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NASCAR All-Star race winner Kyle Larson admitted he was completely at fault for the biggest crash of the 600-mile Cup championship round at Charlotte View the full article

Joe Gibbs Racing's Martin Truex Jr survived an early impact with the wall to claim victory in the 600-mile NASCAR Cup series race at Charlotte View the full article

Martin truex jr. rebounds after early contact with the wall to win the coke 600 View the full article

Martin truex jr. rebounds after early contact with the wall to win the coke 600 View the full article

Leader Martin truex Jr. hits the wall early in Coke 600 to put him behind early View the full article

RX Cartel driver Bakkerud set the pace through the final two qualifying sessions on Sunday, and like Hansen won his semi-final to start on the front row of the final. With a pair of new tyres for the front axle of his Audi, Bakkerud made the best launch and began closing the door on pole-sitter Hansen in the braking area into turn one. But without being a full car length ahead, he was forced ...Keep reading View the full article

On the Stowe Circuit layout that suits both the Hansen MJP Peugeot 208 and the neat and tidy driving style of the Hansens, elder sibling Timmy was twice fastest in the opening two qualifying sessions, thanks to well-choreographed first corners between the pair. In Q1, Timmy had started his race on pole with Kevin on the outside of the four-wide grid, and while the younger of the pair made the ...Keep reading View the full article

Hendrick Motorsports now has the best cars in the NASCAR Cup Series field, despite having only won once in the 2019 season, reckons Penske's Brad Keselowski View the full article

Hyundai began 2019 intending to field Thierry Neuville and Mikkelsen full-time, with Loeb and Sordo sharing the third entry. But it benched Mikkelsen for Corsica after his poor start to the year and has now done so again for the next round in Portugal. Hyundai will introduce updates to the i20 Coupe WRC in Finland, which is where the WRC season resumes after its summer break at the start ...Keep reading View the full article

Joey Logano reacts to the fight between Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman at the NASCAR All-Star Race. View the full article

The confirmation of Liverpool as a start venue and the Cheshire circuit as the opener – along with the service park being moved from Deeside to Llandudno and a new Colwyn Bay stage on Saturday evening – are the main revisions to the route for 2019. Oulton Park returns to the Rally GB timetable for the first time since 1993. Motorsport UK chief executive Hugh Chambers said: “We feel ...Keep reading View the full article

The Korean team announced its decision to bench the Norwegian for the second time in four rallies on Tuesday. Mikkelsen will return to the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC for the following Rally of Italy. Team director Andrea Adamo said: "This decision was not taken lightly. We need to move forward as a team and make the most effective use of our versatile crew line-up. Sebastien and Daniel [Elena ...Keep reading View the full article

Kevin Harvick said his Stewart-Haas Racing team "shot both of our feet off" with poor pit work in NASCAR's All-Star race View the full article

Ryan Newman called Clint Bowyer "embarrassing" after a fight following NASCAR's All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway View the full article

The 2020 calendar will be discussed at Friday's meeting of the WRC Commission in Geneva. Corsica and Germany are expected to drop off the calendar to make way for returns to Japan and Kenya, putting more pressure on European events to earn the right to be on the calendar. For Rally GB to retain one of those slots, the WRC Promoter favours a move to Northern Ireland next season, followed by a ...Keep reading View the full article

Neuville's accident - which hospitalised he and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul - cost him third on the event at the time and the WRC points lead. He is now behind rivals Sebastien Ogier and Ott Tanak. Despite the severity of the crash - rated by Neuville as one of the biggest of his career - he is confident he will be straight back up to speed when he gets back into an i20 Coupe WRC for a test in ...Keep reading View the full article

Last month, it was revealed that the 2020 edition of the Dakar will take place in Saudi Arabia, marking a shift away from the South American continent for the first time since 2007. It will also signify the second year in succession that the rally-raid has taken place within the borders of one country, after this year's event was held entirely within Peru. Although Saudi Arabia has a ...Keep reading View the full article

The Northern Irishman rolled his Toyota Yaris WRC on SS7 and was forced to remove the screen, fearing the glass would come into the car and injure him and co-driver Seb Marshall on the next stage. The stewards’ decision stated: “The crew removed their smashed windscreen in the control area between TC8 (Time Control 8) and start SS8. That contravened Article 42.1.2 of the FIA WRC sporting ...Keep reading View the full article

Toyota’s team leader Tanak moved into the lead of the rally on stage two and didn’t look back, extending his lead to over half a minute on Saturday. That margin of victory was whittled down to 23.1s at the finish, saving tyres on Sunday morning for a glory run on the Power Stage, which he won to secure a maximum possible haul of 30 points. Ogier had been under pressure from Loeb ...Keep reading View the full article

The Russian driver started on the second row of the grid for the final at Spa, but led after the opening corner when pole-sitter Andreas Bakkerud ran rallycross returnee Joni Wiman wide into Turn 1, having made a poor getaway from the lower-grip grid position slot. Timerzyanov had pressured Bakkerud throughout their semi-final encounter but with the positions reversed on the road in the final ...Keep reading View the full article

Second-placed Sebastien Ogier gained 4.3s on Tanak over the afternoon loop by taking a different tyre strategy from the rest of the field. Ogier used a pair of medium tyres to good effect by winning SS10, while everyone else had taken a full complement of hards. Though Tanak responded with a stage win on Maria Las Cruces, Ogier was still quicker than Tanak on the final stage of the day, as rain ...Keep reading View the full article

The Belgian's i20 Coupe WRC went off the road halfway through the Maria Las Cruces stage on Saturday morning, rolling six times. Despite initial concerns about his leg, Hyundai has confirmed Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul were uninjured. Both emerged from the car unaided, but team principal Andrea Adamo confirmed to Motorsport.com that they called for aerial medical support ...Keep reading View the full article

Although Tanak only won one stage from three on Saturday morning, the loop-ending Pelun test, he gained more than 10 seconds over Ogier in all, extending his lead to 34.6s. Ogier was initially being closed down by current points leader Neuville, who had top the times on the opening Rio Lia test and gained 5.7s on the Citroen driver. But Neuville’s chase came to an abrupt halt on SS8, when ...Keep reading View the full article

Neuville had won the opening stage of Saturday morning, Rio Lia, and had climbed from fourth to third at the expense of Toyota driver Jari-Matti Latvala. He was only 1.4 seconds behind reigning six-time champion Sebastien Ogier before SS8 and pushing to take second place away from the Citroen driver. But around the halfway mark of the Maria Las Cruces test, Neuville suffered a big accident ...Keep reading View the full article

The Belgian Formula 1 host holds its first mixed-surface event this weekend for the third round of World RX with a layout that encompasses the famous Eau Rouge corner to accompany a long loose-surface banked final turn. Seventh-fastest in the wet opening qualifier after an on-track battle with title-contender Timmy Hansen, Doran was one of only a few drivers to take dry tyres for the second ...Keep reading View the full article