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Ross Chastain wins NASCAR Truck race week after DQ View the full article

Gragson clearly had the best car in Saturday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway but he was assessed a restart violation on Lap 23 of 57 and forced to make a pass-through penalty on pit road. Gragson rallied from the back of the field back with the help of a fast car and survived three overtimes to win the Procore 200 – his first NASCAR victory in over a ...Keep reading View the full article

The NASCAR Cup Series gets back to work this weekend on the hilly road course at Sonoma View the full article

Kyle Larson won the NASCAR Cup Series pole at Sonoma Raceway for the third consecutive year View the full article

Larson dominated both rounds of qualifying on Saturday, using an average lap speed of 95.712 mph to win the pole for Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350 for the third consecutive season. In five previous starts at the track, however, Larson has never finished better than 12th. “I guess the trend with my three poles is winning a pole and then struggling in the race. Hopefully, we’ll have ...Keep reading View the full article

After two extended practices Friday, the addition of the “Carousel” to the Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway course this season appears to be a hit among a vast majority of the Cup Series drivers who offered up their opinions. The positive comments weren’t necessarily relegated to those who were among the fastest on the track, either. As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Sonoma has ...Keep reading View the full article

Bear Necessities Even this curious young black bear knows a sweet Jeep when he sees one. Derek Blackwell from Bedford, Indiana, sent in his 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ. Derek is a returning Jeep Shots submitter; six years ago we published his ride, and since then there have been several upgrades, including a beautiful wife, two View the full article

Asked Friday at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway about his expectations in next month’s Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway, Newman said he was most concerned about ensuring another car doesn’t get airborne in the race. “I have been very vocal about keeping the cars on the race track. That is my biggest pet peeve,” Newman said. “Whatever we do needs to put on a good race but be safe ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson registered the fastest average lap speed in Friday’s final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session at 95.469 mph. Qualifying for Sunday’s Toyota SaveMart 350 is 3:10 p.m. ET Saturday. Larson’s teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing, Kurt Busch, ended up second (94.986 mph) and Aric Almirola (94.421 mph). Clint Bowyer was fourth and Matt DiBenedetto rounded out the ...Keep reading View the full article

The twisting road course at Sonoma Raceway is adding three new turns for the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend View the full article

It looks like Kawasaki is ready to join the sport side-by-side game. With Honda’s recent Talon entry into the market, Kawasaki appears to be feeling left out. The company released a teaser video on its YouTube Channel showing the signature of a sport side-by-side with the headlights coming on and the engine revving. Now begins View the full article

It was the first time Cup drivers got to tackle “The Carousel,” which has been added back to the course as part of the track’s 50th anniversary celebration. Truex’s average lap at 95.326 mph topped Ryan Blaney (95.195 mph) and Chris Buescher (95.041 mph). Jimmie Johnson was fourth and Michael McDowell rounded out the top-five. The Carousel plunges from Turn 4 down through Turns 5 and ...Keep reading View the full article

“Why would I buy a pickup truck with anything but a V-8?” This was recently said to me by a reader who was incredulous at the proliferation of 1/2-ton pickup trucks with an array of non-V-8 options. His opinion of anything other than a V-8 was clearly less than positive. “No six-cylinder in my truck,” View the full article

Just before writing this story, we had recently been in Moab, Utah, where we wheeled with Tiger LeBrun. Tiger’s 4×4 ’65 Chevy van graced Trail’s End earlier in the year, and he was piloting yet another lifted Chevy van through the Moab trails. Shortly after, we journeyed across Arizona on Four Wheeler’s Overland Adventure, arriving View the full article

Airplanes fly, computers do more and more stuff every day, and automatic transmissions shift when they are supposed to. We have faith in all these things, even though all of us may not understand them fully. At the end of the day it’s still hard to believe that thousands of pounds of metal, fuel, and View the full article

Sonoma Raceway will host the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series while the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series will be at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. WWTR at Gateway will host the Truck Series on Saturday with the K&N Pro Series West racing at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday and the Monster Energy Cup Series races on Sunday. The schedule is ...Keep reading View the full article

A team of journalists will embark on a 3,106-mile coast-to-coast Jeep expedition in Australia next month. The purpose of the trip is to retrace Ian McDonald’s 1969 route across the Simpson Desert. McDonald and his friends were the first group of people to cross the entire Australian continent by vehicle. This year marks the 50th View the full article

Do you think Johnny Sauter's punishment of a one-race suspension by NASCAR fits the offense from Sunday at Iowa Speedway? Jim Utter: I think it was an appropriate punishment. NASCAR has never tolerated retaliation while the race is under caution - for safety concerns above all else I would suspect. It's one thing to beat and bang with an opponent racing for position. It's quite another to take ...Keep reading View the full article

We can’t recall a time when we had a more love/hate relationship with a long-term test vehicle. Let’s address the elephant in the room. This particular ’18 Land Rover Discovery was not without problems. In fact, it spent several weeks of our evaluation time at the dealership for various issues. But when it was working, View the full article

ThorSport Racing announced Thursday that Snider will drive Sauter’s No. 13 Ford in Saturday night’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. Sauter was suspended one race by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking driver Austin Hill while the race was under caution last Sunday at Iowa Speedway. ThorSport elected not to appeal the penalty. Snider, 24, has run a partial schedule in ...Keep reading View the full article

Joey Logano and Regan Smith react to the Iowa incident between Johnny Sauter and Austin Hill. View the full article

Matt DiBenedetto visited "NASCAR Race Hub" to reveal a special paint scheme for Sonoma that honors Darrell Waltrip. View the full article

Regan Smith is ready to return to racing again and he’ll do it with a familiar team. Smith broke the news earlier today that he’ll drive the No. 8 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet for JR Motorsports at Mid-Ohio and Road America in August. These races will be the first time the Cato, N.Y. native will drive for JR Motorsports since 2016. Smith first drove for JR Motorsports in 2012 ...Keep reading View the full article

Roush Fenway Racing and Front Row Motorsports will honor the Hall of Famer Waltrip with special paint schemes in Sunday’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. Waltrip announced earlier this year this would be his final season calling races in the Fox Sports broadcast booth and Sunday’s race is Fox’s final NASCAR broadcast of the 2019 season. Read Also: Darrell ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR denies Ross Chastain appeal of disqualification at Iowa View the full article