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Though Latvala is going into his 13th full season in the WRC and joined Toyota a year ahead of Tanak, it was the Estonian who emerged as the team's title contender in 2018. Latvala believes he can use Tanak's approach to get more out of the Yaris WRC this year. "We know Ott will be strong," Latvala told Motorsport.com. "When I saw this performance from him last year, I knew I had to do ...Keep reading View the full article

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In a scene that will remind longtime fans of the NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series previews that used to be held annually, GMS Racing president Mike Beam and racing historian Phil Combs brought that atmosphere to life Saturday. Nearly 1,000 people braved the rain to attend the inaugural Hickory Motor Speedway reunion that featured nearly 100 former and current drivers that have competed at ...Keep reading View the full article

Rich Millener steps up to the team principal role at M-Sport this season, with Wilson focusing on the commercial side. Wilson admitted the last two WRC campaigns - both of which ended with drivers' titles for Ogier - had taken their toll on the company, as had dwindling sales of cars to customers. "It's no secret that I need to get my business back on track to shore up the foundations for ...Keep reading View the full article

Off road racer “Pistol” Pete Sohren has been killed in a tragic off-roading accident in the Mexican fishing village of San Felipe on the Baja Peninsula. View the full article

The KTM rider secured an unexpected second Dakar crown in Peru last week, braving a broken wrist throughout the gruelling rally raid. The scale of that achievement was recognised in fitting fashion at Brisbane Airport on Sunday, a huge turn out of fans putting on a hero's homecoming for Price. It even included a traffic-stopping bike salute. According to Price, support from back home was ...Keep reading View the full article

Niece Motorsports announced this week that drivers Chastain and Reid Wilson would share the organization’s No. 45 Chevrolet during the 2019 Gander Outdoors Truck Series season. Chastain, 26, will kick off the season competing in the season-opener next month at Daytona International Speedway, driving a truck featuring a paint scheme designed by Paul Teutul Jr. of Paul Jr. Designs and star of ...Keep reading View the full article

Last year, Sanz was struck down by Epstein Barr virus - the same illness that curtailed the career of MotoGP rider Jonas Folger in 2017 - and then also contracted Q-fever. Although she was forced onto the sidelines for much of the year, and missed the traditional Dakar warm-up event Rally Morocco, she recovered in time to take part in her ninth consecutive Dakar as part of the KTM factory ...Keep reading View the full article

The Vienna-based Austrian firm announced last month that it had retained Latvian driver Janis Baumanis for a third season, and while it had run a Fiesta Mk7 since entering the series, is now creating a Supercar based on the newest Mk8 iteration of Ford’s hatchback. “For 2019 we took the decision to develop a completely new car, which also gave us the chance to choose a new platform,” said ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Larson seemed to finally be closing in on that elusive Chili Bowl win, but the dream slipped away on the final lap of the 55-lap feature. His Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate Christopher Bell closed what was at one point a one-second gap and saw on opportunity at the white flag. Larson slipped up off the bottom and Bell dove under him, making contact as he muscled his way by. Larson tried ...Keep reading View the full article

Suarez, 27, won the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship with Joe Gibbs Racing before moving up the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series the following year. In 2019, he switched over to Stewart-Haas Racing to replace Kurt Busch behind the wheel of the No. 41 Ford Mustang in his third season as a Cup driver. But before the 61st running of the Daytona 500 next month, Suarez is taking part in ...Keep reading View the full article

We welcomed Aric Almirola as he joined us pregame to talk his day with the Lightning, the Daytona 500 coming up on Nascar on Fox, and what drives him as an athlete. View the full article

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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