IndyCar Indy GP: Palou snatches pole by 0.09s from Lundgaard
The Spaniard was quiet for the majority of qualifying, but managed to deliver a late flyer of 1m09.0004s to claim the top spot on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn IMS circuit.It was the fourth career pole for Palou, but his first on the IMS road course.”Yeah, it’s a tricky place,” said Palou.Continue Reading
Ross Chastain wins wild Darlington Truck race in overtime
Ty Majeski appeared ready to give Ford Performance its first win of the 2024 NASCAR season and had built a more than five-second lead when a late-race caution for a wreck sent the race into overtime.All the lead-lap trucks elected to pit for new tires and Majeski’s team got himContinue Reading
Van Gisbergen hopes to get “in a seat in the Cup Series next year”
The three-time Supercars champion became the first driver in more than 60 years to win a Cup race in his debut when captured the victory in the inaugural Chicago Street Race last July driving for Trackhouse Racing.The win served as the instigator for the 34-year-old Kiwi to make a permanentContinue Reading
Evans: Driving to smartphone WRC pacenotes “almost as good as normal”
Evans was forced to drive to pacenotes read from a smartphone by his co-driver Scott Martin for three stages after the latter left his pacenote book at time control at the end of stage six.The unusual incident was triggered by a bottleneck at the end of stage 6. Hyundai’s ThierryContinue Reading
Polesitting Ferrari disqualified after WEC Spa qualifying
The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon’s Hyperpole session has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday’s 6 Hour race.The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will nowContinue Reading
IndyCar Indy GP: Lundgaard beats Power in spin-packed FP2
The 22-year-old Dane vaulted to the top of the leaderboard in the final moments of the 45-minute session with a 1m09.5588s.Will Power temporarily grabbed first in the final minute prior to Lundgaard’s late push, but his No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet ended up 0.1311s off the pacesetter’s mark.Six-time IndyCar SeriesContinue Reading
WRC Portugal: Rovanpera, Ogier split by a second, Evans suffers pacenote issue
Reigning world champion Rovanpera snatched the rally lead on stage six, but the margin never grew larger than a second as the part-time driver battled with a GR Yaris that wasn’t too his liking.The Finn, who ended Friday morning in third, held onto the lead despite a late attack fromContinue Reading
Calado admits “I screwed up” after missing WEC Spa Hyperpole with Ferrari
The Briton revealed that he made mistakes on his two quick laps aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in the opening 15-minute qualifying session.That left him outside the top 10 cars that progressed to the final session in which team-mate Antonio Fuoco claimed pole position by half aContinue Reading
Quartararo at a loss to explain Le Mans MotoGP Friday heroics
For just the second time this season, Quartararo will make an appearance in the pole shootout qualifying session on Saturday after finishing Friday’s running at his home round in 10th.While Yamaha brought a raft of changes to its bike for the Jerez test after the Spanish GP, only a fewContinue Reading
Engine woes strike Honda IndyCar entries of Armstrong, Rahal
The problems began 25 minutes into practice as the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda of Rahal pulled out of the last corner and began slowing along the front straight of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit.As the Ohio native engaged the clutch to coast down the front straight,Continue Reading