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Tanak ended the opening day 22.4 seconds clear of Ogier, as well as 29.5s clear of points leader Thierry Neuville of Hyundai, extending his advantage from 6s at the start of the loop. On the afternoon opening stage – the second El Puma run of the day – Tanak was 11.2s quicker than Ogier and 17.6s quicker than Neuville. Then on SS5 – the second Espigado run – Tanak extended his lead by a ...Keep reading View the full article

FIA rally director Yves Matton declined to comment on the situation, telling Motorsport.com that he wanted to wait for WRC safety delegate Michele Mouton’s comments first. A source within the event organisers, however, admitted it was a mistake from the marshal. “There was no confirmation from the FIA that [everything] was ready and we were cleared to go,” said the source. “But on the ...Keep reading View the full article

The trio are separated by 6.6 seconds overall after the first morning of the new rally, and moved well clear of the rest on the 30.72km El Puma SS2. Those who ran after them complained about a particular shortage of grip on a hard, polished surface. It left Tanak in the overall lead, 2.9s clear of Citroen's Ogier, while Tanak’s Toyota teammate Kris Meeke was left 12.4s off in fourth ...Keep reading View the full article

Do you think this will be Kyle Busch's last NASCAR contract? - From Zach Zach, I seriously doubt this will be his final contract but I’ve worked in this business long enough to know you never say never. He’s still young and has stated as recently as this past weekend at ISM Raceway that he might as well go after 100 Cup Series wins so Who knows. I honestly think he’ll be around at least ...Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson believes his struggling Hendrick Motorsports team showed encouraging signs of recovery in last weekend's NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix View the full article

Nissan has officially partnered with Georgia-based Rocky Ridge Trucks to customize vehicles. View the full article

Busch’s victory in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix was his 52nd in the series and the 199th of his career across all three NASCAR national series – Cup, Xfinity and Trucks. His 52 Cup wins, 53 Xfinity wins and 94 Truck victories have all come before his 34th birthday – an astonishing achievement all on its own. “It happened in football where we had some ...Keep reading View the full article

After a sweep of the Xfinity and Cup series races over the weekend, Kyle Busch nears 200 career victories in NASCAR View the full article

In December, fans across the nation owning NASCAR Heat 3 game began to qualify for the first eNASCAR Heat Pro League Draft, with the opportunity to become one of two esport drivers for 14 different NASCAR teams. Sunday at ISM Raceway near Phoenix, each race team selected two esport drivers, one on Xbox One and another on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system. The draft was run ...Keep reading View the full article

The Leon-based rally, now in its 15th year in the championship, had become a standard-bearer in terms of layout and spectator education. But this year it was heavily criticised, starting with the controversy over a broken jump on the opening street stage. There was then confusion over the handling of the red flag for Esapekka Lappi's crash on Saturday morning, and Andreas Mikkelsen ...Keep reading View the full article

Another historic Mint 400 is in the books. The Mint was changed to a two-day race format this year. View the full article

Kyle Busch says his domination of the Phoenix NASCAR weekend has left him kicking himself even more for a penalty at Las Vegas a week earlier View the full article

Meeke briefly took the lead of the event on Saturday when Citroen's Sebastien Ogier slowed with a puncture. But Ogier's time loss was minimised because the stage was red flagged due to his team-mate Esapekka Lappi's car being judged to be in an unsafe position after a spin that left it beached. Ogier was awarded a nominal time that kept him in second place, and he retook the lead when Meeke ...Keep reading View the full article

A total of 13 NASCAR race teams from the RTA and JR Motorsports were on-hand to draft 28 drivers for the new esports league whose races will debut in May. The eNASCAR Heat Pro League, a collaboration between 704Games, RTA, and NASCAR, is played on NASCAR Heat 3, the newest iteration of the NASCAR video game franchise. On Sunday, each race team selected two esport drivers, one on Xbox One ...Keep reading View the full article

Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon break down Kyle Busch's win at ISM Raceway, and how his maturity level has helped him progress. View the full article

Jimmie Johnson enjoyed his strongest run of the year at ISM Raceway Sunday, placing eighth after leading some laps and playing the strategy right. He was also the top-finishing Hendrick car. Excluding plate races, it was Johnson's best result since nearly winning at the Charlotte Roval in October of last year. The seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion started back in 15th, but quickly made ...Keep reading View the full article

Blaney wrecked out of the season-opening Daytona 500; led 41 laps at Atlanta but ran over his car jack during a final stage pit stop; and had a valve stem knocked off the left rear wheel early in last weekend’s race at Las Vegas. His Penske teammates had both already won races but Blaney rolled into Phoenix with a lot of speed, winning the pole and among the fastest cars in ...Keep reading View the full article

Shannon Spake, Larry McReynolds, Michael Waltrip and Jamie McMurray share their thoughts on Kyle Busch's performance as he nears 200 NASCAR national series victories. View the full article

Kyle Busch gets by Ryan Blaney late in Phoenix to claim another NASCAR weekend sweep and increase his career win total to 199. View the full article

Busch continued his top-10 finish streak finishing seventh while Larson picked up his first top-10 (sixth place) since Daytona as the duo brought home the best combined finish for the team so far this season. Larson, who scored back-to-back 12th-place finishes over the previous two races, was happy to get to the front of the field on Sunday. “Yeah, it was a clean day for us, so I was happy ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch moved to within one victory of Richard Petty's record of 200 NASCAR wins by claiming his 52nd Cup Series win and 199th overall at Phoenix View the full article

After battling Ryan Blaney side-by-side, Busch finally cleared him with 15 of 312 laps remaining and held off Martin Truex Jr. to win the Ticket Guardian 500 at ISM Raceway. The victory is Busch’s first of the 2019 season, 52nd of his career and third at Phoenix. He has now won 199 races across NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Xfinity and Trucks. Busch is competing in both the ...Keep reading View the full article

The stage never returned to green following Alex Bowman’s wreck in Turn 2. Busch led every lap of the stage and held a nearly 3-second lead over Clint Bowyer when the caution was displayed. Kevin Harvick finished third, Martin Truex Jr. was fourth and Denny Hamlin completed the top-five. Also collecting stage points were Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Kurt ...Keep reading View the full article

The Latest: Kyle Busch has won the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway, tracking down Ryan Blaney over a long green-flag run to the finish View the full article

The Latest: Kyle Busch wins Stage 2 at ISM Raceway View the full article