Larson held off Christopher Bell in a two-lap overtime shootout to win Friday night’s Food City 300, his first NASCAR national series win at Bristol, which he repeatedly refers to as his “favorite track.” The win is his fourth in the series this season and 12th of his career. Earlier Friday, he won the pole for Saturday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the ... ... Keep reading

Larson ended up fastest in all three rounds of Friday’s knockout qualifying, using an average lap speed of 127.792 mph to win the pole for Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops 500. The pole is his third of the year, seventh of his career and first at Bristol. Larson started first in the 2017 spring race at Bristol but the field was set by owner points when qualifying was rained ... ... Keep reading

Garcia set the fastest lap of 1m41.743s just before the halfway point of the hour-long session. Tommy Milner soon made it a Chevy 1-2, on 1m42.351s – the fastest of three laps he recorded within one hundredth of a second of each other. But Ryan Briscoe then split the Corvettes with a 1m42.262s, 0.519s off the pace but a tenth faster than Milner. His teammate Richard Westbrook, who was ... ... Keep reading

Ferrucci, 20, made his series debut earlier in the season at the Detroit double-header, and retired from his first race after a hit from Carlin driver Charlie Kimball. He made the chequered flag on his second attempt but had clashed with Ed Carpenter Racing's Spencer Pigot en route to 20th, with Pigot accusing Ferrucci of a lack of respect after the race. The American, who is a development ... ... Keep reading

On Friday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Truex was asked if he could put a percentage chance on him returning for another season at Furniture Row Racing and Truex had difficulty coming up with a response. “Honestly, I really don’t know. I think in another week or two I’ll have a better answer for you,” Truex said. “Right now, we need sponsorship and that’s as simple as it gets ... ... Keep reading

The #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid again led the way, this time with Jose Maria Lopez at the wheel, to beat the sister car by 1.3 seconds and end up 1.6s clear of the fastest privateer.  Lopez posted a 1m38.536s early in the 90-minute practice period, which compared with Kazuki Nakajima's session best of 1m38.893s. The fastest of the LMP1 privateers was the #17 SMP Racing BR Engineering ... ... Keep reading

As the clock ticked down on the one-hour, 10-minute session, Busch went on a mock qualifying run and posted an average lap speed of 126.729 mph. “Obviously, we’re kind of on a hot streak with Bristol. We love going there,” Busch said. “We’ll see what we can do, hopefully having a fast race car and doing what we normally do there, just try to stay out of trouble. “It’s a tough ... ... Keep reading

Button will race at Silverstone for the first time since his final full season of F1 in 2016 as he continues his WEC campaign with the SMP Racing LMP1 squad. The 38-year-old never finished in the top three at the Northamptonshire track throughout his grand prix career, his best finish there being fourth place in 2004, 2010 and 2014. He last took a Silverstone podium when he won a British ... ... Keep reading

Tanak won every one of the three stages run in the afternoon to extend his lead to 12.3s over Ogier, who continually finished a distant second to the Estonian.  The current WRC champion grew into a lonely second place by consistently outpacing Neuville and open up a buffer of over 15s. Neuville showed no ill effects of a turbo-related oil leak that stopped him between stages earlier this ... ... Keep reading

“It has been on my mind for a while. Truthfully, the last two years at Hendrick and then the year here at (Leavine Family Racing) just like as far as competition, I haven’t been as competitive as what I want to be,” Kahne said Friday at Bristol. “So, I would say over the last three, four months it’s started being on my mind, like man, do I need to find other things to do and think of ... ... Keep reading

Westbrook set the quickest time on the very last lap of the session, ahead of Porsche’s Earl Bamber and the sister Ford of Joey Hand. The session was red flagged after just a handful of laps to retrieve the GT Daytona championship-leading Lamborghini Huracan of Bryan Sellars, which laid an oil slick before pulling off between Turns 11 & 12. Sellars had set the pace in GTD at the time, at ... ... Keep reading

As well as adding the new car – which will remove the need for drivers to swap cars and let them run at 200kW as a standard power setting – races will feature an innovative attack mode format. Nissan will take over from Renault at the e.dams squad, while BMW becomes a full FE manufacturer, and Mercedes affiliate HWA joins ahead of the German marque entering the series alongside Porsche for ... ... Keep reading

Elliott’s fastest average lap speed of 126.645 mph just edged Kyle Larson (126.312 mph). Alex Bowman ended up third (126.295 mph). Erik Jones and Ryan Blaney completed the top-five. In five career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Bristol, Elliott’s best finish of fourth came in his first series race in 2016. This spring, he started 16th and finished 29th. Rounding out the Top ... ... Keep reading

The Haas driver is eighth in the 2018 standings on 45 points, just seven behind Renault's Nico Hulkenberg. However, the next-placed driver – Max Verstappen – has more than Magnussen and Hulkenberg combined thanks to the gulf in performance between Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull and the rest of the field. «I'm kind of creating this big championship in my head,» Magnussen told ... ... Keep reading

The European Le Mans Series team had been due to contest the 10-hour race at Road Atlanta on October 13 with a single Ligier JS P217 as part of its assault on IMSA's four North American Endurance Cup races. The withdrawal is linked to United's decision not to return to the Rolex 24 Hours series opener next January after IMSA opted to move the LMP2 cars into a separate pro-am class secondary ... ... Keep reading

    Senna suffered a heavy crash at Copse during the opening practice session in the #1 Rebellion R-13-Gibson, causing a red flag and half-hour delay.   The Brazilian is reported to have got out of the car unaided, but was taken to the medical centre for checks and was diagnosed with a fracture to his right ankle.   It means he will take no further part in the Silverstone ... ... Keep reading

The 33-year-old Williams test driver has had five days of testing and run twice in free practice so far this year, and has successfully adapted to a left-hand dominant technique thanks to limitations of his right arm and hand. Read Also: Why Kubica's Formula 1 comeback is not a failure But speaking in an interview in the latest edition of Autosport magazine, the 2008 ... ... Keep reading

With F1's fight behind the top three teams so close at the moment, the French car manufacturer is aware it cannot afford to ease off if it isn't to risk falling behind. For the upcoming race at Spa, the team will bring fresh developments that it hopes will boost its speed. Technical director Nick Chester said: "We have a new floor for Spa and some other bodywork parts to go with that, which ... ... Keep reading

Conway's best time of 1m39.916s in the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid came shortly after the first red flag period, caused by Bruno Senna suffering a heavy crash at Copse in the #1 Rebellion R-13. Senna reportedly was able to get out of the car unaided but was taken for the medical centre for checks. After a half-hour delay, the session resumed - with 15 minutes being added to make up for the lost ... ... Keep reading

The ex-Formula 1 driver believes that the MotorSport Vision facility's Grand Prix circuit is the perfect arena at which to create a successful DTM fixture going forward. Read Also: Brands Hatch unknowns did the DTM a favour Berger, who took the reigns of DTM organiser the ITR ahead of the 2017 season, told Motorsport.com: "I love to be here because this is a place where ... ... Keep reading