Motorsport

Roughly a year ago right now, Stewart Friesen was fed-up with racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and threatened to leave it in a knee-jerk reactive fit. 
It was a really bad day.
Now, the organization he co-owns with Chris Larsen won a race at Bristol Motor Speedway with his personal favorite race car driver behind the wheel and the excitement was palpable.
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Immediately after the race, Christian Eckes could not have been any more contrite about the incident that ended the race at Bristol for Corey Heim and his chance at a $500,000 Triple Truck Challenge sweep.
“That sucked for sure,” Eckes said. “They deserved a half million bucks and I took that away from them. Obviously, it wasn’t intentional to spin (him out) or even hit him. I was just ...Keep reading

Seven NASCAR Cup drivers entered Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, so it's no surprise one of the sport's top drivers captured the win.
Driving for Halmar-Friesen Racing, Christopher Bell won after taking and extending his lead on a late-race restart.
"Oh man, that was just so awesome to be able to win a truck race," said Bell. "It’s been since 2017 I ...Keep reading

Kaulig Racing has announced Parker Kligerman as the next driver for its No. 25 'free agent' truck, with the veteran driver joining the five-truck Ram lineup at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kligerman has 125 previous starts in the Truck Series, including three wins. He was victorious at Talladega in 2012 and 2017, and also Mid-Ohio in 2022. Kligerman also has two runner-up finishes at ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans says he was simply “caught out” by a corner at Rally Croatia as the World Rally Championship leader suffered a rare back-to-back rally retirement. 
The Toyota driver took early command in Croatia winning the opening two stages to open up a 15.8s lead before that advantage was wiped out on stage three. 
Evans usually carried way too much speed into a tight right hand corner ...Keep reading

Toyota’s Sami Pajari will hold an overnight World Rally Championship event lead for the first time in his career after emerging from a dramatic opening day in Croatia.
Pajari produced an impressive drive through what proved to be eight tricky asphalt tests that resulted in retirements for championship leader Elfyn Evans, Monte Carlo winner Oliver Solberg, and M-Sport-Ford’s Jon ...Keep reading

How much will the Porsche 963 have to be slowed down to bring back exciting competition in the IMSA SportsCar Championship? Following the 1-2 finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring, officials are bringing out the heaviest hammer in their arsenal.
For the first time in the history of the entire Hypercar/GTP regulations, a car is receiving the most unfavorable power-to-weight ratio possible: 480 ...Keep reading

Corey Heim finds himself the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship leader through five races but that isn’t exactly the newsworthy part.
It’s the fact that Heim has only participated in three of those races. Of course, he’s won twice and added a fifth-place finish to boot and inherited the championship lead last weekend only after Chandler Smith was disqualified for rear ride height ...Keep reading

A new study commissioned by the FIA revealed that it takes more than 20,000 volunteers per year to adequately organise Formula 1's 24 grands prix weekends, at an average of 838 per weekend.
Motor racing is the global sport that relies on volunteers the most for the safe running of its wide pyramid of events, from grassroots racing all the way to its range of world championships.
To more ...Keep reading

Now in his third season in MotoGP as owner of the Trackhouse team, Justin Marks is one of the most recognisable faces in NASCAR and believes the time has come for Liberty Media to step up and help MotoGP unlock the level of popularity and business potential many believe it can reach.
Motorsport.com sat down with the team owner to discuss Trackhouse’s place in MotoGP, what he hopes Liberty ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt has rejected the idea that Michael Schumacher's confidence bordered on arrogance during his Formula 1 career.
Todt argued that the narrative could not be further from the truth, and in reality, it was an underlying sense of self-doubt that was one of the seven-time champion's biggest strengths.
During an appearance on the High Performance podcast, Todt ...Keep reading

Arvid Lindblad is the next man up in the Red Bull Formula 1 family, and the teenager appears to have hit the ground running rather than feeling the weight of expectation.
Still just 18, Lindblad was fast-tracked through the ladder by Red Bull's former driver adviser Helmut Marko, with sky-high expectations around the Briton of Swedish and Indian descent as he made his debut for Racing Bulls in ...Keep reading

KTM is confident that Maverick Vinales will be able to bounce back from his injury woes and establish himself as the “second leader” alongside Pedro Acosta.
Vinales was forced to withdraw from last month’s US Grand Prix due to severe pain, as a screw inserted in his left shoulder following his Sachsenring injury came loose.
The setback followed a difficult start to the 2026 season for ...Keep reading

Toyota’s Sami Pajari has inherited the Rally Croatia lead after a dramatic Friday morning that saw the World Rally Championship’s top two Elfyn Evans and Oliver Solberg crash out.
Pajari, searching for a maiden WRC win, completed a tricky morning loop of asphalt stages with a surprise 8.4s lead over Safari Rally Kenya winner Takamoto Katsuta, with Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville three tenths ...Keep reading

Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz have reunited to test karts from over the past 100 years in a video for the 2025 champion's Quadrant YouTube channel.
The former team-mates began their track test with a classic 1959 Twin Vill. They were given an out-lap and then one flying lap to clock their time in each kart. Norris was up first in the 1959 machinery. "He's actually pushing," a ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg retired from Friday’s action at the Croatia Rally after being caught out on the opening stage of the asphalt World Rally Championship event.
The Monte Carlo winner clipped a bank 4.8km into the Vodice - Brest 1 (14.2km) test, which fired the car into a wild 360-degree spin. The Swede’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 eventually came to rest off the road and in a woodland ...Keep reading

2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin has opened up about the influence seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has had on her career.
During an appearance on the Beyond The Grid podcast, Pin fondly recalled looking up to the Ferrari driver as she grew up.
"The one who inspired me is Lewis Hamilton, mainly because when I started watching Formula 1 when I was very little with my dad at ...Keep reading

Four legendary Formula 1 cars are set to feature in RM Sotheby's upcoming Monaco auction, with an expected combined value of over €10million. 
The auction, which will take place at the Grimaldi Forum on 25 April 2026, will include a 1978 Ferrari 312 T3, 1991 Ferrari 642, 1984 Toleman TG183B and 1979 Fittipaldi F6/A.
1978 Ferrari 312 T3
Estimate: €4.5million - €5.5million
The ...Keep reading

Tyler Reddick continues to lead the championship standings, 82 points ahead of Ryan Blaney. 
After taking a weekend off for Easter, the NASCAR Cup Series is back for Round 8 at Bristol Motor Speedway. They will be joined by the Craftsman Truck Series and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.
In this story, you can find all the information you need to watch this weekend's action in Bristol, from the ...Keep reading

The FIA has laid out a timeline for further discussions to improve the 2026 F1 regulations after a "constructive dialogue" on tweaks to energy management.
On Thursday technical experts from the teams and power unit manufacturers convened for the first of a series of meetings to propose and discuss tweaks to 2026 technical and sporting regulations to address a number of concerns around the new ...Keep reading