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Running as KYB Team JC, the Joel Christoffersson-owned JC Raceteknik squad used EKS-built Audi S1s in World RX last season, having won the European series with Swede Robin Larsson and another EKS-built car in 2019. Double DTM Champion and 2016 World RX Drivers' title-winner Ekstrom set up his EKS World RX squad in 2014, and claimed both the Drivers' and Teams' titles in 2016. The outfit ...Keep reading View the full article

Texas is in a Texas-sized pickle this week. You may have heard about its power and water infrastructure utterly collapsing during the coldest, iciest, snowiest week there in decades. Millions of Texans are without electricity, and many are without consistent water thanks to burst pipes and water lines. Staying warm is suddenly a top priority View the full article

Repeatedly during last week’s Busch Clash exhibition race on the road course, dirt and grass were sprayed on the track and onto other cars when cars cut the corners on the backstretch chicane. To help reduce those incidents, NASCAR has now added rumble strips in front of the “turtle curbing” to the Turn 9 and Turn 10 chicane on the backstretch. The rumble strips are the same as those ...Keep reading View the full article

During last week's Busch Clash exhibition race on the road course, drivers complained that dirt and grass was being pulled onto the track when cars cut the corners on the backstretch chicane. Ahead of all three national series' races this weekend, and to help reduce incidents, NASCAR has now added rumble strips in front of the "turtle curbing" to the Turn 9 and Turn 10 chicane in an effort to ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR has made changes to the backstretch chicane of the Daytona International Speedway Road Course ahead of this weekend's racing following criticism by drivers View the full article

Arizona is a great state to go off-roading in. There are tons of back roads and challenging trails to explore. Often, we spend our time exploring new areas, but it’s also lots of fun to go hit some of the harder established trails that the state has to offer. Just north of Phoenix is an View the full article

Dale Earnhardt started his pursuit of a record eighth Winston Cup by driving in a 24-hour race a fortnight before the blue riband Daytona 500. The ride in the factory-backed Corvette C5-R, which finished fourth, gave Earnhardt his first opportunity to co-drive with his son Dale Earnhardt Jr, who this year will enter his second season in NASCAR's premier series. Even though he is now referred to ...Keep reading View the full article

The death of Dale Earnhardt Sr at the 2001 Daytona 500 shocked NASCAR to the core. Days before his accident, in the 15 February 2001 issue of Autosport magazine, 'The Intimidator' shared his expectations of challenging for an eighth Cup title with JONATHAN INGRAM View the full article

The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion, known as the fearless ‘Intimidator’, died at the age of 49 after his famed #3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo crashed at Turn 4 on the last lap of the Daytona 500. His own team’s cars, driven by good friend Michael Waltrip and his son Dale Earnhardt Jr, finished 1-2 on a day that should have been filled with great joy. Instead, it’s ...Keep reading View the full article

I'm not sure what surprises me more - that it's 20 years since Dale Earnhardt died or that I have been covering NASCAR racing even longer than that. So much has occurred in NASCAR since I started in April 1998 that it's often hard to remember many details about any particular race weekend. Sure, I'll remember who won a race, or a particularly bad wreck or sometimes it may be something totally ...Keep reading View the full article

On the 20th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Sr's death on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, JIM UTTER reflects on his memories of NASCAR's darkest weekend View the full article

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500, and has sparked a number of tributes and recollections of the seven-time NASCAR champion's life and career. McLaren F1 driver Ricciardo has previously spoken about the influence Earnhardt had on his racing career, even prompting him to use #3 as his permanent F1 number as a tribute. Read Also: The ...Keep reading View the full article

Cindric, the reigning Xfinity Series champion, opened the 2021 season by winning the series opener at Daytona International Speedway – an impressive opening act for a driver coming off a year in which he won a career-best six races. Cindric, however, was also pulling double duty at Daytona for the first time. The 22-year-old son of Team Penske President Tim Cindric already knows he will ...Keep reading View the full article

Nemechek, 23, is already running for the Truck Series championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports. He will now add several NXS races to his 2021 schedule He will make his debut with Sam Hunt Racing at Dover in May. The organization is coming off of an impressive run in the season-opener, scoring a top-ten finish with Brandon Gdovic. “I’m excited to have John Hunter come back to his ...Keep reading View the full article

Team owner Bob Jenkins fielded his first Cup series entry in 2005. The organization didn’t register its first top-five finish until the 2011 season and picked up its first victory in 2013 with driver David Ragan. Chris Buescher added another win in 2016, which also gave the team its first appearance in the NASCAR playoffs. While the organization doesn’t have the resources of other Ford ...Keep reading View the full article

KC Flex High intensity meets robust construction with the new KC Lights Flex Era 4. The company’s newest LED light features four Cree LEDs and can be had in either spot or combo beam patterns. Expect 7,912 raw lumens and 1,610 lux at 10 meters from the combo pattern, which is rated at 80 watts View the full article

Off-road SUVs are having something of a moment. Put another way, the Jeep Wrangler is getting some direct competition for the first time in years from the upcoming Ford Bronco, and automakers are rushing to add capability to crossovers and SUVs of all sizes and prices. Even so, there are some holes in the playing View the full article

The 63rd running of the Daytona 500 was marred by two major incidents and a lengthy weather delay. The first wreck completely changed the complexion of the event when 16 cars were damaged in a Lap 15 pile-up. Among those collected were front row starters Alex Bowman and William Byron, the 2011 winning team (Wood Brothers), former Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. as well as former Daytona ...Keep reading View the full article

Currently in the Cup Series, Toyota is the least represented of the three manufacturers, with just the four Joe Gibbs Racing cars supplemented by the quasi-works single-car outfit of 23XI Racing, co-owned by Hamlin and basketball legend Michael Jordan. For comparison, Chevrolet has 16 full-time drivers using the Camaro, while Ford's Mustang is driven by 13 drivers across six teams, including ...Keep reading View the full article

Denny Hamlin believes "a lack of numbers" in NASCAR Cup teams using Toyota machinery played a "big role" in the Daytona 500, potentially costing him a fourth victory View the full article

He insists he always knew he would win a series race before his career came to an end, although he finds it difficult to articulate the reasons why he came to that conclusion. “Y’all could ask my wife because she’s more realistic, and she’s just like, ‘Man, I don’t think it’s in the cards.’ Just for whatever reason, I don’t know. “I’m like, ‘It’s going to happen. I ...Keep reading View the full article

Front Row Motorsports driver McDowell started 17th in Sunday's race, avoiding a 16-car pile-up in the early laps, and kept close to his fellow Ford Mustang exponents throughout the race. As the field approached Turn 3 on the 200th and final lap, McDowell tagged the rear bumper of Brad Keselowski's Penske Ford, who in turn tapped team-mate Joey Logano, sending both cars back up the banking where ...Keep reading View the full article

Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he "never lost of hope" of winning in the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time after 18 years and 358 race starts View the full article

Daytona 500 Winner, Michael McDowell, joins the show to share his experience of the race plus the rain delay. Additionally, he shares what this means to him as his 1st NASCAR Cup Series win. View the full article