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Kelby Watt’s Four-Race Suspension Wasn’t About One Tire. It Was About Proving the Rulebook Has Teeth. Photo by Diana Orey on Pexels.com

Kelby Watt’s Four-Race Suspension Wasn’t About One Tire. It Was About Proving the Rulebook Has Teeth.

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

A left rear tire doesn’t usually end a race weekend after the checkered flag falls, but that’s...

The Bend’s Short Circuit Returns After Six Years, and Turn 6 Is Already Winning Image: Milan Csizmadia/Unsplash

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The Bend’s Short Circuit Returns After Six Years, and Turn 6 Is Already Winning

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Supercars hasn’t turned a wheel on The Bend’s West Circuit since 2020, and Friday’s opening practice for...

Harrison Voight Steps Into Liberty St. Yamaha’s COTA Seat With a Title Already in Hand

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Liberty St. Yamaha Racing needed a fill-in rider for Circuit of the Americas, and instead of scrambling...

Antonelli Tops FP2 for Mercedes at Madring as Lindblad Red Flag Halts Session Photo by Jonathan Borba on Pexels.com

Antonelli Tops FP2 for Mercedes at Madring as Lindblad Red Flag Halts Session

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Kimi Antonelli set the pace in second practice at Formula 1's new Madring circuit, edging the two...

Lindblad’s Heavy Crash Brings Out Red Flag in Madring’s FP2 Image: Kamaruld Salleh/Unsplash

Lindblad’s Heavy Crash Brings Out Red Flag in Madring’s FP2

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Arvid Lindblad crashed heavily at Turn 13 in FP2 at the new Madring circuit, bringing out a...

Russell Fastest as Formula 1 Makes First Laps at Madrid’s New Madring Circuit Image: Liauzh/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Russell Fastest as Formula 1 Makes First Laps at Madrid’s New Madring Circuit

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

George Russell topped Free Practice 1 for the Spanish Grand Prix, leading Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli...

Kyle Larson’s Kyle Busch Tribute Livery at Las Vegas Is About More Than a Throwback

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Hendrick Motorsports pulled the wraps off Kyle Larson’s paint scheme for Las Vegas this week, and it...

Norris Admits McLaren Isn’t Good Everywhere. Madring’s Banking Might Say Otherwise. Photo by Jonathan Borba / Pexels.

Norris Admits McLaren Isn’t Good Everywhere. Madring’s Banking Might Say Otherwise.

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Lando Norris did the championship math out loud on Thursday in Madrid, and he did not flatter...

Why Alonso Isn’t Rushing His Next Move — and Why Aston Martin Shouldn’t Want Him To

Lauren Miller October 20, 2026

Every September, some corner of the F1 press pack tries to manufacture a cliffhanger out of Fernando...

Spire Motorsports Signs Nick Hoffman to Run Its Dirt Late Model Program Full Time Starting in 2027

Kyle Matthews October 20, 2026

Carson Hocevar has had an unofficial dirt racing coach for a while now, and on September 10,...

Backfire Racing

Kelby Watt’s Four-Race Suspension Wasn’t About One Tire. It Was About Proving the Rulebook Has Teeth.

The Bend’s Short Circuit Returns After Six Years, and Turn 6 Is Already Winning

Harrison Voight Steps Into Liberty St. Yamaha’s COTA Seat With a Title Already in Hand

Antonelli Tops FP2 for Mercedes at Madring as Lindblad Red Flag Halts Session

Lindblad’s Heavy Crash Brings Out Red Flag in Madring’s FP2

Russell Fastest as Formula 1 Makes First Laps at Madrid’s New Madring Circuit

Kyle Larson’s Kyle Busch Tribute Livery at Las Vegas Is About More Than a Throwback

Norris Admits McLaren Isn’t Good Everywhere. Madring’s Banking Might Say Otherwise.

Why Alonso Isn’t Rushing His Next Move — and Why Aston Martin Shouldn’t Want Him To

Spire Motorsports Signs Nick Hoffman to Run Its Dirt Late Model Program Full Time Starting in 2027

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