DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2024) — NASCAR announced Monday that Craig Stimmel has been hired to lead all sales efforts for the sanctioning body as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Stimmel will oversee all sales aspects for NASCAR, including premier partner and official partner categories, race entitlements, track partnerships […]
Brad Keselowski takes ‘natural next step’ with RFK Racing expansion for 2025
The NASCAR Cup Series’ return to the race track sits exactly two months away, when the season-opening Clash exhibition marks the unofficial kickoff of the 2025 campaign. For RFK Racing team co-owner Brad Keselowski, that in-between time won’t go idly by, not in what he’s characterized as a “really busy offseason.” The dawn of the […]
Max Verstappen accuses George Russell of ‘trying to screw me over’ at Qatar GP
- Verstappen: ‘For me, I lost all respect … I can’t stand that’
- Red Bull driver wins race after incident in qualifying
Max Verstappen issued a blunt condemnation of his fellow driver George Russell stating he had “lost all respect” for him after the pair were involved in an incident during qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix. Verstappen considered that Russell had tried to “screw me over” with the stewards and the pair exchanged words about it before the race at the Lusail circuit on Sunday.
Verstappen won the race in Qatar but afterwards his anger with Russell was direct. After qualifying Verstappen had been penalised for driving unnecessarily slowly and impeding Russell. Both drivers had been summoned to the stewards to give their sides of the incident and Russell’s behaviour had left Verstappen incensed.
Continue reading...Max Verstappen wins F1 Qatar GP after Norris penalty and puncture chaos
- Leclerc second, Piastri third as Norris finishes 10th
- Race director failed to remove debris from track
Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix for Red Bull with a commanding drive in a race notable for the controversy caused when the new FIA race director failed to deal with debris on track that gave two cars punctures. Charles Leclerc was second for Ferrari and Oscar Piastri third, while his McLaren teammate Lando Norris endured a torrid afternoon, relegated from second to the back of the grid for failing to slow under yellow flags, he came back to finish 10th.
The race had been very much a procession for the first half with Verstappen leading from Norris, the top ten largely circling line astern from one another a laborious exercise in tyre management.
Continue reading...Max Verstappen’s surprise Qatar F1 GP pole position overturned by stewards
- Champion penalised for ‘go slow’; George Russell on pole
- McLaren closing on team title after drought of 26 years
Max Verstappen endured exhilaration and then disappointment in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix, where he took pole position against the odds, his first since Austria in June, only to lose it more than three hours later. With the stewards having taken an exceedingly long look at an incident where he blocked Mercedes’ George Russell, they finally penalised the world champion by one grid place, promoting Russell to pole.
Verstappen appeared determined to close the season hard, having sealed his fourth title at the last round in Las Vegas but his superb lap in qualifying came to naught after a painfully long investigation.
Continue reading...My F1 critics don’t have a title-winning mentality, claims Max Verstappen
- World champion says he will maintain ruthless style
- Lando Norris takes pole for Saturday’s sprint race
Max Verstappen has defiantly dismissed criticism of his driving in the aftermath of winning his fourth Formula One world title in Las Vegas last weekend.
Speaking before this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate round, the Red Bull driver bullishly insisted he would not change his ruthless style, which has been both penalised and criticised.
Continue reading...F1 ‘running out of people’ says sacked race steward in rebuke to FIA president
- Long-time steward Tim Mayer says he was sacked by text
- Reveals meddling by president Mohammed ben Sulayem
The recently sacked FIA race steward Tim Mayer has delivered a stinging rebuke to Formula One’s governing body and the management of its president Mohammed ben Sulayem, with the FIA once again left reeling in the face of very public criticism.
Mayer, a race steward for 15 years, told the BBC in an interview he was sacked by text message on Tuesday and stated Ben Sulayem had involved himself in the decision-making process of the stewards, who are supposed to be independent.
Continue reading...Statistical leaders for 2024 NASCAR Cup season
A look at who ranked first in such categories as wins, stage wins and highest percentage of laps completed in 2024.
Noah Gragson, others dish on fraternity among young NASCAR drivers
On the track, Noah Gragson has no friends. Few are as aggressive as Gragson, the newest addition to Front Row Motorsports who just completed his first full NASCAR Cup Series season in Stewart-Haas Racing‘s No. 10 Ford. Off the track is a different story though. Once the helmets are off, the smoke settled and the […]
Christopher Bell-Kyle Larson dirt duels may return with JGR shift on drivers racing beyond NASCAR
Kyle Larson on Christopher Bell being allowed to race on dirt: “I think that’s great for the sport, NASCAR and grassroots racing. It’s exciting. "
Best of NASCAR Cup winless streaks snapped in 2024
From Ross Chastain to Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman to Brad Keselowski and more, relive the winless streaks that were snapped during the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Cadillac to become 11th team on Formula One grid in 2026 season
- GM-owned team will initially be powered by Ferrari
- Sport has enjoyed rapid growth in United States
Formula One is poised to have an 11th team on the grid in 2026 after Cadillac’s proposed entry was rubber-stamped by the sport’s bosses.
Cadillac, a division of American motoring giant General Motors, is expected to be powered by Ferrari before it develops its own engines.
Continue reading...Most drivers not named Joey Logano eager for some changes to NASCAR’s current playoff format
It seems everyone except champion Joey Logano is eager to see to a change to the NASCAR playoff format. Logano won his third Cup Series championship earlier this month, re-igniting the conversation about whether the current playoff format is the best way to determine a worthy champion. Logano wound up winning four races this season, but only had 13 top 10 finishes in 37 races and clearly didn’t have one of the best cars over the course of the season.
See some of the iconic moments for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 8
Relive some of the best moments from Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his famed No. 8 car after his race at Florence Motor Speedway this past weekend.
Martin Truex Jr.’s NASCAR Cup career — by the numbers
Martin Truex Jr. may not have won in 2024, but he bids farewell to full-time NASCAR Cup competition with Hall of Fame-worthy numbers.