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Sunday's NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway got off to an eventful start thanks to some wild weather.
Initially, the race's start was bumped up by an hour in an attempt to avoid some bad weather coming through the area. Instead, the bad weather decided to arrive early too, forcing the race to be delayed until close to its original start time.
After Carson Hocevar spun out on the ...Keep reading

Josh Berry has been very fast lately in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford, rising with the rest of Team Penske, whom they are closely aligned with.
But for Berry, it's not just about ending his 2026 season on a high note. The 35-year-old is racing for his future in the sport, as the Wood Brothers will replace him with Jesse Love in 2027.
Berry doesn't know what he'll be doing next year ...Keep reading

With just one perilous regular season race remaining at Daytona, the race to the Chase for the Championship looks like this:
Austin Cindric +44Shane Van Gisbergen +31--Ryan Preece -31Brad Keselowski -66
Let's go ahead and state the obvious. For Keselowski to get that last spot, he's going to need everyone above him to wreck out early and he's most likely going to need to win at ...Keep reading

Bubba Wallace matched his best finish of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, earning his second runner-up finish of the year.
It was almost a whole lot more, though, as Wallace closed in on eventual race winner Ryan Blaney in the final ten laps. With about five laps to go, Blaney got held up under the lapped car of Cole Custer, and Wallace was suddenly only a couple of ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell left New Hampshire with a strong fourth-place finish on Sunday, but the solid performance did not come without drama.
After a two-tire pit stop, Bell went to get back to racing, but his front-tire changer Blake Houston had not cleared out of his position, and wound up being knocked down by the No. 20 car.
It was a simple timing mistake, but that didn't make the scene any ...Keep reading

By Ryan Blaney standards, this wasn’t even a stereotypical radio meltdown after a pit road gaffe, but his response to it was vintage.
The Team Penske No. 12 had just won the second stage on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when a slow pull on the left front cost him 13 positions. Blaney, who had experienced an above average number of pit woes this spring was frustrated but more level ...Keep reading

Entering New Hampshire, Ross Chastain was still a longshot in the battle to make the 2027 NASCAR Cup Chase, but his chances are now officially over.
Just 41 laps into the race, Chastain took his No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet behind the wall, and his day was over. Chastain finished 36th (last), scoring just one point. It was also Chastain's first last-place finish of the 2026 season.
So ...Keep reading

It only took one bad weekend for Kyle Kirkwood to hit reset. 
Instead of letting a costly mistake from his last outing linger, where he unacharacteristically crashed out in Markham, the 27-year-old Florida native channeled that frustration into a relentless week of preparation and turned it into a masterclass on the streets of Washington, D.C.
Driving the #27 Andretti Global Honda, Kirkwood ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin leaves New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a 77-point lead over race winner Ryan Blaney, which is enough for him to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Chase. The top 13 drivers in the championship standings have all clinched Chase spots now.
Going into Daytona, Bubba Wallace in 14th will be 75 points up, which is basically safe with a maximum of 76 points possible in a single race. Austin ...Keep reading

Alex Palou entered the Washington D.C. race weekend with a 133-point lead, and secured pole position for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. However, an uncharacteristically messy day for Palou opened the door for Kyle Kirkwood to make big gains as he captured the checkered flag.
Kirkwood is now 91 points behind Palou with just three races left in the 2026 IndyCar season.
Christian Lundgaard ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and F1 TV analyst Jolyon Palmer believes George Russell is feeling the heat within Mercedes, claiming that the Briton is "still not there" compared to team-mate Kimi Antonelli following the Dutch Grand Prix.
Mercedes secured a double podium at Zandvoort, finishing second and third behind McLaren's Lando Norris. But the late team order instructing Russell to yield track ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney made a two-tire call work, securing his 20th career NASCAR Cup Series win and his third of the 2026 season. Blaney also went back-to-back at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, repeating his 2025 performance.
Blaney beat Bubba Wallace to the checkered flag by just half-a-second, with Josh Berry finishing third.
Blaney also led the most laps, spending 115 of 301 laps out front, and ...Keep reading

Even after a mid-race pit stop snafu cost him dearly, Ryan Blaney rebounded to earn the NASCAR Cup win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), leading 115 of 301 laps. This is Blaney's 20th career win and his third of the 2026 season.
"Yeah, that made it difficult," said Blaney about the two-tire call that put him out front. "No, it was a good call after our issue on pit road. We did two at ...Keep reading

Alex Palou endured a no good, very bad day in Washington, D.C.
The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion started on pole in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, but taking the green flag — waved by President Donald Trump — was the only time the Spaniard spent at the front.
Palou’s troubles began during his first pit stop on lap 36 of 147, when he struck a right-rear tyre belonging to ...Keep reading

After starting on the front row, American driver Kyle Kirkwood dominated much of Sunday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the streets of Washington DC. 
Kirkwood led 128 of 147 laps, and the Andretti driver claimed victory over Arrow McLaren's Christian Lundgaard in second and Andretti teammate Will Power in third. The margin of victory was just over three seconds, but at one point, he was over 15 ...Keep reading

Kyle Kirkwood delivered a dominant victory in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
After starting second in the #27 Andretti Global Honda, Kirkwood led 128 of 147 laps en route to claiming the historic result by 3.0906s on the 1.7-mile, 7-turn temporary street circuit wrapped around the National Mall. It marked his second win of the 2026 IndyCar Series season.
“You can’t even put it into words ...Keep reading

Sandy Mitchell and Andrea Caldarelli claimed victory for Pfaff Motorsports in the Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway.
Mitchell took the closing stint from pole-winner Caldarelli, and coasted to the win by 1.517s on the 3.27-mile, 18-turn natural terrain road course. It’s the second consecutive win for Caldarelli and co. 
Ford Racing’s Ben Barker and Dennis Olson ...Keep reading

If there were any fears after Saturday's mind-numbing sprint display that the Netherlands would send off its Formula 1 revival with a dud, then those fears were washed away in a sudden shower one hour before Sunday's race, around the time the starting grid started opening for business.
The rain didn't persist into the race itself, but caused just enough havoc to make Zandvoort's dune loop ...Keep reading

NASCAR's race in New Hampshire on Sunday was set to start an hour before its originally scheduled start time of 3 p.m. ET, right up until the moment it wasn't.
The start of the race had been moved up in an effort to mitigate the effects that some rough weather could have on the race. Unfortunately for NASCAR, that rough weather decided to move up an hour as well, leaving the track extremely wet ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 championship finds itself at a curious intersection where nobody is willing to entertain the idea that they have the best car.
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli said after finishing second to Lando Norris in the Dutch Grand Prix that Mercedes no longer has the best car – indeed, that it may only be the third best.
But Norris, now fourth in the standings with 159 points ...Keep reading