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As Kyle Busch and Brandon Jones raced hard for second behind him, Sauter pulled away to win Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his third Camping World Truck Series victory of the 2018 season.“Yeahhhhhhh – I won at Charlotte!” Sauter screamed over his team radio as he took the checkered flag.The win is the 20th of his career and first at ... Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR Cup Series Highlights: Check out Matt Kenseth's pole winning laps for the All-Star race at Charlotte. View the full article

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Matt Kenseth's return to racing is already paying big dividends for Roush Fenway Racing after he grabbed the pole for Saturday night's NASCAR All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. View the full article

After struggling in his first race back with Roush Fenway Racing last weekend, Kenseth showed a return to form on Friday night, rocketing to the pole for Saturday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Kenseth’s No. 6 Ford team mastered the three-lap, four-tire pit top format, posting the fastest average lap speed of 126.915 mph while also having the ... Keep reading View the full article

Although over $15 million dollars has already been raised for the victims of the April 6 bus crash that killed 16 people and injured another 13 in one of the worst national tragedies in Canadian history, Tagliani wants to do his part to help support the families.The Quebec driver will wear the specially designed helmet this weekend in the season opener for the NASCAR Pinty’s Series at ... Keep reading View the full article

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) NASCAR's annual All-Star race is a $1 million winner-take-all spectacle that has failed for years to live up to the hype. View the full article

Busch has made no secret of his dislike of the aero package which debuted in last season’s Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and will be used in Saturday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race.The package includes front air ducts, a larger rear spoiler, restrictor-plates and the 2014 version of the splitter.Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Busch was asked if ... Keep reading View the full article

Despite multiple attempts and combining the drivers already qualified for the All-Star Race with those for the Monster Open, persistent rain left very little time for practice Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Harvick’s average lap speed of 170.406 mph ended up being the fastest and he ran just four laps. Jimmie Johnson got the most laps on the track (five).Kurt Busch ended ups ... Keep reading View the full article

One-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch says that the increasing use of restrictor-plates in the series means he must adapt or considering quitting View the full article

The Kiwi suffered back pain following his accident on the second run at the Ponte de Lima test. He has been taken to hospital in Porto as a precaution. His co-driver, Briton Seb Marshall is uninjured.Hyundai’s Alain Penasse explained the incident which happened just over a mile into the day’s final gravel test. He told Autosport: “In a right corner Hayden tried to avoid a stone on the ... Keep reading View the full article

Sebastien Ogier's M-Sport Ford Fiesta was the afternoon's early casualty, but problems for all three of the morning's fastest drivers, coupled with a fastest time on the final stage of the loop, helped elevate Neuville up the order.Kris Meeke jumped into the lead of the rally for a second time with the fastest time on SS5, but fell to fifth on the next stage when his Citroen suffered ... Keep reading View the full article

Furniture Row Racing's Martin Truex Jr believes veteran NASCAR Cup drivers are outperforming the younger generation because the cars are much more "sensitive" to drive View the full article

Ogier was running first on the road in his M-Sport Ford Fiesta when he crashed midway through the Viana do Castelo test after sliding off the road.The five-time world champion appeared to clip a bank with the front-right of his Fiesta in the stage, then got off line onto loose gravel approaching the next left-handed corner and slid down a bank into a section of trees.Co-driver Julien ... Keep reading View the full article

Sordo became the fourth driver to lead in as many stages courtesy of the fastest time on the morning's final stage, the 17.11-mile Ponte de Lima test.As the fourth car to tackle the stage, the Spaniard was in prime position to take advantage of road sweeping from championship contenders Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville and set a fastest time of 19m15.5s.Sordo was 8.2 seconds ... Keep reading View the full article

The former Formula 1 podium finisher will make his maiden rallycross appearance in a Ford Fiesta Supercar with the Max Pucher-owned MJP Racing Team Austria outfit. Wurz first tested with the squad at former European Rallycross circuit Greinbach in Austria in late 2016.“That car, with that power is really impressive, very cool and I understand why I could get very hooked on this ... Keep reading View the full article

The route for the 41st edition of the South American event was revealed by rally organiser ASO on Friday, following the news that Chile had dropped out of a potential return at the last minute.It comprises 10 stages and a rest day, all within Peru, starting and ending in the capital city Lima. It will begin on January 6 and finish on January 17.ASO had initially hoped for a r ... Keep reading View the full article

An all-new truck deserves all-new technologies, and that’s exactly what Chevrolet’s new-for-2019 Silverado 1500 has delivered thanks to Dynamic Fuel Management. View the full article

From 2016 champion Johnny Sauter to fellow drivers, Sargeant is always learning and one of his best teachers this season is veteran crew chief Doug Randolph.Randolph moved over to GMS Racing this season after Brad Keselowski Racing ceased operations at the end of last season and enjoys working with another young driver.Sargeant, who currently sits ninth in the series standings, is ... Keep reading View the full article

Chevrolet will dominate the small-engine conversation with its turbocharged 2.7L I-4 that will be the base engine for the 2019 Silverado LT and RST. View the full article

The annual All-Star race is coming up Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Who do you think is the favorite?JIm: It's hard to argue against Kevin Harvick, although the new aerodynamic rules that will be in place could really shuffle the deck. Unfortunately, no one will get any on-track action with the rules in place until Friday so it's very hard to predict who could benefit from ... Keep reading View the full article

This week, Motorsport.com caught up with veteran spotter T.J. Majors, spots for Joey Logano in the Cup Series and rookie Dalton Sargeant in the CWTS.Majors, who also used to race himself, worked as the spotter for Dale Earnhardt Jr. for over 15 years before Earnhardt retired at the end of last season, opening the door for Majors to join Logano in 2018.How did it come about for you to ... Keep reading View the full article

The Frenchman lost the four bonus points he scored for second fastest time in the Mexican Power Stage, following the addition of a 10-second penalty for hitting a chicane.The British team attended a hearing in Paris on Friday May 4 and was informed on Thursday that its efforts to overturn the stewards’ decision had not been successful.M-Sport team principal Malcolm Wilson told ... Keep reading View the full article

After coming home seventh in their first start together in the No. 92 Black’s TIre Service/Carquest Auto Parts/Highland Construction Ford F-150 at Martinsville Speedway earlier this spring, Timothy Peters and Ricky Benton Racing are teaming up once again.Nearly one month after the duo made their first NASCAR Cup Series start at Talladega Superspeedway finishing 23rd, they will start ... Keep reading View the full article

We're the first to test the new Kenda Klever RT tire. View the full article

Beginning with next week’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Cup series teams will no longer have to start the race on the same tires on which they qualified.Moving forward, all races will have four sets of tires for practice and qualifying, except superspeedways which will have three sets.For enhanced schedule weekends, teams will be able to carryover their qualifying set ... Keep reading View the full article