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Verstappen’s Closest Call Wasn’t McLaren — It Was Retirement Photo: Lukas Raich, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Verstappen’s Closest Call Wasn’t McLaren — It Was Retirement

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

When Red Bull announced in August that Max Verstappen had scrapped the final two years of his...

Bristol’s Truck Chase Opener: 37 Trucks, 10 Real Contenders, and a Point Lead Built for Trouble

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Thirty-seven trucks will take the green flag at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday night for the UNOH...

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get. Photo by Gabriel Sanchez via Unsplash.

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get.

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

No statement, no filing, no named buyer. But the structure behind the Pro Motocross Championship explains what...

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get. Photo by Alina Rubo via Unsplash.

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get.

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

No statement, no filing, no buyer. But the corporate structure behind the Pro Motocross Championship explains what...

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700. Photo by Rico Reynaldi via Unsplash.

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700.

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Gen4 can harvest more power than it deploys. That single inversion explains the permanent all-wheel drive, the...

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care. photo by Jonathan Borba via Pexels.

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care.

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

The stewards charged Carlos Sainz under the braking-zone article, not the collision one. That choice made his...

The 185-Point Gap Acura Has to Close at Indianapolis, With Only Two Races Left 2023 Acura ARX 06 Daytona (cropped)

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

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

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

Chip Romer, SCCA Champion Who Lived a Double Life at 195 MPH, Dies in Lake Havasu Boat Crash

EL Puckett October 20, 2026

Chip Romer spent his life switching between two of the least forgiving speed disciplines in the country,...

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch Photo by Chris Kursikowski on Unsplash.

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

On September 15, 1985, Ayrton Senna led all 43 laps of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps...

Have This With Your Coffee: Today’s Stories from Backfire Racing – September 14, 2026

Lauren Miller October 21, 2026

Fourteen stories from Backfire Racing on September 14, 2026: Toyota’s tenth WRC title, Alonso on WEC, NASCAR’s...

Backfire Racing

Verstappen’s Closest Call Wasn’t McLaren — It Was Retirement

Bristol’s Truck Chase Opener: 37 Trucks, 10 Real Contenders, and a Point Lead Built for Trouble

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get.

Nobody Has Confirmed a Pro Motocross Sale. Here’s What a Buyer Would Actually Get.

Formula E’s Gen4 Makes 800 HP. The Number That Actually Matters Is 700.

Sainz Says Two Cars Don’t Fit at Madrid’s Turn 5. The Rule He Broke Doesn’t Care.

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

Chip Romer, SCCA Champion Who Lived a Double Life at 195 MPH, Dies in Lake Havasu Boat Crash

Today in Motorsport History, September 15: Spa Tore Up Its Own Racetrack, and Senna Won the Rematch

Have This With Your Coffee: Today’s Stories from Backfire Racing – September 14, 2026

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