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First 4×4 My first 4×4 experience was a ’72 CJ-5 purple (plum) Renegade with a 304 V-8, manual transmission, and soft top with vinyl doors and zip-up windows. It was a great Jeep—fast and a great hunting vehicle, but COLD. I live in South Dakota, so you had to keep your ice scraper handy when View the full article

A NASCAR spokesman confirmed Friday evening the 19-year-old native of Walllkill, N.Y., has been suspended for actions detrimental to stock car racing, including a violation of the sport’s code of conduct. Dippel was scheduled to compete in Sunday’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. There was no immediate word from Young’s Motorsports ...Keep reading View the full article

Allgaier has shown no secret of his disappointment of not yet being able to secure a win this season in the Xfinity Series with his No. 7 JRM team but he still sees racing with the organization as “a great fit. “I will be back next year. Same deal. Everything is good,” Allgaier said Friday at Road America. “We’re doing the same thing next that we are doing right now. First and ...Keep reading View the full article

The attempt by the pilots to attempt another landing was outlined in Friday’s preliminary accident report on the accident released by the National Transportation and Safety Board. Earnhardt, his wife Amy, their daughter Isla, a family dog and two pilots all escaped serious injury when the Cessna 680A on which they were flying ran off the runway upon landing on Aug. 15. Earnhardt was on his ...Keep reading View the full article

The Meyers Manx dune buggy driven by actor Steve McQueen in the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair is up for auction—and could be yours. We are talking about the same dune buggy that McQueen took Faye Dunaway for a ride in. The famous beach scene features McQueen driving at high speeds on the sand View the full article

DiBenedetto said his “priority” is to win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series because he believes that’s the only way he will continue to climb the career ladder in NASCAR. “The attention and support we got from fans in general, that was unreal,” DiBenedetto said Friday at Road America. “The crowd cheering when I was about to get interviews on the big screen, everybody ...Keep reading View the full article

Their afternoon battle replicated their morning form - Neuville quickest on the opening stage then World Rally Championship leader Tanak fighting back on the next two. Hyundai driver Neuville managed to halve Tanak's previous 3.2-second lead on the Stein und Wein stage, but Tanak inched the gap back up to 2.8s by the day's conclusion. Blighted by understeer in his Citroen all morning ...Keep reading View the full article

Get to know the pit crew for the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 team of Austin Dillon. View the full article

Hyundai driver Neuville had snatched first place from Thursday evening pacesetter Tanak's Toyota by going quickest on the opening Stein und Wein stage, taking a 0.7-second lead. But Tanak - who is chasing a third straight Germany victory and already leads the WRC standings - retaliated with stage wins on Mittelmosel and Wadern-Weiskirchen, putting him 3.2s clear as they headed for midday ...Keep reading View the full article

The schedule is subject to change. All times Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT). Road America Friday, Aug. 23 1:35 – 2:25 p.m. – Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App) 3:35 – 4:55 – Final Xfinity practice (NBC Sports App) Saturday, Aug. 24 11:40 a.m. – Xfinity qualifying (NBC Sports App live, NBCSN to air it at 1:30 p.m.) 3 p.m. (Green flag at 3:21 p.m.) – Xfinity ...Keep reading View the full article

Factory V-8 Gladiator? I’ve been really busy lately, but just got enough free time that I could read all the issues of magazines (including and first Jp) that have been piling up untouched on the table. In Jeep News & Rumors (Dispatch, June ’19), you asked the question, “Is Jeep planning a version of the View the full article

The first stage offered a rare opportunity for crews to tackle a representative road to open the rally – having also used the test on shakedown – with many events in the WRC opting for city centre or super-special style stages to start rallies. Tanak – driving a Toyota with a revised rear wing – set a time of 2m39.4s and jumped to the top of the leaderboard as the last competitive World ...Keep reading View the full article

During the Rally Finland weekend, the FIA said a clarification of rear wing measurements was necessary, while stressing that no car in the championship was running illegally. Toyota’s rear wing aerodynamic specification hasn’t changed since the 2017 season, when the current regulations came in. Toyota Gazoo Racing’s WRC team boss Tommi Makinen told Motorsport.com: “There are some small ...Keep reading View the full article

Ryan Newman raced Matt DiBenedetto hard late in the Bristol race while trying to stay on the lead lap and the two made contact. Do you think that was just racing or did Newman do something wrong? Jim Utter: While it may not be a popular answer for race fans, I don't have any problem with how Newman raced on Saturday night. He was not a lap down (as many claim), he was on the tail end of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Typical car owners trade in their vehicle for a newer model, but not Brody Zink. After wheeling an XJ Cherokee for a few years, the Nevada firefighter set his sights on a full-size Jeep Wagoneer. “I saw this thing for sale on Facebook and went to check it out,” Brody recalls. “I made a deal View the full article

Alonso has been testing the Hilux in Namibia since Tuesday, following Toyota’s announcement that the Spaniard would embark on a rally-raid initiation programme with the view of making his debut in motorsport’s most prestigious cross-country marathon. The 38-year-old ex-F1 star had already trialled the Hilux in the Kalahari Desert back in March, but has been given much more complicated ...Keep reading View the full article

Dale Earnhardt Jr's plan to contest next weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington is still on despite his recent plane crash View the full article

NASCAR has taken further steps to reduce Cup drivers' participation in its lower level Xfinity and Trucks series View the full article

Earnhardt, who retired from fulltime NASCAR competition at the end of the 2017 season, has still competed in one Xfinity Series race each season and his lone start this year was planned for Aug. 31 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. In a message posted to his Twitter account Wednesday night, Earnhardt said “I plan on driving still.” “My lower back is bruised up real bad. Lots of swelling ...Keep reading View the full article

In January, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) announced plans to build the Baja Boot. The first production Boot rolled out of the SCG shop late last week. SCG posted video of the Boot driving around its shop on social media saying, “We have boots on the ground.” The original Baja Boot was designed in the 1960s View the full article

NASCAR has once again reduced the pool of Cup Series drivers eligible to compete in Xfinity and Trucks and the number of races in which they may participate. Beginning next season, drivers with more than three fulltime seasons in the Cup series will be limited to five races each year in both Xfinity and Trucks. In addition, any drivers earning points in the Cup series are barred from ...Keep reading View the full article

If there’s one thing the BBC does well it’s create compelling TV. A few of you may be closet Downton Abbey fans, but if you’re an automotive gearhead and have the slightest glimmer of that thing called a sense of humor, you’re no doubt a ravenous fan of the hit show Top Gear. And now View the full article

Hezemans, who sits second in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series standings, will become the fifth driver to compete in one of the NASCAR’s three national series after racing in the European NASCAR championship. The 22-year-old son of motorsport icon Toine Hezemans will make his Xfinity Series debut this weekend at Road America, driving the No. 99 BJ McLeod Chevrolet Camaro. Despite racing in ...Keep reading View the full article

It’s true: I love all Jeeps. Even the ones I personally find unappealing. I just have to step back and remember that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, and what I enjoy looking at doesn’t always reflect what the rest of the Jeeping world likes. We all have our own predilections for View the full article

With two races left before the start of the playoffs, it’s been a rough little stretch for us of late since winning at Chicagoland Speedway. We knew some of the race tracks that were coming up would not suit us that well with what we have going on this year. Some races, we’ve had some self-inflicted problems. At Kentucky, we cut a left-front tire. At Watkins Glen, we ran out of fuel – stuff ...Keep reading View the full article