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Derek Bell Turns 85, and Group C’s Fuel Formula Explains Why He Won So Much Derek Bell racing a white and red Group C prototype with its headlights on during the 2012 Le Mans Group C support race

Derek Bell racing a white and red Group C prototype with its headlights on during the 2012 Le Mans Group C support race

Derek Bell Turns 85, and Group C’s Fuel Formula Explains Why He Won So Much

Kyle Matthews October 29, 2026

Porsche calls Derek Bell calm and consistent. Group C’s fuel rules explain why that was the fastest...

Italy’s 73-Year F1 Title Wait Is Set to End in a Mercedes, Not a Ferrari Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Italy’s 73-Year F1 Title Wait Is Set to End in a Mercedes, Not a Ferrari

EL Puckett October 29, 2026

Italy’s 73-year wait for a Formula 1 world champion is about to end, and the car it...

Porsche Has Only Promised IMSA One Season at a Time. That Is Penske’s Real Problem

EL Puckett October 28, 2026

Porsche has not said it is leaving IMSA. What it has done, over the past year, is...

The Fourth Biffle Lawsuit Blames Cost-Cutting. The Harder Question Is Who Was in the Right Seat Photo: SSG Helen Miller, U.S. Army National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Photo: SSG Helen Miller, U.S. Army National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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The Fourth Biffle Lawsuit Blames Cost-Cutting. The Harder Question Is Who Was in the Right Seat

EL Puckett October 28, 2026

The headline in the fourth wrongful-death suit over Greg Biffle’s December crash is that he allegedly saved...

GM’s Mid-Season Swap Gave Murray a Two-Year Deal and Hughes an Audition Anton De Pasquale's Chevrolet Camaro Supercar on track at the Adelaide Grand Final

Anton De Pasquale's Chevrolet Camaro Supercar on track at the Adelaide Grand Final

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GM’s Mid-Season Swap Gave Murray a Two-Year Deal and Hughes an Audition

EL Puckett October 28, 2026

When General Motors rearranged two Camaros in the middle of the Finals run-in, the easy read was...

The Plaid That Topped Willow Springs Is a Race Car in a Sedan’s Coat a black and white photo of a motorcycle helmet

The Plaid That Topped Willow Springs Is a Race Car in a Sedan’s Coat

Johnny Puckett October 28, 2026

Everyone will tell you a Tesla family sedan just humbled a field of hypercars at Willow Springs....

The Wadsworth Suit Gives the Biffle Crash a Motive. The NTSB File Only Has a Seating Chart Image: Ford Racing/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

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The Wadsworth Suit Gives the Biffle Crash a Motive. The NTSB File Only Has a Seating Chart

EL Puckett October 28, 2026

Craig Wadsworth's estate says cost drove an unqualified co-pilot into Biffle's jet. The NTSB file documents the...

JGR’s Gabehart Suit Is Now Running on the Judge’s Clock, and the Warning Came With It Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota after the team's first ARCA Series win at Daytona in 2026

Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota after the team's first ARCA Series win at Daytona in 2026

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JGR’s Gabehart Suit Is Now Running on the Judge’s Clock, and the Warning Came With It

EL Puckett October 28, 2026

Judge warns JGR over filings made without leave, sets Dec. 15 hearing and keeps Gabehart-Spire suit on...

Larson Won Talladega on a Painted Line. NASCAR’s Wallace Precedent Is Why It Matters Kyle Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Kyle Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Larson Won Talladega on a Painted Line. NASCAR’s Wallace Precedent Is Why It Matters

Kyle Matthews October 28, 2026

NASCAR says Larson never went below the yellow line at Talladega. Here's why the Wallace precedent makes...

Cadillac Re-Signed Perez for 2029, Not for Points. Here’s the Bet Sergio Perez in the Cadillac MAC-26 during qualifying for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Sergio Perez in the Cadillac MAC-26 during qualifying for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Cadillac Re-Signed Perez for 2029, Not for Points. Here’s the Bet

Kyle Matthews October 28, 2026

Cadillac is last in the standings with zero points, yet it locked in Sergio Pérez until at...

Backfire Racing

Derek Bell Turns 85, and Group C’s Fuel Formula Explains Why He Won So Much

Italy’s 73-Year F1 Title Wait Is Set to End in a Mercedes, Not a Ferrari

Porsche Has Only Promised IMSA One Season at a Time. That Is Penske’s Real Problem

The Fourth Biffle Lawsuit Blames Cost-Cutting. The Harder Question Is Who Was in the Right Seat

GM’s Mid-Season Swap Gave Murray a Two-Year Deal and Hughes an Audition

The Plaid That Topped Willow Springs Is a Race Car in a Sedan’s Coat

The Wadsworth Suit Gives the Biffle Crash a Motive. The NTSB File Only Has a Seating Chart

JGR’s Gabehart Suit Is Now Running on the Judge’s Clock, and the Warning Came With It

Larson Won Talladega on a Painted Line. NASCAR’s Wallace Precedent Is Why It Matters

Cadillac Re-Signed Perez for 2029, Not for Points. Here’s the Bet

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