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 IMSA’s four classes put on a show, with noteworthy results in every group of cars after an intense race.
Action Express trio Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti gave Cadillac a second consecutive Petit Le Mans victory as Porsche’s Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet took the IMSA title.

#6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963: Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell, Julien ...Keep reading

For a moment, it looked like Jesse Love might lock himself into the Championship 4 with a victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Unfortunately for the Richard Childress Racing driver, despite leading 22 laps and scoring a lot of stage points, that's not how the story ended.
After losing the lead to Connor Zilisch just before the final caution of the race, he lost an additional spot on pit road to ...Keep reading

Aric Almirola held on against Connor Zilisch, collecting his tenth career win and his third of the 2025 season. The ex-Cup driver took the lead after Zilisch was chasing a loose race car and bobbled in Turn 2, with the two cars made door-to-door contact down the backstretch as Almirola moved ahead. Zilisch tried to respond, but his car was out of control and Almirola managed to hang on.
"Thank ...Keep reading

The driver ratings for iRacing Studios' newly released NASCAR 25 video game have sparked a lot of debate across the fandom. NASCAR also posted a video where drivers guessed and debated the ratings, which featured several humorous but very real disagreements. 
A lot of the discussion centers around how and why William Byron was ranked as the No. 1 driver with a perfect score of 100, but there ...Keep reading

At least for the next month, through the duration of what could be the final season under the current NASCAR elimination playoff format, the Sanctioning Body is working to stay ahead of any attempts to manipulate races and advancement into the final four.
This comes in the aftermath of what transpired last year in the penultimate race at Martinsville, a concerted Chevrolet blockade that ...Keep reading

Joe Gibbs Racing dominated qualifying for the Round of 8 playoff opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Denny Hamlin secured pole position with a fast lap of 29.213s, besting teammate Chase Briscoe by 0.036s and teammate Christopher Bell by 0.042s.
"I felt good about it," Hamlin told TruTV. "There wasn't a whole lot left out there for it, but great job to get my car good. It was good in the short ...Keep reading

For the most part, the Cup Series driver roster has taken a ‘there is nothing to lose’ mentality in response to NASCAR’s decision to marginally increase the horsepower target on short tracks and road courses next season.
Currently, the Cup Series uses a 670HP tapered spacer and will increase it next year to 750HP. While the industry has made gains in recent years through the development ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso's former race engineer Mark Slade has discussed in an interview the moment the Spaniard gave his McLaren colleagues thousands of euros after a successful race at the Nürburgring in 2007 - something the team shut down almost immediately. 
Speaking in an interview, as quoted by Marca, Slade detailed the moments that led to the two-time champion giving out envelopes of cash as a ...Keep reading

Irish actor Kerry Condon, who portrayed APX GP technical director Kate McKenna in the F1 movie, has opened up on filming a tense scene with Brad Pitt, who played Sonny Hayes.
Starring alongside Pitt and Condon were the likes of Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis ...Keep reading

An IWC Schaffhausen Big Pilot's Watch Shock Absorber XPL worn and shock-tested by Mercedes Formula 1 team chief Toto Wolff is set to be auctioned by Bonhams for Laureus Sport For Good, with an estimate of CHF80,000-200,000 (£74,943-187,358). 
The limited-edition watch is just one of 100 and will be sold alongside a Mercedes polo shirt signed by the Brackley outfit's team chief. Wolff wore ...Keep reading

After a successful campaign at the Singapore Grand Prix, McLaren earned the 2025 constructors' championship. But topping off the celebrations, chief operating officer Piers Thynne raised a toast to the late Gil de Ferran in a heartfelt nod to his former colleague.
In a video posted to X, Thynne told staff, "I recall extremely clearly our very, very dear friend who was part of starting our ...Keep reading

Three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick has pointed to a flaw in the rumours linking former McLaren junior driver Alex Dunne to Red Bull.
McLaren announced that the 19-year-old driver had been released from the driver development programme with immediate effect on 2 October 2025, ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix. 
“McLaren Racing has ended its contract with McLaren Driver Development ...Keep reading

Mike Greenwell, known as 'The Gator,' spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the Boston Red Sox, playing for the historic team from 1985 to 1996. Sadly, he died earlier this week after being diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer in the summer.
Representing the No. 39, he played as a left-fielder for the Red Sox, ending his 12 seasons at the famed organization with a .303 batting ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has predicted another McLaren crash before the end of the season as the drivers’ title fight intensifies between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
With the constructors’ title secured for McLaren, the focus now turns to the drivers’ championship. With six race weekends remaining in the 2025 season, 22 points separate the two McLaren ...Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas has addressed his former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s struggles in adjusting to Ferrari. 
The seven-time champion made the blockbuster move to the Maranello outfit in 2025 after a 12-year stint with Mercedes. Since the move to drive alongside Charles Leclerc, Hamilton has seen glimpses of success with a victory in the Chinese sprint race and a string of fourth-place ...Keep reading

The Seattle Kraken NHL team has introduced a new player of the game award, modelled on the helmet worn by the character Sonny Hayes in the successful F1 movie. 
The idea was formulated by Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the movie and majority owner of the team, after a request from head coach Lane Lambert. Bruckheimer received permission from the rights holders of the movie and used Bell ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has shared a photo of a touching tribute made to his late dog Roscoe. An incredible LEGO portrait of the beloved paddock dog was sent to the seven-time world champion, with the photo of the result receiving an outstanding response from fans across the globe.
Within the three-dimensional design are a number of Easter eggs, including a LEGO figure wearing a Ferrari ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner, who served as Haas Formula 1 team principal from 2014 to 2023, has offered advice to former Red Bull chief Christian Horner amid rumours linking the Briton to a move to Haas.
Haas team chief Ayao Komatsu confirmed that Horner had approached the American team but that the talks had not progressed. "Yeah, it is true that he approached us. And then one of our guys had an ...Keep reading

Fastest laps may have been, at times, of limited significance in Formula 1; still, Lewis Hamilton’s quickest race lap in the Singapore Grand Prix marked his 16th consecutive season with the feat, which shouldn’t be understated.
Michael Schumacher was the previous record holder, having achieved fastest laps every year from his first full F1 campaign, in 1992, to his initial retirement at the ...Keep reading

Factory Honda MotoGP rider Luca Marini says development on next year’s RC213V is progressing strongly and that it is already better than the current prototype.
The Japanese marque is enjoying its best season in MotoGP since 2021, having scored one victory and two other podiums in the first 18 rounds of the 2025 campaign.
While Zarco’s Le Mans victory and second-place at Silverstone ...Keep reading