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In the closing laps of the Daytona cutoff race, Ryan Preece found himself in the lead. The No. 60 RFK Racing Ford was in a must-win situation, and this position seemed oddly familiar for him.
Preece positioned himself exactly as he did in another superspeedway earlier this year, leading the outside line with the checkered flag just a few laps away.
And while it seemed like he had found the ...Keep reading

On the same day his replacement at Trackhouse for 2026 was confirmed to be Connor Zilisch, Daniel Suarez nearly pulled off a stunning upset in the regular season finale.
Suarez was running 19th with two laps to go, but he followed Ryan Blaney in a remarkable late charge through the field. As they approached the finish, Suarez was on the far outside of a four-wide photo finish, ultimately ...Keep reading

An intense race at Daytona decided the final two spots in the NASCAR Cup playoff grid. The points battle was decided before the end of Stage 1, with Tyler Reddick locking himself in after Alex Bowman wrecked out of the race. Reddick also crashed, but he was able to continue on with his wounded No. 45 car.
Bowman had to sweat for the rest of the race as the 20 drivers facing a must-win tried to ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman is a big fan of Ryan Blaney, whose dramatic victory at Daytona saved his playoff hopes. Blaney drove from 13th to first in the final two laps, cutting through several must-win drivers to win in a four-wide photo finish.
Cole Custer was leading at the white flag, but Justin Haley pulled ahead at the exit of Turn 2. He made a wild block on Custer, which opened the door for Blaney on ...Keep reading

There were 14 drivers already locked in before the green flag with Tyler Reddick holding a 29-point advantage for the penultimate spot. This matters because in the case of a new winner from below the cutline, the driver lowest in points between them would be eliminated.
Reddick suffered marginal damage in the first crash of the night but then Bowman was outright eliminated from the race in a ...Keep reading

Entering Daytona, Tyler Reddick was 29 points above Alex Bowman, who currently holds the 16th and final spot in the playoffs. With 20 drivers who could potentially win their way into the playoffs and knock out that 16th driver on Saturday night, no one wants to be on the bubble.
Despite starting on the front row, Bowman fell back through the pack, severely hindering his efforts to score stage ...Keep reading

Connor Zilisch practically had months to talk himself out of crying during his NASCAR Cup Series introductory press conference, which naturally, only increased the odds that it happened anyway.
For the record, the gracious and affable 19-year-old prodigy lasted four minutes into the moment, flanked on each side by Trackhouse Racing team owner Justin Marks and General Motors Vice President of ...Keep reading

Austin Hill started on the front row for the final restart at Daytona, but he quickly fell back and crashed in the race-ending pileup, finishing 25th. 
On the incident itself, Hill just saw it as normal Daytona racing that sometimes goes wrong. He gave a monster push to Nick Sanchez, but the two became separated in what ultimately led to the crash, which collected over a dozen ...Keep reading

If you thought Alex Palou clinching the NTT IndyCar Series title in Portland meant he’d take it easy for the final two oval races, think again.
With the championship in hand, Palou laid down a two-lap average of 162.971 mph in 44.8422s to clinch the pole for Sunday’s Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250. It’s the Spaniard’s sixth pole of his dominant 2025 campaign, positioning himself to chase a ...Keep reading

Reading between the lines, it’s really easy to prognosticate Kaulig Racing paving a path to someday go NASCAR Cup Series racing with their new Truck Series partners at RAM and parent company Stellantis.
You know, the current parent company of former Cup Series manufacturer Dodge.
Matt Kaulig, the owner of Kaulig Racing wouldn’t outright state that the goal was to go Cup Series racing ...Keep reading

Trackhouse Racing has officially signed a multiyear deal with Connor Zilisch to race in the NASCAR Cup Series, replacing Daniel Suarez after the Mexican-born driver spent five years with the organization. Suarez’s exit was previously announced on July 1st, and he has not yet secured a ride for next year. 
Zilisch will race alongside teammates Ross Chastain (No. 1) and Shane van Gisbergen ...Keep reading

Modern superspeedway racing is a bit different than what it once was in NASCAR. Early in these races at Daytona and Talladega, the field is often three-wide, ten rows deep. And while it looks spectacular, the truth is that everything is fairly under control as the pack is fuel-saving. Sometimes, they slow so much that a car running by itself is actually faster than a large group of cars ...Keep reading

Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini has questioned the safety of MotoGP races at the new Balaton Park circuit after he was injured during a chaotic first lap in Saturday’s Hungarian Grand Prix sprint.
Bastianini was speared wide at the first corner after a desperate lunge by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. It was in the course of this collision, for which Quartararo has earned a long lap penalty on ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo will serve a long-lap penalty in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix after causing a race-defining collision at the first corner of the sprint race on Saturday.
The factory Yamaha rider ran into Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) after arriving at the first corner far too quickly on an inside line. His actions also heavily compromised the races of Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi and KTM’s ...Keep reading

Earlier this year, Stellantis confirmed plans to return to NASCAR after 13 years, bringing the Ram brand back to the NASCAR Truck Series for the 2026 season.
There has been a lot of whispers surrounding who they will partner with in this new effort, but we don't need to wonder anymore. On Saturday at a dealership near Daytona International Speedway, they officially announced a new partnership ...Keep reading

Manthey-Porsche driver Ayhancan Guven may have entered the final lap in third place, but a mistake from his team-mate Thomas Preining shook the DTM race at Sachsenring up and handed Guven his third win of the year.  
Preining had been the man of the race before a collision ended his reign. The 2023 DTM champion started from eighth on the grid and fought his way up to third with a strong ...Keep reading

One year ago, Harrison Burton came from outside the top 30 in points to win at Daytona and make the playoffs. He ended up being eliminated in the first round, ending the year 16th out of 16 playoff drivers.
While that was a huge moment for Burton, who had never won before at the Cup level, a two-time up champion like Kyle Busch approaches the "win and you're in" mentality differently. In fact ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez strolled unchallenged to a 13th sprint win of the MotoGP season at Balaton Park on Saturday.  
Several major contenders were eliminated at the first corner, in a crash triggered by the Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo. 
Fears that difficulties overtaking around the new circuit would lead to early mayhem proved entirely founded at the start, when the usually ...Keep reading

Relief drivers are not a new concept in the world of NASCAR, and the rule around it hasn’t changed in a long time. Whoever starts the race gets credited with the finishing position and points, no matter how many laps they run.
However, it is very  rare that one of these cars with a mid-race driver swap goes on to actually win. And yet, that’s exactly what Parker Kligerman did while filling ...Keep reading

“We haven't always been listened to. And this is why some of the issues still remain after five years in this team."
This is how Esteban Ocon assessed his time within the Alpine squad right before Formula 1’s 2024 summer break, which came before he had even departed the Enstone-based outfit.
At the time, Ocon had just signed with Haas for 2025; he was already pledging to create a ...Keep reading