Hendrick Motorsports announced Monday morning that two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive Kyle Larson’s Cup car during this week’s organizational test at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt will be driving the Next Gen vehicle for the second time. After a Goodyear tire test with Tony Stewart in October, he raced around 50 laps… Continue reading
Month: January 2022
The Martinsville spring Cup race will be 400 laps rather than 500
Martinsville Speedway’s spring Cup race will be 400 laps instead of 500, making it only the second time in the track’s history that a 400-lap Cup race has been scheduled. The track announced the news on Thursday. The modification for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 on April 9 is due to the fact that… Continue reading
The Netflix series Bubba Wallace premieres on February 22
The six-episode Bubba Wallace series will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 22, two days after the Daytona 500, according to a trailer provided by Netflix. The documentary series was unveiled by Netflix in April of last year. Wallace’s debut season with 23XI Racing, which featured a win at Talladega Superspeedway, is chronicled in this series.… Continue reading
Marc Marquez confirmed his participation in the Sepang MotoGP test
“Treatment has been a complete success,” says Marc Marquez, who will do his first MotoGP laps since last October during the next Sepang test. Marc Marquez has been authorized to return to MotoGP during the next Sepang test on February 5-6. Due to double-vision problems caused by an enduro training accident, the eight-time world champion… Continue reading
Pedro Acosta has a multi-year contract with KTM, but others will ‘attack’ him
Pit Beirer believes KTM’s MotoGP opponents will ‘attack’ rising talent Pedro Acosta Last season, KTM’s investment in the lesser grand prix classes, mostly through the Red Bull Ajo team, paid off spectacularly, with the top two riders in the Moto2 World Championship and the Moto3 World Champion all under contract with the Austrian brand. This… Continue reading