IMSA and NHRA determine champions. F1 battles in Brazil. A legend on two wheels completes hangs up his helmet and pads. Silly season continues throughout the world of speed. Here’s this week’s motorsport news.
Motorsport News:
- NHRA crowns four champions in season finale.
- Valentino Rossi: MotoGP legend retires after 10th-place finish in final race in Valencia.
- Mazda Motorsports Recovers To Win Motul Petit Le Mans.
- Jimmie Johnson getting NASCAR offers, but still weighing Indy 500: UPDATE Ganassi confirms run.
- Valentino Rossi: The end of an era for motorsport legend.
- Jimmie Johnson says NASCAR season too long, offers more thoughts.
- Fern Holds Off Busch for Monday Night Win at Vegas.
- F1 bans bodyguards on grid after Brundle, Stallion.
- Lights champ Kirkwood joins Foyt IndyCar team.
- FIA confident Saudi circuit ready for Dec. 5.
- Hamilton: Bottas ‘left door open’ for Max at T1.
- Hamilton clarifies Bottas, Perez comments.
- Verstappen on pace to win title at Saudi GP.
- Jan Heylen Quickest In Wednesday Pilot Challenge Practice.
- Entry List: 2021 Motul Petit Le Mans.
- UPDATE: Dave Elenz Not Returning to Crew Chief Noah Gragson in 2022, Joins Richard Petty Motorsports.
- Jeremy Clements has Primary Sponsorship Sold for 2022 Xfinity Series Season.
- Robin Miller Named Third-Quarter Pocono Spirit Award Winner.
- Sad News – Delma Cowart.
- Allen Hart Joining Sam Hunt Racing as Crew Chief & Technical Director for 2022 Xfinity Season.
- Bob Jenkins Named 2021 Squier-Hall Award Recipient.
- DC Solar’s Jeffrey Carpoff sentenced to 30 years in prison.
- Phoenix post-race penalties announced.
- Jeffrey Earnhardt Not Returning to JD Motorsports in 2022.
- Front Row Motorsports to stay two car team in 2022; Alfredo released; Truck team TBD.
- Truck Series Viewership Up in 2021.
- NASCAR Announces Competition Format for the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum.
- Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum to Have Heat Races.
- Speedway Motorsports to Acquire Dover Motorsports, Inc.
- Phoenix Post-Race Inspection Complete.
- Commercial breakdown: 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
- Gibbs Wins Race, Love the Tiebreaker Over Drew for the Crown!
- Kyle Larson’s journey to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship also brings responsibility.
- ‘Hamilton of the favelas’: Brazil’s young Black racing driver makes waves in motor racing.
- Brian Wilson to serve as crew chief for Harrison Burton.
- Dodge Returning to NASCAR?.
- Veteran Crew Chief Jerry Baxter Joins David Gilliland Racing.
- NASCAR and Champions Week Return to Nashville.
- Ryan Ellis Joining Alpha Prime Racing for Select Xfinity Series Races in 2022.
- Chase Elliott joining Kyle Larson for USAC races.
- Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton Returning to ThorSport Racing in 2022.
- Cup and Xfinity Series Gain Viewership Across NBC Sports in 2021: UPDATE.
- Sad News – Dennis Gale Fischer.
- 20th Annual Randy Dorton Hendrick Engine Builder Showdown Declares 2021 Winners.
- Kyle Larson Attending Abu Dhabi F1 Race, “Down” to Test if Teams Offer.
- Motorsports Hall of Fame of America wins ISHY Award for Class of 2020 Inductee Displays of Red Byron, Tiny Lund, Rick Hendrick.
- Carl Long, David Starr & Other MBM Motorsports Team Members Contracted COVID-19 Following Phoenix.
- Mano’s Wine to Produce Limited Edition NASCAR Wines.
- Corvette Racing Reveals Multi-Pronged 2022 Plans, 2024 Debut for Corvette GT3.R.
- Mazda’s Harry Tincknell Quickest in Road Atlanta WeatherTech Practices.
- Patrick Long To Step Away From Full-Time Racing After 2021.
- Wright Motorsports Wins FOX Factory 120; Jan Heylen Wins Championship.
- Felipe Nasr Wins Motul Petit Le Mans Pole.
- Lewis Hamilton Takes Sprint Race Pole, Red Bull Down on Pace in Brazil.
- BMW Team RLL to Field 2 BMW M LMDhs in 2023; M4 GT3s in 2022.
- Lewis Hamilton Excluded from Qualifying, Max Verstappen to Start Sprint from Pole.
- Fangio’s remains moved to new resting place.
- F1 waives Brazil GP curfew after freight delays.
- Verstappen would run No.1 if he becomes F1 champion.
- Rossi texted Norris ahead of Moto GP retirement race.
- Hamilton has Neymar onside ahead of Brazil GP.
- Hamilton faces five-place penalty in Brazil after engine change.
- Honda F1 boss amazed at Mercedes engine penalties.
- Szafnauer grilled about possible Alpine move.
- Salinas leads qualifying in NHRA season finale.
- Verstappen fined for touching Hamilton’s car.
- Hamilton DQ’ed from Sao Paulo GP qualifying.
- Verstappen laughs off €50,000 fine for touching Hamilton’s car.
- Kirkwood arrival will help Foyt “get the best people”.
- Drew Looking at Positives Despite Nail-Biting ARCA West Title Loss.
- Hamlin “just loves the feeling of proving people wrong”.
- Denny Hamlin sees another chance for first NASCAR Cup championship slip away again.
- Stats don’t lie: Numbers from NASCAR’s season.
- Richard Petty Motorsports taps Dave Elenz as No. 43 crew chief for 2022 Cup Series.
- World of Outlaws Late Models 2022 schedule enriched by new tracks.
- Where are they now? Catching up with Doug Richert.
- Memorable moments from the 2021 NASCAR season.
- NASCAR stars say ‘we lost a crown jewel’ as IMS becomes RC race.
- Jeff Gordon on Kyle Larson: “He does amazing things”.
- Daniel Hemric: “You never know it’s going to be that moment”.
- Penske Bids Happy Farewell to Brad Keselowski After 10th-Place Run.
- Sad News – Bob Bondurant.
- Erik Jones, Ryan Preece, Other NASCAR Drivers Entered in This Year’s Snowball Derby.
- Slipstream Saturday: Valtteri Bottas Takes Pole Position, Lewis Hamilton Slices His Way to 5th in Brazil.
- Hamilton brilliant, Mercedes defiant on remarkable day of drama in F1.
- Red Bull monitoring Mercedes’ rear wing.
- Rossi posts 10th-place finish in last MotoGP race.
- Toyota to switch to GR Supra in NHRA Funny Car.
- Lewis Hamilton Overcomes Penalty and Qualifying Disqualification to Win Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
- FIA Stewards Juggle Tough Choices and Tough Words in Brazil.
- Champion car driver, instructor Bondurant dies.
- Hamilton fined for removing seat belts on slowing down lap.
- Hamilton: Verstappen near miss was ‘hard battling’.
- Wolff criticises ‘laughable’ decisions against Mercedes.