NASCAR's decision sends William Byron to title race, while Christopher Bell is eliminated.
NASCAR explains decision against Bell that sends Byron to championship race
NASCAR dropped Christopher Bell from 18th to 22nd for riding against the wall on the final lap at Martinsville.
What drivers said after 2024 Martinsville NASCAR Cup playoff race won by Ryan Blaney
Here is what drivers were talking about after Sunday's controversial finish.
When is the NASCAR Championship Race? What to know about the 2024 Cup Series finale
The final four competitors are now set, and NASCAR is just one week away from crowning the 2024 Cup Series champion. Here's what you need to know.
NASCAR’s controversy at Martinsville showed why its playoff system needs to be overhauled or ditched entirely
NASCAR is no longer competing with the NFL for eyeballs. It's time to reward a champion in a much fairer way.
Results, points, Championship 4 field set after NASCAR 2024 Cup playoff race at Martinsville Speedway
Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney and William Byron will race for the 2024 Cup title.
Australia’s Jack Miller ‘lucky’ to survive horror MotoGP crash in Malaysia
- ‘I ran over his legs and I was worried for him,’ says Joan Mir
- Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia goes on to win race at Sepang
Jack Miller believes he is lucky to have walked away from a horror crash on the opening lap of MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit.
The Australian motorcycle star was left thanking his lucky stars after his early crash on Sunday as his racing helmet struck the rear tyre of Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha before Joan Mir’s Honda then ran over his legs.
Continue reading...Blaney gets shot at back-to-back NASCAR titles after controversial finish at Martinsville Speedway
Ryan Blaney celebrated his victory at Martinsville Speedway, a win that launched NASCAR's defending champion into the title-deciding season finale. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell and William Byron waited awkwardly alongside their parked cars for a ruling from NASCAR on who would be the fourth and final driver in the winner-take-all decider at Phoenix Raceway. The issue was whether Bell had smashed into wall on the final lap and rode along it for momentum to give him the final pass he needed to move past Byron for the last spot in the championship.
In controversial finish, Blaney wins Martinsville; NASCAR gives Byron final Championship 4 spot over Bell
William Byron claims final spot in title race on points as Bell's last-lap maneuver is deemed illegal.
NASCAR: Ryan Blaney wins at Martinsville for the second straight year to earn a chance at the title
The race ended in controversy as NASCAR took over 15 minutes to decide that William Byron made the final four over Christopher Bell.
‘I never thought I’d win’: Verstappen after shock Brazil GP triumph from 17th
- Victory means he can seal fourth F1 title in next round
- Rival Lando Norris says winner ‘got lucky’ with red flags
Max Verstappen revealed he had not believed he had a chance of victory after his remarkable and unexpected win from 17th on the grid at the São Paulo Grand Prix.
The Dutchman described it as an emotional day after opening with a major setback in qualifying before delivering the comeback drive of the season, while his title rival, Lando Norris, noted Verstappen had got lucky with red-flag rules that were largely opposed by drivers.
Continue reading...Max Verstappen produces wonder drive to claim F1 São Paulo Grand Prix
- Champion wins from 17th place on grid
- Lando Norris’s title hopes in tatters
When the world championship is finally decided, the moment where it was surely settled was appropriately with what must be considered the drive of the season from Max Verstappen. The Dutchman’s uncompromising style and aggression has come under enormous scrutiny of late but with his victory from 17th on the grid at the São Paulo Grand Prix he gave a stark reminder that, for all that, he is an exceptional driver and in so doing left his title rival Lando Norris’s hopes shattered.
This was a peerless performance, a masterclass in the rain in Brazil that has deservedly all but clinched Verstappen’s fourth title but a more unlikely win was hard to imagine before the lights went out.
Continue reading...Byron makes Champ 4, Bell out after NASCAR issues safety penalty
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Two years after Ross Chastain made himself a viral star with the “Hail Melon,” the complexion of the NASCAR Cup Series’ Championship 4 field again came down to a fateful last-lap meeting with Martinsville Speedway’s outside retaining wall. Christopher Bell’s version Sunday night was more of a half-melon that forced a tiebreaker […]
Ryan Blaney surges to Champ 4 with repeat walk-off Martinsville win
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — He did it again. For the second straight year, defending series champion Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 elimination race at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4. And as Blaney took the checkered flag to win Sunday’s Xfinity 500, Christopher Bell made a kamikaze move into […]
2024 Cup Series Championship 4 cemented; William Byron clinches on points
The 2024 Championship 4 came into focus Sunday evening following the Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway, where 2023 Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney pushed ahead of Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson late to win at the short track and clinch his chance to go back-to-back at Phoenix Raceway. And so, the stage is […]