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The reigning world champion inherited the outright lead with only one of the attritional 18 stages remaining in an impressive comeback, having dropped almost two and half minutes behind on Friday due to a suspension issue. The Toyota driver set a strong pace taking three stage wins on Saturday clawing back time to his Hyundai rivals Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak that both lost ground due to ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson had worked furiously late in the race to get around Bowman, who had grabbed the lead on a restart on Lap 112 of 130. Larson finally got in front of Bowman with four laps remaining and appeared to be on his way to his fifth win of the 2021 season when he suddenly slowed exiting Turn 2 of the final lap with a flat left-front tyre. Larson’s #5 Chevrolet ended up slamming into the Turn ...Keep reading View the full article

Neuville had been the class of the field having built up a 57.4s lead over 13 of the 18 stages on Kenya’s brutal gravel and sandy roads and was favourite to win the iconic African event on its WRC return after a 19-year hiatus. After a brave drive to maintain his lead in yesterday’s rain-hit final stage, the Belgian’s victory hopes disintegrated in an instant on the first of ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson had his fifth NASCAR Cup Series points victory well in hand on the final of 130 laps Saturday at Pocono Raceway until he felt something strange as his No. 5 Chevrolet rode through Turn 2. Suddenly, his left-front tire went flat and Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet ended up slamming into the Turn 3 wall as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman sailed by to inherit the ...Keep reading View the full article

Full highlights from Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series race from Pocono Raceway for Race 1/2 of the NASCAR Cup doubleheader weekend where Kyle Larson blows tire in final turn resulting in Alex Bowman winning his 3rd race of the season. View the full article

Larson had worked furiously late in the race to get around Bowman, who had grabbed the lead on a restart on Lap 112 of 130. Larson finally got around Bowman with four laps remaining and appeared to be on his way to his fifth win of the 2021 season when he suddenly slowed exiting Turn 2 of the final lap with a flat left-front tire. Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet ended up slamming into the Turn 3 ...Keep reading View the full article

In a dramatic finish at Pocono, Alex Bowman takes the top spot in Saturday's Cup Series race when Kyle Larson crashed into the wall after suffering a flat tire around the final turn. View the full article

Nemechek passed Busch with five of 60 laps remaining and held on to win Saturday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway. The win is Nemechek’s fifth in the 2021 season driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports and in the five races in which Busch has competed, Nemechek has finished better than Busch in three of them. “How about that, baby? 3-2 we beat Kyle,” Nemechek said ...Keep reading View the full article

The Hyundai Motorsport driver produced an impressive display as rain lashed the final stage of the day in Kenya, causing havoc for the leading contenders. Neuville had a 35s lead heading into the 31.04km stage but determined to maintain his lead, he pushed on, delivering a risky drive while rivals slowed and hit trouble. The Belgian cut a frustrated figure at the stage end thinking he had ...Keep reading View the full article

Neuville produced a measured drive in his Hyundai Motorsport i20 over the afternoon’s first two stages, extending his rally lead over Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta to 35 seconds. However, just when the drivers appeared to be finding their feat on Kenya’s tough gravel roads, heavy rain hit, punishing the latter runners on the final 31.04km stage. Neuville took risks, and while he lost 35.1s ...Keep reading View the full article

The Hyundai driver kicked off the day with his fourth stage win before Sebastien Ogier took the spoils in the following two tests as the Toyota driver continued to edge closer to the podium battle. Neuville’s stage win came despite a close call with zebras as wildlife became a factor for all the crews with several drivers having to brake hard to avoid animals on the trio of fast and open ...Keep reading View the full article

Diesel Dyno Explosion! The crew at Power Driven Diesel (PDD) is in for a full teardown and rebuild of its “Godfather” truck after the rig’s 12-valve Cummins diesel engine exploded on the dyno during the 2021 Ultimate Callout Challenge Dyno Competition at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana. After shifting into Fourth gear, the truck View the full article

More dirt roads. More off-road fun. More spectacular scenery. This time in south central Utah. The Moab Easter Jeep Safari crew is branching out and conducted a monthly trail ride in mid-May 2021 in the Green River, Utah, area. Club President, Mike Kelso said this area will become the site of an annual trail ride View the full article

Heim, 18, took the lead for good on the final chaotic restart as Gibbs and Chandler Smith battled for position. The native of Marietta, Ga., then held on to take the victory by 3.155 seconds over Gibbs in Friday’s General Tire 200. Drew Dollar was third, Nick Sanchez fourth and Thad Moffitt rounded out the top-five. Heim leads the series standings by three points over Gibbs heading into ...Keep reading View the full article

The Sierra Rock Crawlers hosted the 5th Annual 31-Inch Tire Run on the Rubicon Trail, filling the wheelwells where 40-inch sticky tires once lived, with 31-inch spare tires. “Why?” Might be the question you’re asking since the Rubicon is known for its endless onslaught of boulders. “Because it’s fun!” Is the answer. We joined the View the full article

Many things look great on the surface but when you live with them on a daily basis sometimes drawbacks and compromises erode away the luster rather quickly. Flat out, Jeep sells every new Wrangler it can manufacture. For the Wrangler model specifically, there are no real incentives, manufacturer deals, or leftover vehicles of consequence. And View the full article

Sources have confirmed to Bob Pockrass that Brad Keselowski will accept a driver-owner role at Roush Fenway Racing for the 2022 NASCAR season. View the full article

The Toyota driver, sitting second in the championship standings, slightly over cut a corner and struck a rock on stage 3 that forced the Welshman to grind to a halt barely a kilometre from the stage end. Evans attempted to repair the car but the damage to the front right suspension that left the wheel hanging off the Yaris was too severe to fix. Forced to witness his rivals come through the ...Keep reading View the full article

The Korean manufacturer has decided not to renew Penasse’s contract and will undergo a restructure of its squad mid-season. Penasse was a key figure in Hyundai’s return to the WRC in 2013 and has played a part in building the team into a championship winning outfit, alongside team boss Andrea Adamo, resulting in back-to-back manufacturer titles in 2019 and 2020. The news of his impending ...Keep reading View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: 2021 Daytona Truck Meet Lightning heads to Florida to cover the massive Daytona Truck Meet truck show. The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with Duralast, Borla, and onX Offroad …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist View the full article

Ingram won three championships (1972-74) and 286 races in the Late Model Sportsman division, the precursor to today’s Xfinity Series. He won 31 races, five poles and two more championships (1982 and 1985) after the Sportsman series became the Busch (now Xfinity) Series. Unlike many of the Xfinity Series’ full-time drivers today, generally up-and-comers, Ingram won both of his championships ...Keep reading View the full article

Proving that competition is good for the consumer, Jeep is responding to Ford’s 35-inch-tire Sasquatch package on the Bronco by announcing the Xtreme Recon package on the Wrangler. The Xtreme Recon package, which adds 35-inch tires to the Wrangler for the first time, will be available as an option on the four-door-only 392 and gas View the full article

Neuville lost his 5.1s lead to Toyota’s Rovanpera on the first of the afternoon stages after the Finn took a commanding win on stage 5, although the Hyundai driver fought back to win the next test, regaining the lead with a 10s overall advantage. However, the final stage of the day threatened to turn the rally on its head. Neuville suffered a rear tyre delimitation, a front right off ...Keep reading View the full article

The son of 2003 WRC champion Petter was handed a second WRC opportunity having been drafted into Hyundai’s 2C Competition squad at the Kenya event in place of Pierre-Louis Loubet. The drive arrived after an impressive seventh on debut at February’s Arctic Rally Finland. However, his Safari outing proved to be a brief one for the 19-year-old after sustaining severe damage to his i20 from ...Keep reading View the full article

Hyundai driver Neuville set an impressive pace, winning two of the three challenging gravel tests in Kenya’s bushland to open up a 5.1-second lead over Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera, with Ott Tanak third some 26.2s adrift. While Neuville starred, title contender Evans was forced to retire after hitting a rock on stage 3, while Sordo also spun into a ditch. Championship leader Ogier is seventh ...Keep reading View the full article