The ‘Legends Lane’ was confirmed in Sydney this morning, with 12 greats of Australian motorsport and Bathurst 1000 history to be inducted into the tribute on the Friday of this year’s Great Race.Allan Moffat, Colin Bond, Jim Richards, and Fred Gibson were all on hand for today’s announcement, which also confirmed the theme of this year’s Bathurst 1000 will be ‘Heroes and ... Keep reading

Gateway this weekend returns to the IndyCar calendar for the first time since 2007, and Rahal says key to the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 being a good show will be the fact that the straight is long for a short-oval course.“The repaving was good,” he said. “The track is extremely grippy on the racing line. If you get off line, it’s a bit slippery but it’s grippy on line and it’s ... Keep reading

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Unfortunately, in today’s market for race track throughout North America, the news is often about a historic track slowing down or even closing and that makes this news that much more sweeter for short track race fans.After over a year of preparations and planning, Jukasa Motor Speedway is ready for its grand opening this weekend with the APC Late Model Series ready to help break in ... Keep reading

Roush Fenway Racing on Tuesday announced sponsor SunnyD has agreed to a multi-year contract extension that will see the iconic brand extend its relationship with the team and driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. through the 2019 season.The agreement also calls for additional races of sponsorship to be added each season.SunnyD has served as a primary partner on Stenhouse’s No. 17 Ford Fusion ... Keep reading

The past month, the conversation has definitely changed for the better.Busch’s victory in Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway was his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win in the past four races.The biggest change during that span, Busch believes, is nothing his team could fix on its own.“We’ve had really strong cars and had really good ... Keep reading

The Estonian scored a dominant victory for the M-Sport World Rally Team last weekend and in doing so narrowed the gap between himself and his series leading teammate Sebastien Ogier to 33 points.The difference to second-placed Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville, who retired from the rally, is 16 points.Tanak, who led the Saarland event after an inspired tyre choice on Friday afternoon’s ... Keep reading

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After two seasons in Formula Renault, Daruvala has joined the highly-competitive F3 championship, which has been the breeding ground for several Formula 1 drivers.The Force India protege was up to pace straightaway, scoring his first pole and podium finish in only the second round of the season.Consistent results have propelled him to fifth in the standings, ahead of several ... Keep reading

The high-speed nature of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit appears perfect for the longer-wheelbase characteristics of the Mercedes W08 – with it having excelled on similar types of tracks this year.But with Ferrari still very much a strong contender, having dominated in Hungary last time out, Wolff says his outfit must take nothing for granted about its potential this weekend."On paper ... Keep reading

Waters is a product of the Prodrive system, having won the Super2 title with the squad in 2015 before being promoted to the main series line-up ahead of last season.After a solid yet unspectacular first season in the top tier, the 23-year-old has shown signs of significant progress this season. He has 10 Top 10 finishes to his name from the first 18 races, and currently sits 10th in ... Keep reading

Only three outfits – Mercedes, Force India and Haas – have elected not to take the maximum number of 10 sets of the softest tyre for the Monza weekend.Those teams will have three sets of softs to play with for the weekend, whereas their rivals will have just two.With the Italian venue being mostly about top speed, and there being very little tyre degradation, there was little ... Keep reading

The Japanese manufacturer has had a frustrating first half to its third season in F1, with poor reliability and a lack of power threatening its future with McLaren.Last month, Hasegawa said Honda struggled with correlation between the dyno and the track but now says it has changed its approach with less reliance on dyno results to prove a specification."We are changing our way of ... Keep reading

Kurt Bull (32) and Daniel King (41) were killed when their car hit a wall and burst into flames during the Roll Racing drag meeting at the Ipswich circuit on Saturday morning.According to an ABC News report, two of the first responders to the crash site have since taken to social media to condemn the safety procedures put in place by the circuit."Unfortunately the training and the ... Keep reading

Group S joins the Radical Australia Cup and Combined Sedans on the support bill for the February event, marking the debut for the historic sportscar category.With a grid set to include 1950s and ‘60s classics such as Austin Healeys and MGs right through to later models cars such as the Datsun 240Z and the Porsche 911, Group S is being framed as a nod to the history of sports ... Keep reading

For years the NASCAR Pinty’s Series has been one of the most competitive that is sanctioned by the organization and Sunday’s finish at Riverside International Speedway lived up to its reputation.Points leader Alex Labbe used his bumper to slightly nudge Kevin Lacroix in Turn 4 on the final lap and slip underneath and win the Bumper to Bumper 300 Sunday afternoon for his fourth win of ... Keep reading

Well the way this championship is going in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship I’m probably not going to have any hair left… Oh wait, hang on!The hits just keep on coming for Corvette Racing but we keep getting up and fighting back. At Road America it looked like we’d done a brilliant job with the strategy to get Antonio Garcia and I back in contention for some good points in ... Keep reading

For years the NASCAR Pinty’s Series has been one of the most competitive that is sanctioned by the organization and Sunday’s finish at Riverside International Speedway lived up to its reputation.Points leader Alex Labbe used his bumper to slightly nudge Kevin Lacroix in Turn 4 on the final lap and slip underneath and win the Bumper to Bumper 300 Sunday afternoon for his fourth win of ... Keep reading

A double pole position for the Championship leading #1 WIN Racing Ligier JSP3 made the qualifying headlines ahead of the double-header of 60 minute races on Saturday and Sunday for the final weekend of the 2017 Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup.Australian Scott Andrews scored pole position for race one with the fastest lap of either session 2:00.098, enough to beat off the challenge from title ... Keep reading

The championship has suffered poor grid numbers in its main class in over the past three years as the 13-year-old Star Race Cars-designed machine came to the end of its useful life.However, the Tatuus PM-18 has been based on the Italian company’s USF-17, which revitalized the USF2000 championship this year, in order to contain costs and encourage USF2000 teams to also run in the ... Keep reading