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During a caution for a spin by Corey LaJoie, Christopher Bell was the first off pit road and took command when the race resumed on lap 236 of the scheduled 400 laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway.In clear air, Bell was able to extend his lead over Brad Keselowski as Byron made a three-wide move on the frontstretch – crossing into the infield grass – to move into third.Light rain forced NASCAR to …Keep reading

Although the two were tangled in a tussle for the top spot over the final of laps, O’Ward held off making multiple runs for the lead until jumping to the outside of Newgarden’s No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet heading to the white flag and snatching the top spot entering Turn 1.However, there wasn’t enough in O’Ward’s No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet to fend off the return challenge of Newgarden …Keep reading

Blaney’s victory in last season’s 600-mile race was what qualified him for the 2023 playoffs, where he went on to win two more races and captured his first series title.While he has had a solid 2024 season, he entered this weekend’s race at Charlotte still looking for his first win of the year.Unfortunately, it was not to be.While a round of green flag pit stops was ongoing in Stage 2, Blaney …Keep reading

Despite a four-hour rain delay, the clouds diminished and an intense battle finished as the sun set on more than 300,000 fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Newgarden, who started third, was forced to pull off another stirring last-lap pass, delivering a thrilling outside pass around Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward into Turn 3 and win by 0.3417s. He becomes the first driver to go back-to-back …Keep reading

Blomqvist, who started 25th, was rolling into Turn 1 when he drifted the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda under the white line and touched the curbing, which caused the backend of his car to snap around and kickstart a melee.Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 champion and last year’s runner-up, started 32nd in a backup car and got off to a solid start and was running a lane up in entering Turn 1 …Keep reading

CMS unveiled the Roval layout in 2018 – a 2.28-mile combination of the oval and an infield road course which added a road course event to the NASCAR playoffs for the first time.The speedway announced alterations to the course prior to Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 which it hopes will provide additional passing opportunities in the event.The straight-away coming out of Turn 5 will be extended and a …Keep reading

It was the scenario Larson hoped to avoid in his bid to become the fifth driver to complete ‘The Double’ — 1,100 miles of racing on one day between IndyCar’s crown jewel event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NASCAR’s longest race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, HendrickCars.com H1100 Chevrolet CamaroPhoto by: Lesley Ann Miller / Motorsport …Keep reading

The Monegasque led every lap of this year’s edition of the Monte Carlo race, ending a long quest for a home win – a venue he had never previously scored a podium finish at among much-documented ill fortune.Recounting the final laps of the race, after ending a period of heavy pressure from runner-up Oscar Piastri by bolting into an ultimately unassailable lead, Leclerc revealed that it was a …Keep reading

Verstappen ultimately finished sixth, one place ahead of Hamilton, in a race determined by tyre management as the top 10 on the grid remained in the same order.With both drivers attempting to eke out the medium tyres they had switched to under a red flag on the opening lap, Mercedes made the first move in bringing seven-time world champion Hamilton into the pits on lap 51.But the Briton was not …Keep reading

Alpine had its best qualifying result of the season in the principality, with Gasly and Ocon qualifying 10th and 11th respectively on a track where overtaking is notoriously difficult.Carlos Sainz’s puncture at the start promoted the blue-and-pink cars to ninth and 10th, but Ocon went on to dive down the inside of his team-mate at Portier, with their wheels interlocking.Ocon was launched into the …Keep reading