Josh Berry eliminated from playoffs with fiery early exit at Bristol

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

“I think if you would have asked the entire garage area, if anyone says they expected that going in, they're lying to you.”That is how Chris Gayle, crew chief of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 and driver Denny Hamlin articulated the expectation versus the reality when it came to the tire wear projections from Friday to Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.His teammate, Adam Stevens, won the ...Keep reading

Austin Cindric had an eventful journey on his way to the Round of 12. He entered the cutoff race on the hot seat, holding the 12th and final transfer spot with just 11 points between himself and his closest challenger.However, he made the most of a great qualifying effort, scoring five stage points and running in the front half of the field for most of the race.However, with about 45 laps ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen has had an incredible rookie season, thanks to his natural skill on road courses. He has visited Victory Lane four times, locked up Rookie of the Year honors early and made the playoffs.Unfortunately, despite 22 playoff points, he was not able to advance beyond the first round. The New Zealander finished 32nd in the Southern 500 at Darlington, followed by a 25th place ...Keep reading

Chase Elliot 's NASCAR Cup race at at Bristol came to an abrupt end after 311 laps of racing. After getting shuffled out of line, he tried to get back down to the bottom as John Hunter Nemechek rapidly closed in.Contact was made and Elliott's No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet careened into the outside wall, ending his race in an instant. It was just Elliott's second DNF of the entire ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell completed a sweep of the Round of 16 for Joe Gibbs Racing in the 500-lap event at Bristol Motor Speedway, which each of the team's three playoff drivers winning a race this round.It was Bell's fourth win of the year, but his first since Phoenix Raceway in early March. It also follows a race at Gateway when he expressed frustration with his team for not being able to get ...Keep reading

The Round of 16 is complete, and Joe Gibbs Racing swept the entire round with three different drivers. Chase Briscoe won the playoff opener at Darlington, followed by Denny Hamlin at Gateway, but on Saturday night, Christopher Bell came out of nowhere to steal the win.Bell made a three-wide pass for the lead on a restart with four laps to go, held on despite Brad Keselowski trying to ship him ...Keep reading

As the first four drivers were eliminated the 2025 NASCAR Cup playoffs, Christopher Bell made a three-wide pass for the win to continue Joe Gibbs Racing's dominance in the playoffs.On the final restart, while Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar slid up the track on older tires, Bell shot the gap and snatched the lead away with just four laps to go. Brad Keselowski ran him down and slammed into the ...Keep reading

The playoff elimination race at Bristol has been all about tire management, just as Goodyear promised it would be. While teams didn't see much falloff in practice, the cooler temperatures at night have created a chaotic race as tires are cording within 50 laps.But this is exactly what Goodyear intended, as they have finally succeeded in recreating the extreme tire wear that made the 2024 ...Keep reading

Stewards have issued the Rally Chile organiser with a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand, following a safety breach that resulted in a vehicle driving on a stage in the opposite direction.According to a stewards report, an unauthorised vehicle entered stage seven on Saturday morning. The unauthorized vehicle passed through the flying finish travelling in the reverse direction of the ...Keep reading

Stewards have issued the Rally Chile organiser with a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand, following a safety breach that resulted in a vehicle driving on a stage in the opposite direction.According to a stewards report, an unauthorised vehicle entered stage seven on Saturday morning. The unauthorized vehicle passed through the flying finish travelling in the reverse direction of the ...Keep reading

Stewards have issued the Rally Chile organiser with a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand, following a safety breach that resulted in a vehicle driving on a stage in the opposite direction.According to a stewards report, an unauthorised vehicle entered stage seven on Saturday morning. The unauthorized vehicle passed through the flying finish travelling in the reverse direction of the ...Keep reading

There is a bit of a tradition for NASCAR's annual late-summer Saturday night race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Before the 500 laps of racing, each of the competitors walk out in driver introductions to a song of their choice. It's served to create some humorous moments over the years, as well as some infamous one like when Brad Keselowski walked out to AC/DC's 'For Those About To Rock' in 2010 ...Keep reading

Sébastien Ogier opened up a 6.3s lead over World Rally Championship title rival Elfyn Evans heading into the final four stages of Rally Chile, as Hyundai’s victory charge faded on Saturday.Eight-time world champion Ogier started Saturday just 2.3s off the lead in third, but dropped to as low as fourth after being too cautious in wet conditions that plagued the morning stages.However ...Keep reading

Sébastien Ogier opened up a 6.3s lead over World Rally Championship title rival Elfyn Evans heading into the final four stages of Rally Chile, as Hyundai’s victory charge faded on Saturday.Eight-time world champion Ogier started Saturday just 2.3s off the lead in third, but dropped to as low as fourth after being too cautious in wet conditions that plagued the morning stages.However ...Keep reading

For Max Verstappen, this weekend was all about earning a DMSB Permit A, the licence drivers need to compete on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in top-level cars, including the GT3 class. The reigning Formula 1 World Champion reported to the track on Friday to sit through a theory exam, which enabled him to take part in the seventh round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken Series (NLS) on ...Keep reading

In a Friday night legal filing, the latest development in the 23XI and Front Row Motorsport v. NASCAR antitrust dispute, the two teams are asking the court to issue a ‘summary judgment on the countersuit by the Sanctioning Body or make it a separate case and trial.NASCAR filed a counterclaim against the two teams in March with allegations of anticompetitive behavior in violation of antitrust ...Keep reading

For Max Verstappen, this weekend was all about earning a DMSB Permit A, the licence drivers need to compete on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in top-level cars, including the GT3 class. The reigning Formula 1 World Champion reported to the track on Friday to sit through a theory exam, which enabled him to take part in the seventh round of the Nürburgring Langstrecken Series (NLS) on ...Keep reading