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The two-time Formula 1 champion, who has not raced since winning the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA World Endurance Championship title with Toyota in June, addressed his future plans answering questions submitted by followers of his Instagram account on Thursday evening. Alonso’s only appearances outside the WEC this year have been in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and a failed bid to make the ...Keep reading View the full article

The New Zealander's planned return was wrecked when he hit a rock during a pre-event test, destroying the Ford Fiesta WRC in which he was due to make his first top-level start since last year's Rally Australia. The ex-Hyundai WRC driver then flew home from Finland before the rally had begun to line up meetings with investors, as he continues to try to get back into the Fiesta. "Even though ...Keep reading View the full article

You read the headline correctly. You can enter to win a ’18 Jeep Wrangler Hero Edition in the Ultimate Jeep Dream Giveaway. The drawing is sponsored by Bruiser Conversions and New Beginning Children’s Homes, which is a charitable organization providing long-term safe family-style care for foster children. Bruiser Conversions custom-built the ’18 Wrangler with all View the full article

We Want Your Photos! Busted trail carnage (we do like the gnarly breakage) Family-vacation-in-a-Jeep experience, especially if it’s vintage or parked in front of a monument or noteworthy thingy (like, world’s largest whatever) Vintage military Jeeps, especially when they’re old-timey with your old-timey relatives And, of course, sunk/stuck/rolled/drowned Jeeps Be sure to send us the View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Friday, Aug. 9 (Michigan) 12:35 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Cup Series practice (TV: NBCSN) 1:35 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Truck Series practice (TV: None) 3:05 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. Truck Series final practice (TV: None) 5:05 p.m. - Cup Series qualifying (TV: NBCSN) Saturday, Aug. 10 (Michigan) 8:35 a.m. - 9:25 a.m ...Keep reading View the full article

Ford Performance announced Thursday that it will unveil a redesigned Ford Mustang for the Xfinity Series on Aug. 15 at Ford Media Clubhouse at Kruse & Muer on Woodward in Royal Oak, Mich. It will be the fifth all-new Mustang race car from Ford Performance in the past year. In the past 12 months, Ford has debuted new Mustang versions in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NHRA Funny Car ...Keep reading View the full article

Tanak left M-Sport to drive for Toyota in 2018, and narrowly missed out on the WRC title last season after a late run of victories failed to undo his troublesome start to the campaign. M-Sport and Hyundai have both expressed interest in signing the Estonian for 2020, but Motorsport.com understands that the WRC points leader will stick with the team also leading the manufacturers ...Keep reading View the full article

Our spies caught the 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee testing on public roads in Southern California this week, giving us a close look at the new SUV that’s slated to abandon its aging WK-platform bones in favor of Alfa Romeo’s stellar Giorgio architecture. These spy images reveal little except the new SUV’s general stance, which looks View the full article

Environmental groups are suing the Bureau of Land Management after it reopened 5,300 acres of land for off-road use in Utah’s Factory Butte back in May. The land was closed in 2006 to protect two endangered cactus species. The land borders Capitol Reef National Park to the west and is near the town of Caineville. View the full article

While overlanding is all the rage at the moment, its origins lie in English gentlemen crossing Africa in Land Rovers. Chris Brion doesn’t live in Africa, but he is a proper British gentleman and does drive a Land Rover. Chris has built a lot of Rovers over the years for everything from daily driving to View the full article

Earnhardt, the grandson of the late seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, posted a message on his social media accounts Wednesday saying he had “parted ways” with sponsor iK9. Earnhardt was scheduled to compete in Saturday’s Xfinity Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 sponsored by iK9. A spokesman for JGR told Motorsport.com that ...Keep reading View the full article

The scheme is a throwback to Adam's lone ARCA Racing Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway on September 20, 1998. This livery will feature the Victory Junction Gang camp, a camp for terminally ill children created in Adam's memory. “It’s truly an honor and top throwback that I’ve been a part of and knowing the history behind the Petty family and Adam’s vision and seeing it ...Keep reading View the full article

Matt DiBenedetto says he is "fighting" to remain in the NASCAR Cup Series, with his seat under threat from Joe Gibbs Racing protege Christopher Bell View the full article

While Motorsport.com understands the M-Sport Ford driver is nearing full fitness, there's concern about the nature of the roads aggravating the injury again. The British team is now assessing its options for who to put in Evans' Ford Fiesta WRC. M-Sport team principal Richard Millener told Motorsport.com: "Frustrating as it is for us to have a driver of Elfyn's calibre on the bench, we have ...Keep reading View the full article

On Tuesday, NASCAR suspended Creed’s crew chief, Jeff Stankiewicz, as well as the team’s truck chief, Austin Pollak, and engineer, Jonathan Stewart, for the next three races. Creed’s No. 2 Truck dropped added ballast on the track during a practice session last Wednesday at Eldora Speedway. The incident is considered a safety violation. Read Also: Stewart Friesen earns first ...Keep reading View the full article

Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray react to all of the incidents from Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International. View the full article

Elliott, 23, won early in the 2019 season to lock in his playoff berth, winning the spring race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. However, the summer months have not been kind to Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team. In the seven races prior to Sunday, Elliott had an average finish of 26.4 and had finished 29th or worse four times. It was not a surprise if fans had begun to doubt ...Keep reading View the full article

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has hit out at Penske's Ryan Blaney following their clash at Watkins Glen, hinting that he could retaliate in a future race View the full article

Sordo admitted after his shock Rally Italy victory in June that he didn't know when his next event in an i20 Coupe WRC would be - although he expressed an interest in competing in Germany, the scene of his only other top-level WRC win. Now it has been confirmed the Spaniard will join Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen for the Saarland-based event on August 22-25. It means Loeb, a ...Keep reading View the full article

We may have found the most luxurious Land Rover on the planet. This Midnight Blue Defender 130 build was inspired by a ’17 Aston Martin DB11. The vehicle was built by E.C.D. Automotive Design, a company known for prestigious Defender builds. The design came from one of E.C.D.’s clients, who obviously loves the Aston Martin. View the full article

Tagliani, a former IndyCar driver who competes fulltime in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, will drive Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 51 Toyota in the Aug. 25 Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at CTMP. The native of Montreal, Quebec, has made four previous Truck starts at CTMP, with a series-best fifth-place finish coming in 2015 with Brad Keselowski Racing. He will once again pull double-duty ...Keep reading View the full article

DiBenedetto's result at Watkins Glen was his fourth top-ten of the year, all coming in the last seven races. After forming a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing prior to this season and switching to Toyota, Leavine Family Racing has shown notable improvement on the track since the season-opener where DiBenedetto led the most laps in the Daytona 500. His best result came at Sonoma ...Keep reading View the full article

Mellow Yellow Randy Linke resides in the Sunshine State (Florida). He sent us his custom 1972 Jeep J2000 pickup that he built himself. It sits on a 1986 GMC Jimmy frame and running gear, has a Chevrolet 350 V-8 and Turbo 350 automatic transmission, and sports a Dana 60 front axle and 14-bolt rear—both with View the full article

Due to many requests, we’re republishing some of Granville King’s “From The Back Country” columns as space permits. These columns ran in Four Wheeler from 1984 until Granville’s passing in 1989 at age 70. Granville was a retired aerospace engineer and television screenwriter who lived off-grid in a trailer in Baja, Mexico. His off-road experiences View the full article

Busch had started the race in third and ran alongside Bryon for second at Turn 1 before spinning out as the pair battled. The two then had another coming together at the Outer Loop bend when Busch rammed Byron onto the grass, leading the Hendrick driver's crew chief Chad Knaus to take to the radio to say: "If I see that #18 [Busch] come back around again without you knocking the **** out of ...Keep reading View the full article