Kyle Matthews, Author at Backfire Racing

Mercedes’ 652 Points Locked the Constructors’ Title With Three Races Still to Run Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell running nose to tail at the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix

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Mercedes’ 652 Points Locked the Constructors’ Title With Three Races Still to Run

Kyle Matthews November 13, 2026

Mercedes clinched the 2026 F1 constructors’ title with 652 points and three races left. Here is what...

Bagnaia’s Plated Foot, Márquez’s Two-Point Sprint and F1’s Race for Runner-Up Algarve International Circuit at Portimão, Portugal, where the MotoGP title can be decided on Nov. 21

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Bagnaia’s Plated Foot, Márquez’s Two-Point Sprint and F1’s Race for Runner-Up

Kyle Matthews November 13, 2026

No F1, MotoGP or NASCAR on track Nov. 13. Bagnaia’s foot, Márquez’s Portimão match point and F1’s...

Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year Ryan Blaney's Cup Series Ford at the 2026 Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas

Ryan Blaney's Cup Series Ford at the 2026 Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas

Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Blaney's fall cost Ford a headline, not a result. The real test at Daytona was how deep...

Kyle Busch Finally Wins NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, and the Ballot Only Opened Up When Elliott Stepped Aside

Kyle Matthews November 13, 2026

Kyle Busch won 63 Cup races, two championships and a record 234 wins across NASCAR’s three national...

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game Gabriel Bortoleto's silver and red Audi Formula 1 car passing a trackside wall during the 2026 race at Sepang

Gabriel Bortoleto's silver and red Audi Formula 1 car passing a trackside wall during the 2026 race at Sepang

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

No series is on track until Nov. 19. Here is what the paddock is waiting on: F1's...

ECR Is Spending ‘Significant’ Money on a Simulator for a Car That Won’t Race Until 2028 Rendered lineup of three Dynisma driving simulators on illuminated circular platforms in a dark studio

Rendered lineup of three Dynisma driving simulators on illuminated circular platforms in a dark studio

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ECR Is Spending ‘Significant’ Money on a Simulator for a Car That Won’t Race Until 2028

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

ECR will install a Dynisma DMG-1 simulator in Indianapolis in 2027, a year ahead of the IR-28’s...

Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday The No. 25 Kaulig Racing Ram 1500 truck

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Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Six days, three announcements. Dodge is coming back to the Cup Series with Kaulig Racing. Ryan Preece...

Stat of the Day: One Point Separates Russell and Hamilton for Third in F1’s Standings George Russell driving the number 63 Mercedes at the 2025 Imola Grand Prix

George Russell driving the number 63 Mercedes at the 2025 Imola Grand Prix

Stat of the Day: One Point Separates Russell and Hamilton for Third in F1’s Standings

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Russell has 262 points, Hamilton 261. One point splits third in the 2026 F1 standings, and Verstappen...

Wildcard Weekends Don’t Make Drivers. Here’s What Fluxa Cross and Farfus Actually Prove The Sphere in Las Vegas with Formula 1 grandstands built beside it before a race

The Sphere in Las Vegas with Formula 1 grandstands built beside it before a race

Wildcard Weekends Don’t Make Drivers. Here’s What Fluxa Cross and Farfus Actually Prove

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Luna Fluxa Cross’s F1 Academy wildcard and Vicky Farfus’s Interlagos podiums are small samples. Here’s how to...

Toyota Didn’t Just Revive the Celica for WRC 2027. It Built a Two-Car Experiment 1979 Toyota Celica 2000GT RA45 Group 4

Toyota Didn’t Just Revive the Celica for WRC 2027. It Built a Two-Car Experiment

Kyle Matthews November 12, 2026

Toyota's GR Celica and GR Yaris race as equals in WRC 2027. The two-team split matters more...

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Mercedes’ 652 Points Locked the Constructors’ Title With Three Races Still to Run

Bagnaia’s Plated Foot, Márquez’s Two-Point Sprint and F1’s Race for Runner-Up

Three Days After Winning Homestead, Ryan Blaney Was Skipping Ford’s Biggest Night of the Year

Kyle Busch Finally Wins NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, and the Ballot Only Opened Up When Elliott Stepped Aside

Nothing’s on Track Until Nov. 19. F1’s Gulf Finale, Márquez’s Match Point and Red Bull’s Zero Are the Waiting Game

ECR Is Spending ‘Significant’ Money on a Simulator for a Car That Won’t Race Until 2028

Dodge Is Back in NASCAR After 14 Years. Owner Points Just Became the Part That Matters on a Rainy Saturday

Stat of the Day: One Point Separates Russell and Hamilton for Third in F1’s Standings

Wildcard Weekends Don’t Make Drivers. Here’s What Fluxa Cross and Farfus Actually Prove

Toyota Didn’t Just Revive the Celica for WRC 2027. It Built a Two-Car Experiment

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