Power Rankings: Jimmie Johnson swipes another No. 1 position Welcome to the 2016 season's Power Rankings. As always, Power Rankings are far from a scientific formula. In fact, it's the perfect blend of analytics and bias against your favorite driver. Direct all your complaints to us at [email protected] and we'll try to have some fun. 1. Jimmie Johnson (LW: 3): Jimmie Johnson's just … [Read more...]

No. 40 owner sues for possession of No. 95 team's charter It didn't take long to have the first lawsuit involving the ownership of a Sprint Cup Series charter. Mike Hillman, the owner of the No. 40 car that entered the Daytona 500, has sued Circle Sport Leavine Family Racing and Joe Falk for the ownership of the charter that currently belongs to the No. 95 car in the Sprint Cup Series. The … [Read more...]

Superman lives: Jimmie Johnson earns 77th win, passing Earnhardt Superman has defeated every supervillain he's ever faced, and more than a few heroes too. He's beaten gods and monsters, demons and dictators. But he's never beaten Jimmie Johnson ... and the way Johnson wheels a car, even Superman would be at a disadvantage. Johnson won his 77th career race on Sunday, capturing the Auto Club … [Read more...]

Fernando Alonso walks away after F1 car goes airborne and flips Your browser does not support iframes.Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso climbed out of his car after he was involved in a terrifying crash with Esteban Gutierrez in the series' season-opening race at Australia. Alonso was making a move to pass Gutierrez on the outside entering turn 3 on lap 19 and the two collided. The … [Read more...]

Wicked wreck knocks Kyle Larson out of Auto Club 400 .@KyleLarsonRacin takes a hit. #AutoClub400 https://t.co/RZDQraNgWB— NASCAR (@NASCAR) March 20, 2016  About a quarter of the way through the Auto Club 400, Kyle Larson veered sharply toward the infield and nailed the SAFER barrier in one of the season's hardest hits. "A hard hit there, one of the hardest ones of my career," Larson said … [Read more...]

Bees take over flagstand in Xfinity Series practice (Video) The flagstand can be a dangerous place. It's why the the person in charge of displaying the flags at NASCAR races wears a helmet. A helmet wouldn't have done much to combat the bees the flagstand at Auto Club Speedway got swarmed with on Friday. Xfinity Series officials were forced to abandon the flagstand during practice because of … [Read more...]

Austin Dillon wins one of the wackiest Xfinity finishes you'll see The Joe Gibbs Racing cars of Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez were cruising to a third-straight 1-2-3 finish during Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway. Then it got insane and none of them won. Instead, Austin Dillon crossed the finish line first. • Jones ran out of fuel with less than three laps to … [Read more...]

Pouring cold water on the thought of a new manufacturer in NASCAR NASCAR CEO Brian France said Friday afternoon there was "some interest" from automakers not currently involved with NASCAR about joining the sport. Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota are currently the three factory-backed manufacturers in NASCAR. Some lower-funded teams in the Xfinity and Truck Series run Dodges, but the … [Read more...]

Anxious for Sunday's race at Auto Club? You're not alone The transformation of Auto Club Speedway can seem incomprehensible. Hell, make that transformations. Multiple of them. The track opened in 1997 to record crowds. Jeff Gordon won the first race there. Because NASCAR has a tendency to believe there can never be too much of a good thing, the track got a second race date in 2004. Through … [Read more...]

Austin Dillon wins one of the wackiest Xfinity races you'll ever see The Joe Gibbs Racing cars of Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez were cruising to a third-straight 1-2-3 finish during Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway. Then it got insane and none of them won. Instead, Austin Dillon crossed the finish line first. • Jones ran out of fuel with less than three laps to … [Read more...]