NASCAR president Steve Phelps says it is an “extraordinary achievement” that all three of its categories have been able to complete a full season in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR will officially close its 2020 season on Sunday with the season finale of the Cup Series at Phoenix Raceway. When that race is over,
Ryan Hunter-Reay, the 2012 IndyCar champion and 2014 Indy 500 winner, will soon be confirmed as remaining with Andretti Autosport next season, Autosport understands. Andretti Autosport’s contract with both Hunter-Reay and title sponsor DHL was up for renewal at season’s end and, with the 2020-21 ‘silly season’ proving to be one of considerable upheaval, speculation
As the world’s attention has been drawn towards Phoenix this week looking for any inkling as to which way the results of that race in the state of Arizona will go, there is also the small matter of the NASCAR Cup Series weekend finale. While some are hoping for a handful of electoral votes to
“We need to just take points when we can and if we have an opportunity to take more, then we should. With everything that’s going on with COVID, you never know when all of a sudden there’s going to be a lockdown, the championship’s not going to finish and it gets called as it is.”
British GT faced an anxious wait to see whether its championship decider could go ahead this weekend. Now that it has been given the green light, a familiar predicament rears its head, says JAMES NEWBOLD. Is it better to be the hunter, or hunted? “We need to just take points when we can and if
Kevin Harvick’s career-best NASCAR Cup season still has one more race, but it won’t include a chance at a second championship having been knocked out of title contention at Martinsville. Coming off a subpar finish at Texas Motor Speedway the previous weekend, Harvick entered last Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway with a 42-point cushion over
Alex Palou says he’s feels “super lucky” to sign with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2021 IndyCar Series after just one season in the category. The Spaniard spurned the opportunity of a second season in Japan’s Super Formula championship – after winning a race, rookie of the year title and almost clinching the title in
Former Hyundai WRC driver Hayden Paddon has warned rallying runs the risk of being “left behind” the longer it takes to embrace less polluting renewable energies. Paddon made the comments at the official unveiling of his new electric car at Hyundai Motors in New Zealand, a project that has taken only eighteen months and just
The three-hour race was placed in doubt by the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown, which is set to commence on Friday, but it was given the green light following a meeting between Motorsport UK and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Monday which resulted in British GT being granted ‘elite’
This weekend’s British GT finale at Silverstone will boast a season-high grid of 38 cars, including 20 GT3s, boosted by a plethora of new and returning entries. The three-hour race was placed in doubt by the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown, which is set to commence on Friday, but it was given the
Reigning World Rally Champion Ott Tanak believes the series faces the threat of being mothballed in 2021 unless organisers can establish how to run events safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Only five of the rallies that made up the original World Rally Championship calendar for this year went ahead as planned, with these far outweighed
Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa said he was impressed by his first test of an IndyCar at Barber Motorsports Park and was “curious” to contest a race. The Portuguese appeared as the sole representative for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and completed 75 laps, logging the 12th fastest time in the 21-car test ahead
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson says he’s still carving huge chunks from his lap times at Barber Motorsports Park as he gets up to speed in IndyCar. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Johnson will take part in the 13 road and street races in the 2021 IndyCar campaign for Chip Ganassi Racing. While Johnson’s initial test
Chase Elliott booked his place in the NASCAR Cup playoffs final with victory at Phoenix, as regular season champion Kevin Harvick was eliminated in a thrilling conclusion to the race. Elliott will be joined in the Phoenix finale by 2018 champion Joey Logano, 2012 title-winner Brad Keselowski and 2010 runner-up and triple Daytona 500 champion
Amid rising coronavirus cases, it was confirmed on Saturday that a second lockdown will commence on 5 November, two days before British GT’s season finale, with the outright GT3 and GT4 championships both finely poised. The three-hour Silverstone 500 is set to feature the biggest field of the season, with upwards of 30 cars expected
British GT championship organiser SRO is “hopeful” of being able to stage its final round at Silverstone next weekend, despite the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown from Thursday. Amid rising coronavirus cases, it was confirmed on Saturday that a second lockdown will commence on 5 November, two days before British GT’s season finale,
Denny Hamlin says he will be a “hands on” NASCAR team owner in his new venture with NBA legend Michael Jordan, taking inspiration from veteran owner Joe Gibbs. Hamlin and Jordan’s 23XI Racing outfit, which has signed Bubba Wallace to drive its #23 Toyota and will operate out of the former Germain Racing workshop in
FIA Rally Director Yves Matton thinks Ypres Rally organisers have “proven” their case for hosting future World Rally Championship events even though it failed to go ahead because of coronavirus. Just three weeks before the rally was due to make its bow as the series’ penultimate round, it had to be abandoned as the number
The World Rally Championship’s inaugural visit to Belgium for the Ypres Rally is off due to restrictions in the wake of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. Added to the heavily-disrupted 2020 WRC schedule in August as a replacement for the cancelled Rally Japan, the Ypres Rally had been set to take place
Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin has fulfilled the requirements for rookies entering next year’s Indianapolis 500 by completing a series of laps of the oval. While reigning Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan and two-time series champion Josef Newgarden were carrying out aero tests for IndyCar, track time was made available for three-time
Chip Ganassi Racing will expand to four cars for the 2021 IndyCar season, with Alex Palou replacing Felix Rosenqvist in the #10 machine. It will be the first time Ganassi has run four cars since 2017, after Wednesday’s announcement that Marcus Ericsson will continue in the #8 car, joining six-time champion Scott Dixon and seven-time
Following his use of a racial slur during an iRacing event, Kyle Larson was suspended from NASCAR and let go by Chip Ganassi Racing. Seeking redemption, Larson was signed by Hendrick Motorsports for 2021 – but is he fully rehabilitated? When Kyle Larson uttered a racial slur, speaking into his Esports headset on 12 April
Felix Rosenqvist will join Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet for the 2021 IndyCar season, as predicted by Autosport. After two years at Chip Ganassi Racing, in which he secured the 2019 Rookie of the Year title, a win and two other podiums, it has now been confirmed he will take over the #7 Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet from
Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch secured his first win of the 2020 season in the heavily-delayed Texas race, having perfectly executed an aggressive fuel strategy. The race on the 1.5-mile oval near the city of Fort Worth was suspended on Sunday evening after 52 laps of 334 after rain and mist hit the
Suspended NASCAR Cup driver Kyle Larson will return competition in 2021, signing a multi-year deal with Hendrick Motorsports. Larson will take over the team currently driven by Alex Bowman, but it will be rebranded as the No. 5, a number HMS has used previously. Cliff Daniels will serve as Larson’s crew chief. Bowman is moving
Chip Ganassi Racing has renewed its deal with ex-Formula 1 racer Marcus Ericsson, and the Swede will continue with the IndyCar team on a multi-year contract. After a solid rookie season with what was then Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, highlighted by a runner-up finish in Detroit, Marcus Ericsson left to join Ganassi for his sophomore
The NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas has been postponed for a third time, after attempts to dry the circuit for a hoped restart were again scuppered. The race, which is the second leg of the semi-final segment of the Playoffs, was originally suspended on Sunday afternoon after light rain and a heavy mist enveloped
Newly crowned six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon said he was left highly impressed by Arrow McLaren SP’s Patricio O’Ward in the Mexican’s first full season in the series. The 2018 Indy Lights champion, O’Ward came into the season with just eight IndyCar starts to his name, having driven only half a season with Carlin in
The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas has been further postponed to Tuesday afternoon following a wash-out on Monday. The race which began on Sunday around the 1.5-mile oval near the city of Fort Worth was originally red-flagged on Lap 52 of a scheduled 334 following light, persistent rain-fall and a low mist. NASCAR
Franco Morbidelli became just the second repeat winner of 2020 after claiming victory in the MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix. The Petronas SRT rider’s romp to his second win of the season came on the backdrop of struggles for his factory Yamaha counterparts in Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo. With Suzuki’s Joan Mir extending his points
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