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Fans who want to have a chance to participate in the first-ever eNASCAR Heat Pro League have just six days to register and qualify before the cutoff on Jan. 15th. This week watch what the 2018 NASCAR Road to Miami champion FEDEX has to say about being a part of esports NASCAR history below: Register and qualify to be a part of the first NASCAR Heat Pro League before Jan. 15. All ...Keep reading View the full article

The Toyota driver was quickest over the 406-kilometre timed special, the longest of the rally thus far, split in two parts by a 55-kilometre neutralised zone. The stage marked the first half of the rally's 'marathon' leg, so-called because external assistance is forbidden and technical support crews do not accompany the competitors to Tacna – instead waiting for their return to Arequipa the ...Keep reading View the full article

The eve before the marathon stage is always longer then the seven working hours of a “normal” day, but it was even longer for the mechanics of the De Rooy team after that Gerard De Rooy broke his steering wheel in the third stage, and Maurik Van den Heuvel had to stop to help him replace it. As the race trucks arrived very late at night, the mechanics started to work on the major problems ...Keep reading View the full article

The 406km stage, which was split by a neutralised zone, was led by Brabec at every waypoint and the American scored his second Dakar stage win by 6m19s. Like in Stage 2, where Brabec also spent the most time in the lead before falling behind, Matthias Walkner was closest to the American - but this time the reigning champion had to settle for second on the day. Both riders made up getting ...Keep reading View the full article

As expected, GMS Racing on Thursday announced it had signed Moffitt to drive its No. 24 Chevrolets for the 2019 season, giving the 26-year-old native of Grimes, Iowa, the opportunity to compete for his second consecutive championship. Moffitt won his first series title last season at Hattori Racing Enterprises but left the organization after the season when it elected to go with another ...Keep reading View the full article

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) is building a Baja race vehicle. SCG has been working on the Baja Boot since 2018. View the full article

Sainz, who was sixth heading into Wednesday's 331km test but trailed the marathon leader by less than three minutes, says he came up on an unsighted ditch in the early kilometres of the stage. It broke the front-left suspension of his X-raid Mini John Cooper Works Buggy, and left him stranded for over three hours, almost certainly putting an end to his hopes of adding a third Dakar win in ...Keep reading View the full article

M-Sport cars carried Red Bull liveries for the past two seasons after the squad signed and subsequently retained Sebastien Ogier for the 2017 and '18 seasons. But Ogier, who claimed his fifth and sixth WRC drivers' titles while at the Cumbrian squad, has joined Citroen for 2019, which initially cast uncertainty over M-Sport's programme. M-Sport announced its commitment to the series last ...Keep reading View the full article

Jeep news from around the world. View the full article

This episode: wheeling with Nissan in Morocco, rock crawling with listeners, and leave us a message on the 5-Star Hotline. View the full article

The team spirit is part of the DNA of the Dakar and is vital to the success of a professional team. There are no more watercarriers now but there is usually a member of the race team that is designated to support others if something happens during the stage. At the De Rooy Iveco team, this role is covered by newcomer Maurik van den Heuvel. His support was crucial on stage 3, an extremely tough ...Keep reading View the full article

The four time Cup series champion, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame next month, has agreed to a new multi-year deal as a race analyst with Fox Sports. Gordon’s first TV contract went through the 2018 season. “It was a ‘no-brainer’ for me, even more so this time around,” Gordon, 47, told Motorsport.com. “The first time, I didn’t exactly know what I was getting ...Keep reading View the full article

GMS Racing on Wednesday afternoon announced the team had parted ways with Sauter, who won the Truck series title in his inaugural season with the organization in 2016. “We cannot thank Johnny enough for his contributions to the growth and success of GMS Racing,” Mike Beam, team president, said in a statement. “He won the first championship for us and added a lot of trophies to our ...Keep reading View the full article

Recovering from dropping 20 minutes on Tuesday after making a 'rookie error', 13-time Dakar champion Peterhansel took command of Wednesday's 331km San Juan de Marcona-Arequipa stage virtually from the start. After crossing the second waypoint tied with Toyota's Nasser Al-Attiyah, Peterhansel steadily pulled clear of the pack over the remainder of the stage, ultimately winning by 3m26s over his ...Keep reading View the full article

Overnight leader Joan Barreda was forced out of the rally altogether after suffering a crash 143km into the 331km San Juan de Marcona-Arequipa stage. Not long afterwards, the remaining riders in the overnight top three - KTM's reigning champion Matthias Walkner and Barreda's Honda teammate Ricky Brabec - both got lost, dropping more than 20 minutes. Walkner's fellow KTM rider Toby Price ...Keep reading View the full article

Barreda held a slender lead of 1m31s coming into Wednesday's 331km San Juan de Marcona-Arequipa stage, having notched up his 22nd career stage win on Monday's opening test. But the Spaniard came unstuck at the 143km mark, and was stationary for more than an hour after crashing in an area with rocks and heavy fog. Although Barreda himself did not suffer any serious injury, his Honda was ...Keep reading View the full article

Young’s Motorsports announced Wednesday that Dean, a two-time ARCA winner, will compete fulltime in the 2019 Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 12 Chevrolet. Jeff Stankiewicz, who led driver Sheldon Creed to the 2018 ARCA championship, will serve as Dean’s crew chief. The Feb. 15 season opener at Daytona International Speedway will be Dean’s first series start. LG Air ...Keep reading View the full article

Stage 2 took the Dakar Rally competitors from Pisco to San Juan de Marcona in Peru. View the full article

Greensmith will spearhead M-Sport’s WRC2 Pro assault with 10 rounds in a Ford Fiesta R5 in addition to his scheduled maiden appearance in a Ford Fiesta WRC in May. The 22-year-old and former British Junior champion is hoping a strong showing in Portugal could lead to more top-flight action before the end of the year. He tested M-Sport’s Fiesta WRC for the first time in Greystoke forest ...Keep reading View the full article

The truck army looks wild when you see them flying on the fast tracks or climbing a high dune, but if you take the time to watch closely – and the whole logistics around them – you will discover incredible technology and a precise organization. A strict procedure dictates the 32 team members of the Petronas De Rooy Iveco Team and in the middle of the dust and ‘fesh fesh’ of the Dakar ...Keep reading View the full article

2020 Ram and Chevy HDs, Michael Guttilla from Multimatic, trucks blocking EV station, world class exhaust note, buy Lightning’s truck. View the full article

Breaking news! Ram 1500 Rebel is Four Wheeler’s 2019 Pickup Truck of the Year! View the full article

Peterhansel was left stranded on a dune after being distracted by electrical gremlins that affected his Mini Buggy's intercom and air-conditioning, the costly stoppage dumping him to 13th in the overall standings with a 13m55s gap to leader Giniel de Villiers. While disappointed with the mistake, Peterhansel says it would have been significantly worse had teammate Cyril Despres not intervened ...Keep reading View the full article

Alonso suggested in a recent video recording with Spanish TV presenter and rally-raid competitor Jesus Calleja that he would like to test the Dakar-spec Hilux. Today, Al-Attiyah confirmed he has spoken with the two-time Formula 1 world champion about making that a reality. Al-Attiyah became friends with Calleja during 2017, when the TV star helped him during one of the races of the FIA ...Keep reading View the full article

Presenting the final 20 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races, final 19 NASCAR Xfinity races, and select NASCAR regional and touring series events in 2019, NBC Sports Group’s coverage of NASCAR will amount to more than 500 hours. This will include NBCSN’s daily motorsports show NASCAR America, the Dale Jr. Download, coverage of NASCAR’s Awards Ceremonies, the annual NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ...Keep reading View the full article