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The organization announced Thursday that McDowell will once again pilot the No. 34 Ford next season while Nemechek will join the 2020 rookie of the year class driving the No. 38 Ford. FRM will return to a two-car operation next season, shutting down the No. 36 team. Matt Tifft has been competing with that team but left near the end of last season with health issues. Nemechek filled in for Tifft ...Keep reading View the full article

This year, Rovanpera became the fourth different driver in as many years to win the title in a Skoda Fabia R5, taking honours in the newly split-off WRC2 Pro category with five wins. The 19-year-old Finn follows Esapekka Lappi, Pontus Tidemand and Jan Kopecky in becoming WRC2 champion, and has landed a factory Toyota seat for 2020. Skoda had already scaled back from five to two factory cars ...Keep reading View the full article

The new initiative, which will follow in the footsteps of the circuit racing Red Bull Junior Team that produced Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel and grand prix winners Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, will be run in partnership with off-road racing mainstay Overdrive. Also a major contributor to Toyota's Dakar efforts, Overdrive has built and designed a 4x4 prototype under the ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe is bigger and bolder than ever before. After 25 years and four generations Chevy had no choice but to get this fifth-generation right. To do this the company needed to ensure that the Tahoe was not only engineered for today’s needs, but that it would be able to stand the test View the full article

The season, which includes 13 races, will head to Ohsweken Speedway on August 18th for the first dirt race in the series' history. Sunset Speedway and Circuit ICAR also return to the schedule after being absent for the last few years. “We believe the 2020 season will be one of the best we’ve seen for our fans and competitors,” said Gene Stefanyshyn, NASCAR Senior Vice President and ...Keep reading View the full article

Randy Gwaltney is from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and he jumped into the Jeep life with both feet…literally. He walked into the dealership and traded in his automatic-transmission car for this 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL with a manual transmission. Randy had never driven a manual and started learning on his way off the dealer View the full article

The Ryan Blaney Family foundation will auction a one-of-a-kind custom 1974 Ford Bronco for the Alzheimer’s Association. The Bronco will be sold in January 2020 at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. Team Penske NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney is the head of the Blaney Family Foundation. Blaney’s grandfather, Lou Blaney, who is a Hall of View the full article

Poole will pilot the No. 15 Chevrolet Camaro, making his Cup Series debut in February's Daytona 500. “I’m very happy to welcome Brennan and his group to the Premium Motorsports Family. Brennan is a very talented and dedicated young man, I believe he has a very bright future in the NASCAR Cup Series,” said team owner Jay Robinson. The 28-year-old has 83 starts in the Xfinity Series ...Keep reading View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

In a slightly unusual, but highly appreciated move, Chevy took a group of us out to the Milford Proving Ground ahead of the official debut of the all-new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. What they had instore for us was a deep-dive into some of the engineering that went into the new chassis and suspension, View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

After much waiting and anticipation, Chevrolet has finally pulled back the curtain on the company’s all-new 2021 Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs. New from tip-to-tail this refresh was not taken lightly by anyone involved. At 85 years, Suburban lays claim to the title of longest running vehicle nameplate in history. Tahoe is also now celebrating View the full article

Two-time Formula 1 champion Alonso completed two-and-a-half days of running with his Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa team alongside co-driver Marc Coma, which will be his last running before the start of the Saudi Arabian event on January 5. The main objective of the test, which concluded on Tuesday, was for the Spaniard to continue gaining experience in reading the terrain in the dunes ...Keep reading View the full article

Niece Motorsports announced Tuesday that Majeski will compete fulltime in the NASCAR Gander RV& Outdoors Truck Series next season, driving the organization’s No. 45 Chevrolet. “I’m really excited for the opportunity to race full time with Niece Motorsports,” said Majeski, 25. “I’m appreciative of Al (Niece) and everyone at the team for giving me this ...Keep reading View the full article

We’ve often said that tires and wheels make the 4×4 truck or SUV. This is true both in terms of looks as well as performance on-road and off-road. Our 2020 Four Wheeler and Pickup Truck of the Year (OTY) contenders feature just as wide a range of 4×4 truck tire diameters and treads as they View the full article

The SEMA show is all about the automotive aftermarket and vehicle builds that showcase those products. However, you need to have any eye-catching display to bring people into your booth to look at and ask about your products. For Jeep-related products it makes sense (to us) to have a display that showcases not only your View the full article

While the two-day test is closed to fans and media, NASCAR’s social media channels published numerous pictures of the car on Monday, which offered a more thorough glimpse into its design than its appearance in a test at Richmond in October. Austin Dillon drove the car at Richmond, which featured a back-and-white camouflaged wrap, while Joey Logano is handling the test at Phoenix – with a ...Keep reading View the full article

Breen impressed the team with his first WRC outing of 2019 in Finland, where he was sixth until he ceded the spot for his teammate Thierry Neuville's title hopes. Mikkelsen finished fourth in the championship for the squad, despite missing a number of events as part of Hyundai's driver rotation. Both drivers helped the team to its first WRC manufacturers' title in 2019, but the three-car ...Keep reading View the full article

This week's on-track test of NASCAR's new 'Gen-7' Cup Series machine has offered the best opportunity yet to see the car up close on track View the full article

A United States Federal Judge ruled Mahindra’s Roxor vehicle infringes on the Jeep Wrangler Copyright. Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot recommended an order preventing Mahindra from manufacturing, making parts, and selling the Roxor in the United States. The ruling was outlined in a 96-page decision in November 2019. FCA filed a complaint with the International View the full article

Of the 11 new pickups and SUVs entered into the 2020 Four Wheeler SUV of the Year and Pickup Truck of the Year tests, three are new Jeeps. They are the ’20 Jeep JT Gladiator Rubicon 4×4, ’20 Jeep JL Wrangler Unlimited Sahara 4×4, and ’20 Jeep JL Wrangler EcoDiesel Rubicon 4×4. Each is different View the full article

The team announced the news today via a statement stating that Pearn had decided to leave “to pursue opportunities outside of the sport”. Truex and Pearn won the Cup Series at Furniture Row Racing in 2017, which closed down 12 months after their title success. They then joined JGR for the 2018 season, and led Truex and the No. 19 team to a runner-up finish with a series-best seven wins, 15 ...Keep reading View the full article

The final day of the Four Wheeler Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2020 test is where we gathered some of our most valuable highway data. The half-day trek back into the city gave us insight into each vehicle’s fuel economy as we logged miles on the highway and in stop-and-go traffic. Sadly, testing View the full article

The Frenchman admits the new world champion's decision to leave Toyota was a surprise, but he's focusing his energies on working alongside his childhood hero Makinen. Motorsport.com revealed Tanak would leave Toyota bound for Hyundai in October after the Estonian was unable to agree terms to extend his two-year stay in a Yaris WRC. Asked how he intended to survive his season with Toyota ...Keep reading View the full article

Our fleet of new trucks and SUVs conquered the snowy, muddy, rutted hillclimbs on Day 4 of Four Wheeler’s Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2020. The Pickup Trucks and SUVs We tested three SUVs (Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, eTorque V-6; Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, EcoDiesel; Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE P3600) and eight View the full article