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Daniel Suárez gets surprised by his father during interview
Daniel Suárez sits down with 'NASCAR Race Hub' to talk about how his father inspired him to get into racing, and then gets a special surprise. View the full article
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[motorsport] Peugeot plans to bring new 208s to Sweden
The French outfit took its World RX programme in-house for 2018, having previously run in partnership with Kenneth Hansen’s Hansen Motorsport concern.Announcing pre-season that it would introduce developments throughout 2018, Peugeot Sport director Bruno Famin believes the car set to be introduced for the Holjes event in two weeks’ time will be the single biggest upgrade of the ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC team pushing for Italy 2019 boycott over Sardinia route
The WRC teams met during last week's Alghero-based event and Motorsport.com understands a letter to Todt was talked about, but ultimately dismissed by the group. But there remains significant disquiet about the logistical effort to get to the island and the absence of sufficient reward in terms of promotional value from the rally. Last week's Rally Italy was, once again, poorly supported ... ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC team pushing for Italy 2019 boycott over Sardinia route
The WRC teams met during last week's Alghero-based event and Motorsport.com understands a letter to Todt was talked about, but ultimately dismissed by the group.But there remains significant disquiet about the logistical effort to get to the island and the absence of sufficient reward in terms of promotional value from the rally.Last week's Rally Italy was, once again, poorly ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Xfinity and Truck Series remain mostly unchanged for 2019
NASCAR has released the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series and the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedules.The NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is nearly identical from this year's schedule with the only slight change are the dates of the races while the newly-named truck series schedule will feature a few changes.Texas Motor Speedway moves its fall truck date to the spring weekend ... Keep reading View the full article
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Shannon Spake auctioning items to benefit the Ironman Foundation
Check out some of the items that Shannon Spake is auctioning off on Ebay to benefit the Ironman Foundation, and hear her tell the incredible story of Mike Ergo, a marine who ran an entire marathon holding the American Flag, and gave it to Linda Kynoch who lost her son, Corporal Josh Kynoch in battle. View the full article
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[motorsport] Citroen wrong to drop Meeke mid-season - Latvala
Meeke, who had been hired to lead Citroen's title challenge in its factory WRC return with the C3, was dismissed between the last two rounds in what the team called a safety-related decision following recent large accidents.But Toyota driver Latvala was one of several WRC contenders who spoke out in Meeke's defence."It's a shock," Latvala told Motorsport.com. "This isn't something we ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Mailbag: Will transitioning to the Mustang slow Ford down?
We now have three drivers with a total of seven titles. I am more impressed with Dale Earnhardt's seven because he did it with three different crew chiefs. Petty and Johnson did it with one for all seven titles. What do you think? - From SalSal, you can look at it both ways. Of course, the more variables you change on a team, the more difficult it is to maintain that same level of ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Paul Menard scores first top-five with Wood Brothers
Paul Menard rebounded from an on-track incident earlier in the race to score his best finish of the season at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.“We had a good car today and all weekend,” said Menard. “We didn’t qualify as good as we would have hoped and went from the back and got put to the back twice. Once I sped and another time we got door slammed.”Seven laps into the ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC drivers want "stupid" artificial jumps outlawed
Toyota's Ott Tanak had to retire from third place on Rally Italy last week after an incident on what many felt was a badly built jump on the Monte Baranta stage.Tanak's Yaris WRC slammed nose-first into the road, damaging the cooling system.WRC champion Sebastien Ogier led calls for a uniform approach to building jumps on stages."We all agreed as drivers, it's not clever to build ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] All three Joe Gibbs car chiefs suspended for Sonoma by NASCAR
All three Joe Gibbs Racing car chiefs have been suspended by NASCAR for the next Cup round at Sonoma as a punishment for Michigan infractions View the full article
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Breaking down the run-in between Joey Logano & Kyle Busch at Michigan
The 'NASCAR Race Hub' crew go 'Next Level' to break down the contact between Kyle Busch and Joey Logano at Michigan. View the full article
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Darrell Waltrip looks back on his disputed wins count with Bobby Allison
Darrell Waltrip talks with Daryl Motte about his disputed wins count of 84 with Bobby Allison, and why he feels he a few of his wins taken away. View the full article
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[motorsport] Three Joe Gibbs Racing car chiefs suspended for Sonoma Cup race
Three teams – those of Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones – were assessed additional penalties on Tuesday after NASCAR found unapproved splitters on each of their cars in pre-race inspection at Michigan International Speedway.All three of the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers were forced to start Sunday’s race from the rear of the field. In addition, NASCAR on Tuesday fined each crew ... Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan - Episode 14: DPC and the World’s Tallest Thermometer
The guys talk to the competitors and reveal the winner of Diesel Power’s 2018 Diesel Power Challenge, discuss DPF-friendly diesel performance with Clint Cannon from ATS Diesel Performance, and argue about whether or not a Commercial Driver’s License is worth it for the average person. View the full article
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[motorsport] After "zero consistency" in 2017, Bowyer now sees potential at SHR
That was then, this is now.Bowyer’s first season stepping in for the retiring NASCAR star Tony Stewart didn’t go quite as he planned in 2017 – he failed to win a race or a pole, finished 18th in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings and led just 22 laps of competition.But much of SHR was hit-or-miss on performance last season and although frustrated, Bowyer remained ... Keep reading View the full article
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Michael Waltrip remembers getting recognized for his dancing career over racing
Michael Waltrip talks with Daryl Motte about how he would get recognized for his time on 'Dancing with the Stars' more than he would for racing. View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Truck regular Justin Haley to make Xfinity debut at Iowa
Haley, who competes full-time with GMS Racing in the Camping World Truck Series, will make his Xfinity Series debut this weekend at Iowa Speedway, driving GMS’ No. 23 Chevrolet.The team announced on Monday that Haley, 19, would also compete in the July 6 race at Daytona and the Aug. 4 race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.).“This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be in top notch Xfinity Series ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Kyle Busch: Toyota brought a knife to Michigan NASCAR 'gun fight'
Toyota driver Kyle Busch brought a 'knife to a gun fight' against Ford and it did not matter "how sharp the knife" was in the Michigan NASCAR Cup Series race View the full article
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Motte’s Minute: Clint Bowyer parties through the night, after a guy gets shot out of a cannon
In this week's edition of Motte's Minute, Daryl Motte goes rapid fire with Pocono winner and forklift driver Martin Truex Jr. View the full article
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Breaking down Clint Bowyer’s winning final restart at Michigan
The 'NASCAR Race Hub' crew go 'Next Level' to break down Clint Bowyer's winning final restart at Michigan. View the full article
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Winner’s Weekend: Clint Bowyer – Michigan
Clint Bowyer and crew chief Mike Bugarewicz recap the strategy that brought them to victory lane in the Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Third at Michigan, Kurt Busch says, "our day will come"
Busch enjoyed his best finish at Michigan since coming home second at Talladega Superspeedway and won his second pole award of the season in qualifying.Busch, who has scored three of his 29 NASCAR Cup Series wins at Michigan, helped SHR sweep the top three positions in the final results of the rain-shortened race.“We had an excellent day all the way through,” said Busch. “No big ... Keep reading View the full article
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Ford vs. Chevy was a one-sided matchup in Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) Ford vs. Chevrolet is always a subplot to watch when the top auto racers come to Michigan. View the full article
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[motorsport] Martin Truex Jr. unexpectedly never in contention at Michigan
Sure, Truex has had worse finishes this season and 18th isn’t exactly terrible.But it was the worst finish for Truex and his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team this year in a race in which they did not get collected in an accident.Truex and his crew chief, Cole Pearn, just could not seem to remedy the handling issues Truex faced throughout the race and the last opportunity they had to ... Keep reading View the full article