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Max Verstappen Will Wear This Suit One Last Time at Zandvoort, Then It’s Someone Else’s Max Verstappen Is Staying Put For Next Season

Max Verstappen Will Wear This Suit One Last Time at Zandvoort, Then It’s Someone Else’s

John Lloyd August 21, 2026

Somewhere in a Red Bull Racing kit room this week sits a race suit that hadn’t been...

Fernando Alonso Designed His Own Aston Martin — And Insisted It Keep a Manual Gearbox Impressive Through And Through The Fernando Alonso Car Collection

Impressive Through And Through The Fernando Alonso Car Collection

Fernando Alonso Designed His Own Aston Martin — And Insisted It Keep a Manual Gearbox

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Fernando Alonso spent part of Formula 1’s summer shutdown the way most gearheads only fantasize about: rowing...

NASCAR’s New Stage-Break Rule Doesn’t Fix Its Real Time Problem, Says a 23XI Spotter

John Lloyd August 12, 2026

NASCAR closed the book on one of its most complained-about race-day habits last weekend, and the garage...

NASCAR’s Wheatley Vodka Clash Returns To Daytona For 2027, Ending A Six-Year Venue Experiment Stock cars racing side by side on a NASCAR short track

Stock cars racing side by side on a NASCAR short track

NASCAR’s Wheatley Vodka Clash Returns To Daytona For 2027, Ending A Six-Year Venue Experiment

John Lloyd August 11, 2026

NASCAR closed the book on 2027 Daytona 500 Week this week, and the real headline isn’t a...

Trent Williams Is Being Sued Over a Porsche 911 Lease—And the Car Is Reportedly Missing

John Lloyd August 10, 2026

According to the lawsuit, Williams signed on for a 48-month lease on the 911 in 2021 and...

xAI Sues Its Contractor for $800 Million, Says He Secretly Bankrolled a Drag Strip With the Money Aerial view of a drag strip facility being converted into a motorsports country club

Aerial view of a drag strip facility being converted into a motorsports country club

xAI Sues Its Contractor for $800 Million, Says He Secretly Bankrolled a Drag Strip With the Money

Shawn Henry August 10, 2026

A few weeks ago, we told you that Darana Hybrid, the Ohio contractor owned by IHRA boss...

NASCAR’s Spending Cap Talk Lands Right After Charters Became $100 Million Assets NASCAR Cup Series stock cars racing side by side on track

NASCAR’s Spending Cap Talk Lands Right After Charters Became $100 Million Assets

Shawn Henry August 9, 2026

Steve O’Donnell didn’t set out to make headlines about salary caps. He was mid-conversation about a pit...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s New Garage Photos Put A Ferrari, A Bugatti, And A McLaren Senna In One Frame Cristiano Ronaldo's Bugatti Centodieci parked in his private garage

Cristiano Ronaldo's Bugatti Centodieci parked in his private garage

Cristiano Ronaldo’s New Garage Photos Put A Ferrari, A Bugatti, And A McLaren Senna In One Frame

John Lloyd August 8, 2026

Cristiano Ronaldo posted two photos to his personal Instagram account this week captioned simply “My toys,” and...

IndyCar’s Debut D.C. Street Race Just Got 22 Laps Longer, and Every Team’s Fuel Math Just Changed IndyCar Moves Away From Penske Governance

IndyCar’s Debut D.C. Street Race Just Got 22 Laps Longer, and Every Team’s Fuel Math Just Changed

Elizabeth Puckett August 6, 2026

INDYCAR just found a math problem baked into its own marketing. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the...

Justin Marks Says Max Verstappen’s NASCAR Path Runs Straight Into a Ford Badge Max Verstappen Is Staying Put For Next Season

Justin Marks Says Max Verstappen’s NASCAR Path Runs Straight Into a Ford Badge

Elizabeth Puckett August 4, 2026

Trackhouse Racing has made a habit of putting outsiders behind the wheel of a stock car just...

IHRA’s Owner Claims Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Owes Him $570 Million — Racers Say He Still Owes Them, Too Nitro drag racing funny car launching off the line at a dragstrip

Nitro drag racing funny car launching off the line at a dragstrip

IHRA’s Owner Claims Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Owes Him $570 Million — Racers Say He Still Owes Them, Too

Elizabeth Puckett August 4, 2026

Drag racing sanctioning bodies do not typically show up in nine-figure billing disputes involving Elon Musk’s artificial...

Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team Jimmie Johnson in Legacy Motor Club gear ahead of his final NASCAR Cup Series season

Jimmie Johnson in Legacy Motor Club gear ahead of his final NASCAR Cup Series season

Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team

John Lloyd August 1, 2026

NASCAR team ownership used to be a rich person’s hobby: buy some cars, hire a driver, and...

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It

John Lloyd July 30, 2026

On July 29, inside a federal courthouse in Charlotte, Joe Gibbs Racing’s own attorneys asked a judge...

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It. Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

Kimi Antonelli at the 2025 US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It.

Elizabeth Puckett July 29, 2026

Kimi Antonelli spent his summer break sitting on a 50-point lead in the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship....

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast Race cars speeding around a track during a race.

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast

Shawn Henry July 28, 2026

Tommy Baldwin Jr. didn’t wait for a press release, a team statement, or a reporter to ask...

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Max Verstappen Will Wear This Suit One Last Time at Zandvoort, Then It’s Someone Else’s

Fernando Alonso Designed His Own Aston Martin — And Insisted It Keep a Manual Gearbox

NASCAR’s New Stage-Break Rule Doesn’t Fix Its Real Time Problem, Says a 23XI Spotter

NASCAR’s Wheatley Vodka Clash Returns To Daytona For 2027, Ending A Six-Year Venue Experiment

Trent Williams Is Being Sued Over a Porsche 911 Lease—And the Car Is Reportedly Missing

xAI Sues Its Contractor for $800 Million, Says He Secretly Bankrolled a Drag Strip With the Money

NASCAR’s Spending Cap Talk Lands Right After Charters Became $100 Million Assets

Cristiano Ronaldo’s New Garage Photos Put A Ferrari, A Bugatti, And A McLaren Senna In One Frame

IndyCar’s Debut D.C. Street Race Just Got 22 Laps Longer, and Every Team’s Fuel Math Just Changed

Justin Marks Says Max Verstappen’s NASCAR Path Runs Straight Into a Ford Badge

IHRA’s Owner Claims Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Owes Him $570 Million — Racers Say He Still Owes Them, Too

Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team

Joe Gibbs Racing Backs Off Its Boldest Claim Against Chris Gabehart and Spire — Because It Couldn’t Prove It

Kimi Antonelli Is Running Away With the F1 Title. His Old Manager Just Took Him to Court Over It.

Tommy Baldwin Jr. Is Out at Rick Ware Racing, and He Broke the News on His Own Podcast

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