanak closed ...Keep reading View the full article

Two names familiar with winning at the top level of NASCAR Heat racing, Justin Brooks and Josh Harbin, both found themselves walking away with the top prizes in each of their respective console races. With both events live on Traxion on Thursday night, both the Xbox and PlayStation races had plenty to talk about after 55 laps each. The Top 3 finishers in both races will qualify for the ...Keep reading View the full article

Tailgate Table American Adventure Lab has worked the kinks out of the fold-down tailgate table for Jeeps with the VersaTable. Here’s the list of reasons you’ll want it: Built-in LED strip light, integrated trash bag hook/bottle opener/magnetic beverage cap reservoir, bamboo cutting surface, and a smooth-operating latch. Plus, no support cables to get in the View the full article

Reigning series champion and road-course ace Austin Cindric led the way in the 50-minute session with an average lap speed of 89.099 mph, just edging Daniel Hemric (89.056 mph) and Tyler Reddick (88.980 mph). “I was very excited to see what racing would look like here in stock cars and so far it’s met my expectations. It’s going to be very, very easy to overstep the limit,” said ...Keep reading View the full article

Friday was the first time any NASCAR serries had taken to the 3.41-mile, 20-turn Circuit of the Americas and the Truck series was first up. However, the scheduled 50-minute session got off to a slow start. Three cautions in the first 15 minutes – two for stalled trucks on the track and one for fluid dropped on the track – greatly reduced the track time. Despite a tight schedule, NASCAR did ...Keep reading View the full article