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[motorsport] Belgium "in negotiations" for maiden WRC event in 2020
The WRC has been hit by a string of cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving just five rallies remaining on the schedule - on top of the three events that were completed before the outbreak. This has forced the championship to evaluate rallies that were not originally on the 2020 calendar, with the Latvia ERC round's organiser RA Events revealing on Monday that it has already held ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Belgium "in negotiations" for maiden WRC event in 2020
The WRC has been hit by a string of cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving just five rallies remaining on the schedule - on top of the three events that were completed before the outbreak. This has forced the championship to evaluate rallies that were not originally on the 2020 calendar, with the Latvia ERC round's organiser RA Events revealing on Monday that it has already held ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Is your 4x4 destined to be a family heirloom?
Keepsakes are interesting things. Sometimes they’re useful contrivances, and sometimes they serve no purpose other than eliciting a memory. But sometimes they’re the vehicle through which memories are made. And yes, that was an intentional pun because for me and my family, we seem to make the majority of our memories via motorized cars, trucks, View the full article
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[motorsport] Dale Jr. - "I just wanted to make somebody proud"
Jarrett, the 1999 NASCAR Cup Series champion, was inducted into the Hall of Fame himself in 2014. He spoke about the weight placed on Earnhardt's shoulders following his legendary father's passing in the 2001 Daytona 500 and how he dealt with the immense pressure placed upon him in just his second full-time season at the Cup level. "I wouldn't have survived any of that if it hadn't been for ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Dale Earnhardt Jr. among 2021 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class
Three drivers, one from the Pioneer Ballot and two from the Modern Era Ballot, will join the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2021. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will join his father Dale Sr. (2010) as the sixth father-son duo in the Hall. Earnhardt, a 26-time winner at the Cup level and 15-time Most Popular Driver is one of the most recognizable names in racing. The racer-turned broadcaster won the Daytona 500 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Overland 2012 Jeep JK Wrangler With an Ursa Minor J30 Camper
Adrian Holmes brought his overland-equipped 2012 JK Wrangler with its Ursa Minor J30 camper to Four Wheeler’s Overland Adventure and gave us the tour of his setup. Read more about this fascinating Jeep Wrangler build when it appears on the pages of Four Wheeler magazine, in the October 2020 issue. Engine The 2012 Jeep Wrangler’s View the full article
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[autosport] Indianapolis 500 regular Davison set for NASCAR Cup debut at Talladega
Indianapolis 500 regular James Davison will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend in the #77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet View the full article
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[motorsport] James Davison to make NASCAR oval debut at Talladega
Davison will pilot the No. 77 Spire Motorsports OILFIRE Chevrolet in his NASCAR oval debut. The 33-year-old driver has four previous starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, all on road courses. This will be his Cup Series debut and his first stock car race on an oval. Davison is a veteran of five Indianapolis 500s, placing as high as 12th in 2019. Spire Motorsports has run several different ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Meeke could get a career lifeline in form of Pirelli role
The Northern Irishman, a five-time WRC event winner, had been left without a drive for the 2020 season having being dropped by Toyota after just a single season with the Japanese manufacturer. But with Pirelli preparing to become the sole supplier to the WRC from 2021 having won a four-year tender from governing body FIA and taking over from Michelin, Meeke is being considered for the role ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Meeke could get a career lifeline in form of Pirelli role
The Northern Irishman, a five-time WRC event winner, had been left without a drive for the 2020 season having being dropped by Toyota after just a single season with the Japanese manufacturer. But with Pirelli preparing to become the sole supplier to the WRC from 2021 having won a four-year tender from governing body FIA and taking over from Michelin, Meeke is being considered for the role ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Latvia in talks to make late addition to WRC calendar
RA Events organises and promotes Rally Liepaja, a round of the European Rally Championship, which has been postponed this year until August 14-16. Following the latest cancellations of WRC rounds in Finland, New Zealand and Great Britain, due to issues surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, WRC Managing Director Oliver Ciesla confirmed recently that the series could adopt rallies into the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Latvia in talks to make late addition to WRC calendar
RA Events organises and promotes Rally Liepaja, a round of the European Rally Championship, which has been postponed this year until August 14-16. Following the latest cancellations of WRC rounds in Finland, New Zealand and Great Britain, due to issues surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, WRC Managing Director Oliver Ciesla confirmed recently that the series could adopt rallies into the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] We Run Down Land Cruiser’s Past
The Toyota Land Cruiser is arguably the most widespread, well-known, and well-respected 4×4 around the world. The FJ-40 (and similar BJ-40) can be found in just about every country in the world. No matter how bad the roads are, or how remote the towns, chances are a Land Cruiser of one kind or another has View the full article
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[motorsport] 30,000 NASCAR fans will be permitted to attend All-Star Race
The 35 previous All-Star Races have all been run at 1.5 mile intermediate tracks with Charlotte Motor Speedway hosting 34 and Atlanta Motor Speedway hosting the event once in 1986. July will mark the first time the exhibition race is being held at a short track. Read Also: The NASCAR All-Star Race is moving to Bristol for 2020 On Sunday, NASCAR opened up the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] The Best Breaks, Stucks, and Mechanical Mishaps of the FWN and TTN Staff
When you get paid to go off-roading and/or play with high-performance vehicles for a living, you’re gonna eventually have some cool adventures. For us, that usually means an epic stuck, break, or mechanical malady. Here are some of the Four Wheeler Network and Truck Trend Network staffers’ best fubar moments. Ken Brubaker You’d think that View the full article
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[motorsport] Dale Earnhardt Jr “loves” rivalries like Elliott, Logano
Earnhardt, who played his own starring role in Saturday’s Xfinity Series event on his annual race outing, told NBC Sports’ NASCAR America show on Monday that Logano knew exactly what he was doing when he balked Elliott with 30 laps remaining in the Cup race. That allowed Denny Hamlin to pass and he went on to win the race from Elliott by less than a second. After the race, Hamlin said that ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR All-Star race set to head to Bristol for 2020
The NASCAR All-Star Race will move this season to a track other than Charlotte Motor Speedway for just the second time since its inception View the full article
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[motorsport] The NASCAR All-Star Race is moving to Bristol for 2020
Due to the recent increase of the number of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina and the corresponding increase in the state’s positive rate of infection, the annual All-Star race will be moved to at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, multiple sources have confirmed to Motorsport.com. Some limited number of fans are expected to be allowed to attend, sources said. An ARCA Menards Series race was also ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Reddick scores career-best Cup finish, despite last-lap gaffe
Reddick, 24, is the leading rookie in the 2020 ROTY standings. He was promoted to the Cup Series by Richard Childress Racing after back-to-back Xfinity Series titles in 2018 and 2019. Sunday in Miami, he enjoyed his best showing yet with a fourth-place finish at Homestead. Reddick was up front for the majority of the race, despite starting 24th. He quickly marched forward, placing third in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Hamlin: Lapped Logano “very generous to me” but not Elliott
Logano was taken out of the recent race at Bristol by Elliott. Although they discussed the incident afterwards, Logano said he had to “force an apology” from Elliott, which clearly irked him. Logano suffered damage in a pitroad incident in the opening stage at Homestead, which damaged his Penske Ford and put him off the leading pace. He had already hit Elliott from behind when he was a lap ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 1994 Ford F-250 With a 6BT, Overland Tent, and 40s
We met Matt Swithenbank and his 6BT Cummins-powered 1994 Ford F-250 at the 2020 King of the Hammers race. His diesel-powered Ford caught our eye with its custom-built tube bed, overland tent, and 40-inch tires. Read more about how the truck came to life! 1994 Ford F-250: The Goal “The only reason I got this View the full article
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[motorsport] Prodrive reveals details of 2021 Dakar challenger
The outfit has decided to build a four-wheel drive car for the top T1 class, dismissing the two-wheel drive buggy option that its British rival Mini has championed in recent years at the rally-raid. The car is 4.5 metres long, two metres wide and 1.8 metres high, and weighs 1850kg - with a 3.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine sitting under its hood. The development for the BRX T1 began in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Prodrive reveals details of 2021 Dakar challenger
The outfit has decided to build a four-wheel drive car for the top T1 class, dismissing the two-wheel drive buggy option that its British rival Mini has championed in recent years at the rally-raid. The car is 4.5 metres long, two metres wide and 1.8 metres high, and weighs 1850kg - with a 3.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine sitting under its hood. The development for the BRX T1 began in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Toyota decides against debuting GR Yaris in WRC next year
The Japanese manufacturer had originally planned to retire the current Yaris model after the end of the current season and replace it with a new contender based on the GR Yaris road car that was officially unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon in February. However, in a tweet issued on Monday, the Gazoo Racing arm of Toyota announced that it will continue to run the current Yaris until 2021 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR Homestead: Hamlin fends off Elliott to win weather-delayed race
Denny Hamlin fended off a late charge from Chase Elliott to record his third win of the season in the heavily delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead View the full article