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At least in the playoff era, the Martinsville Xfinity Series race has best been articulated as a 'dogfight' at best or a 'bloodbath' at worst.
There have been divebombs at best and wipeouts at worst, anything in the name of advancing or winning to make the final four to compete for a championship next week at Phoenix Raceway.
Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier, driving for the two best teams ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has topped final practice at the Mexico Grand Prix ahead of Saturday's qualifying session, while the Briton's title rivals appeared on the back foot.
In the final quarter of the one-hour session at a low-grip Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris set a 1m16.633s lap to beat Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' George Russell, with Oscar Piastri and Max ...Keep reading

After announcing that he will part ways with AM Racing, Harrison Burton has secured a new ride with Sam Hunt Racing, where he will drive the No. 24 Toyota next season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (which is set to be renamed as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series).
Burton, who currently sits 12th in the championship standings, moved back down to the second division this year after three ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko dismissed McLaren’s assertion that Red Bull is sacrificing its 2026 preparations to develop this year’s car for longer, stating 'Toto Wolff said the same in 2021' when it stormed to both Formula 1 titles the following season.
While McLaren has long halted the development of its 2025 car and put all focus on the new regulations for 2026, Red Bull continues to introduce upgrades ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 chief Andrea Stella is adamant Oscar Piastri's United States Grand Prix struggles are largely track specific as the championship leader aims to rebound in Mexico.
Piastri suffered an off-kilter weekend at Austin's Circuit of the Americas as he felt uncomfortable with his car's behaviour throughout the weekend. His cause wasn't helped by being eliminated at the start of ...Keep reading

Luca Marini suffered his first crash of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint because he was “too clean” trying to overtake, according to KTM’s Pol Espargaro.
Marini and Espargaro were battling for eighth position when they came to blows on lap 7, with Marini falling off his Honda and retiring from the race.
The incident ended the Italian’s perfect record in 2025 ...Keep reading

To watch Max Verstappen methodically but seemingly inevitably reeling in the previously dominant McLaren pairing of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, it's easy to forget that just over three months ago speculation was rampant that he had lost interest in this season and was even planning his exit from Red Bull.
Whereas last season Verstappen began with the fastest car on the grid, only for that ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month.
While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race weekends since that success at Motegi.
“This result is more ...Keep reading

Factory KTM rider Pedro Acosta has been hit with a fine of €2000 for breaching MotoGP’s new restart rule that was introduced ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.
Acosta crashed the RC16 at Turn 1 with about 2m45s left on the clock in Q2, before remounting and going on to qualify fifth on the grid.
However, this was in contravention of a new regulation announced on Thursday ...Keep reading

McLaren ditched its ‘repercussion’ system to put full focus on stopping Max Verstappen in his Formula 1 title fight against Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, revealed team boss Andrea Stella. 
Verstappen has put himself in contention for the 2025 crown against the previously dominant McLaren duo by winning three of the past four grands prix, plus last week’s Austin sprint. 
Piastri is ...Keep reading

After a season in which he has operated mostly in the shadow of his brother Marc, Alex Marquez delivered his most forthright comments of the year after sealing a historic 1-2 in the world championship for the Marquez family.
Among other revelations, he opened up about his nerves during Saturday’s sprint at Sepang, how some parties “undervalue” him and Ducati’s lack of progress with the ...Keep reading

While McLaren has long since abandoned the development of its 2025 car, Red Bull continues to bring updates.
The Milton Keynes-based team introduced a new floor at Monza, followed by a new front wing in Singapore. In Mexico, Red Bull drew attention as the only team to bring an upgrade that is not track specific. Several teams made changes to help with cooling on high altitude, but Red Bull went ...Keep reading

Chaz Mostert has won an action-filled Saturday Supercars race on the streets of the Gold Coast after running down multiple race leaders throughout the 85-lap race.
In a battle of differing strategies, Mostert won the hard way. At one stage his Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang was trapped behind another car as he tried to exit the pitlane – and when he did find a way out, his car was ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia returned to winning ways on Saturday at the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix, with a dominant sprint victory the latest in his series of wild form swings over the past few weeks.
The factory Ducati rider led from start to finish, with Alex Marquez securing second place in the world championship – behind his injured brother Marc – with second place in the 10-lap race.
Bagnaia ...Keep reading

Four photographers have been hurt in a crash involving Brodie Kostecki at the Gold Coast 500 Supercars race at the Surfers Paradise street circuit.
The 2023 Supercars title winner was on his second run in the second Qualifying session when his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang went straight on the first corner complex. The Ford struck a barrier nose-on, and four photographers standing behind the ...Keep reading

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And with that, the stage is set for a NASCAR Truck Series championship race that wouldn’t feel right being won by anyone other then Heim, crew chief Scott Zipadelli and the Tricon Garage No. 11 team after winning for a record setting 11th time this season.
And yet, there are three other contenders, including the one that won last year that ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia came through Q1 to score a surprise pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday, as Aprilia endured a difficult day at Sepang.
Opting for a single run midway through the session to preserve a set of soft tyres, the factory Ducati rider made the most of a clear track to post a 1m57.001s lap.
Although several riders posted fastest individual sectors, including ...Keep reading

George Russell has warned that traffic will pose an issue during qualifying at the Mexico Grand Prix. He explains that the short and twisty track of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez will leave drivers vulnerable to an early exit if their timing isn't perfect. 
FP1 saw the Mercedes driver watch from the grandstands as he slipped between fans disguised in a lucha libre mask. 
"One thing ...Keep reading

Just one point separated four drivers in Martinsville's Round of 8 elimination race on Saturday, with Kaden Honeycutt besting Layne Riggs for the final transfer spot on a tiebreaker. Meanwhile, Corey Heim, who was already locked in, secured yet another victory in the most dominant Truck season we've ever seen.
Meet the four drivers who will face off for the 2025 championship next weekend at ...Keep reading

Pato O'Ward was taken to the medical centre after falling ill with food poisoning over the race weekend of the Mexico Grand Prix. The Mexican driver completed 30 laps during his time in Lando Norris's MCL39 on the Friday, but required treatment as his symptoms worsened.
Finishing 13th on the timesheets, O'Ward did not appear to have his running affected during FP1, but Motorsport.com ...Keep reading