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The first race of the Chase is officially in the books, with Christopher Bell taking the checkered flag at Darlington on Saturday.
The win was a huge boon for Bell's championship chances, bumping him up to second in the points standings where he trails Denny Hamlin by just 12 points.
On the other side of the outcome spectrum was William Byron, who was forced to bring his car in early due to ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar finds himself the center of attention once again after another messy day at the race track.
With the NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington for the first race of the Chase on Saturday, Hocevar was competing for points that would hopefully push him up the points standings and further into championship contention. Instead, he left with more negative attention, and more frustrated ...Keep reading

After fighting back from some mid-race damage, Denny Hamlin leaves Darlington just 12 points clear of Southern 500 winner Christopher Bell.
The biggest mover in the championship standings was clearly Bell, jumping four positions from sixth to second with his big victory. Bubba Wallace also moved up four spots from 14th to 10th.
The biggest loser was William Byron, who dropped three ...Keep reading

In the Chase opener at Darlington Raceway, Carson Hocevar made a new enemy in Brad Keselowski. Near the end of Stage 1, he got into the left-rear of the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford, sending the former Cup champion spinning out of Turn 4.
Hocevar went on to finish 11th in the Southern 500. After the race, Above the Yellow Line Media caught up with Brad Keselowski, who had a stark warning for the ...Keep reading

With 12 laps to go, Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson and drove off with the victory in the 77th running of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. It ends a winless streak that dates back to Bristol last September, and is now Bell's 14th career win as a NASCAR Cup driver.
Bell crossed the finish line 1.038s clear of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs, and 2.533s clear of 23XI Racing's Tyler ...Keep reading

After 500 miles of racing at Darlington Raceway, Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson with 12 laps to go, driving off with the Southern 500 victory.
Bell hadn't won a race since last September, and was frustrated with seven runner-up finishes in, until today, a winless 2026 season. Bell took the lead from Larson and then held on against Ty Gibbs in second and Tyler Reddick in third.
Ryan ...Keep reading

Ferrari claimed its first World Endurance Championship victory of 2026 at the Lone Star Le Mans after the race-leading Toyota suffered a late mechanical failure.
Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway had appeared set to score Toyota’s first win at the Circuit of the Americas in nine attempts, having climbed their way up the pack from ninth on the grid.
But with just 15 minutes ...Keep reading

Alexander Rossi secured his first podium since 2024, driving the #20 ECR Chevrolet to a third-place finish in the IndyCar season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. 
Starting fourth and leading four laps, the performance marked the 34-year-old California native’s first podium with ECR – the same venue where he captured his last podium in his final season with Arrow McLaren.
The ...Keep reading

Kyle Kirkwood closed out his 2026 IndyCar Series campaign on a high note, driving from sixth on the grid to a runner-up finish behind Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin in the season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. 
The strong drive cemented a career-best second-place finish in the championship standings for the 27-year-old Florida native. 
Kirkwood, driving the #27 Andretti ...Keep reading

A post-race moment between Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli's father, Marco Antonelli, has gone viral on social media.
Footage from the Monza paddock showed Verstappen approaching Antonelli Sr after his son claimed his first home grand prix victory from 19th on the grid. The four-time champion made sure to give the Italian a hug before his son was able to go and celebrate with ...Keep reading

The 2026 IndyCar champion season is over. Chip Ganassi Racing driver Alex Palou claimed his fifth title in the last six years, 86 points clear of Andretti's Kyle Kirkwood, who claimed the runner-up spot in the standings with a podium finish at Laguna Seca.
Departing Arrow McLaren driver Christian Lundgaard led the way for that organization in third, teammate Pato O'Ward fourth, and Team ...Keep reading

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the Temple of Speed for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix.

Gasly reflects on a standout Monza weekend, while team mate Colapinto recovers from a costly mistake to score points.

Scott McLaughlin now has eight career IndyCar wins, winning from pole in a straightforward race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
McLaughlin hadn't won a race since the penultimate round of the 2024 season at Milwaukee, so it was a big victory for the Kiwi.
Kyle Kirkwood finished second, securing the runner-up spot in the championship standings. Alexander Rossi placed third for his first ...Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin ended a two-year, 35-race win drought with victory in the IndyCar season finale at Laguna Seca.
After starting on pole in the #3 Team Penske Chevrolet, the 33-year-old New Zealander remained in control throughout the 95-lap contest en route to a 1.3739s victory over Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course.
ECR’s Alexander ...Keep reading

On The Chequered Flag Podcast, F1 journalist Rebecca Clancy and British racing driver Alex Lynn debate whether Kimi Antonelli is a generational talent, after the Mercedes prodigy became the first Italian to win on home soil since 1966 at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The Italian Grand Prix is probably the worst venue for a spat to brew up between team-mates but that is what happened at Monza as Lewis Hamilton finished a distant sixth after Charles Leclerc barged him into the gravel on the opening lap.
Leclerc then spun off into the Parabolica barrier at high speed at the end of the second lap, inducing a red flag. The outcome of the weekend was that ...Keep reading

The Audi F1 team has notified the FIA of its intention to appeal against Yuki Tsunoda's non-penalty in the Italian GP.
Amid confusion over where he was supposed to line up on a lap 6 restart, Tsunoda parked in his correct 14th grid slot, but at an angle towards the inside wall. Race director Rui Marques was "not comfortable" with Tsunoda's position, so imposed an extra formation ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli delivered one of the great F1 drives to win the Italian Grand Prix and leave Mercedes' team-mate George Russell's title hopes almost a lost cause.

Whether you are an adopted fan of Formula 1 2026's divisive yo-yo racing or not, you can't argue the Italian Grand Prix was short of things to pay attention to. Champion-elect - there, we said it - Kimi Antonelli served up a comeback race for the ages with the approval of the Ferrari tifosi, while the Scuderia itself tripped at the first hurdle at its home race.
Winner: Kimi ...Keep reading