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As has been the case for most of the season so far, Kristoffersson was handed a less-than-ideal outside grid slot from the Q1 draw, but made the best launch in his race and took the lead from the start to set the best time, the rear bodywork on his Volkswagen Polo smoking after contact to the rear in the first corner.Starting from pole position in the final race of the day ... Keep reading View the full article

The session was delayed by several minutes from early-morning showers and the session ended up getting cut short six minutes early by more rain in the area.In between, Harvick posted the fastest average lap speed of 200.719 mph to top the speed chart. Kyle Larson (200.083 mph) was the only other driver to top the 200 mph mark.Joey Logano was third-fastest, Clint Bowyer was fourth and ... Keep reading View the full article

Some Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series teams are using the debut of the new Camaro as an excuse for poor performance this season, according to Kyle Larson View the full article

Ogier held an 18.9s lead overnight and increased that gap to 19.5s after the second stage of the day, but lost 14.6s to Hyundai’s Neuville in the Monte Lerno test.Championship leader Neuville confessed he was pushing hard to catch Ogier, but was surprised to see that he had whittled the Frenchman's lead down to less than five seconds.Behind the leading pair, there’s an intense fight ... Keep reading View the full article

Kristoffersson’s Polo R Supercar was thrown onto two wheels at the first corner of the final in Belgium last month, following side-by-side contact with Solberg’s sister car that forced him into the barrier.Two weeks later, the pair made heavy wheel-to-wheel contact in the braking area for Turn 1 in the semi-finals at Silverstone, sending Kristoffersson’s car hard into the inside tyre ... Keep reading View the full article

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Johnny Sauter held off Stewart Friesen at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night for his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season and 21st overall. View the full article

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Highlights: Johnny Sauter holds off Stewart Friesen to win at Texas Motor Speedway. View the full article

Stage 1Polesitter Stewart Friessen took the lead from the start in his Halmar Friesen Racing but rapidly fell to fourth as Noah Gragson moved his Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota into the lead chased by teammate Todd Gilliland with Johnny Sauter third for GMS Racing. However the seventh lap saw Justin Fontaine into the wall with a puncture.Brett Moffitt was the highest-placed driver to ... Keep reading View the full article

Thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the state of Delaware approved sports betting and on Tuesday Gov. John Carney placed the first bet, wagering $10 on a Major League Baseball game.At Dover Downs Hotel & Casino’s Race & Sports Book, gamblers can now place wagers on a wide variety of sports, including auto racing, baseball, basketball, boxing/MMA, football, hockey ... Keep reading View the full article

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) Kurt Busch won his second NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season Friday in qualifying for Sunday's race at Michigan International Speedway. View the full article

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) Kyle Larson is still seeking his first victory of the season. View the full article

Busch surprised his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick with an average lap speed of 203.361 mph in the final round of qualifying to win the pole for Sunday’s FireKeepers 400 at Michigan International Speedway.Harvick had easily been fastest through the first two rounds.Brad Keselowski ended up second (203.156 mph), Kyle Busch was third (202.954 mph), Harvick fourth and Joey ... Keep reading View the full article

That’s a possibility, according to Kyle Larson, whose No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team has been the most consistent performing Chevy team so far this year.While he hasn’t won a race this year, Larson has three runner-up finishes and led the most laps at both Bristol and Kansas. He is currently ninth in the series standings.“I have never felt like Chevy’s have been at a disadvantage ... Keep reading View the full article

Reigning world champion Ogier made light work of his opponents through stage six, their first test following midday service.Amid slippery conditions with standing water throughout, Ogier went 12.2 seconds faster than his next quickest opponent Esapekka Lappi, immediately moving into first place after restarting fifth.Andreas Mikkelsen had led after midday service but signs of trouble ... Keep reading View the full article

Blaney was one of nine cars to post average lap speeds of over 200 mph in the abbreviated session. Just minutes before its conclusion, Blaney rocketed to the top of the speed chart with a lap at 202.617 mph.Michigan has been a difficult track for Blaney, with only one finish better than 15th in six series starts.Kyle Busch was second (201.935 mph) and Blaney’s Team Penske teammate ... Keep reading View the full article

Chip Ganassi Racing's Kyle Larson believes that Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick have been "head over heels" better than the rest of the NASCAR Cup series field View the full article

Mikkelsen took six soft tyres aboard his i20 Coupe WRC and made the most of them in the damp conditions to win SS2 by 9.1 seconds.Finally feeling at home in the car after a difficult season so far, the Norwegian also won SS3 to complete the morning at the head of the field.Neuville was the first man on the road, but the overnight rain eradicated the disadvantage of sweeping away the ... Keep reading View the full article

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A lot of teams in the series have talented people and race-winning equipment. GMS Racing has all of those components, but they also have a pairing that separates them from everyone else - driver Johnny Sauter and veteran crew chief Joe Shear Jr.No driver-crew chief combination has won more this season than those two and both men offer reasons why their close bond produces benefits for ... Keep reading View the full article

Driver Dylan Lupton confirmed Thursday that he is no longer with JGL and will not compete with the team in this weekend’s Xfinity race at Michigan International Speedway. As of Thursday afternoon, he was still listed on the official entry list for the event.The team’s other driver, Kaz Grala, announced his departure from the team less than a month ago ... Keep reading View the full article

Meeke lost his Citroen seat after he crashed heavily on last month's Rally of Portugal.Prior to the Meeke decision, there had already been a question mark over Citroen's continued WRC participation, following speculation about potential budget cuts at the firm.Citroen has not won a WRC title since the end of Sebastien Loeb's run of nine straight championships in 2012.But team ... Keep reading View the full article

Austin Dillon gives Alan Cavanna a tour of his home and a behind-the-scenes look at his podcast "Barn Life." View the full article

In a bulletin issued to teams on Wednesday, NASCAR mandated the completion of a baseline King-Devick Test by each participant by July 8.After the baseline tests are completed the King-Devick Test will become a tool of neurological exams done at tracks’ infield care centers.The King-Devick (K-D) test is based on measurement of the speed of rapid number naming (reading aloud ... Keep reading View the full article

Latvala, who set the pace on Thursday's shakedown in Sardinia, damaged the suspension on his Toyota Yaris WRC early in both Mexico and Portugal, and crashed out of the asphalt round in Corsica between them.He plans a more conservative approach with style and set-up in Italy this week, and says he even stopped to clear stones from stages himself during the pre-rally recce."What I need ... Keep reading View the full article

The series will maintain the existing sporting format and a similar number of events each year, with both manufacturers and privateers eligible to take part.The WMSC has announced that privateer entrants will be able to homologate their own cars, using the same common battery and chassis that every constructor in the series will use, but instead of using an existing road car body ... Keep reading View the full article