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Rally leader Ogier suffered a puncture on the Saturday morning running of the Guanajuatito stage and dropped one minute. His teammate Esapekka Lappi went off the road near the finish, and the stage was stopped - but only after two cars had passed the Finn's stricken C3 WRC. The stoppage meant the remaining crews were awarded notional times, Ogier included. Ogier dropped to third having ...Keep reading View the full article

Will Power wins pole for 8th time at St. Petersburg, gives Team Penske IndyCar effort a boost in its season debut View the full article

Penske drivers Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney, who won the pole for Sunday’s race, topped the leaderboard in Saturday’s final practice session at Phoenix. Logano led the way with an average lap speed of 137.794 mph followed by Blaney (137.221 mph) and Kevin Harvick (136.685 mph), who won the most recent race at Phoenix in November. Kyle Busch was fourth and Aric Almirola completed the ...Keep reading View the full article

Jimmie Johnson is still searching for answers to what has become a winless drought that stretches 62 points races to the summer of 2017 View the full article

Ogier's teammate Esapekka Lappi triggered a red flag on the morning’s opening Guanajuatito stage when he ran wide and went backwards off the road, his Citroen C3 becoming beached on a ledge and unable to move. Meeke subsequently went fastest as the next car through, with Evans behind him second fastest. But running behind the pair, rally leader Ogier had picked up a front right puncture ...Keep reading View the full article

Penske’s Ryan Blaney topped the speed chart at ISM Raceway with an average lap speed of 141.716 mph – a speed that was markedly faster with the new aero package over the top speed in the first practice at this race last year (138.281 mph). Blaney’s teammate, Brad Keselowski, ended up second-fastest (140.680 mph) and Kyle Larson was third (140.406 mph). Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch ...Keep reading View the full article

Drivers Daniel Suarez, Michael McDowell summoned to NASCAR hauler after fight View the full article

Suarez, McDowell called to NASCAR hauler after fight View the full article

With two wins in a row and now a commanding start to the Phoenix weekend, Penske is making a good case for being labelled the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series favourite View the full article

Through the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ first three races, Blaney has shown to be just as fast as his teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano. Keselowski and Logano, however, have already found their way to Victory Lane while Blaney and his No. 12 Ford team have been beset by various circumstances that have taken him out of contention for wins. Blaney wrecked out of the ...Keep reading View the full article

The Spaniard, making his first World Rally Championship start with the Korean squad this season, was 4.6 seconds behind leader Sebastien Ogier when he retired with an electrical fault on the way to the Las Minas test. Adamo told Motorsport.com: “When you have the car that is not as competitive as the top one, you cannot permit yourself a retirement for a reliability issue so I am ...Keep reading View the full article

Lavigne, who has been part of the marathon's organisational team since 1992, has held the spot of rally director for the past 15 years. He will remain part of Dakar promoter Amaury Sport Organisation, but will be moved to a different position. His replacement Castera had a 10-year tenure as the Dakar sporting director before Marc Coma took over in 2016. Coma departed from the role two years ...Keep reading View the full article

Reigning world champion Ogier was a class apart compared to title rivals Neuville and Ott Tanak, winning three of the full-length gravel stages on his way to establishing a 14.8s lead despite his early road order position. Despite picking up a puncture on the Las Minas stage, Ogier was relatively unaffected, dropping only 4.2s to his closest rival Elfyn Evans. Neuville had also suffered a ...Keep reading View the full article

Mikkelsen had briefly stopped his Hyundai i20 around 8.5 miles into the first stage of Friday’s afternoon loop, losing around a minute and a half. Though he continued on at full speed following his delay, Mikkelsen’s rally came to an end shortly afterwards, pulling up and parking at the side of the road not far from the finish. The cause of his retirement is unknown at present, though a ...Keep reading View the full article

Blaney rocketed to the top of the leaderboard in the final five-minute round of Friday’s knockout qualifying to win the pole for Sunday’s TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway near Phoenix. Blaney’s average lap speed of 141.287 mph was more than a mile-an-hour faster than second-place Chase Elliott (140.171 mph). Denny Hamlin was third (140.007 mph). Kyle Busch was fourth and Brad ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series drivers Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell became embroiled in a fight in the paddock during qualifying at Phoenix on Friday View the full article

Blaney qualifies on pole for Sunday's race outside Phoenix View the full article

A brief fight broke out between Stewart-Haas Racing's Daniel Suarez and Front Row Motorsports' Michael McDowell after Suarez approached McDowell on pit road following Round 1. Suarez was apparently upset that McDowell impeded his qualifying run on the track. “I held him up on that lap, that was just a miscommunication,” McDowell said. “We were all waiting until the end to go out ...Keep reading View the full article

Suarez, McDowell in qualifying dustup for NASCAR race View the full article

Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell fight on pit road during the Monster Energy Cup qualifying. View the full article

The first showcase of NASCAR's new rules package on shorter tracks is taking place this weekend, and nobody seems to know quite what to expect View the full article

It’s just three races into the 2019 Xfinity Series season but Austin Cindric has already seen a big improvement in performance. Through the first three races in Penske’s No. 22 Ford, Cindric has one top-five and a pair of top-10 finishes and began the year by finishing fifth at Daytona – the first series superspeedway race he’s completed without being in involved in a ...Keep reading View the full article

Kurt Busch arrived at Phoenix with a new sponsorship and bold new confidence, the result of back-to-back top-five finishes at Atlanta and Las Vegas View the full article

Stage wins on both El Chocolate, the longest stage of the rally, and the short Leon city stage have handed Mikkelsen a 1.6s advantage over second-placed Sebastien Ogier, who had set the pace on the Ortega test. Ogier had coped with a high position in the running order and the subsequent lack of grip favourably in comparison to his title rivals Neuville and championship leader Ott Tanak, as both ...Keep reading View the full article

Penske’s Ryan Blaney topped the speed chart at ISM Raceway with an average lap speed of 141.716 mph – a speed that was markedly faster with the new aero package over the top speed in the first practice at this race last year (138.281 mph). Blaney’s teammate, Brad Keselowski, ended up second-fastest (140.680 mph) and Kyle Larson was third (140.406 mph). Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch ...Keep reading View the full article