June 29, 2024

Byron has already won three times this yer and is well-positioned for the playoffs, but his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team has had difficulty producing top 10 finishes on a week-to-week basis of late.Earlier this season, Byron had five straight finishes of seventh or better, which included two of his wins. But since then, he’s had just three top-10s and four finishes of 23rd or worse.Byron …Keep reading

A Nick Cassidy error and time penalty for Mitch Evans meant Jaguar threw away victory in the Portland E-Prix, allowing Antonio Felix da Costa to take back-to-back Formula E wins.Championship leader Cassidy was on course to take his third win of the season and with it, put one hand on the title at the Portland International Raceway.But on the penultimate lap and in the lead, the Kiwi ran wide …Keep reading

Nemechek had asked for an adjustment during pit stops prior to the start of Stage 3 and within 10 laps he’d lost the lead to Cole Custer.Nemechek, however, redeemed himself by reclaiming the lead from Custer on a restart with 46 of 188 laps to go and held off Chandler Smith at the finish by 0.366 seconds for the win at Nashville Superspeedway.It’s Nemechek’s second win in just nine series …Keep reading

Hamlin, who has won the last three races held on concrete tracks, is in good position to make it four in a row at the 1.33-mile speedway.On a blistering hot day, Hamlin was the last driver to go out in the final round but still managed to lay down the fastest lap of the day at 160.354 mph to edge his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell for the pole (159.845 mph).The pole is Hamlin’s …Keep reading

RB Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a 40,000 euro fine for using offensive remarks during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying.Towards the end of Q1 at the Red Bull Ring Tsunoda was overtaken in the pitlane by Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, and responded by saying “these guys are f***ing retarded” over his team radio.The remarks were brought to the attention of the FIA’s race stewards, who have …Keep reading

McLaren’s protest against Oscar Piastri’s penalty for an alleged track limits infringement during Austrian Grand Prix qualifying has been rejected by the FIA stewards because it was inadmissible.The Woking-based team had lodged a formal complaint against the results of qualifying because it was unhappy that Piastri had been penalised and lost his third place on the grid.Having sought …Keep reading

Gibbs, who is still looking for his first Cup series victory of his career, led the way with an average lap speed of 159.286 mph in the first 20-minute session.“It’s a fun track and I hoping to keep learning like I go at every place we go to this year,” Gibbs said. “You get a little bit more room at Nashville to move around and spread out and make passes, so you are able to move up through …Keep reading

Mitch Evans claimed his second Formula E pole of the season for the Portland E-Prix, as title protagonists Nick Cassidy and Pascal Wehrlein both failed to make the duels.Jaguar driver Evans posted a 1m08.820s which left him 0.196s clear of Andretti’s Norman Nato, having been fastest in the final two sectors.It means Evans has also closed to within 32 points of team-mate and championship leader …Keep reading

Max Verstappen has escaped punishment for driving unnecessarily slowly ahead of his final lap in the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 qualifying.The Red Bull driver took a commanding pole position at his team’s home track on Saturday afternoon but was swiftly placed under investigation for going so slowly out of the pitlane ahead of his final flying lap that his engine began to stutter.This …Keep reading