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[motorsport] Kaz Grala had “the most fun” during 2018 Xfinity season
Although he didn’t get the finish he hoped for in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Grala can look back on the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with some pride. Grala started the season driving in the series with JGL Racing before moving over to Fury Race Cars starting at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May and finishing in the top 10 in his first start with the new team. Grala ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] "Middle of nowhere" Australian venue frustrates WRC teams
The manufacturers felt the New South Wales venue was too small to host last week's three-way title decider, prompting renewed calls for a different Australian venue or for a European round to reclaim the season finale slot. Since the event's move to Coffs in 2011, opinion has been divided - with the benefit of the interesting roads being offset by a small fan turnout. Toyota team principal ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] "Middle of nowhere" Australian venue frustrates WRC teams
The manufacturers felt the New South Wales venue was too small to host last week's three-way title decider, prompting renewed calls for a different Australian venue or for a European round to reclaim the season finale slot. Since the event's move to Coffs in 2011, opinion has been divided - with the benefit of the interesting roads being offset by a small fan turnout. Toyota team principal ... Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] First Look – 2020 Range Rover Evoque
After eight years on the market, Land Rover will redesign the entry-level Range Rover, giving the 2020 Evoque a nip/tuck and lots of new technology. View the full article
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[motorsport] Eye in the Sky: TJ Majors celebrates first NASCAR Cup title
Although he had already spotted some for Logano when he drove in the NASCAR Truck Series for Brad Keselowski, this year was Majors’ first serving as Logano’s spotter fulltime in the Cup series and the duo ended their first season together celebrating their first series championship. While much of the attention was given on the ‘Big 3’ (Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.) ... Keep reading View the full article
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Joey Logano talks about the meaning of the championship trophy, and why he put his baby inside of it
Joey Logano talks with Daryl Motte about the meaning of the championship trophy and why he decided to put his baby Hudson inside of it. View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Roundtable: Championship weekend and 2019 story lines
Motorsport.com's Jim Utter, Nick DeGroot and Tim Southers tackle championship weekend and look ahead to 2019 in this week's edition of the NASCAR Roundtable. Joey Logano has been in the Cup Series for ten years but has just won his first series title at age 28. Where do you see his career going from here?" Jim: The potential is there for Logano to get on a Jimmie Johnson-like run. The only ... Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Team Honda’s Close Call at The Baja 1000
Anyone who is raced Baja has probably had to deal with local traffic on the racecourse. View the full article
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[motorsport] Chevrolet sees "more work to do" before 2019 NASCAR season
That’s a streak the manufacturer intends to end in 2019. Chevy’s introduction of its Camaro ZL1 model into Cup series competition in 2018 got off to a good start with Austin Dillon’s victory in the season-opening Daytona 500. But when the series moved to the more traditional downforce tracks, Chevy teams appeared a little behind their counterparts at Toyota and Ford. There was an ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Ogier to start Citroen tests next week
The WRC champion confirmed he will drive the C3 for four days before the end of the year, with the first two coming through development running in the Algarve. "I have two days on gravel and two days on Tarmac," Ogier told Motorsport.com. "I will try to make the best of it – but don't forget that before 2017, when I joined M-Sport, I had only one and a half days." Ogier admitted he will ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Ogier to start Citroen tests next week
The WRC champion confirmed he will drive the C3 for four days before the end of the year, with the first two coming through development running in the Algarve. "I have two days on gravel and two days on Tarmac," Ogier told Motorsport.com. "I will try to make the best of it – but don't forget that before 2017, when I joined M-Sport, I had only one and a half days." Ogier admitted he will ... Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2019 Mercedes AMG G 63 Luxury Off-Road Machine
The 2019 Mercedes AMG G 63 will be available in the United States in early 2019. View the full article
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Radioactive: Homestead-Miami – “We won the (expletive) championship, baby! Yeah!”
Check out all the best scanner audio from the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway as Joey Logano is crowned the 2018 Cup Series champion. View the full article
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Cole Pearn went to Victory Lane in Miami to congratulate Joey Logano & Todd Gordon on their title
Joey Logano tells Daryl Motte that Cole Pearn came to Victory Lane in Miami to congratulate him on winning the championship, showing mutual respect between their two teams despite their rivalry. View the full article
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Joey Logano talks about the hours after winning the title and the 379 texts he still has to answer
Joey Logano talks with Daryl Motte about what happened in the hours following his championship victory and the 379 texts that he still has left to answer. View the full article
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[motorsport] Video: How the 2018 WRC title was decided in Oz
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Joey Logano talks about the hours after wining the title and the 379 texts he still has to answer
Joey Logano talks with Daryl Motte about what happened in the hours following his championship victory and the 379 texts that he still has left to answer. View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano returned to his roots and emerged a NASCAR champion
Even before Logano made his Cup series debut at age 18, he was already a familiar name in NASCAR circles. Logano entered NASCAR with high praise from veterans such as Mark Martin and a clever nickname to go with it: “Sliced Bread” (as in the greatest thing since). Although he quickly won races in what was then called the Nationwide Series and even picked up a fuel-mileage victory in his ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] FIA under pressure to introduce 'virtual chicanes' in WRC
Last Friday Hyundai driver Andreas Mikkelsen was forced to overtake a tractor travelling down the Sherwood stage, and crashed shortly afterwards. The FIA is investigating the incident. The tractor had been used to rebuild a straw-bale chicane displaced by Jari-Matti Latvala and was returning to its off-stage position when Mikkelsen encountered it. Some in the WRC now want to replace chicanes ... Keep reading View the full article
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Brad Keselowski thought Kyle Busch had the championship in hand before the final restart in Miami
Brad Keselowski says that on the final restart in Miami he thought there was no way anyone would be able to catch Kyle Busch. View the full article
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[autosport] Martin Truex Jr: Furniture Row team made me a NASCAR superstar
Last year's NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr says the now-closing Furniture Row Racing team made him a "superstar" View the full article
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[motorsport] Ogier questioned why he's leaving M-Sport
World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier has admitted there have been times he has questioned why he is leaving M-Sport Ford for Citroen in 2019 given his 2017/18 success. Ogier clinched a sixth WRC title in a row in Australia on Sunday, in what will be his final rally with Malcolm Wilson's team before he and co-driver Julien Ingrassia return to Citroen. He had joined M-Sport Ford after ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Jimmie Johnson's "most difficult year" ends quietly at Homestead
They debuted in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series together in 2002 and immediately won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500. Nine races later, they had earned their first win. Over the next 16 seasons they won a NASCAR record-tying seven Cup series titles, including five in a row at one point. Johnson’s victory in the spring Dover race last season was the 83rd of his career but ... Keep reading View the full article
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[foxsports]
Motte’s Minute: Joey Logano has finally ‘made it’ with 2018 Monster Energy Cup win
In this weeks edition of 'Motte's Minute' Daryl Motte reveals Joey Logano’s championship woes at the start of the season. View the full article
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Column: Logano journeys from bullied teen to NASCAR champion
Column: Logano journeys from bullied teen to NASCAR champion View the full article