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[autosport] Kyle Busch questions NASCAR Cup's spec racing policies
Kyle Busch says the NASCAR Cup series has to "stop this spec game" as he believes efforts to reduce costs have not helped level the playing field View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Cool New Products From Moab Easter Jeep Safari
Cool New Products From the Easter Jeep Safari View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Cool New Products From Moab Easter Jeep Safari
Cool New Products From the Easter Jeep Safari View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Euro Series ready to roll into 2018 season
A total of 31 cars will hit the track with 52 drivers from 20 teams this weekend in Valencia, Spain, in the two divisions with drivers coming from a total of 18 countries.Slated to compete in Valencia will be seven NWES champions led by defending series ELITE 1 champion Alon Day and two-time title holder Anthony Kumpen.Lucas Lasserre and Wilfried Boucenna both were crowned champions ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] GCK hopes to entice Renault backing for World RX team
Guerlain Chicherit, whose team revealed the revolutionary Megane RS in Paris earlier this month, will start his first World RX round as a team owner and driver in Barcelona this weekend.The Frenchman has self-financed the development, production and running of the car and team, but hopes early success will persuade the French manufacturer to divert some o ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] NASCAR minnow David Ragan defends controversial Cup pitguns
The NASCAR Cup series is too easily blamed for its pitgun problems even though it has levelled the playing field on pitroad, according to Front Row Motorsports driver David Ragan View the full article
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[motorsport] Noah Gragson to make Xfinity Series debut with Joe Gibbs Racing
The race will be one of three consecutive starts Gragson, 19, will make in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota. He will also compete at Talladega, Ala., and Dover, Del.Switch has been named the primary sponsor for all three spring races with Gragson.This is Gragson’s second full-time season at Kyle Busch Motorsports competing in the Truck series. He has one win, six top-five and 15 ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Eye in the Sky: Tony Hirschman uses experience to his advantage
This week, Motorsport.com caught up with veteran spotter Tony Hirschman, who helped Kyle Busch score his first win of the season last Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Hirschman uses lessons learned with his dad and modified racing legend, Tony Hirschman Jr., to help Kyle Busch win in the NASCAR Cup Series.How was your weekend at Texas Motor Speedway and were there any issues during the ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Ragan defends pit guns, says they've helped teams like FRM
At least three teams reported issues after Atlanta with some criticizing the Paoli pit guns for their apparent lack of reliability.Kevin Harvick voiced similar frustrations after a plethora of pit road issues at Texa ... Keep reading View the full article
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[foxsports]
Here’s how NOT to celebrate your first career NASCAR win
Noah Gragson talks to Daryl Motte about his infamous postrace celebratory vomit after his first career win at Martinsville. View the full article
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[motorsport] Roundtable: NASCAR's decision to admit missed call at Texas
NASCAR admitted this week it messed up a call on Kevin Harvick during a pit stop and this is isn't the first time NASCAR has admitted to a missed call. Do you feel this transparency by NASCAR is given enough credit?Jim: Too much actually. I don't think it serves any useful purpose to state after the fact that officials made a mistake, especially if it isn't going to change the result ... Keep reading View the full article
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[foxsports]
Tony Stewart, Ward family settle wrongful death lawsuit
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) Tony Stewart and the parents of Kevin Ward Jr. have agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family against the former NASCAR champion for his role in the death of their son. View the full article
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[motorsport] Citroen: Loeb WRC return choice entirely his
Loeb won a quarter of the stages on last week’s Tour de Corse, despite last competing on the island 10 years earlier and having been away from a full-time WRC programme since 2012.The Frenchman was a frontrunner early on in Corsica, as he had been on last month's Rally Mexico, but lost his chance of fighting for victory on the second stage when he got his C3 stuck in a ditch.That ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Kurt Busch unexcited by 2019 schedule, wants shake-up
NASCAR announced its 2019 Cup calendar earlier this month and it proved to be identical to ’18, except for minor Easter date moves to accommodate the holiday.Ahead of the current season drivers had mixed opinions on NASCAR’s rigid calendar, with SHR’s Kevin Harvick describing the fixed Homestead-Miami finale as “sta ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Sweden will now have a presence in NASCAR Euro Series
With a record-setting list of entries for this weekend’s season opener in Valencia, Spain, the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series has enjoyed solid growth during the offseason. The latest example of growth is the emergence of the first Scandinavian team to join the NWES.Memphis Racing, based in Åhus, Sweden, will field the No. 77 Chevrolet for Alexander Graff in the ELITE 1 Division this ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR Euro Series: ‘Catching up with Alon Day’
This week we feature defending NWES Elite 1 champion Alon Day.Hometown: Ashdod, IsraelHow rewarding was it to win the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series ELITE 1 title last season?It was definitely a relief for me, me and my team worked so hard during our last three seasons. Everytime we got so close to winning the championship but never finished the deal. This time winning the championship ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] New NASCAR Cup aero package to be trialled in All-Star race
The NASCAR Cup series believes that the Charlotte All-Star race is the "perfect opportunity" to trial a radically different format for the 2018 race View the full article
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[motorsport] Olsbergs MSE reveals Fiesta World RX car built with Ford tie-up
The new Fiesta, which has been built from the ground up at OMSE’s Nynashamn base in Sweden, marks a return to World RX for the Ford Performance name.Having become involved with Andreas Eriksson’s OMSE squad in 2009, the automotive giant partnered the Swedish squad to win the first World RX Teams’ Championship in 2014, before supporting Ken Block’s Hoonigan Racing Division squad for ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Elliott gets second 2018 NASCAR points penalty for Texas violation
Hendrick Motorsports's Chase Elliott has been hit with a penalty for a violation during last weekend's Texas race that has cost him 20 points in the NASCAR Cup series standings View the full article
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[motorsport] Scanner Sounds - "I've had two days of loose wheels"
From Kevin Harvick's frustration of pit stop issues to the celebration from Kyle Busch on scoring his first win of the season, hear it all now on this week's edition of Scanner Sounds: Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR: All-Star Race "perfect opportunity to try something different"
As Motorsport.com first reported on Tuesday, NASCAR will use next month’s all-star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway as a test of a new aero package, which was debuted in the Xfinity Series last year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Each car will be fitted with aero ducts, a six-inch-high spoiler with two 12-inch ears, a restrictor-plate and the 2014-style splitter.Working in concert ... Keep reading View the full article
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[foxsports]
NASCAR using restrictor plates in All-Star race at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) NASCAR will test a different aerodynamic package in next month's All-Star race in which the cars will have restrictor plates at Charlotte Motor Speedway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Clint Bowyer wanted Martinsville-winning car for Bristol
Bowyer ended his streak of 190 races without a win with victory at Martinsville last month and said it answered questions over whether he would ever win again in the Cup series. It was the 38-year-old’s first win with SHR in his second year with the team and he followed up with ninth in Texas.This weekend’s race in Bristol is the first since Mart ... Keep reading View the full article
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[foxsports]
NASCAR hits Chase Elliott team for violations at Texas
The Racehub crew talks about what led to Chase Elliott's postrace penalty after Texas Motor Speedway View the full article
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[motorsport] Kyle Busch questions NASCAR's spec approach
NASCAR opted to introduce mandatory spec, Formula 1-style, pit guns for 2018 in a bid to save costs in an area where teams could find advantages with more expensive cutting-edge technology.The change has created problems on pit road this season with the series implementing changes after several failures at Atlanta. Repeated botched pit stops then occurred at Texas, with Kevin Harvick ... Keep reading View the full article