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For the longest time, NASCAR had just two road courses on the Cup schedule — Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen.However, the series has rapidly expanded that number in recent years with Cup races at the Indianapolis Road Course, Daytona Road Course, Road America, Charlotte Roval, Circuit of the Americas, as well as events in Mexico City and on the streets of Chicago. Some of these tracks …Keep reading

Martinsville Speedway is one of the oldest tracks on the NASCAR schedule, and it was part of the original eight-race season in 1949. The historic half-mile hosts two Cup races every year and is part of the Round of 8 playoff round.Since 1964, the track known as the ‘paperclip’ has given out a very special trophy to the winner — a grandfather clock. The first recipient was Fred Lorenzen, who …Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki has taken Dick Johnson Racing back to the winners’ circle after two winless years, taking out the 20th race in the 2025 Supercars championship on the streets of Townsville in Far North Queensland.Kostecki, who took his 16th career pole and his first since moving to DJR at the start of the season, beat Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters away at the start of the race and was never …Keep reading

Born and raised in the UK to American parents, FIA presidential candidate Tim Mayer worked with the governing body between 2009 and 2024, but his connections with motor racing go much deeper than that. His father Teddy Mayer, who died in 2007, was one of the driving forces behind McLaren for almost two decades. From the company’s foundation in 1963, Mayer Sr provided the business acumen and …Keep reading

Bernie Ecclestone counts Christian Horner as one of his closest confidantes in the Formula 1 paddock, but the billionaire didn’t mince his words when asked about his friend’s firing from Red Bull Racing.Horner was the sport’s longest-tenured team principal when he was unceremoniously sacked earlier this week after 20 years in the role. It followed a high-profile sexting scandal that …Keep reading

With Christian Horner sacked from his team principal position, Red Bull closes a chapter spanning all the highs and lows of the team’s history—one that includes two dominant eras, first with Sebastian Vettel and later with Max Verstappen, but it the recent downturn too.The narrative pitched to the Thai shareholders that outgoing team members were replaceable and that Horner himself was the …Keep reading

Oliver Solberg says World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Ogier has helped him “a lot” to feel “ready” to drive a factory Toyota Rally1 car at next week’s Rally Estonia.The current WRC2 points leader is set to return to the WRC’s top flight for the first time since 2022 after Toyota handed the Swede an opportunity to pilot one of its factory GR Yaris Rally1 cars.Solberg …Keep reading

Wednesday morning’s surprise announcement of Red Bull dismissing team boss and CEO Christian Horner can be seen as having wider consequences on star driver’s Max Verstappen’s F1 future, which it may actually be the result of.Rome wasn’t built in one day, nor did the empire fall in one fell swoop either. It crumbled piece by piece, agitated by economic and social unrest, internal division …Keep reading

In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip.Christian Horner’s sacking after over 20 years at the helm of Red Bull Racing, during which the team won six constructors’ championships and …Keep reading

Born on 28 April 1977 in Tours, France, Laurent Mekies today became at 48 years old, only the second team principal in the history of the Red Bull Formula 1 team. The Milton Keynes-based outfit, which entered Formula 1 in 2005, was shaped and led to success by Christian Horner for two decades, until his abrupt exit on 9 July, halfway through the season.An engineer specialized in …Keep reading