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NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace’s crew chief, two others

NASCAR on Tuesday suspended Bootie Barker, crew chief for Wallace’s No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota, for four races after Wallace’s car lost a wheel during Sunday’s race at Circuit of the Americas. Also suspended for the next four races were team members Caleb Dirks and Adam Riley. The violation falls under Section 10.5.2.6 of the…

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How Frank Williams started his eponymous F1 team after Wolf split

The previous season, Frank had hooked up with wealthy Canadian oil entrepreneur Walter Wolf. After seven years of endless financial struggle his dreams appeared to have come true as he finally found a generous benefactor. Wolf acquired the cars and assets of the defunct Hesketh team, rebadging the 308C as the Wolf-Williams FW05. However the 1976 season was to be a disaster, as the cars were hopelessly uncompetitive.…

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Pramac rider Martin out of Mugello MotoGP round

Martin suffered several fractures in a heavy crash during practice for last month’s Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao, which required surgery. The MotoGP rookie was forced to miss his home round at Jerez and last weekend’s French GP at Le Mans as a result, with 2014 Moto2 world champion and former Avintia Ducati rider Tito…

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Newgarden leads three former winners in Indy 500 test

Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda and Will Power (Penske-Chevy) were the first to break into the 225mph bracket around the iconic 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway and duck under the 40sec barrier, but two-time IndyCar champion Newgarden’s top lap pushed the best speed up to 226.819mph. He was later joined in that stratosphere by two-time…

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Perkins gave blessing for DJR number switch

As first reported by Motorsport.com, Anton De Pasquale will run the #11 for his first campaign with DJR. He’ll debut the new number at Sandown this weekend after starting the season with #100 as part of a Pirtek promotion. Explaining the number switch, DJR boss Ryan Story said De Pasquale floated the idea of running…

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F1 planning Bahrain summit to discuss driver behaviour

F1 has become more vocal in its wider messaging regarding social issues in recent times, launching its ‘We Race As One’ CSR programme last year and pledging to improve diversity. Newly-appointed F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali said last month that the drivers had to be aware of their roles as the public faces of…

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NASCAR releases starting times for the 2021 season

NASCAR has released starting times and networks for the 2021 Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series schedule. All three national series races will be spread among FOX, FS1, NBC, and NBCSN once again in 2021. Additionally, CNBC will air the Xfinity race at Watkins Glen due to the Olympics. The first seven NCS events of the…

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