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Shane Van Gisbergen started Saturday's NASCAR Cup race at Richmond outside the top 30 in the running order. With Austin Cindric ended up having his best run of the 2026 season, it was looking as if the three-time Supercars champion was in for a rough night.
However, SVG actually left Richmond three points further up from the cut-line than he was at the start of the 400-lap race ...Keep reading

It was a big night for Team Penske at Richmond Raceway on Saturday, with Joey Logano taking the checkered flag and Austin Cindric finishing in third.
Cindric was in need of a strong showing, coming off of a 29th-place showing in Iowa and not having secured a top-10 finish since May. With the No. 2 car sitting on the bubble of the Chase standings in 16th place heading into the race, there was ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell was clearly tired of coming in second place.
Heading into the final long run at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night, Bell and Tyler Reddick were the only two cars in contention to run an alternate strategy, attempting to close out the race on one stop while the rest of the leaders planned for two.
It did not work out.
While Bell briefly led as the leaders took their extra ...Keep reading

With just two races left before the Chase reset, Denny Hamlin holds a 115-point lead in the championship. After the reset, it will be reduced to just 25 over whoever is second. After Richmond, that driver is now Ryan Blaney, who jumped back ahead of Ty Gibbs.
The biggest mover in the standings was easily Joey Logano, rocketing up four positions to ninth after winning the Cup race at Richmond ...Keep reading

Joey Logano held off a late charge from Chase Briscoe through the final laps at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night to take the checkered flag.
Briscoe had been the most dominant car on the track for most of the night, leading for 171 of 400 laps, but a strong long run from Logano in the third stage flipped the lead late in the race. Briscoe closed the gap all the way up to the finish, but was ...Keep reading

At Richmond, Team Penske's Joey Logano held off a charging Chase Briscoe to earn his second win of the 2026 season, his third at Richmond Raceway, and the 39th of his Cup career.
Briscoe crossed the line just a few car lengths behind, while Austin Cindric finished third in his best result of the entire season.
Logano led 95 of 400 laps, and was one of ten different drivers to take a turn out ...Keep reading

The three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion continues his summer surge in Richmond. Joey Logano is now ninth in the championship standings when he was outside the top 16 just over a month ago.
The Team Penske driver earned his 39th career win and second in the last four races on Saturday night, beating Chase Briscoe by 0.392s at the checkered flag. 
"Don't let the boys get hot," said Logano ...Keep reading

Sometimes pure frustration is the best fuel in racing.
After an execution misstep almost knocked him out in the Round of 12, ending up in the final transfer spot by 0.0770s to be exact, Louis Foster channeled his frustration into an unbeatable final run to capture pole position for the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham.
Driving the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL)Honda ...Keep reading

Richmond Raceway has always been a special place for Denny Hamlin.
With Hamlin growing up in Virginia, Richmond was his home track, and his family shared plenty of memories there. Ahead of Saturday's Cup Series race, Richmond Raceway decided to honor Hamlin and his family in return.
In a post shared on social media, Hamlin stood proudly with his family behind two seats in the stands at ...Keep reading

Reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion Alex Palou experienced a rare qualifying mistake and crashed out during qualifying for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham on Saturday.
The 29-year-old Spaniard, who leads the 2026 IndyCar standings, was caught out during the second segment of qualifying around the newly constructed 12-turn, 2.19-mile temporary street circuit.
With ...Keep reading

Louis Foster surged late in qualifying to claim pole for the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham.
Driving the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, the 23-year-old Briton produced a 1m13.2383s lap to take pole around the 12-turn, 2.19-mile temporary street circuit. It marks just the second pole of his career, and first since his last season at Road America. 
“Well, it's ...Keep reading

Aston Martin title contender Nicki Thiim was completely beside himself after finishing 11th in Saturday's DTM race at the Nurburgring - and lashed out at the series and at Mercedes-AMG. "I thought Oschersleben was bad, but this is absolutely next level. I'm super disappointed. What is going on here right now is simply a disgrace," the Dane raged.
Above all, the battle with Landgraf Mercedes ...Keep reading

Will Power became the first driver to crash at the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham, bringing out a red flag late in Saturday’s second practice session.
The Aussie was rolling around the newly-constructed 2.19-mile, 12-turn temporary street circuit when he ended up off-line in Turn 10 and clipped the right side of his #26 Andretti Global Honda into the tire barriers. The ...Keep reading

There was no stopping Kaden Honeycutt and the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota at Richmond Raceway. After starting on the front row with pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen, Honeycutt went on to lead 225 of 250 laps in a truly sensational showing for the championship conteder.
This is Honeycutt's second career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, with his first coming at Watkins Glen earlier in the ...Keep reading

Pascal Wehrlein has defended Porsche’s use of team tactics to aid his victory in Saturday’s London E-Prix and strengthen his bid for the 2025-26 Formula E title.
Wehrlein converted pole position into a dominant win in the penultimate race of the season, jumping from third to first in the drivers’ standings in the process.
While the German was rapid throughout the day, his chances of a ...Keep reading

Mitch Evans reckons the ill-timed virtual safety car was “typical of my luck” in race one of the London E-Prix, after Porsche’s “extreme games” already compromised his Formula E title chances on Saturday.
The factory Jaguar driver could only manage an eighth-place finish at the ExCeL after starting third on the grid, while title rival Pascal Wehrlein converted pole position into a ...Keep reading

After Friday’s on-track activities were cancelled, compressing the IndyCar Series schedule into a busy Saturday, 24-year-old David Malukas emerged sixth fastest in opening practice for the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. The 24-year-old, currently sitting third in championship points, clocked a 1m15.3298s lap around the new 12-turn, 2.19-mile temporary street ...Keep reading

Pascal Wehrlein dominated the opening race of the London E-Prix weekend to grab the Formula E championship lead ahead of Sunday’s title decider.
The factory Porsche driver won by six seconds ahead of erstwhile points leader Jake Dennis for Andretti with Jaguar’s Antonio Felix da Costa completing the podium at the tight ExCeL Arena.
It leaves Wehrlein five points ahead of second-placed ...Keep reading

We continue our 'Kyle Busch Remembered' series as NASCAR takes on Richmond Raceway. Busch earned 12 victories between the Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at the Virginia short track.
Busch won a total of 234 races between Cup, O'Reilly, and Trucks in his NASCAR career, more than any other driver in history. He tragically passed away unexpectedly, just days after his final win at the age of ...Keep reading

The Prancing Horse was unstoppable at the Nürburgring on Saturday: Emil Frey Ferrari driver Matteo Cairoli celebrates his third win of the season in a crazy race in which only twelve cars even saw the chequered flag, also taking an important step forward in the overall standings.
"This win was really important," Cairoli, who had two bad weekends at the Norisring and Oschersleben, said happily ...Keep reading