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Driving a Ford Mustang for TechSport Racing alongside co-driver Tyler Stone, 'Malcolm in the Middle' star Frankie Muniz earned his first victory in the GT4 America Series (Am class) on Friday.
The series was racing at Road America, and Stone crossed the line half-a-second ahead of the runner-up finisher in the Am class, while placing 17th overall in the multi-class race.
Muniz has been ...Keep reading

With a 48.809s (184.396mph) lap, Ross Chastain snagged pole position at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. He will share the front row with Chris Buescher in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford, who trailed Chastain by 0.051s in the final round of qualifying.
"I'm not sure that we expected that leaving the shop, to be honest," said Chastain, who previously won poles ...Keep reading

Sami Pajari claimed the Rally Paraguay lead after emerging from a punishing opening day headlined by a series of punctures and crashes that shook up the World Rally Championship leaderboard.
Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen, chasing a third WRC win after wins in Estonia and Finland, started the afternoon loop fourth overall and 33.2s from the lead. The Finnish pairing were delayed by a water ...Keep reading

Both Carson Hocevar and Chris Buescher referenced the existence of the ‘superspeedway gods’ on Friday at Daytona regarding the luck that is required to win on the two traditional ‘drafting tracks.’
To wit, it is expected that there will be at least one major wreck, and maybe even more than a single ‘Big One.’ There isn’t a lot that drivers can do to miss them other than simply get ...Keep reading

In Formula 1, the budget cap has been a fixed part of the regulations since 2021. But the same model cannot simply be transferred to the FIA WEC, say sources at Toyota and Porsche.
While there is ongoing debate in the Hypercar class about replacing the controversial Balance of Performance (BoP) with financial regulations, Toyota and Porsche say the structure of Hypercar racing makes such a ...Keep reading

Austin Hill would have been content to remain in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series under a different set of circumstances.
Richard Childress Racing named Hill as the full-time driver of the Cup Series No. 33 next season -- a role has already been fulfilling this season ever since the tragic death of Kyle Busch.
Hill has been with the company since the 2022 season, having won in his organizational ...Keep reading

IndyCar has poured cold water on claims made by Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, who publicly announced that the Colombian city had secured an IndyCar event set for April 2028.
Speaking at the launch of the Magdalena River Crossing—as initially reported by prominent Colombian outlet Revista Semana—Mayor Char proclaimed that Barranquilla would host the series along the city's Gran Malecón ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles says the Grove outfit is running a "huge number of projects" to rectify development mistakes made last winter that are still compromising its 2026 campaign.
Speaking in his post-race The Vowles Verdict debrief following a difficult Dutch Grand Prix, Vowles said the team is actively restructuring behind the scenes to address the causes of its current lack of ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says he deliberately stopped on track after Aragon Grand Prix practice to calm down, becoming “frustrated with himself” over his failure to secure a berth in Q2.
The two-time MotoGP champion ended up as the slowest Ducati in Friday practice at Motorland Aragon, finishing over a second off the pace-setting Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi in 13th place.
After struggling for ...Keep reading

Aston Martin are taking house music for a spin in their new partnership with British record label Defected.

The Driver’s Championship leader will take a grid penalty, with F1 bettors trying to predict how he will react at Monza.

Running airlines and farms to entering politics and producing music, these former F1 drivers found some unexpected ways to keep busy away from the track.

In practice for the MotoGP Aragon GP, Alex Marquez produced a time-attack lap below the previous circuit record, and was just 10 thousandths off the fastest rider, Marco Bezzecchi. While all eyes are on the Aprilia rider, as he unexpectedly managed to beat Marc Marquez in Practice for the Aragón GP, but also smashed M.Marquez' lap record at 1:45.455, the truth is that A.Marquez was only a ...Keep reading

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport (JAR) has announced plans to put Daniel Dye behind the wheel of the No. 32 Chevrolet for the 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season, which will be the beginning of a multi-year deal.
Dye, 22, began the 2026 season with a full-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ride with Kaulig and Ram. However, he was suspended in March after inappropriate ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco joked that his “ego is well filled” after quickly rediscovering his speed in the Aragon Grand Prix following a three-month injury layoff.
Despite going back on his decision to get surgery on his broken knee ligament, Zarco showed impressive signs of recovery over the summer, allowing him to make an earlier-than-expected MotoGP comeback at Aragon on Friday.
While expectations ...Keep reading

Hyundai’s Hayden Paddon led a World Rally Championship event for the first time since Portugal 2018 after emerging from a brutal morning at Rally Paraguay that decimated the Rally1 field.  
Paddon and co-driver John Kennard were the only Rally1 crew to avoid trouble across four stages that resulted in Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta, Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and reigning world champion ...Keep reading

Rinus VeeKay enters the final stretch of the IndyCar Series season with two clear targets: a return to the podium and a first career top-10 championship finish.
The 25-year-old Dutchman currently sits 11th in the standings with 302 points, trailing Andretti Global’s Will Power by 26 points with just three races remaining over two weekends. Following a frustrating race last Sunday in D.C., the ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says KTM is "too lost" to challenge Aprilia and Ducati, admitting the gap to rivals in Aragon Grand Prix practice was larger than expected.
The Spaniard ended Friday's running at MotorLand Aragon in eight place, over six tenths off the pacesetting Aprilia of Marco Bezzecchi. But he was comfortably the fastest KTM rider on track, with Tech3's Enea Bastianini finishing another nine ...Keep reading

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi believes Marc Marquez has more pace in hand than he showed in Friday practice for the Aragon Grand Prix.
Reigning MotoGP champion Marquez kicked off the Aragon weekend as the favourite for victory, a status he only reinforced after topping the first timed session on Friday morning.
The Spaniard also led the timesheets for much of the afternoon session after ...Keep reading

At Daytona International Speedway, Shane van Gisbergen will attempt to hold back Ryan Preece for the 16th and final spot inside the Chase, with the entire field of title combatants locked in once the checkered flag flies. These two are separated by 31 points in the drivers' standings, and just six points in the owners' standings.
(Note: Preece was docked 25 driver points for intentionally ...Keep reading