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NASCAR’s 2027 San Diego Return Is a Series Shorter — and the Trucks Had That Weekend Free U.S. Navy sailors watch a NASCAR race from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California

U.S. Navy sailors watch a NASCAR race from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California

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NASCAR’s 2027 San Diego Return Is a Series Shorter — and the Trucks Had That Weekend Free

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

NASCAR returns to Naval Base Coronado on July 30-August 1, 2027 with Cup and the O’Reilly Auto...

F1 Spanish GP Qualifying: Norris Snatches Madring Pole From Antonelli by 0.011s

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Lando Norris edged championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 0.011s to take pole for Formula 1's first Spanish...

Hamilton Crashed at Madring. Driving Away From It Is the Bigger Problem. 2026_Chinese_GP_-_Ferrari_-_Lewis_Hamilton_-_Qualifying

Hamilton Crashed at Madring. Driving Away From It Is the Bigger Problem.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Hamilton red-flagged FP3 at Madring with front-wing damage, then drove on with the wing trapped under the...

Racing Round Up To Start Your Day orange and black lamborghini aventador

Racing Round Up To Start Your Day

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Good morning, and welcome back to the grid. Here’s everything that crossed the wire at Backfire Racing...

Subaru’s Overmountain Fill-In for Pastrana Isn’t a Downgrade — the Entry List Says So A car driving down a dirt road next to a forest

Subaru’s Overmountain Fill-In for Pastrana Isn’t a Downgrade — the Entry List Says So

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

When Subaru Motorsports USA needed a stand-in for the injured Travis Pastrana at Overmountain Rally Tennessee, it...

Alonso Said Yes to WEC. Here’s What He’d Actually Be Signing Up For. Fernando Alonso driving the Aston Martin Aramco F1 car at the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

Fernando Alonso driving the Aston Martin Aramco F1 car at the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

Alonso Said Yes to WEC. Here’s What He’d Actually Be Signing Up For.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Everyone fixated on the one-word answer. Ask Fernando Alonso in Madrid on Thursday whether a World Endurance...

Have This With Your Coffee: Today’s Stories from Backfire Racing – September 12, 2026

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Sixteen stories from Backfire Racing on September 12, 2026: Norris’ Madring pole, Hamilton’s FP3 crash, Spire’s answer...

Porsche Penske’s BoP Complaint Has a Problem: Its Own Customer Team Keeps Winning a white sports car driving down a race track

Porsche Penske’s BoP Complaint Has a Problem: Its Own Customer Team Keeps Winning

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Thomas Laudenbach and Jonathan Diuguid spent part of Thursday’s media call explaining why Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Porsche...

Shaun Torrente Won the Last ROAR Offshore in 2021. Now He Owns the Whole Event. A lone boat leaves a wake on the teal water

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Shaun Torrente Won the Last ROAR Offshore in 2021. Now He Owns the Whole Event.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Shaun Torrente won the last ROAR Offshore held on Fort Myers Beach. That was 2021, when his...

WRC’s Cut-Price Way Into 2027 Is Ready. Hyundai Still Isn’t. Hyundai i20 N Rally2 car racing on a gravel rally stage

WRC’s Cut-Price Way Into 2027 Is Ready. Hyundai Still Isn’t.

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Andrew Wheatley has been talking about Hyundai’s World Rally Championship future for longer than it usually takes...

Backfire Racing

NASCAR’s 2027 San Diego Return Is a Series Shorter — and the Trucks Had That Weekend Free

F1 Spanish GP Qualifying: Norris Snatches Madring Pole From Antonelli by 0.011s

Hamilton Crashed at Madring. Driving Away From It Is the Bigger Problem.

Racing Round Up To Start Your Day

Subaru’s Overmountain Fill-In for Pastrana Isn’t a Downgrade — the Entry List Says So

Alonso Said Yes to WEC. Here’s What He’d Actually Be Signing Up For.

Have This With Your Coffee: Today’s Stories from Backfire Racing – September 12, 2026

Porsche Penske’s BoP Complaint Has a Problem: Its Own Customer Team Keeps Winning

Shaun Torrente Won the Last ROAR Offshore in 2021. Now He Owns the Whole Event.

WRC’s Cut-Price Way Into 2027 Is Ready. Hyundai Still Isn’t.

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