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Burton, the 19-year-old son of NASCAR veteran Jeff Burton, held off his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Riley Herbst, on a wild final restart and brought home the win in Saturday’s PAG 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. The victory is Burton’s first in 12 series starts and first as a fulltime driver in the Xfinity Series and all-but locks him into this season’s p layoffs. Burton ...Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson is making his final NASCAR Cup Series start as a full-time driver at Fontana this weekend View the full article

Clint Bowyer has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Fontana this weekend, holding off six-time race champion Jimmie Johnson View the full article

Bowyer bolted to the top of the speed chart late in the qualifying session with an average lap speed of 179.614 mph and held off challenges, first from Alex Bowman – who was fastest in both practice sessions Friday – and hometown favorite Jimmie Johnson. The pole is just the fourth in Bowyer’s career with two coming in the last two seasons. Johnson, who leads all drivers with six wins ...Keep reading View the full article

Suarez’s No. 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing team failed to qualify for the season-opening Daytona 500 and on the first lap of last week’s race at Las Vegas, Suarez brought out the first caution on Lap 2 when his car stalled on the frontstretch. He was eventually able to get back in the race once his crew addressed an ignition problem but by then he ended up four laps down and finished ...Keep reading View the full article

Can it also be the track that returns him to Victory Lane in his final fulltime season? On April 28, 2002, in just his 13th career start in the Cup Series, Johnson registered his first victory, leading the final 14 laps and holding off Kurt Busch to do so. A NASCAR record-tying seven series championships and 83 career victories later, Johnson – a native of El Cajon, Calif. – rolls into ...Keep reading View the full article

It seems prudent to follow up on the status of a big, lifted 2017 Ford F-350 SEMA truck that the love-to-hate YouTuber WhistlinDiesel has promised to bash, thrash, and abuse until thoroughly destroyed. He’s basically showing us how to kill your truck, and due to viewers’ maniacal obsession with destruction, these videos get millions of View the full article

Ryan Blaney led most of the final 50-minute session but Bowman rocketed to the top of the speed chart in the final 15 minutes with an average lap speed of 176.626 mph. Blaney ended up second (176.185 mph) and Bubba Wallace was third (176.176 mph). Kurt Busch and Christopher Bell completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 single-lap speeds were Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch is eager to rise to the challenge of the new Cup Series drivers challenging his Truck Series dominance View the full article

Bowman quickly posted the fastest average lap speed when the 50-minute session began and continued to improve throughout, leading the way at 179.439 mph. In all, Chevrolet drivers claimed the top four positions and six of the top-10 speeds. Kyle Larson ended up second (177.703 mph) and Tyler Reddick was third (177.607 mph). Kurt Busch was fourth and Matt DiBenedetto completed the ...Keep reading View the full article

Lordstown Motors Corporation has posted its first YouTube video under the rather appropriate username of Lordstown Motors. It’s reportedly the first in a series of behind-the-scenes videos depicting the happenings at the Lordstown Motor plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Narrated by the company’s CEO, Steve Burns, the video teases the 6.2-million-square-foot manufacturing plant while showing brief View the full article

All times Eastern Standard Time Friday, February 28 3:05 p.m. - Xfinity Series practice 4:05 p.m. - Cup Series practice 5:02 p.m. - Xfinity Series final practice 5:35 p.m. - Cup Series final practice Saturday, February 29 1:05 p.m. - Xfinity Series qualifying 2:35 p.m. - Cup Series qualifying 4 p.m. - Xfinity Series race (FS1) Sunday, February 23 3:30 p.m. Cup ...Keep reading View the full article

'Challenge accepted.' That's what Chase Elliott tweeted when he revealed that he would take a shot at the $100,000 bounty placed on Kyle Busch. The bounty, a combination of $50,000 put forward from Kevin Harvick and another $50,000 from Gander RV and Outdoors CEO Marcus Lemonis, challenging any full-time Cup driver who can defeat Busch in one of his four remaining Truck races this ...Keep reading View the full article

Join us at Four Wheeler Adventure Expo at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA to meet Dakar Rally Racer, Jeep X Challenge at Winter X-Games Gold Medalist and overall motorsports legend, Casey Currie. Adventure Expo will host Casey Currie for a question and answer session and autographs for fans at the View the full article

It doesn’t happen too often, but sometimes we’re stumped by a vehicle sighting. While piling into our long-term 2019 Ram 1500 after a short Saturday morning hike in the woods, we found a pair of these apparently rented golf-cart-esque rentals gone rogue in the off-road parking area. Since we hadn’t ever seen these in the View the full article

Benchmade Knife Company (Benchmade.com) has always been the benchmark when it comes to producing fine-quality knives and bladed tools. Benchmade packs some of the most useful features into their design and the company stands behind its product with an exceptional warranty and a lifetime of no-questions-asked, free sharpening it terms “Lifesharp”. If you manage to View the full article

Following Joey Logano's Pennzoil 400 win, early indications suggest that the Penske crew chief changes are ready to pay dividends. View the full article

The Swede told Motorsport.com last month that he would make a decision on his 2020 programme after Rally Sweden had taken place, and having finished third overall in WRC3 driving a Volkswagen Polo R5 two weeks ago, Kristoffersson says he is now close to finalising plans for the rest of his campaign. While the former WTCR driver is still assessing rally and circuit racing outings, he is working ...Keep reading View the full article

We knelt beside the fire, collecting the charred remains of a few Coolabah leaves and depositing them into a tin can. There wasn’t a soul for miles in any direction, no one to bear witness to our sacrificial act. “We will carry this with us…” stated John Eggleston, “this should appease Kudamuckra, the great serpent View the full article

Auto shows and expos are nothing new in our world. In fact, we attend many of them each and every year. So, when the opportunity came to attend the inaugural Global Auto Salon in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we couldn’t help but to jump at the opportunity if for no other reason than to see how View the full article

The phrase “there are levels to this (expletive)” is easily applied to modifying a diesel pickup truck; especially enhancing its engine’s performance. Powertrain upgrades typically range from proverbial “wild to mild,” and of course, their cost increases exponentially based on whatever changes are made. For diesel rigs later than 1994, all roads to managing engine View the full article

More on this Toyota Tundra Build! Trail Ready Tundra: Part One 2014 Toyota Tundra- Trail Ready Tundra: Part Two Adding an ARE Shell, Bed Rug, and Topper Lift to Our Overland Project Toyota We Install a Front Runner Low Profile Roof Rack on a 2014 Toyota Tundra We’re calling our Toyota Tundra Overland project done. View the full article

Newman, who continued to recover from a head injury sustained in a last-lap wreck in the Feb. 17 Daytona 500, made a visit Wednesday to Roush’s offices and received a standing ovation from employees. RFR president Steve Newmark has said there is no timetable for Newman’s return to competition but the veteran driver had expressed a desire to continue racing. Ross Chastain continues ...Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson will hope to find some old magic when NASCAR's top series moves to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California View the full article

So, you’ve gone and taken the plunge. You did your research, shopped for the “best deal,” and purchased a new pickup truck (for this discussion, diesel or gas doesn’t matter). When it comes to modifying and making changes, some of the people reading this probably are content with never, ever doing anything to their new View the full article