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A Guide to the Major Styles of Automotive Racing Race cars speeding around a track during a race

Race cars speeding around a track during a race

A Guide to the Major Styles of Automotive Racing

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

Motorsport isn’t one sport — it’s a family of very different disciplines, each with its own cars,...

What Rally Co-Drivers Know About Giving Instructions That Actually Land A blue rally car speeding on a dirt track

A blue rally car speeding on a dirt track

What Rally Co-Drivers Know About Giving Instructions That Actually Land

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

Everyone focuses on the driver in a rally car, but the person doing the hardest cognitive work...

Conor Daly’s Full-Time Return Is the Feel-Good Story. The Charter Math Is the Real One. Aerial view of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 and the base for Indianapolis-area team Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Aerial view of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 and the base for Indianapolis-area team Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Conor Daly’s Full-Time Return Is the Feel-Good Story. The Charter Math Is the Real One.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Every offseason, IndyCar fans want to argue about the same handful of names: can anyone dethrone Alex...

Matt Hagan Locked Up Funny Car’s Regular-Season Title Before He Ever Raced for the Wally Aerial view of a drag strip at night

Aerial view of a drag strip at night

Matt Hagan Locked Up Funny Car’s Regular-Season Title Before He Ever Raced for the Wally

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

At Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Labor Day, the round that actually decided Funny Car’s regular...

Three Finals at the JEGS SPORTSnationals Were Decided Before Anyone Reached the Stripe A brightly lit drag strip at night with spectators

A brightly lit drag strip at night with spectators

Three Finals at the JEGS SPORTSnationals Were Decided Before Anyone Reached the Stripe

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

The NHRA JEGS SPORTSnationals wrapped up at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with eight...

Hamilton Leads Leclerc by 36 Points. Ferrari Still Isn’t Picking a Number One. Close-up of a Ferrari Formula 1 car's front nose and halo

Close-up of a Ferrari Formula 1 car's front nose and halo

Hamilton Leads Leclerc by 36 Points. Ferrari Still Isn’t Picking a Number One.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Two Ferraris ran out of road at Monza’s second chicane last weekend, and only one of them...

How to Follow Directions Like a Rally Car Driver Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 car on a rally stage

Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 car on a rally stage

How to Follow Directions Like a Rally Car Driver

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

A rally co-driver reads directions to a driver moving close to 100 miles an hour on a...

Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Formula 1 shows up in Madrid this weekend with a paddock full of unknowns. The Madring is...

How Sponsorship Deals Work in Motorsport

How Sponsorship Deals Work in Motorsport

How Sponsorship Deals Work in Motorsport

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Racing is an expensive sport, and very little of it is funded by ticket sales or broadcast...

A Five-Second Penalty and a Dead AC Unit Decided Aston Martin’s Home Win at COTA Mattia Drudi celebrates from the cockpit of the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo after winning the LMGT3 class at the 2026 Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas.

Mattia Drudi celebrates from the cockpit of the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo after winning the LMGT3 class at the 2026 Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas.

A Five-Second Penalty and a Dead AC Unit Decided Aston Martin’s Home Win at COTA

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

Heart of Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage didn’t win the Lone Star Le Mans by being the fastest...