Backfire Racing

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup Broc Feeney drives a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Mustang, the same team and chassis at the center of the 2026 Supercars restrictor controversy.

Broc Feeney drives a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Mustang, the same team and chassis at the center of the 2026 Supercars restrictor controversy.

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Matt Payne walked into Sunday at Queensland Raceway with the kind of lead that should never evaporate...

How Sprint Point Payouts Compare Across Racing Series

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Short-format sprint races have become a fixture across several major racing series, but the way points are...

IMCA Will Now Let You Legally Overbore a Broken Crate Engine — With Strings Attached

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

IMCA seals its 602 and 604 crate engines for a reason: nobody gets to bore, port, or...

Mercedes Swapped Cars Twice at Zandvoort — Ferrari Couldn’t Pull It Off Once

Johnny Puckett August 25, 2026

Lap 35 at Zandvoort, and Lewis Hamilton had just muscled his Ferrari past Oscar Piastri for fifth....

Mercedes Is Turning Kimi Antonelli’s Home Race Into a Championship Insurance Policy

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Toto Wolff confirmed this week that Kimi Antonelli will take a grid penalty at the Italian Grand...

Denny Hamlin Clinches NASCAR’s No. 1 Seed — And His Secret Isn’t Wins, It’s Never Having a Bad Day Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Denny Hamlin Clinches NASCAR’s No. 1 Seed — And His Secret Isn’t Wins, It’s Never Having a Bad Day

Kyle Matthews August 25, 2026

Denny Hamlin sealed the No. 1 seed for NASCAR’s 2026 Chase with a seventh-place run at New...

No. 33 Elantra Keeps Hyundai’s Podium Streak Alive at VIR, but the Real Story Is the Points Gap Behind It Preston Brown and Denis Dupont celebrate the No. 76 Hyundai Elantra N TCR win at Road America

Preston Brown and Denis Dupont celebrate the No. 76 Hyundai Elantra N TCR win at Road America

No. 33 Elantra Keeps Hyundai’s Podium Streak Alive at VIR, but the Real Story Is the Points Gap Behind It

Elle Puckett August 25, 2026

Mason Filippi and Bryson Morris did the thing Bryan Herta Autosport has made look routine in 2026:...

Austin Hill Reportedly Locks Up RCR’s No. 33 Through 2027 — A Ride He Never Auditioned For NASCAR driver Austin Hill smiling in a 1-800-PACK-RAT cap and RCR team shirt

NASCAR driver Austin Hill smiling in a 1-800-PACK-RAT cap and RCR team shirt

Austin Hill Reportedly Locks Up RCR’s No. 33 Through 2027 — A Ride He Never Auditioned For

Lauren Miller August 24, 2026

Austin Hill’s move into a full-time Cup ride was never part of anyone’s plan, which is what...

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated us a flag on pole under cloudy sky

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated

Johnny Puckett August 24, 2026

Kyle Kirkwood didn’t just win the first motor race ever staged around Washington D.C.’s National Mall on...

Disney+ Becomes Formula E’s Global Home — and Its Answer to Losing F1 Official Disney+, ESPN and Formula E logos with text "Stream Formula E beginning December 2026"

Official Disney+, ESPN and Formula E logos with text "Stream Formula E beginning December 2026"

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Disney+ Becomes Formula E’s Global Home — and Its Answer to Losing F1

Elle Puckett August 24, 2026

Ten months after Apple pried Formula 1’s U.S. broadcast rights away from ESPN, Disney has found its...

Backfire Racing

A 110-Point Cushion, an Electrical Fault, and the Six Laps That Cost Matt Payne the Sprint Cup

How Sprint Point Payouts Compare Across Racing Series

IMCA Will Now Let You Legally Overbore a Broken Crate Engine — With Strings Attached

Mercedes Swapped Cars Twice at Zandvoort — Ferrari Couldn’t Pull It Off Once

Mercedes Is Turning Kimi Antonelli’s Home Race Into a Championship Insurance Policy

Denny Hamlin Clinches NASCAR’s No. 1 Seed — And His Secret Isn’t Wins, It’s Never Having a Bad Day

No. 33 Elantra Keeps Hyundai’s Podium Streak Alive at VIR, but the Real Story Is the Points Gap Behind It

Austin Hill Reportedly Locks Up RCR’s No. 33 Through 2027 — A Ride He Never Auditioned For

Kyle Kirkwood Owns the National Mall, and Alex Palou’s Coronation Just Got Complicated

Disney+ Becomes Formula E’s Global Home — and Its Answer to Losing F1

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