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Richard Petty Motorsports NASCAR driver Darrell 'Bubba' Wallace Jr has been penalised after admitting that he intentionally caused a caution period in last weekend's race at Texas View the full article

Wallace was fined $50,000 and docked 50 driver points on Saturday for intentionally causing a caution which in turn manipulated the outcome of a race. His penalty came after he admitted the infraction – which had been debated by fans and drivers since last Sunday – in an interview Friday at ISM Raceway near Phoenix with NBC Sports' Dustin Long: Fellow Cup series driver Kyle Larson ...Keep reading View the full article

Bubba Wallace fined $50,000 by NASCAR for causing caution last week at Texas that affected race for at least one playoff driver View the full article

Outside of the fight to become the 2019 champion, Gronholm was third fastest in Q1 by winning the first race of the weekend, then despite the randomly reversed race order for Q2 where the fastest drivers from Q1 raced first, Gronholm again won on track and set a time that wouldn’t be bettered. Timmy Hansen had been fastest in Q1 and took an early joker in the Q2 encounter after he dropped to ...Keep reading View the full article

Friesen was black-flagged for jumping the start of the race but bounced back to grab the lead late in Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150. He then held off a furious challenge from Brandon Jones to pick up the win at ISM Raceway near Phoenix to lock himself into the Championship 4 next weekend at Homestead. Joining Friesen in competing for the 2019 series title next weekend at Brett Moffitt ...Keep reading View the full article

Driver Team Manufacturer Wins Best Points Finish Brett Moffitt GMS Racing Chevrolet 4 1st (2018) Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 3 17th (2012) Stewart Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 2 7th (2018) Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Ford 0 1st (2013 ...Keep readingView the full article

SEMA 2019 brought every make and model of truck, car, SUV, and everything else to Las Vegas, Nevada, where it was up to us to search out the biggest and baddest—including everything Chevy. We took a few laps around the show floors looking for all things Bow Tie whether they were tactical, tricked, lifted, View the full article

Elliott posted an average lap speed of 138.627 mph early in the final 50-minute session of the day which ended up topping the leaderboard. “As a team, we know the position we’re in right now and it kind of is what it is at this point. We’ll either run good this weekend or we don’t,” Elliott said. “If we do, we have a chance next week. If we don’t, we’ll go to Homestead and ...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

But unlike a majority of the series’ drivers, he still has a path available to the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. “It takes some talent to get 80 points back (of the cutoff line) in two weeks, but we’ve achieved it,” Elliott said sarcastically Friday at ISM Raceway. “Certainly self-inflicted; I hate that I messed up last week as bad as I did, there’s really no excuse ...Keep reading View the full article

Icon ICON Vehicle Dynamics stepped up to the plate with its Stage 1 Suspension System for the Jeep Gladiator JT and scored a home run, getting the Best New Off-Road Product award at the 2019 SEMA Show. The Stage 1 Suspension System is a bolt-on kit with dual rate front coil springs, adjustable billet front View the full article

Intentional cautions take spotlight in NASCAR playoffs View the full article

Statistically, Busch has had another strong season with four victories and 15 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes in 33 races. Busch, however, hasn’t won since June at Pocono. He is still ranked third in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings although he has four finishes of 14th or worse in eight playoff races. Entering Sunday’s race at Phoenix, Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick already ...Keep reading View the full article

Images from SEMA are awash with bling’d out show rigs that are so overdone that most couldn’t be safely driven down the road let alone the trail. But not all of these “show cars” are more fluff than filling. Some have the show and go down pat. The staff enthusiasts at the Four Wheeler Network View the full article

Bro-dozers aside, there actually are real off-roadable 4x4s at the SEMA show just about every year. Sure, some may never get wheeled hard while others do, but there are several here with the goods to get them down the trail and up the next obstacle. Here are 10 builds we know we would like to View the full article

By now you probably know what’s hot at SEMA 2019. The Jeep JL Wrangler and Jeep JT Gladiator are two of the most popular builds at the show, and we know that trend will extend into the real world lives of our readers. And while both the new Wrangler and Gladiator are both super capable View the full article

SEMA 2019 filled Las Vegas, Nevada with cars, trucks, and everything that goes “vroom.” We put on our proverbial horse blinders and took a lap around the show looking for all things Ford, whether they were lifted, leveled, tracked, tricked, or bulletproofed—we pointed a camera at them. Meet the Guhrka, an armor-clad behemoth from Terradyne View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times local. Friday, November 8 8:05 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. NGOTS 1st Practice (No TV) 9:35 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. NGOTS Final Practice (No TV) 1:05 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. NXS 1st Practice (NBC Sports App) 2:05 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. MENCS 1st Practice (NBC Sports App) 3:05 p.m. NGOTS Qualifying (FS1) 4:05 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. NXS Final Practice (NBCSN) 5:00 ...Keep reading View the full article

The SEMA Show is like nothing else in the world. It’s the largest gathering of people who love trucks, Jeeps, 4x4s, and cars, and the people who make parts, accessories, and upgrades for those trucks, Jeeps, 4x4s, and cars. It’s sort of like the Super Bowl of the automotive worlds. And by world, we mean View the full article

Statistically, Kyle Busch has had another strong season with four victories and 15 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes in 33 races. Busch, however, hasn’t won since June at Pocono. He is still ranked third in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings although he has four finishes of 14th or worse in eight playoff races. Entering Sunday’s race at Phoenix, Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick ...Keep reading View the full article

The SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas is a monster event that consumes almost every square inch inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. It also packs the area around the buildings. And saturating the show are 4x4s. Lots of 4x4s. Every size, make, model, and build level you can imagine. Seeing all View the full article

Tires are tires, right? Not really. There are good, better, and best in every category of truck, Jeep, and 4×4 parts, accessories, and upgrades. We’ve found four new tires at SEMA Show 2019 that fit into that better and best category. As a matter of fact, one of these tires received the “Best New Tire” View the full article

There is one overwhelmingly apparent fact: the Jeep Gladiator is the king of SEMA 2019. There are modified Jeep Gladiators for rock crawling, modified Jeep Gladiators for towing, modified Jeep Gladiators for overlanding, and modified Jeep Gladiators for hauling bikes and motorcycles. Heck, we even saw one lowrider Jeep Gladiator. And not only are there View the full article

The saying goes that when you need a winch, you really need a winch. We love winches, they have tugged us out of many a predicament. Every year totally new winches pop up at SEMA in Las Vegas, Nevada. The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world with aftermarket View the full article

This is Alonso’s first event since a troubled outing in the recent Morocco Rally left him with a "bittersweet" feeling – which included a heavy crash into a ditch. Alonso ended the first stage in fourth place, 7m43s off leader Yasir Bin Seaidan’s Mini. “It was a trouble-free stage for us,” said Alonso. “We didn’t have any issues this time, we completed the 210km. We still have ...Keep reading View the full article