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[motorsport] Todd Gilliland earns first win in wild Martinsville Truck race
Gilliland got around Ross Chastain on a restart with 10 to go in regulation and then held him off in a two-lap overtime to win Saturday’s NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The win is Gilliland’s first in 46 career starts. Entering the race, he held the record as the driver at Kyle Busch Motorsports with the most starts without a victory. “I wish we would have won ...Keep reading View the full article
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Gilliland scores 1st victory in trucks with Martinsville win
Todd Gilliland wins first career Truck Series race by holding off championship contender Ross Chastain in overtime at Martinsville Speedway View the full article
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[motorsport] Keselowski tops final Cup practice at Martinsville
Keselowski ended up eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs last weekend at Kansas but his average lap speed of 96.283 mph has him poised at the chance to sweep both races at the 1-mile track this season. Penske teammate Ryan Blaney ended up second (95.762 mph) and Kurt Busch was third (95.704 mph). Daniel Hemric was fourth and Ryan Preece completed the top-five. Rounding out the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Team Penske shakes up pit crews on Cup Series playoff teams
Heading into this weekend’s race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, the pit crews of teams of Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney have changes. Logano and Blaney still remain in contention to win the 2019 series title. Keselowski’s pit crew, one of the organization’s most consistent this season, has been sent to Blaney’s No. 12 team. Two members of Blaney’s crew have moved ...Keep reading View the full article
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Matt Tifft becomes ill at Martinsville, taken to hospital
Matt Tifft becomes ill before practice at Martinsville Speedway, taken to hospital; Matt Crafton replaces him View the full article
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[motorsport] Catalunya WRC: Neuville stretches lead, Tanak into third
Saturday afternoon began with Neuville, Loeb and Sordo preserving a Hyundai 1-2-3, with Toyota’s Tanak nearly 10 seconds in arrears of third-placed Sordo. Yet Tanak had won the first pass of El Montmell that concluded the morning and picked up where he left off with a quickest time on Savalla 2. Further stage wins on the repeat passes of Querol and El Montmell allowed Tanak to chew into ...Keep reading View the full article
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Elliott blows engine in opening minutes of playoff practice
Chase Elliott has an engine failure less than five minutes into the opening practice for the third round of NASCAR's playoffs View the full article
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Elliott's engine blew in opening minutes of playoff practice
Chase Elliott has an engine failure less than five minutes into the opening practice for the third round of NASCAR's playoffs View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano tops first Cup practice; Elliott changes engines
Logano bolted to the top of the leaderboard late in the session with an average lap speed of 96.657 mph. Martin Truex Jr. was second (96.176 mph) and last weekend’s race winner, Denny Hamlin, ended up third (95.966 mph). Clint Bowyer was fourth and Kyle Busch completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Chris Buescher, Ryan Blaney, Aric Almirola, Daniel Suarez and Jimmie ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Tifft hospitalized prior to first Martinsville practice
Tifft, 23, suffered a "serious medical issue" prior to the start of Saturday morning's practice at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, sources confirmed to Motorsport.com. Front Row Motorsports officials confirmed Tifft was taken first to the track's infield care center and then transported to Martinsville General Hospital. He would be evaluated there to determine whether he needed to go to a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Catalunya WRC: Neuville back ahead, Meeke crashes
After Friday’s six gravel stages, the action switched to tarmac, and Meeke immediately deprived Dani Sordo of third place on the opening Savalla test with the second-quickest time. But it would all unravel quickly on Querol when Meeke smashed his Toyota Yaris WRC against the Armco barrier and ripped the rear-right wheel off. Although the crash promoted teammate Ott Tanak to fourth and thus ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Episode 91 of The Truck Show Podcast: Supercharged Chevy Haularado Hits Like a Mallet
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
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[fourwheeler] This Vintage 1972 K5 Blazer Has All the Right Hardware
Square-body Blazers are commonly spotted on the trail, and for good reason. They came from the factory with V-8 engines and solid axles, the top is removable, and an 18-year production run ensured that there are still plenty of them out there. First-generation (1969-1972) Blazers are much rarer, and we can’t recall seeing many of View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Slickrock Might Not Be the Longest or Hardest Trail, but It Is One of the Most Beautiful
Playing host can be exhausting, particularly if your in-laws are coming to town for Thanksgiving. Sometimes, though, it is fun to be host, like when your friends come to town to go rockcrawling. For the last several years, a group of friends (including fellow contributor to 4WOR Brian Sumner) have made it a tradition to View the full article
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[motorsport] Tanner Gray's 'odd' path from NHRA champ to NASCAR driver
Gray, a third-generation drag racer, is taking the next step in his NASCAR immersion by making his first Gander Outdoors Truck Series start on Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. His NASCAR path is an unusual one – it began like many other aspiring drivers competing in Late Models and midgets but then took a turn to drag racing, where he won the 2018 NHRA Pro Stock championship at 19 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] GMS Racing reveals 2020 Truck driver lineup
Not much is changing at GMS for the 2020 season. Brett Moffitt and Sheldon Creed will again return as full-time drivers competing for the GOTS championship. Sam Mayer will also return in an expanded schedule while he also competes for the ARCA Racing Series title. “To have all three of these talented young men back with our organization is a blessing,” said Mike Beam, team president ...Keep reading View the full article
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Hamlin and Gibbs group go to Martinsville as title favorites
Hamlin and Gibbs group go to Martinsville as title favorites View the full article
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[motorsport] Catalunya WRC: Loeb leads Hyundai 1-2-3
Despite "pushing really hard," Toyota's Ott Tanak has slipped from third to fifth place, 20 seconds behind Neuville. But as things stand Tanak, who will switch to Hyundai next season, is provisionally set to clinch his first WRC title on Sunday subject to powerstage points. Loeb was a man on a mission, jumping up from sixth to fourth on stage four before overhauling Tanak into third with a ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Tanak to leave Toyota for Hyundai in shock 2020 move
Motorsport.com's sources have confirmed the deal was completed earlier this month. Tanak, who has been driven for Toyota for the last two years, denied any such agreement was in place and insisted his focus remains firmly on securing a first WRC title in Spain this week. A service park source said: "Hyundai is the good option. Working with [team boss Andrea] Adamo, Ott knows what he will get ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] World RX to return to Portugal in 2020
The Vila Real venue had been part of the series’ schedule since before rallycross gained World RX status in 2014, but was dropped from the 2019 calendar. The circuit has revealed that it will return with a minimum one-year deal from 2020, and is the third event to be confirmed for next season, following announcements from Spa-Francorchamps that the Belgian venue will host its second World ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Catalunya WRC: Sordo leads Neuville, drama for Ogier
Ogier made the best possible start by winning the opening Gandesa stage, pulling a slender 0.7s advantage over Sordo and a further 0.3s over Neuville. But it all went wrong at the very start of the following Horta-Bot test, as a hydraulic problem on his Citroen C3 caused his paddle-shift and power steering to fail “straight away.” He haemorrhaged 42.7s to championship favourite Ott Tanak ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Promoted: How new tech gets live TV coverage to rally fans
Circuit racing fans are used to high quality live coverage – but truly live TV coverage of the WRC, were stages can take place hundreds of kilometres apart, proved impossible to achieve in the past. That all changed recently thanks to WRC+, a streaming product that has been made possible by new technology and a different mindset, meaning that fans can now follow every second live on their ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Cup/Trucks Martinsville race weekend schedule
The schedule is subject to change. All times local Friday, October 25 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. NGOTS 1st Practice (No TV) 2:05 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. NGOTS Final Practice (No TV) Saturday, October 26 9:05 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. MENCS 1st Practice (CNBC/NBC Sports App) 10:05 a.m. NGOTS Qualifying (FS1) 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. MENCS Final Practice (NBC Sports App/NBCSN at 12:30 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Gem of a Jeepster: 1969 Jeepster Commando
There are plenty of great reasons to find that old Jeep you’ve always wanted and build it, or restore it, or do a restomod. Our favorite restomods are neatly done and never overcomplicated, and they have appropriate powertrain and suspension choices that create an authentic, classic driving experience with a touch of modern technology. Building View the full article
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[motorsport] Stewart-Haas Gaming wins eNASCAR Heat Pro League title
Stewart-Haas Gaming edged Leavine Family Racing in a tiebreaker decided by most laps led when both organizations finished Wednesday night’s eNASCAR Heat Pro League title races tied with 4,079 points apiece. The finale consisted of two 70-lap races — one for the PlayStation 4 league and another for the Xbox One group — with 14 drivers competing in each. All of the drivers gathered at ...Keep reading View the full article