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The RFK Racing co-owner was leading the way on Lap 56 at Pocono Raceway when he made a shocking error. Cameras cut to Brad Keselowski as he entered pit road, but he was the only one doing so. The reason? Pit road was closed and Keselowski had just willingly given up all of his track position. It was a stunning mistake by the No. 6 team and one they spent most of the race trying to make up ...Keep reading

Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Pocono Raceway was a forgettable one for 23XI Racing. The team battled brake issues, resulting in two destroyed race cars and a third just hanging on.
On Lap 41, Riley Herbst caused the first caution as his No. 35 Toyota slammed the wall. It looked like a flat tire at first, but the issue turned out to be a brake failure. Unfortunately, it was not an isolated ...Keep reading

It was nervous times atop the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing pit box as Chase Briscoe worked diligently to save enough fuel while leading the NASCAR Cup race at Pocono. He had left his box before the team was done filling up his Toyota Camry, leaving Briscoe to sweat as he tried to both save enough fuel and hold off teammate Denny Hamlin.
But it all worked out in the end, with Briscoe winning the ...Keep reading

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It was an unusually warm NTT IndyCar Series race weekend at Road America. With those higher temps came additional challenges for the field. Burning tires. Intense cockpit heat. And when mistakes started piling up, fuel management and the juggling of various potential strategies.
Through it all, that IndyCar grid provided a memorable 55-lap showdown around scenic Road America — one that ended ...Keep reading

When Santino Ferrucci was nervously stretching fuel to the finish of Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix, he could only think of one person. 
“All I could think about to myself was ‘We’re doing this for Marlene [Sexton],’” Ferrucci told FOX Sports afterward.
Ferrucci and the No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing team entered the Road America race weekend with a goal of honoring Sexton, who passed away ...Keep reading

It was a hot, chaotic weekend for the NTT IndyCar Series field in a challenging trip to Road America.
That did little to stop Alex Palou and the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing team from returning to form. 
Palou kept his No. 10 Honda clean as drivers around him found trouble and managed fuel in a strategy-filled conclusion to claim Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix. It was the Spaniard’s sixth win ...Keep reading

Originally, the race was set to go green a 2:20 pm EST., but lightning and rain is ensuring that won't happen. Track drying is underway around the large 2.5-mile speedway and as of 1:30 pm EST, the lightning hold was lifted. Per NASCAR guidelines, any lightning strike within eight miles of the track will result in an automatic 30-minute hold.
NASCAR has said that they plan to hold driver ...Keep reading

When regular crew chief Mardy Lindley was suspended one week for the (rather common) issue of loose lug nuts, JR Motorsports team co-owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. stepped up to the plate to lead the No. 88 team this weekend. Well, with Dale Jr. calling the shots and rising star Connor Zilisch behind the wheel, they captured the checkered flag at Pocono Raceway.
It was ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia feels “it’s impossible to think about winning the championship” after fading to fourth place at his home Italian Grand Prix in Mugello.
After a fantastic start which saw Bagnaia fighting for the lead with Marc Marquez and Alex Marquez, the Italian rider began to drop back, before eventually losing the final podium spot to VR46 Ducati’s Fabio Di Giannantonio in the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia were summoned to MotoGP race direction following their glancing touch during the frenetic start to the Italian Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez and Bagnaia, along with Alex Marquez, engaged in an explosive battle for the lead during the opening laps at Mugello, highlighted by the two factory Ducat riders making contact at Turn 5 on the third lap.
Bagnaia clipped ...Keep reading

VR46 Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio said he felt goosebumps as he celebrated third place at his home MotoGP track Mugello at the Italian Grand Prix.
Starting from seventh, Di Giannantonio fought his way through the pack and closed in on Francesco Bagnaia, before pulling off a late-race overtake to take third place – his maiden premier class podium at his home event.
Despite being ...Keep reading

The Yamaha MotoGP yo-yo was again in full swing at Mugello, as Fabio Quartararo leaped to the front in qualifying, despite his crash on Friday, only to fall back down the order in both the sprint and main race at the Italian Grand Prix.
In the sprint, he came away with no points, while in the main race the Frenchman could only finish 14th, having started both races fourth on the grid ...Keep reading

Rowe BMW took Nurburgring 24 Hours victory after a penalty for the leading Manthey EMA Porsche following a clash, which meant that victory went to Raffaele Marciello, Kelvin van der Linde, Jesse Krohn and Augusto Farfus.
The race looked to be in control for the #911 Porsche, driven by Kevin Estre, Ayhancan Guven and Thomas Preining, after a tense duel that saw both cars separated by less than ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott wasn't even supposed to be running the NASCAR Xfinity Series race this weekend, but in a surprise announcement earlier in the week, Hendrick Motorsports revealed that the sport's Most Popular Driver would be taking part in the 100-lapper on Saturday.
Elliott, who is currently facing a 40+ race winless streak in the Cup Series, was happy to get behind the wheel of the No. 17 ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez secured a superb Italian Grand Prix win after defeating MotoGP title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez in a close fight over the opening stages of the race.
After the lights went out, Marquez got a much better start than in the sprint race and was level with Bagnaia heading into the first corner, but Bagnaia wasn't going to concede so easily in front of his home crowd and ...Keep reading

At the Canadian Grand Prix Haas celebrated its 200th grand prix by running a version of its 2016 debut livery. It was a poignant throwback to for F1's most recent start-up team, which looked like it would never make that 10-year milestone in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it almost folded.
From languishing at the back of the grid in Uralkali colours with Nikita Mazepin and Mick ...Keep reading

The Italian MotoGP will take place on Sunday, 22 June with a 23-lap race around the Mugello circuit.
Ducati's Marc Marquez starts the race from pole position with local hero Francesco Bagnaia second on the grid on the other factory Ducati. Gresini's Alex Marquez and Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo complete the top four.
When is the Italian MotoGP?
Sunday, 22 June
MotoGP Warm Up - Local time ...Keep reading

Broc Feeney completed a clean sweep of all three Supercars races at Hidden Valley, taking another convincing win at the Darwin circuit.
Feeney started from pole position, again, and was headed only briefly over the 70-lap distance to take his third win of the weekend and sixth at the track for and his Triple Eight Chevrolet.
From pole he dominated the early going, building a small gap before ...Keep reading

Pirelli’s new C6 tyre has proved divisive since its much-vaunted introduction in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix last month, but Formula 1’s tyre supplier remains committed to the idea of having six dry-weather compounds available.
However, it did admit that some of the C6’s performance characteristics needed to change – especially the lap time improvement it gives relative to the C5 ...Keep reading