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Two-time champion Roma finished runner-up on this year's Dakar, leading X-raid's charge and scoring his first podium since his 2014 victory - but falling 46 minutes short of Al-Attiyah in the fight for overall honours. Reflecting on his run to second, the Spaniard said he was "very satisfied", but also felt he was penalised by the fact that he couldn't rely on any of the other X-raid 4x4 ...Keep reading View the full article

The former Daytona 500 champion will pilot the No. 40 Chevrolet Camaro, the same number he ran in his NASCAR debut subbing for an injured Sterling Marlin. It will be McMurray's 583rd Cup Series start and his 17th appearance in the 500, having won the race for CGR in 2010. “The Daytona 500 is the one race that every NASCAR driver would want to win," said McMurray in a release. "For the ...Keep reading View the full article

Dippel, 18, who finished second in the series standings last year in K&N Pro Series East, will compete fulltime in Trucks this year with Young’s Motorsports, driving the team’s No. 02 Chevrolets. He will join Spencer Boyd and Gus Dean as Young’s expands to three fulltime entries. Dippel, a native of Wallkill, N.Y., got a taste of the Truck series last season, making five starts ...Keep reading View the full article

Rivals in competition, the toughest rally in the world imposes high respect out of the cockpit. After 10 race days and 5,601 km, the four Iveco trucks of the De Rooy Team made it to the finish line with Gerard De Rooy on the third step of the podium, behind the two Kamaz drivers: Nikolav and Dimitry Sotnikov. We asked Gerard for his thoughts on the 2019 event… Are you satisfied with the ...Keep reading View the full article

Glen Wood, co-founder of historic NASCAR team Wood Brothers Racing, has died at the age of 93 View the full article

Wood, 93, who had been in declining health, was the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame until his death. He and his brother, Leonard, were inducted into the Hall’s third class in 2012. Wood Brothers Racing announced Glen’s passing Friday morning. The team said funeral arrangements were incomplete but it would be a private family service. Wood laid the foundation for ...Keep reading View the full article

The Dakar Rally has ended in Peru, and 10 stages later Nasser Al-Attiyah has claimed his third career win in the general car class. View the full article

Glen Wood, auto racing patriarch and oldest living member of NASCAR Hall of Fame, dies at 93 View the full article

Glen Wood, auto racing patriarch and oldest living member of NASCAR Hall of Fame, dies at 93 View the full article

Patriarch of Wood Brothers Racing team Glen Wood dies at 93 View the full article

Al-Attiyah claimed his third Dakar triumph in his Toyota Hilux on Thursday by 46 minutes over his nearest rival, X-raid Mini's Nani Roma, marking the first time Toyota has ever won the event. It follows the Qatari driver’s previous successes with the factory Volkswagen team in 2011 and with the X-raid squad in 2015. Toyota’s Dakar effort is run under the same Gazoo Racing banner used ...Keep reading View the full article

Sunderland was penalised after Stage 8 for modifying his Iritrack monitoring system to get a more advantageous road position, and was consequently ruled out of contention for the title. He ended the rally eighth as a result, but after the finish, stewards received a test result which showed the Briton did not break the rules, and the penalty was withdrawn. Sunderland moved up to third as a ...Keep reading View the full article

Price went into the event under a serious injury cloud after breaking his right scaphoid during pre-Dakar training last December, last-minute surgery in Spain and a short recovery in his native Australia not enough for the injury to heal before getting to Peru. However the KTM rider defied the odds by not only making it through the gruelling event, but claiming a second career win in stunning ...Keep reading View the full article

Registration is now complete and the process has begun to prepare NASCAR teams ready for the draft of the inaugural NASCAR Heat Pro League. The next step in the process for game users is to find out if you will be of the 100 drivers selected to participate in showcase races coming up soon. One of the favorites mentioned this week is the winner last November in the Road to Miami Finals ...Keep reading View the full article

Upon joining the DJR Team Penske Supercars squad ahead of the 2017 season, McLaughlin admitted that NASCAR was on his mind, but a Supercars title and a Bathurst 1000 win were his priorities before looking outside of Australia. He's now halved his local bucket list thanks to last year's spectacular maiden title win, which saw McLaughlinhold off fellow Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen in a thrilling ...Keep reading View the full article

Dakar was left with a route contained entirely within Peru for the 2019 event, with the likes of Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia all failing to reach an agreement with organisers ASO midway through last year. There was further instability when the Peruvian government reportedly baulked at costs in June, before finally deciding to go ahead with the event. Now organisers are faced with the ...Keep reading View the full article

Al-Attiyah, who previously won the Dakar with Volkswagen in 2011 and Mini four years after that, switched to driving a Toyota Hilux ahead of the 2017 race. He retired early from his first attempt with the Japanese manufacturer, before finishing second to Peugeot's Carlos Sainz in 2018 and then dominating this year's event in the works Peugeot team's absence. Al-Attiyah led the general ...Keep reading View the full article

Nikolaev led Dmitry Sotnikov in a Kamaz 1-2, securing the Russian manufacturer's 16th Dakar crown, and taking his own tally to five titles – four as a driver, and one as mechanic to seven-time champion Vladimir Chagin. Gerard de Rooy, returning to the marathon after he contested and won the Africa Eco Race instead last year, completed the podium. Having inflicted upon Kamaz its two most ...Keep reading View the full article

Battling with a broken wrist he sustained while training before the event, Price became the first two-time champion to emerge since the rivalry of Marc Coma and Cyril Despres ended in 2015. Price's success means Richard Sainct's 2000 title on a BMW remains the last time KTM hasn't won the bike class at the Dakar. The Austrian manufacturer was subdued for much of the event, with Honda riders ...Keep reading View the full article

With Sergey Karyakin and Ignacio Casale, quad champions of the past two years, moving to the SxS category, Cavigliasso, who was second and top rookie in 2018, became the favourite for the title. Cavigliasso delivered on that promise, topping nine of the 10 stages - including the final 112 km run, which he led by 5m22s over Alexandre Giroud. On four occasions, he was over 10 minutes faster ...Keep reading View the full article

Fourth in the overall standings, Villagra's Iveco was on its side on the penultimate stage, and needed teammate Gerard de Rooy's help to get back on track. Despite trailing the leader by almost six hours, Villagra is set to hold on to fourth place. What was the key moment of your race?“My race was compromised when I had the issue with the exhaust on the marathon stage Arequipa-Tacna. I was ...Keep reading View the full article

Peterhansel and Castera endured a heavy landing over a dune 26 kilometres into today's test, a suspected back injury meaning Castera needed to be transported directly to hospital in Lima. It was the second bad landing on the event for the Mini pair, Peterhansel claiming they were left with whiplash due to a drop off a dune earlier in the week. There's since been good news from the Peruvian ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on Wednesday named industry veteran Jay Fabian as the new managing director of the Cup series, replacing Richard Buck. Fabian most recently served as managing director of technical integration at NASCAR, where he oversaw post-race technical inspection at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C. “With his vast experience across the industry, Jay Fabian is uniquely ...Keep reading View the full article

Additionally, Gase will attempt the 61st running of the Daytona 500 with the team, piloting the No. 66 on a part-time basis. Eternal Fan will back Gase in 2019, along with support from Donate Life, Medline, Agri Supply, Page Construction and Pro Master. “I am very excited and thankful for the opportunity Carl (Long) and MBM Motorsports is giving me this year,” Gase said in a release from ...Keep reading View the full article