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We're a couple weeks away from being back on the track, but this week we're still virtual at Dover International Speedway – relive all the action live! View the full article

After a series of heat races and two LCQs to set the field, the 125 lap race around the 'Monster Mile' was ready to get underway. Donny Lia led the field to the green flag and was in control for much of the early running. The first caution came 20 laps into the race for a multi-car pileup on the backstretch. The entire field then filed down pit road for fresh tires and fuel. The restart was ...Keep reading View the full article

In the new series, MotorTrend: Working from Home, we show you what all your favorite MotorTrend stars are up to during quarantine. This week, we dig into random automobilia in David Freiburger’s garage! View the full article

The bulletin says that the current ban on simulator testing will end May 4, however on-track testing will be not be allowed for the remainder of the 2020 season. Each organization is allowed 150 hours of wind tunnel time through 2021 calendar year with a maximum of 70 hours in 2020 and 90 hours in 2021. Additionally, wind tunnel testing of the Next Gen car (which has been delayed until 2022) is ...Keep reading View the full article

Toyota Engineers Talk Cool Tech, Favorite 4x4s, and Automotive Innovation Jobs working with cars—is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job it is to build vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Jeep’s Jim Morrison 3.8L Nissan Frontier Jeep’s Head of North America, Jim Morrison, returns to the podcast to talk about his history in the automotive industry and what it’s like to run a major automotive brand. Find out what it takes to keep a brand relevant to its core customers and View the full article

The COVID-19 pandemic halted sporting events worldwide and NASCAR was no exception. Several races have been postponed and the series hasn’t been on track since March 8. This week, the sanctioning body released an updated schedule that includes four Cup races over a period of ten days with Darlington Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway hosting two each. The sanctioning body says they are ...Keep reading View the full article

For starters, if you’re looking to haul the absolute most weight possible, you’re giving up payload capacity by selecting the 4×4 option. The transfer case and front drive assembly in any 4×4 truck adds weight over its 4×2 counterpart. And not only weight, but also more spinning and potentially fragile components into the mix. And View the full article

The esports series has been held every weekend since March 22, racing at the virtual track where NASCAR events were originally scheduled for that week. This weekend’s race will take place at virtual Dover (Del.) International Speedway and broadcast at 1 p.m. ET Sunday. The final event of the series will be held at 3 p.m. ET Saturday, May 9, Fox confirmed. The series will not race on ...Keep reading View the full article

Zach Canadas spent $200 on a 1968 Jeep Wagoneer tub without any axles or transfer case. His pair of Ben Franklins scored him, however, a Buick 350, transmission, and a pre-smog title—just enough to get his project off to a start. We met Zach outside the 2020 King of the Hammers race in Johnson Valley, View the full article

Let’s use our imagination for a few minutes. In a stroke of luck, say you’re the grand-prize winner of a rare experience—racing up one of the world’s most dangerous roads in a legit race truck. Not a racer? No fear; you’re just the passenger. Rest assured that all of these race rigs have fully spec’d View the full article

Jobs in cars. Is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job is to build vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic automotive technology ever. Well, we had a chance to play the View the full article

NASCAR announced on Thursday afternoon that it will hold a Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway on May 17, the first of seven races in an 11-day span. View the full article

NASCAR has announced its plans to return to racing for the first time amid the current coronavirus pandemic on 17 May with the 400-mile Darlington Cup Series event View the full article

Correction: Virus Outbreak-NASCAR story View the full article

NASCAR will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina View the full article

NASCAR will be just the second major sporting event back following the UFC. They were forced to postpone races at Atlanta, Homestead, Texas, Richmond, Talladega and Martinsville. The plan is to return to racing May 17th in a 400 mile race at Darlington Raceway. All events listed below will be run without fans. DATE TRACK ...Keep reading View the full article

Former NASCAR Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he is unsure how long his real-world racing career will last beyond this year View the full article

Paul Bellamy, Senior Vice President of Motorsports Events at IMG, the promoter of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, said: “The inaugural World RX Esports event was a stunning success. We can now confirm that the second round will take place as the replacement for the World RX of Portugal. We hope our Esports series is bringing some respite from the impacts of COVID-19 for global ...Keep reading View the full article

Originally scheduled as the sixth round of the 2020 campaign, the Porto-based event was due to take place on May 21-24 before it was indefinitely postponed in late March along with Rally Italy amid the worsening COVID-19 crisis. Efforts had been underway to move Rally Portugal to the end of October, potentially slotting in between Rally Germany and Rally GB, but a statement from the Automovel ...Keep reading View the full article

PlayStation 4 First up were the PS4 drivers in a wild race, packed with action from start to finish. Pole-sitter Brandyn Gritton held the early lead, but trouble four laps into the event would hand control over to Nick Jobes and Maxwell Castro. The two drivers then banged fenders as they fought for supremacy at the sharp end of the field. Kyle Arnold was able to join the fight and had a ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2020 GMC Sierra 2500 HD AT4 combined an off-road package with an already ironclad heavy-duty platform, and we made sure to flog the truck on the dirt and the tarmac. Read on to see how the HD fared on- and off-road in the 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year test. What’s Hot “Irresponsible” amount View the full article

Matt Kenseth had transitioned into a full-time father after retiring from NASCAR View the full article

What is a Prerunner? A question a child might ask, but not a childish question. In actuality, what a “real-world” prerunner is and what an OE prerunner package is are two very different things. The term prerunner came from the world of desert racing, where teams would go run the race course prior to the View the full article

The series will run Trucks at the historic road course as drivers are forced to switch gears after the season-opener with Cup cars at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Round 1 was won by Justin Brooks (Xbox) of the JTG Daugherty Throttlers and Hendrick Motorsports GC driver Nick Jobes (PS4). Watch complete highlights from the season-opener at Homestead below: But now the league ...Keep reading View the full article