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Cell phones don’t always have service where we wheel, so I’m working on a story that digs into some options for off-road communication. Nowadays, we have more choices than ever when it comes to moving our voice via radio in the backcountry, with options including FRS, GMRS, MURS, and amateur (ham). As I’ve been working View the full article

Busch dropped to 27th in the series standings after the season’s first two races but has rallied back with finishes of second and third in the last two. While his results have improved, Busch’s No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team has not shown race-winning speed on a regular basis, which was key to his winning his second series title in 2019. In fact, Busch has led just 14 laps this season and ...Keep reading View the full article

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch says he must be "a hell of a lot better" to challenge for 2020 honours after a mixed start to his title defence View the full article

The squad will run under the Team Hansen banner for 2020 and continue to field its ex-works Peugeot 208s. While the programme remains similar to last year, it will be run completely from Hansen Motorsport’s Swedish workshops in Gotene, rather than being based partially in France, for the first time since 2013. “Of course I’m happy to be back, I like to drive rallycross,” reigning ...Keep reading View the full article

Larsson, son of two-time European Champion Lars, has previously contested three full World RX campaigns, both with his own privately-run Audi A1 and an OlsbergsMSE-prepared Ford Fiesta, but stepped back to the European championship last season and dominated. He will now return to World RX with the same team that he won the European crown with last year, racing one of the latest Audi S1s built ...Keep reading View the full article

Mere hours after the first images of the compact 2021 Ford Bronco Sport were leaked on enthusiast forums online, a photo of what looks to be that rig’s full-sized 2021 Ford Bronco sibling has also hit the internet. The latest image purporting to show the new Bronco in four-door, soft-top form landed on fullsizeBronco.com, and View the full article

We tested the 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara during our SUV of the Year and gathered valuable information about how it performed off-road alongside the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon. After reviewing the comments from our panel of expert judges, we were able to compare the two Jeeps to see which is better suited for your View the full article

The upcoming Ford Bronco is getting a foal by way of the Bronco Sport, leaked images of which recently showed up on the Bronco Sport Forum. We knew this compact SUV was coming, and is due to officially debut in April. It has been alternately referred to as the “baby Bronco” and the “Bronco Scout,” View the full article

NASCAR is off to a strong start to the season after one month of racing View the full article

It’s not about the paint (entirely). 4×4 armor is about protecting sheetmetal and underbody parts, too. Crunching, dragging, banging—sure, scars can be a badge of honor, but you know what also looks cool? Body armor. That’s what you’ll find here, all sorts of innovative aftermarket parts to protect the exterior and what lies beneath while View the full article

The Global Auto Salon in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wasn’t just any car show. Instead, it was a weeklong celebration of all things automotive. Think of it as a classic car show, off-road expo, overland expo, carnival, state fair, and monster truck blowout all rolled into one. Case in point, the sideshow events were by far View the full article

I like things simple when it comes to 4x4s. For example, I’m drawn to the base model of a truck or SUV. I can’t help it. This started back in 1971 when I saw my uncle’s brand-new, mostly base ’72 Chevy K5 Blazer. It was love at first sight. There were other notable events that View the full article

The main reason being that NASCAR had decided last year it was going to move the championship race for its three national series to Phoenix this year from Homestead-Miami Speedway. While the redesigned Phoenix track seemed like a good location change, there was one problem – the aero rules package used in Cup in 2019 did wonders for the racing on intermediate tracks but did not appear to mesh ...Keep reading View the full article

Swedish driver Marklund will drive a GC Kompetition-run Renault Megane for a third straight season this year, having joined the squad in the latter stages of the 2018 campaign, while also racing in the European Championship with his own team. Last season he briefly claimed a maiden World RX victory at Hell in Norway before being stripped of the result by a post-race technical infringement, but ...Keep reading View the full article

For its third year running the WRC-derived i20, the SET Promotion-operated GRX outfit has switched to French firm BOS Suspension as damper supplier, as part of a number of changes to the car. The team completed multi-day tests at Riga in Latvia and Loheac in France recently. Niclas Gronholm was forced to miss two rounds of World RX last season through illness, but won twice and finished fourth ...Keep reading View the full article

Sunday proved that drivers are looking forward to racing short tracks again, after NASCAR decided to return to its 2018 package, among other changes. View the full article

He came very close to picking up his first win of the 2020 season and the 10th of his career at the 1-mile track. Twice in the final 13 laps – once in regulation and once in overtime – Harvick lined up alongside race winner Joey Logano on a restart but could not get close enough to even try to nudge Logano out of way. Even Logano knew what was coming: “I knew racing Kevin was going to ...Keep reading View the full article

Reddick, coming off an 11th-place finish at Auto Club Speedway last weekend, continued to shine as the top rookie for most of the race at Phoenix. The two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion finished ninth in the first stage before improving to fourth in the second stage. He was able to briefly work his way up to second-place on a restart before a bobble sent him to the backend of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Logano holds off Harvick in NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix View the full article

A late-race caution set up the two-lap overtime and Harvick appeared determined to get to Logano’s bumper before the finish. Harvick got close on the final lap but couldn’t quite make the attempt before the checkered flag. The win in Sunday’s Fan Shield 500 at Phoenix Raceway is the second this season for Logano (he also won at Las Vegas), 25th of his career and second at ...Keep reading View the full article

After a late caution, Joey Logano holds off Kevin Harvick in Overtime to win 2nd race of the season at Phoenix Raceway View the full article

Joey Logano scored his second NASCAR Cup series victory of the season in overtime at Phoenix, despite having to serve a mid-race penalty for a loose tyre View the full article

Denny Hamlin gets loose and takes out Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney late in Stage 1 View the full article

Blaney hasn't had much luck this year. He was mere feet away from winning the Daytona 500 in a photo finish alongside Denny Hamlin, a late caution derailed his day at Las Vegas while leading the race, and a tire issue robbed him of a second-place finish at Fontana. Despite the misfortune, he performed well enough to be leading the championship standings after three races. But he will likely ...Keep reading View the full article

While Busch doesn’t have an abundance of wins at Phoenix (three in the Cup Series), he has been remarkably strong at the 1-mile track of late, finishing first or second in the last four races. After a rough start to the season, the reigning Cup series champion finds himself mired 19th in the series standings and still looking for his first win. Uncharacteristically, he’s led just 14 laps so ...Keep reading View the full article