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Michelin Le Mans Cup’s Spa Grid Has Nearly Quadrupled in a Decade. Here’s Why It Actually Works. LMP3 prototypes lead the field through Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps during a Michelin Le Mans Cup race. Image: Michelin Le Mans Cup / ACO

LMP3 prototypes lead the field through Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps during a Michelin Le Mans Cup race. Image: Michelin Le Mans Cup / ACO

Michelin Le Mans Cup’s Spa Grid Has Nearly Quadrupled in a Decade. Here’s Why It Actually Works.

Lauren Miller August 19, 2026

Ten years ago, when the Michelin Le Mans Cup first showed up at Spa-Francorchamps, twelve cars turned...

Pinnacle Financial Extends With 23XI Racing, Adding More Cup Series Races to Reddick’s 2027 Schedule Tyler Reddick's No. 45 Pinnacle Toyota doing a smoky burnout in victory celebration

Tyler Reddick's No. 45 Pinnacle Toyota doing a smoky burnout in victory celebration

Pinnacle Financial Extends With 23XI Racing, Adding More Cup Series Races to Reddick’s 2027 Schedule

Lauren Miller August 19, 2026

Tyler Reddick had a Pinnacle Financial Partners sponsorship before Pinnacle had anything to do with 23XI Racing....

Formula E Is Betting Its U.S. Future on Disney and a 600-Kilowatt Car 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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Formula E Is Betting Its U.S. Future on Disney and a 600-Kilowatt Car

Johnny Puckett August 19, 2026

While the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship spends this weekend deciding its twelfth title in London,...

Buemi’s Envision Exit Was a Calendar Decision Long Before It Was a Farewell Sebastien Buemi driving for Envision Racing at the 2025 Berlin E-Prix

Buemi’s Envision Exit Was a Calendar Decision Long Before It Was a Farewell

Lauren Miller August 19, 2026

Sebastien Buemi leaves Envision Racing after London. The GEN4 calendar, a Toyota Hypercar seat and a development...

INDYCAR’s D.C. Debut Just Got 22 Laps Longer — Here’s Why That’s the Real Story a group of racing cars driving down a race track

INDYCAR’s D.C. Debut Just Got 22 Laps Longer — Here’s Why That’s the Real Story

Lauren Miller August 19, 2026

On Sunday, August 23, INDYCAR does something it has never done in more than a century of...

The U.S. Nationals Isn’t Just Drag Racing’s Biggest Trophy — It’s the Regular Season’s Final Verdict Packed grandstands overlooking the drag strip at the NHRA U.S. Nationals

Packed grandstands overlooking the drag strip at the NHRA U.S. Nationals

The U.S. Nationals Isn’t Just Drag Racing’s Biggest Trophy — It’s the Regular Season’s Final Verdict

Johnny Puckett August 19, 2026

Every year, the NHRA regular season builds to the same date at the same track: Lucas Oil...

Monster Energy Bankrolls IHRA’s First Personal Watercraft World Cup at Lake Havasu a speed boat speeding across a lake with mountains in the background

a speed boat speeding across a lake with mountains in the background

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Monster Energy Bankrolls IHRA’s First Personal Watercraft World Cup at Lake Havasu

Shawn Henry August 19, 2026

IHRA has spent decades building its reputation on eighth-mile and quarter-mile pavement, so it’s a little disorienting...

Isack Hadjar’s Wrist Injury Just Triggered a Three-Team Driver Shuffle at Zandvoort Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Isack Hadjar’s Wrist Injury Just Triggered a Three-Team Driver Shuffle at Zandvoort

Lauren Miller August 19, 2026

Isack Hadjar won’t be racing this weekend, and the fallout runs through two Red Bull-owned teams at...

Maple Grove Raceway Closes Overnight — And the Money Trail Leads Right Back to IHRA’s Data-Center Lawsuit Official Maple Grove Raceway closure announcement posted to the track's Facebook page

Official Maple Grove Raceway closure announcement posted to the track's Facebook page

Maple Grove Raceway Closes Overnight — And the Money Trail Leads Right Back to IHRA’s Data-Center Lawsuit

Elle Puckett August 18, 2026

Maple Grove Raceway didn’t get a slow fade to black. On August 17, the Pennsylvania dragstrip posted...

Pascal Wehrlein Becomes a Two-Time Formula E Champion Without Scoring a Point in the Finale Pascal Wehrlein celebrates on the podium after clinching his second Formula E Drivers' World Championship at the London E-Prix

Pascal Wehrlein celebrates on the podium after clinching his second Formula E Drivers' World Championship at the London E-Prix

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Pascal Wehrlein Becomes a Two-Time Formula E Champion Without Scoring a Point in the Finale

Elle Puckett August 18, 2026

Pascal Wehrlein won the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ World Championship on Sunday in London by...

Backfire Racing

Michelin Le Mans Cup’s Spa Grid Has Nearly Quadrupled in a Decade. Here’s Why It Actually Works.

Pinnacle Financial Extends With 23XI Racing, Adding More Cup Series Races to Reddick’s 2027 Schedule

Formula E Is Betting Its U.S. Future on Disney and a 600-Kilowatt Car

Buemi’s Envision Exit Was a Calendar Decision Long Before It Was a Farewell

INDYCAR’s D.C. Debut Just Got 22 Laps Longer — Here’s Why That’s the Real Story

The U.S. Nationals Isn’t Just Drag Racing’s Biggest Trophy — It’s the Regular Season’s Final Verdict

Monster Energy Bankrolls IHRA’s First Personal Watercraft World Cup at Lake Havasu

Isack Hadjar’s Wrist Injury Just Triggered a Three-Team Driver Shuffle at Zandvoort

Maple Grove Raceway Closes Overnight — And the Money Trail Leads Right Back to IHRA’s Data-Center Lawsuit

Pascal Wehrlein Becomes a Two-Time Formula E Champion Without Scoring a Point in the Finale

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