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Our Motorsports team to shut down NASCAR Xfinity operation mid-season

Our Motorsports has been operating in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2020, running nearly 300 races with nine top fives, 41 top tens, and a pole position at Portland in 2022. They never won, but they placed as high as second at Daytona in 2021.

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WRT could replace Rahal Letterman Lanigan as BMW’s 2026 IMSA representative

The Belgian WRT team is in the running to expand its programme with the BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh into the IMSA SportsCar Championship next season.

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Oliver Solberg stuns WRC field to lead Rally Estonia on Rally1 return

Oliver Solberg stunned the World Rally Championship regulars to claim his first top-flight stage wins and capture the Rally Estonia lead on his Rally1 return with Toyota.

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“I don’t know where I’d be” – How one race shaped Oliver Bearman’s F1 future

Haas F1 driver Oliver Bearman’s path to Formula 1 has been built on raw speed, early maturity, and an urgent need to make every chance count – like he did with Ferrari – while keeping expectations in check.

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How a jump from the stratosphere gave Felix Baumgartner his shot in motorsport

Extreme sports icon Felix Baumgartner has died following a paragliding accident on Thursday in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio on Italy’s Adriatic coast.

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The challenges Pirelli faces developing all-new 2026 F1 tyres

It’s well known that Formula 1 will adopt a completely new set of regulations in 2026 - but this overhaul also includes new tyres

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23XI and FRM lose NASCAR charters after court ruling, will run as open teams

The courts have ruled against 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in their request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) as they seek a new preliminary injunction. The hope was that they would secure a TRO in order to prevent NASCAR from revoking their charters, but that has failed. They…

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Kyle Kirkwood says people should appreciate Alex Palou's greatness

In almost any other IndyCar season, Kyle Kirkwood would be a strong contender for the title heading into the final stretch, having scored three wins, five top-five finishes, and eight top-10s in 12 rounds. However, the driver of Andretti Global’s No. 27 car didn’t account for what is shaping up…

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Jorge Martin has no “regrets” after attempts to leave Aprilia fell through

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin revealed he doesn’t “regret” his contractual standoff with Aprilia having now dropped the saga.

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Arrow McLaren's Nolan Siegel cleared to race in Toronto

Nolan Siegel missed Race 2 of the Iowa Speedway doubleheader after crashing during Saturday’s Synk 275.

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The 2% that changed everything: Has the Red Bull power mystery been solved?

Since the death of Dietrich Mateschitz, much has changed at Red Bull. In the aftermath of Christian Horner’s sacking as Red Bull Formula 1 team boss, focus on power and who holds control at the parent company has come into sharp focus.

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The key questions ahead of WRC Rally Estonia

The World Rally Championship begins the second half of the campaign this weekend with the title race finely poised ahead of the first fast gravel rally of the year in Estonia.

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Yamaha's V4 MotoGP engine "not fast enough,” warns Augusto Fernandez

Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez has claimed its V4 engine is “still not fast enough” with the Japanese marque hoping to use it for the 2026 MotoGP campaign.

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Toyota calls WEC 2025 "boring" in BoP revision push

Toyota has labelled this year’s World Endurance Championship as “boring” and made a thinly-veiled call for changes to the system of Balance of Performance to improve the spectacle.

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The key mindset that led Oliver Rowland and Nissan to the Formula E title

“I might sound really stupid – my shoulders feel lighter. My whole body feels lighter, my head feels lighter.”

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Jules Bianchi’s breakthrough F1 season – in his own words

Some people think of Marseille as bandit country. There’s some justification for this. As a port it has many connections… some shady.

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Williams F1 car still losing performance to cooling issues

Williams boss James Vowles has said his team is still chasing a permanent solution for its cooling issues as its temporary fixes are costing it valuable performance in the 2025 Formula 1 season.

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F1 driver market – Who is tied down for 2026?

With plenty of the talk around the British Grand Prix surrounding the future of Max Verstappen and George Russell, Formula 1 ‘silly season’ is seemingly upon us once again.

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Legacy Motor Club sues T.J. Puchyr for "underhanded attempt" to buy Rick Ware Racing

There are at least five different lawsuits going on at the moment in relation to charter disputes in NASCAR, and three of them involve Legacy Motor Club as either the plaintiff or defendant.

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How Katherine Legge brought the girl power movement to NASCAR

When Katherine Legge saw the first render for her pink race car, covered in e.l.f. branding, her reaction was swift. “Oh god, that’s so cliché. Do we have to do a pink car?” she recalls asking her team.

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Franco Colapinto is still fighting Alpine’s weakness, and for his F1 future

Amid frequent speculation over his future at Alpine, Franco Colapinto vows to keep chipping away at the underwhelming results that he's achieved while struggling with a difficult 2025 F1 car.

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Every NASCAR Cup win with Red Bull as the primary sponsor

Red Bull has an interesting history in NASCAR, entering the sport with a race team in the mid-2000s and attempting to form a championship-caliber organization. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well as their Formula 1 venture as Red Bull Racing's NASCAR branch shut down at the conclusion of the 2011…

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Enea Bastianini in, Franco Morbidelli out for MotoGP Czech GP

Franco Morbidelli will miss out on this weekend’s Czech GP following the injury he sustained in the MotoGP sprint race at the Sachsenring.

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WRC unveils fix for Rally1 fuel system failures

World Rally Championship Rally1 teams will be permitted to make changes to their cars to prevent a repeat of the fuel system issues that occurred at Acropolis Rally Greece.

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How Driver Lounge plans to deliver ultimate Schumacher celebration at F1 Italian GP

This October will mark not only the 31st anniversary of Michael Schumacher's first Formula 1 world drivers' championship, but also the 25th anniversary of the year he secured his first title with Ferrari. This was one he claimed with a hard-fought victory at the penultimate round of the season -…

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