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Hattori Racing Enterprises, which won the 2018 Truck series championship with driver Brett Moffitt, announced Tuesday that Hill would drive its No. 16 Toyotas this season. Scott Zipadelli will continue as the team’s crew chief. Hill, 24, is coming off his first fulltime season in Trucks, where he finished 11th in the series standings with Young’s Motorsports behind one top-five and six ...Keep reading View the full article

Suarez doesn’t have an extensive NASCAR resume but his relatively short but successful tenure has been entirely at Joe Gibbs Racing, including winning the Xfinity Series championship in 2016 and becoming the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race. On Monday, Stewart-Haas Racing announced it had hired Suarez to drive its No. 41 Fords in the Cup series beginning this ...Keep reading View the full article

Loeb, contesting the race in a PH Sport-run 2017-spec Peugeot 3008 DKR, gradually pulled clear over the 342 timed kilometres on the run between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona – only to nearly lose the stage win in the final stretch. Ending up a mere eight seconds quicker than X-raid Mini driver Nani Roma, Loeb has now recorded stage wins in all four Dakars that he's contested. Toyota driver ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2019 edition of the Dakar Rally is underway in Peru, and Robby Gordon’s team appears to already be struggling. View the full article

Jimmy DeFrank from California Car Covers, Steve vonSeggern from Magellan, and Brett Evans from Truck Trend join in. View the full article

Ogier is joined by former Toyota driver Esapekka Lappi at Citroen this season and the Frenchman prefers to focus on the potential of the two C3 WRC drivers working to make the car quicker and more consistent through the coming season. “You know what,” Ogier said, “one thing which is sure: I don’t want any number one status in the team. "For me it has to be equal chance as long as we ...Keep reading View the full article

Nikolaev picked up where he had left off last year, completing the 84km timed special within the Lima-Pisco stage in 1h9m5s. However, Kamaz will be aware they won't get to stroll to the finish with ease because the three Petronas De Rooy Ivecos demonstrated their credentials behind him. Ton van Genugten was a real thorn in the Kamaz's side, reaching the finish line just 18 seconds from the ...Keep reading View the full article

According to insiders speaking to the Jeep Gladiator Forum, Jeep is working on a high-performance variant of the 2020 Gladiator, reportedly called “Hercules.” View the full article

Al-Attiyah made light work of the opening stage of the 2019 Dakar, running second through the dunes behind Sainz before catching the Spaniard's Mini Buggy with around 15 kilometres to go. The Toyota driver will take a 1m59s lead into tomorrow's second stage. While admitting that he's happier running behind Al-Attiyah tomorrow, Sainz says the first day of running has proven just how difficult ...Keep reading View the full article

Justin Allgaier is back in the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro for the fourth consecutive season. He continues with Jason Burdett atop the box. The duo won five races during the 2018 season and have been together since 2016. At 32, Allgaier is the senior driver on the team. The No. 5 car remains unchanged as well with Michael Annett entering his third season behind the wheel. Travis Mack, who became ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2019 IMS Hall of Fame class will be voted for by a Selection Committee comprising nearly 150 media and racing officials and will be announced on Founder’s Day, March 20 – 110th anniversary of the IMS Company becoming incorporated. The honorees will be inducted at the annual Hall of Fame/IMS Oldtimers Club dinner on May 23. Earnhardt, who died in an accident in the 2001 Daytona 500 ...Keep reading View the full article

The Qatari completed the dune-populated 84km timed stage near Pisco, which came after a lengthy road section that started at Peruvian capital Lima, in 1h1m41s. Al-Attiyah, a two-time Dakar winner whose most recent triumph came in 2015, ran second on the road behind reigning champion Carlos Sainz. His Toyota Hilux set the pace at both waypoints and ultimately caught up with Sainz's X-raid ...Keep reading View the full article

Barreda, who is yet to finish higher than fifth in a Dakar despite winning over 20 stages, was the top rider at both waypoints before arriving at the end as the pace-setter of the 84km timed section. His closest challenger throughout the day was Husqvarna's Pablo Quintanilla, the Chilean spending the whole stage in second and ending up 1m34s adrift. Ricky Brabec completed a strong day for ...Keep reading View the full article

When Toyota brought a four-wheel drive car to the World Rally Championship for the first time, much was expected of the Japanese giant. Ultimately, history reflects well on the Celica GT4 courtesy of Carlos Sainz Sr’s maiden drivers’ title in 1990. But the car codenamed ST165 fell well short of the world-beater Japan expected. Cooling problems were present from the outset, as were ...Keep reading View the full article

Greg Alberalla From You Tube, Industry Insider Marcel Venable, and the Ford Police Interceptor View the full article

Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed Monday that Suarez would drive its No. 41 Fords this season, replacing Kurt Busch, who left to join Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of last season. Suarez, who turned 27 years old Monday, spent the last two seasons in the Cup series with Joe Gibbs Racing after winning the Xfinity Series championship with the organization in 2016. With the shutdown of Furniture ...Keep reading View the full article

Daniel Suarez has signed for Stewart-Haas Racing and will replace Kurt Busch at NASCAR Cup Series team for 2019 View the full article

We finally had a chance to hit the desert over the holidays to test out our long-term four-seat Polaris RZR Turbo S. View the full article

Jorge Viegas, who was elected last year to succeed Vito Ippolito as FIM President, has travelled to the Peruvian capital of Lima to hold talks with Dakar organising body ASO, and expects to reach an agreement in 2019. The FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Cup was first formed in 1999 and became a World Championship in 2003, but the Dakar has never been part of it. Its 2019 calendar comprises ...Keep reading View the full article

It’s official! The Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon is Four Wheeler’s 2019 SUV of the Year! View the full article

Toyota Hilux cars finished as best of the rest behind the dominant Peugeots in the past two editions of the Dakar, with Gazoo drivers Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers making up the podium behind winner Carlos Sainz last year. And now that Peugeot has withdrawn from cross-country rallying, Hall is convinced his team must seize its chance in the 2019 contest, which kicks off on ...Keep reading View the full article

Hodges has been named NASCAR team manager at Team Penske, where he will work with competition director Travis Geisler and help manage various administrative and competition-related duties for the team’s NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series programs. Since 2011, Hodges has led the team that was the anchor for the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program. Hodges said he was attracted by the chance to move ...Keep reading View the full article

1. Peugeot exit makes Al-Attiyah favourite Second in 2016 with Mini and in 2018 with Toyota, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel have easily been the crew that ran the all-conquering Peugeots closest in the now-concluded era of the French manufacturer's Dakar dominance. Their Toyota Hilux has sometimes outpaced the 3008DKR, and on those stages where the Peugeots were too fast – usually ...Keep reading View the full article

You are in the middle of the Nevada desert participating in one of the many Southern Nevada Off Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) races. View the full article

Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday confirmed it is shutting down its No. 42 Xfinity Series team due to a lack of sponsorship funding. “Due to a lack of sponsorship funding we will cease operation of the No. 42 Xfinity team in 2019,” team owner Chip Ganassi said in a statement to Motorsport.com.“This was a difficult decision for me to make and it comes with much anguish as this is a ...Keep reading View the full article