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With two wins in the first three races in the Chase for the Championship, Sheldon Creed has taken a marginal points lead, but this season continues to run through Justin Allgaier and Carson Kvapil.
Narratively, anyways. 
This is to take nothing away from Creed and the Haas Factory Team No. 00 but they certainly did not have the car to beat. Allgaier and Kvapil won the first two stages ...Keep reading

Bryan Backus, who works as the rear tire changer for the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series team, narrowly avoided serious injury last weekend at WWT Raceway (Gateway).
A pit road stack-up at Gateway led to a pileup that blocked the entirety of pit road and led to a red flag. Bryan Backus was one of three Joe Gibbs Racing crew members working on the right-side of Crews' ...Keep reading

Sheldon Creed pulled off a remarkable charge on fresh tires, driving from 10th to first in the final 20 laps of the race. It is Creed's third career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win, and his second in the first three Chase races.
After Jesse Love squeezed Justin Allgaier into the wall as they battled for the lead, Taylor Gray then shoved Love into the wall, opening the door for William ...Keep reading

Spire Motorsports has released a new statement in response to Joe Gibbs Racing’s latest court filing. Earlier this year, JGR sued Gabehart and later Spire, alleging a 'brazen scheme to steal sensitive information' from the organization.
This week, JGR is attempting to get the Western District of North Carolina to hold its ex-competition director Chris Gabehart and Spire in contempt, while ...Keep reading

There was a point during the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Gateway where Brad Keselowski got passed by Joey Logano inside the top-five and expressed dissatisfaction with the hierarchy between Team Penske and RFK Racing.
“I wish I was a Ford considered good enough to get one of the good engines. We’d already be passing. Instead, we’re called a shit box team and get the shit box ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Truck Series Chase for the Championship began with a moderate implosion for each of the four top seeded drivers on the seven-race playoff on Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Layne Riggs led the first two stages but then suffered a slow pit stop, the result of struggles on the left rear, and then that tire leading to a vibration that trapped him five laps down. He would run ...Keep reading

For the second time in the first three races of the Chase, the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup will be decided by the metric. Lightning and rain forced series officials to cancel qualifying for both the Cup and O'Reilly Series.
The metric is a weighted average of a car's place in the owner standings (30%), and the entry's finish in the most recent race (70%). 
Kyle Larson, who won last ...Keep reading

There are just nine races left to decide who will win the 2026 Constructors’ title, so we look at where the value could be for F1 betting fans.

Wales return to winning ways in emphatic fashion with an eight-try victory over South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park.

Project Rally One has formally presented its 2027 World Rally Championship challenger to the public as it sets its sights on fielding two cars at next season’s season opener in Monte Carlo.
The Belgian squad took the covers off its all-new car built to the WRC’s 2027 technical regulations at the Rally4Passion event in Huy, Belgium.
Founded by experienced motorsport engineer Lionel Hansen ...Keep reading

After a great day out on home ground at Misano last weekend, Ducati appears to be facing a much sterner challenge now that the MotoGP circus has moved north across the Dolomites.
That's because this week's home squad, KTM, threw down the gauntlet in no uncertain terms as Friday unfolded at the Austrian Grand Prix. If nothing else, it has certainly provided a brief change in the prevailing ...Keep reading

Central Saint Martins students brought 12 McLaren-inspired looks to the runway, drawing on racing icons, engineering and modern F1 fandom.

Joe Gibbs Racing is asking the Western District of North Carolina to hold Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports in civil contempt because it claims both defendants have violated the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction placed against them in March.
Specifically, JGR is asking that the defendants appear in court to explain why they should not be held in contempt. This is all ...Keep reading

The Williams Formula 1 team has released a behind-the-scenes look at the off-track life of Alex Albon.
Filmed on a Tuesday following a race weekend alongside his fiancée, professional golfer Lily Muni He, Albon offered a look at the reality of living in Monaco and what he gets up to on a day off.
With the majority of drivers living in the principality, Albon shared that it is difficult to ...Keep reading

Neil Verhagen is two races away from helping Paul Miller Racing secure the one major IMSA title still missing from its record.
Heading into this weekend’s Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the penultimate round of the 2026 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the 25-year-old Connecticut native and co-driver Connor De Phillippi holds a 23-point lead in ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin has admitted that he is “scared” about potentially needing surgery after developing arm pump at last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.
The factory Aprilia rider was leading at Misano when his pace spectacularly collapsed because of the condition, leaving him a distant fifth at the finish and allowing Ducati’s Marc Marquez to draw level with him in the standings.
Martin ...Keep reading

MotoGP is planning to introduce two qualifying sessions each weekend, one for the main race and another for the sprint, following the model used by Formula 1, Motorsport.com has learned.
The initiative has already been put on the table at the dialogue forum involving the teams, the championship organisation and the manufacturers, with the proposal expected to be given the green light in the ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta’s chart-topping time in Practice for the Austrian Grand Prix has raised hopes of KTM ending a four-year winless streak in MotoGP.
The RC16 has always gone well around the Red Bull Ring, and star Acosta is in the midst of a purple patch in MotoGP, meaning expectations were already high from the Mattighofen-based marque heading into the weekend. But amid Ducati and Aprilia’s ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Kimi Raikkonen is mirroring Jos Verstappen's approach to developing Max with his own son, Robin, following the 11-year-old's signing with the Red Bull Junior Team.
Red Bull announced earlier this month that it had signed Raikkonen to its driver development programme, starting work with the team from 2027. F1 drivers who have graduated from the ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez offered an explanation for the bizarre crash that red-flagged Friday afternoon's Practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Spanish rider had already exited Turn 1 of the Spielberg circuit, and had the Gresini Ducati upright, when he lost control of the bike after a small wheelie and tumbled heavily to the ground. 
The curious accident occurred inside the final quarter of ...Keep reading