Another domino in this year’s NASCAR silly season fell on Tuesday afternoon, and it is a gigantic one. Justin Marks and street hop artist Pitbull’s upstart Trackhouse Racing Team has purchased all assets of Chip Ganassi Racing’s NASCAR team.
Despite the 2022 Supercross tilt being over six months out, a major piece of news just dropped. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) announced that their agreement with Supercross’s parent company, FELD Entertainment, will not continue into 2022.
After a year off the schedule, the Matterlay Basin circuit in Winchester, England returned to the FIM World Motocross Championship. The MX2 Class would be hit with a major pre-event injury that has now put a major surprise in the points lead. As well as Tim Gasjer putting on a superb charge in MXGP Moto 2, would ultimately not result in an Overall GP Win. Losing out to one of Motocross’s all-time greats in Antonio Cairoli. Recap of this year’s MXGP of Great Britain right here.
One of the bigger moves for next year’s NASCAR season is reportedly set in stone. After over a decade at Team Penske, 2012 Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski is now expected to move to Roush Fenway Racing.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson is in the midst of one of the most dominant runs that the NASCAR Cup Series has seen in the last decade. Dating back to May 9 in Darlington, he has finished no worse than second place, Led 915 out of a possible 1,806 laps, and now has won three consecutive races.
For what is now the third race in a row, a Team Penske driver had a chance to win a race. Once again, failed to find one of their four cars in victory lane, and again it was in soul-crushing fashion. Alex Palou would take advantage of this heartbreak to propel himself to his second win of the year and back into the points lead. Road America recap and more right here.
Despite some threat of scattered storms a few days out, the racing on Saturday at High Point went by without much if any inclement weather. Headlines included a first-time 250 National winner. As well as a points lead change in the 450 class. Not to mention a flash of hope for one of the class’s best. Recap of the action right here.
Zach Osborne had hoped to be set for a successful Motocross title defense, after missing a chunk of Supercross with a back injury. Those hopes have now taken a fatal blow. That same back injury has now knocked Osborne out for the remainder of AMA Pro Motocross. Details below.
The sanctioning body of NASCAR has made near wholesale changes in recent years. Despite these efforts, NASCAR still finds itself in a spot of needing improvement, especially with the Gen-7 Car set to roll into the Cup Series next year.
After this year’s MXGP season faced months of delays, the FIM World Motocross Championship finally kicked off. This year’s opener would be on the coast of the Black Sea in Orlyonok, Russia.
After his teammate Felix Rosenqvist’s brutal accident on Saturday, Patricio O’Ward would dedicate his win on Sunday in his honor. The second-year Mexican driver now has his second win of the season after winning the season opener in Texas.
Patricio O’Ward would pace the IndyCar field to green on Belle Isle. However, it would be Marcus Ericcson to take home the spoils of victory for the first of two races this weekend in dramatic fashion.
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