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Motorsport.com covers nearly 40 different racing disciplines from around the world, and here, we'll let you know where (or if) they're racing this weekend, and how to find it. We'll also highlight special events, like the Knoxville Nationals this weekend.
The weekend of August 14-16 still puts us in the F1 summer break, and Formula 1 is set to return next weekend. However, Formula E is about to ...Keep reading

It’s no doubt a tough act to follow Brad Sweet and Eric Prutzman but Daison Pursley and Jarrett Martin are in it together with the full support of team owner Kasey Kahne.
To wit, the debut season for Pursley in the NAPA Auto Parts No. 9 has been a challenge, but there seems to be a lot of patience when talking to both the driver and owner in advance of the Knoxville Nationals.
Rome ...Keep reading

NASCAR is racing at Richmond Raceway this weekend for Round 24 of the 26-race regular season. Both the Cup and Craftsman Truck Series will be racing at the Virginia short track.
Austin Dillon has won the last two Cup races at Richmond, and is attempting to be the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1983 to win there in three consecutive races.
Ty Gibbs is the most recent winner, claiming ...Keep reading

For the first time since the 2021 season, Richmond Raceway will have a race inside the NASCAR Cup Chase. The Virginia short track will play host to the opening race of the 2027 Cup Chase, moving into September from its current August date. It will again be a night race.
The Richmond race weekend will be held from September 10-11. Richmond spent many years as the regular season finale and while ...Keep reading

Round No. 14 of the 2026 IndyCar season takes place on the Streets of Markham in Ontario, Canada.
Alex Palou extended his championship lead with a win in Portland, now 110 points ahead of Kyle Kirkwood in second. It was his sixth win of the 2026 season.
The 2.19-mile street course will feature 90 laps of racing on Sunday.
Here's how to watch all the action this weekend as IndyCar races at ...Keep reading

Lamborghini factory driver Mirko Bortolotti has been disqualified from Sunday’s DTM race at Oschersleben over a technical infringement, although the result remains provisional while Grasser Racing appeals the decision. A post-race technical inspection found the wheel bearing did not conform to the applicable DTM homologation.
As a result, the #63 Lamborghini Temerario GT3 was disqualified ...Keep reading

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"I think that Todd and a couple drivers, Conor Zilisch, just hosted Denny's podcast this week. I think that was, Denny was probably off on vacation somewhere, asked a couple of guys if they would do it. And here you turn on social media and you see these little clips. All these little moments of fun conversations that the two guys are having. I learned more about Todd's personality in that ...Keep reading

Sunday's win at Iowa Speedway was just the second of Ty Gibbs's young career, but the work that led up to taking the checkered flag had been building all season.
The 23-year-old has put up solid finishes all through the season, with 10 top-fives on the year — only points leader Denny Hamlin has more.
While the wins are what garner the most attention on a driver's resume, Kyle Petty ...Keep reading

Samantha Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing together announced a special paint scheme for the Bristol Night Race, with Ty Gibbs honoring the late NASCAR legend at the short track where he dominated.
M&Ms, which was a long-time sponsor for Busch in his 15 seasons with JGR, will return for this race. The No. 54 will be wrapped in the iconic M&Ms colors Busch drove to many wins and the 2015 Cup Series ...Keep reading

Motorsport.com: Are you satisfied with the expansion process that MotoGP has set out?
Carlos Ezpeleta: People tend to immediately think about the number of races when we talk about the global footprint, but the business is much broader than that. This year, we have 14 events in Europe and eight outside Europe. Next year, it will be nine and 13, and I think that figure will probably balance out ...Keep reading

In the past two years of NASCAR Cup Series racing, Austin Dillon has two wins, and they've both come at the same track.
On August 11th, 2024, he won in highly controversial fashion after intentionally wrecking both Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin in the final seconds of the race. He was later removed from the playoffs for that while keeping the win. But what a lot of people forget is that Dillon ...Keep reading

Peloton-style racing is set to remain a feature in Formula E when the Gen4 era begins next season.
Formula E will undergo a major technical overhaul in the 2026-27 season, when the current machines are replaced by the more powerful Gen4 prototypes.
This shift will coincide with a new sporting format, details of which are yet to be confirmed, that will create significant differences between ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad says his maiden Formula 1 campaign is proving to be a "dream" as he evaluates an impressive first half of the 2026 season.
The 19-year-old started the year off strongly by reaching Q3 at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and ultimately secured an eighth-place finish. He has since added seven further Q3 appearances and a streak of six consecutive ...Keep reading

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll has been spotted around the streets of Monaco in an ultra-rare Aston Martin DBR22 speedster.
The Canadian was seen at the wheel of the open-cockpit V12 during the F1 summer break. Introduced in 2022 to celebrate a decade of the bespoke 'Q by Aston Martin' division, the DBR22 draws inspiration from the British marque's DBR1, which won the 1959 24 Hours ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has admitted that he would be open to making a return to the championship, provided the opportunity is a genuine "project".
Steiner, who quickly became a fan-favourite personality through Netflix's Drive to Survive, was replaced as Haas team principal in January 2024. Since his exit, the 61-year-old has become a regular guest on The Red ...Keep reading

Halfway through the 2026 Formula 1 season, there is still talk about a Red Bull seat, but not the position that has come under the most pressure in recent years. And that is perhaps the biggest compliment Isack Hadjar could receive following his promotion to Red Bull.
Since Daniel Ricciardo's departure for Renault, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have all ...Keep reading

The DTM has officially presented its calendar for the 2027 season - and it does so without a ninth race weekend on international soil, with which series organizer ADAC had actually wanted to expand the calendar. Instead, the series remains loyal to its eight venues and, as in 2026, will start from April 23 to 25 in Austria at the Red Bull Ring, with the traditional season finale in October ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc and his wife, Alexandra Leclerc, who married in a private Monaco ceremony earlier this year, are currently holidaying in Sardinia.
Recent photographs from their luxury yacht getaway have fuelled rumours that the couple are expecting their first child, with Alexandra appearing to show a baby bump. 
While the couple have yet to officially announce the ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has already seen progress with the newly formed team in the first half of its maiden season in the championship.
Cadillac joined F1 in 2026 as its 11th team with the experienced driver line-up of former Mercedes driver Bottas and former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. While it is yet to score its first point in the series and has suffered reliability ...Keep reading

Red Bull made an admirable start to life as a bona fide power unit manufacturer, but on the chassis side the team has been lagging behind its top rivals since day one. A late push towards the summer is salvaging a C- grade rather than a less satisfactory score.
The bad
Red Bull started 2026 as F1's fourth-fastest team in Melbourne. Initially, a lot of that deficit was attributed to the ...Keep reading