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On-deck this episode: Wendy Orthman from Nissan, FW PTOTY judges share their thoughts, Mark Allen from Jeep, and 2020 Ram and Chevy HDs. View the full article

With NASCAR's 'win and you're in' system, the third round of the playoffs is where sparks often fly. A victory in any of those three races leading up to season finale secures one's shot at the championship. We saw Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano collide in the third round in 2015, Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski brawl in 2014 and Denny Hamlin versus Chase Elliott in 2017. Well emotions ...Keep reading View the full article

The Norwegian drove an ES Motorsport Skoda Fabia Supercar at former World RX venue Mettet as he assesses his options for next season. “It was a lot of fun to be honest, I really enjoyed it,” Ostberg told Motorsport.com. “I’ve seen events and I’ve been on a few [rallycross] tracks but always with a rally car, so this was the first time I drove a Supercar. "But okay, the WRC cars ... Keep reading View the full article

Kahne also announced the signing of a new sponsor in Wicked Energy Gum for his No. 9 car. “We were fortunate enough to start a relationship with Wicked Cushion during the Knoxville Nationals last year and when they decided to launch their new product, Wicked Energy Gum, we were glad they chose KKR to help get their product off the ground, said Kasey Kahne, owner of Kasey Kahne Racing. “This ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR on FOX's 12 gifts of the 2018 season: Joey Logano picks the bizarre weeper at Kansas as one of the best gifts of the 2018 season. View the full article

The team, owned by Richard Childress who made his first NASCAR Cup Series start at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969, will have both of his Cup Series cars painted gold and he’ll also feature a number change on the CHevrolet Camaro driven by Daniel Hemric. Also StarCom Racing officially buys charter from Richard Childress Racing for 2019 season. See this and more in this week’s US ... Keep reading View the full article

The upcoming season will also mark the 70th running of the Southern 500. Darlington will honor specific moments and heroes of the 1990-94 era of the sport’s storied history, including the conclusion of Hall of Famer Richard Petty’s career and the beginning of Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Gordon’s career. The track will also pay special tribute during its 2019 race weekend to Spartanburg ... Keep reading View the full article

Smith, the 2018 ARCA Series runner-up, will drive the team’s No. 9 Chevrolet in a minimum of eight races spread throughout the 2019 Xfinity Series season. His first race will be the March 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Smith, 19, ended his first ARCA season driving for MDM Motorsports with four wins, 12 top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 20 races and also won one pole. “Zane is going to ... Keep reading View the full article

Kristofferson has been left without a drive following Petter Solberg’s PSRX Volkswagen Sweden team’s departure from World RX. He is weighing up circuit racing and rallying options for 2019, but is keen to return to rallycross in the future. “For sure I’m very disappointed that we cannot continue because for me it’s been two amazing years with great success,” the 30-year old Swede ... Keep reading View the full article

Loeb last week was confirmed for six 2019 rallies for Hyundai, and will share the third car with Dani Sordo alongside regulars Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen. Read Also: Loeb's Hyundai deal forces Paddon out of WRC The nine-time World Rally champion will test the i20 Coupe WRC for the first time just hours after touching down from finishing the Dakar Rally, where ... Keep reading View the full article

Just when you thought off-roading couldn’t get any more luxurious, Brabus came out with its 700 4x4 Squared G-Wagon. View the full article

Shannon Spake explains why Martinsville is her favorite moment from the 2018 NASCAR season. Shannon says Joey Logano's bump-n-run was a thrilling moment. View the full article

StarCom announced Monday it had purchased a charter from Richard Childress Racing for its No. 00 Chevrolet team, which will guarantee the team a spot in the field in all 36 races. The organization, formed in September 2017 by a number of partners including a group from its parent company StarCom Fiber, had leased a charter from RCR from its former No. 27 team during the 2018 season. Teams can ... Keep reading View the full article

By 2020, North America's two largest stock car racing organisations will combine after NASCAR purchased ARCA earlier this year - a deal with the potential to make lasting changes to NASCAR View the full article

We’ve already learned a lot about the 2020 Jeep Gladiator, and now we get to apply all that knowledge with the company's Build & Price tool (sans prices). View the full article

WRC manufacturers have to confirm their entries with the governing body by Friday afternoon for inclusion in next year’s world championship. But M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson said his team is not in a position to do that. Despite lifting back-to-back drivers’ titles with Sebastien Ogier and winning last year’s manufacturers’ crown, the Cumbrian squad is out of cash ahead of ... Keep reading View the full article

Jeep news and rumors from around the world. View the full article

Villeneuve, the 1997 champion with Williams, made four NASCAR Cup starts - the first two of which came a year after his final outings in F1 - between 2007 and '13 and has also competed in the Trucks and Xfinity categories that support the main series plus NASCAR Canada. The 47-year-old made a return to racing this year in the Americas Rallycross Championship in his native Canada in a Subaru ... Keep reading View the full article

Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will return to racing full-time next year in the NASCAR Euro Series View the full article

Joey Logano’s driver championship in the Cup series in 2018 was the first for Ford since 2004 and its manufacturer title is its first since 2002. The manufacturer championship came on the strength of 19 Ford drivers combining to win 36 series races in 2018. Read Also: Penske's Czarnecki: SHR joining Ford "helped us elevate our game" Obviously, Ford would like to continue ... Keep reading View the full article

If rallycross could write its own memoir, you can bet that the chapter about 2018 would be one of the most intriguing. Just four years ago we were all talking about rallycross being the next big thing – Global Rallycross had just secured Red Bull backing and had huge manufacturer involvement in the shape of Hyundai, Subaru, and Volkswagen, while over in Europe IMG and the FIA had got an ... Keep reading View the full article

The commemorative schemes will help celebrate 50 years for RCR as an organization, based in Welcome, North Carolina. Austin Dillon will be attempting to defend his 2018 victory in 'The Great American Race' while his rookie teammate Daniel Hemric makes his 500 debut. The team started with Childress himself behind the wheel in 1969, having won over 100 Cup races since then and collecting six Cup ... Keep reading View the full article

Darrel Wallace Jr. stops by ‘Pit Stop with Motte’ to announce the Air Force’s continued sponsorship of the No. 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports. View the full article

Richard Childress Racing announced on Friday that Hemric will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet next season, as RCR will no longer field the No. 31. The 27-year-old will continue the long tradition of drivers from Kannapolis, N.C., who have driven the No. 8 on the race track. Read Also: Daniel Hemric to replace Newman at RCR in 2019 During the 1950s, Ralph Earnhardt began his ... Keep reading View the full article

Ankrum, 17, will compete next season for DGR-Crosley, driving the team’s No. 17 Toyota in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Due to age restrictions, Ankrum will miss the first three races of the season before he turns 18 on March 6. He will make is 2019 debut at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and compete in the series’ remaining events. “It’s crazy to think that something I’ve been ... Keep reading View the full article