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Supercars’ 37 Percent Rule Needs Fixing. The Obvious Fix Wouldn’t Have Saved Blanchard. Touring cars lined up in the pit lane before a race

Touring cars lined up in the pit lane before a race

Supercars’ 37 Percent Rule Needs Fixing. The Obvious Fix Wouldn’t Have Saved Blanchard.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

A time-certain finish took six laps off The Bend 500 and two Mustangs off the result sheet....

IMSA’s New Mobile Game Mode Isn’t Trying to Simulate Racing. It’s Trying to Find Fans. Official Asphalt Legends x IMSA artwork showing a prototype and GT race car for the new IMSA Endurance Mode Spotlight game mode.

Official Asphalt Legends x IMSA artwork showing a prototype and GT race car for the new IMSA Endurance Mode Spotlight game mode.

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IMSA’s New Mobile Game Mode Isn’t Trying to Simulate Racing. It’s Trying to Find Fans.

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

Starting September 15, players teaming up in Asphalt Legends can grab a Prototype or GT car, link...

Acura’s Farewell Livery Shows Up on the One Car Still Racing for a Championship preview-928x522

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Acura’s Farewell Livery Shows Up on the One Car Still Racing for a Championship

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

On Sunday, Meyer Shank Racing will roll the No. 93 Acura ARX-06 off pit lane at Indianapolis...

Today in Motorsport History, September 17: Mercedes’ Tourist Trophy Sweep Became Its Last Win for Three Decades Dun201

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Today in Motorsport History, September 17: Mercedes’ Tourist Trophy Sweep Became Its Last Win for Three Decades

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

On September 17, 1955 — his 26th birthday — Stirling Moss and American co-driver John Fitch won...

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point. Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

Vintage liveried Porsche 911 racing on a road course, similar to the classic cars competing in HSR's Classic 10 Hour at Road Atlanta

The HSR Classic 10 Hour Isn’t Ten Hours of Racing. Splitting It Up Is the Whole Point.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta hosts the second running of the HSR Classic 10 Hour presented by Mission...

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

Side detail of the McLaren MCL-HY livery reading F1 GTR alongside the names Lehto, Dalmas and Sekiya, the drivers who won Le Mans for McLaren in 1995

McLaren’s 2027 Calendar Just Solved the One Problem Standing Between Lando Norris and Le Mans

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Zak Brown didn’t need many words to set off a fresh round of “will he, won’t he.”...

Today’s Stories in Racing – September 15, 2026 Close-up of a Formula 1 front wheel, tyre and brake assembly on a race car

Close-up of a Formula 1 front wheel, tyre and brake assembly on a race car

Today’s Stories in Racing – September 15, 2026

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Twelve stories from Backfire Racing on September 15, 2026: Verstappen's retirement scare, Norris's Madrid loss, and Chip...

Ford’s Veterans Day Classic Puts F1, NASCAR and Hollywood in the Same $146,595 Mustang

Ford’s Veterans Day Classic Puts F1, NASCAR and Hollywood in the Same $146,595 Mustang

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

Ford picked an unusual way to make a point about parity: hand its biggest names the same...

Toyota’s GR Supra Won Four Races This Season. Eighth in the Standings Tells the Real Story Chaz Mostert's #1 Toyota GR Supra Supercar leads through the spray at The Bend during the wet AirTouch 500

Chaz Mostert's #1 Toyota GR Supra Supercar leads through the spray at The Bend during the wet AirTouch 500

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Toyota’s GR Supra Won Four Races This Season. Eighth in the Standings Tells the Real Story

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Chaz Mostert and Fabian Coulthard’s win in the AirTouch 500 at The Bend was Toyota’s fourth Supercars...

The 185-Point Gap Acura Has to Close at Indianapolis, With Only Two Races Left preview-928x522

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The 185-Point Gap Acura Has to Close at Indianapolis, With Only Two Races Left

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Acura’s GTP program rolls into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course this weekend carrying one number that...