Motorsport

Only at the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals could you see the expressions on the podium’s face after the preliminary feature and have it make sense.
Kyle Larson won the race and simply climbed out of the car softly and waved to the crowd. It was kind of a muted expression. Briggs Danner finished second and was happier than the winner. Cannon McIntosh was third and looked as if he crashed ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell won his second consecutive Chili Bowl Invitational Race of Champions, and fourth overall, but this one was especially meaningful.
It marked the first time he had won a race in a car out of his own shop, and it came at home in the star-studded preliminary, that serves as the opening salvo of the Chili Bowl.
His car was fast, but Bell was also fortunate in that he was the ...Keep reading

The return of The Chase for the Championship has immediately been pitched to NASCAR fans as a return to civility.
This of course doesn’t mean a loss of intensity or consequence but those who were part of the announcement on Monday at NASCAR Productions believe that points racing will result in a product that is a little more professional.
And in the process, everyone involved ultimately ...Keep reading

There are plenty of drivers in the IndyCar Series that Tony Stewart believes could find success at the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, but he hailed Santino Ferrucci as the only one with enough courage to do it.
Stewart, a two-time Chili Bowl winner (2002, 2007) and three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who also hoisted an IndyCar title 1997, is back at the Tulsa Expo Center for the 40th edition ...Keep reading

NASCAR's championship format has just undergone its latest change, but it's far from the first time the Sanctioning Body has tweaked the way it crowns a champion.
Red Byron winning the inaugural season in 1949, The King earning his first crown in 1971, Dale Earnhardt winning his seventh in 1994, Jimmie Johnson's historic run of five in-a-row in 2010, and Kyle Larson's latest triumph in 2025 -- ...Keep reading

Nico Rosberg's venture capital firm, Rosberg Ventures, has now shot beyond $200million in assets under management after it closed a $100million deal for its third fund.
On the announcement of the fund's close, the German-born racer posted the following on LinkedIn. 
"We’ve just closed our $100m Fund III at Rosberg Ventures, oversubscribed with unprecedented demand, and capped allocations ...Keep reading

Starting in 2026, NASCAR will revert to a variation of the Chase for the Championship format it used to crown its champions from 2004-to-2013.
In other words, no more win and you’re in and no more multiple elimination rounds. Most importantly, the sample size to determine the champion is no longer a single race but a 10-race points race.
However, unlike NASCAR’s first version of a ...Keep reading

In introducing the guests for the annual Monday morning Chili Bowl Midget Nationals press conference, event publicist Bryan Hulbert called the attending drivers Mount Rushmore caliber and heaped praise upon the city officials who make it happen.
Tony Stewart is back after a five-year hiatus, the two-time event winner turned groundskeeper, now tasked with just being a fan this week under the ...Keep reading

You hear it before you see it – that’s the motto of the Ford Raptor T1+ at the 2026 Dakar Rally. At the heart of the prototype lies a 5.0-litre Coyote Darkhorse V8 engine, featuring 32 valves, a bore of 93 millimetres and a stroke of 92.7 millimetres.
By using a naturally aspirated engine, Ford is following a different powertrain philosophy than its immediate competitors. The Dacia ...Keep reading

As two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera tackles a new career in single-seaters, moving to Super Formula for 2026, he’s getting crucial experience in the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy.
Formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series, the FROT is typically used by young drivers to compete in the winter break, as it takes place in New Zealand’s summer. Previously won by Lance Stroll ...Keep reading

Romain Grosjean has been reunited with the Formula 1 race helmet that saved his life during his horrific 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix crash.
The French-Swiss driver suffered a violent crash on the opening lap of the race at the Sakhir circuit. After making contact with Daniil Kvyat, he crashed into the barriers at high speed, breaking the car in half and very quickly becoming engulfed in flames ...Keep reading

One of the biggest names in GT racing is venturing into North America this year to contest the endurance leg of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Manthey Racing will field a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R entries in the five long-distance races that form the Michelin Endurance Cup.  
Manthey’s IMSA programme will be spearheaded by Porsche-contracted driver Klaus Bachler, 2023 GT World Challenge ...Keep reading

Formula 2 race winner Victor Martins will join Alpine’s Hypercar programme in the World Endurance Championship, while assuming the role of test and reserve driver at the Williams Formula 1 team.
Martins spent a large part of his junior career as part of Alpine’s driving academy, winning the Formula 3 title on his second attempt in 2022.
He spent the next two seasons racing in F2 under ...Keep reading

When Formula 1's newest generation of cars turns up in Barcelona at the end of January for the first collective shakedown, few of them are expected to meet the FIA's 2026 minimum weight.
As part of its 2026 rules overhaul, which features a departure from a reliance on the ground-effect as well a much bigger electric component to the hybrid engines, a reduced weight limit has long been mooted ...Keep reading

For the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship, which began in 1949, the premier-class grid will feature a total of 15 full-time riders who are champions in one of the world categories - adding up to an astonishing 32 titles between them.
After reaching a peak of 14 champions on the grid in the 2022 season, the figure dropped to 13 over the past three years. However, the ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar has given his first interview as a Red Bull Formula 1 driver ahead of the 2026 season, when he will join four-time champion Max Verstappen at the Milton Keynes outfit.
During an appearance on Red Bull's Talking Bull podcast, the French-Algerian driver discussed how he found out he would join the team and what it feels to be sat alongside Verstappen.
"I just called my mum," he ...Keep reading

Saood Variawa edged out Toyota team-mate Henk Lategan in the final dash to the finish line to claim victory in the eighth stage of the 2026 Dakar Rally.
Despite being the longest stage of the 48th edition of Dakar, the 483km special around Wadi ad Dawasir offered the closest competition so far in the rally, with the top eight drivers separated by just under a minute at the halfway point of the ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly described the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 season as the most pressure he has ever felt in his life.
Describing it as a 'make-or-break' season despite it being successful for him, Gasly faced competition from rival Oliver Rowland in the championship battle - the winner of which would walk away with half a million euros, and the runner-up with nothing.
"So this was 2013 ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer remains admitted to Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona, and is awaiting medical clearance and an initial assessment of his recovery timeline.
The Gresini rider underwent surgery on Friday for an injury to the diaphysis of his left femur, the long thigh bone located between the hip and the knee.
After being operated on “successfully” by Dr Ignacio Ginebreda, the ...Keep reading

If you’re looking to sell your motorsport memorabilia and hoping to maximize your profits, BUDDS’ upcoming auction might be exactly what you need.
From 13-27 February, BUDDS will run its Full Throttle Future – The 2026 Motorsport Auction. Several memorable items already are up for sale, including an Ayrton Senna artwork depicting him in his 1986 Lotus 98T, a Williams team shirt worn by ...Keep reading