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Silverstone’s Safety Car Finish Has F1 Arguing for American-Style Overtime
Charles Leclerc’s first Grand Prix win in over a year should have been the headline out of Silverstone. Instead, the…
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Sami Pajari Calls Acropolis One of His ‘Favourite Rallies’ After a Late Penalty Shake-Up Lifts Him to P4
Here’s a rally truth that never makes the highlight reel: the classification that flashes up at the finish is provisional,…
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Brembo Is Bringing Its A-Game Brakes to a Brutal WorldSBK Weekend at Donington
Every race weekend, a brake-supplier preview lands in inboxes and gets filed under “ignore.” Skip this one and you’d miss…
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This Ferrari-Built Maserati Just Doubled in Value, and a 2,000-Km Example Wants a New Home
Every so often a car spends two decades being quietly underrated, then decides to make up for lost time all…
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F1, MotoGP, IndyCar, and NASCAR Are All Racing the Same Weekend — Good Luck Picking Which One to Watch
This July 9-12 racing weekend has plenty going on even though Formula 1 and IndyCar are catching their breath. That…
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Three Dead Deer and a Warning: What That Mustang Ridge Crash Really Means for Drivers
Some crash reports make you wince; this one just makes you do a double-take at the arithmetic. One vehicle, three…
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Chase Briscoe Says NASCAR Turns Drivers Into Liars About Payback Wrecks – And the Penalty Reports Prove It
Chase Briscoe didn’t wreck anybody to make his point this week. He just went on a podcast and said the…
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The Senate Votes Next Week on Permanently Banning Chinese Connected-Car Tech, and It’s Not Just About BYD
On July 15, the Senate Commerce Committee will sit down in Room SR-253 and vote on a bill that sounds…
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Honda WN7 Electric Motorcycle: The Frameless Design and Charging Trick Explained
Honda’s had electric two-wheelers on sale for a while now, but they’ve all been scooters wearing e-bike ambitions. The WN7…
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Toyota’s 2027 Dakar Hilux Skips Combustion Entirely for a Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Toyota’s motorsport arm just quietly broke an assumption a lot of us have carried around about hydrogen racing: that it’s…
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BREAKING: IHRA Cancels Rest of 2026 Nitro Season, Says It’s Rebuilding From the Ground Up
IHRA has officially shut down what’s left of its 2026 Nitro Drag Racing Series. Every date still standing on the…
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George Russell Won His Home Podium and Looked Like He’d Rather Be Anywhere Else
There’s a particular flavor of awkward that only Formula 1 produces: a driver standing on his home podium, trophy in…