June 22, 2024

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou stormed to pole after a dramatic qualifying bout for the IndyCar Series at Laguna Seca.The Spaniard went out on a used set of softer alternate tires and delivered a 1m07.1465s flying lap to earn the top spot for Sunday’s race on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course. It is the fifth pole of Palou’s career.Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood took …Keep reading

The 2025 World Rally Championship calendar is edging closer to completion following the news Paraguay is set to make its debut next season.The WRC has been eyeing a 14-round schedule for 2025 that provides a more global calendar than it has been able to contest in recent seasons following the Covid-19 pandemic.Two events in the South America region had been targeted as key goal for 2025, which has …Keep reading

Bell, who had won in his last three starts at the 1.058-mile oval, restarted third at the start of a two-lap overtime behind Cole Custer and Sheldon Creed.Custer moved quickly to the lead, but Creed and Bell closed in and after Creed got into Custer, which opened the door for Bell to move into the lead on the final lap. Bell then held off Creed by 0.254 seconds at the checkered flag for his fourth …Keep reading

A 20-year-old Briton, Foster wheeled the No. 27 Andretti Global entry to a beatdown of the field to claim a 8.2445s victory and lead all 35 laps around the 2.238-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course. It is the fifth Indy NXT win of Foster’s career.“The team gave me a good car,” Foster said. “I was able to just keep pushing, but had very little deg (tire degradation). I was managing …Keep reading

Acura’s Louis Deletraz will start the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, The Six Hours of The Glen, from pole position.Deletraz will start from pole in the top GTP class, ahead of the Cadillacs of Renger van der Zande and Jack Aitken after the quickfire 15-minute qualifying sessions.PJ Hyett scored the LMP2 pole for AO Racing, as Ferrari’s Daniel Serra topped the GTD Pro field …Keep reading

NASCAR scrapped Cup qualifying early on Saturday when rain moved into the area but when a small break came worked feverishly to dry the track in hopes of getting teams some practice time.As it turned out, teams got on track for just over 4½ minutes before the rain returned and remainder of the 30-minute session was canceled.In that brief time, Carson Hocevar ended up with the fastest average lap …Keep reading

During a news conference Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Bell – who drives the No. 20 Toyota at Joe Gibbs Racing – was asked about how a potential leadership vacuum at the organization would be filled next season after Martin Truex Jr. retires at the end of 2024.Bell described the input by himself, teammates, Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs and then went on to say, “And whenever Chase …Keep reading

Lando Norris reckons eight drivers have the potential to win Formula 1’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, after a close qualifying fight where he pipped Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole.McLaren driver Norris took his second F1 career pole with a 1m11.383s at the end of Q3 at Barcelona, which put him 0.020s clear of Verstappen.Lewis Hamilton finished 0.318s back for Mercedes, with the rest of the top six …Keep reading

One of the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s most successful partnerships of recent times, Pipo Derani and Action Express Racing, will part ways at the end of season.Derani, who won the 2021 and ’23 top-class IMSA titles with AXR’s Cadillac team, announced on Saturday that this will be his last campaign with a team that he joined in 2019.As well as his two titles with the team – one in the …Keep reading

Juan Manuel Correa (DAMS) has been stripped of his first Formula 2 podium result since his involvement in the horrific 2019 crash at Spa Francorchamps.Stewards handed out a string of post-race time penalties for track limits offences during Saturday’s sprint race. Drivers were sanctioned with five seconds added to their race time running off the track on four occasions, with a further five …Keep reading