NASCAR’s 2025 rule changes have a range of knock-on effects
Helio Castroneves will be in the Daytona 500 field through the new Open Exemption Provisional in the NASCAR Rule Book.
NASCAR announced the rule Friday, explaining that it’s similar to a promoter’s provisional used in short track and dirt…
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Rowland, Nissan rocket to Mexico City E-Prix win over Porsche duo
Oliver Rowland made the most of a late race restart to win the Mexico E-Prix over Antonio Felix da Costa.
A safety car bunched up the field — brought out for the stricken David Beckmann at Turn 12 on lap 29 after he made contact with Lucas…
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Dunne gets McLaren Formula E reserve role
NEOM McLaren announced Alex Dunne will serve as its reserve and development driver in Formula E this season, replacing Taylor Barnard following his graduation to the team’s race lineup.
Dunne takes on on the role as his position as part of…
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Porsche’s da Costa fastest in opening Mexico City practice
Antonio Felix da Costa topped opening practice for the Mexico City E-Prix, leading the Nissan-powered duo of Taylor Barnard and Oliver Rowland.
The session took place in mostly dry conditions, although there were a few reports of spots of…
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Ford evaluating IMSA GTP program
Ford is working on returning to the increasingly popular realm of prototype racing.
After launching its new Mustang GT3 model last year with Multimatic in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and with the privateer Proton Competition…
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Extreme H completes production run of new Pioneer 25 car
Extreme H has completed the production run of its race car, the Pioneer 25, which replaces the Odyssey 21 that has been utlilized by the series’ predecessor Extreme E for the last four years.
Ten of the hydrogen fuel cell cars have been…
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Engineering shortage leaves IndyCar teams scrambling
The NTT IndyCar Series has an overabundance of high-caliber drivers who are signed or ready to step into the 27 full-time cars in 2025, but the same can’t be said for proven race engineers, who are among the most precious commodities…
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Prime Video to back Elliott for three races during NASCAR Cup Series season
Amazon’s Prime Video will be a primary sponsor of Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott in three NASCAR Cup Series races this season.
Prime Video will debut on the No. 9 Chevrolet at Talladega Superspeedway (April 27). The other two…
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Monk, McAleer join Triarsi for full IMSA GTD campaign
Triarsi Competizione has confirmed that Sheena Monk and Stevan McAleer will drive the team’s new No.021 Ferrari 296 GT3 for the full 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.
Former Korthoff Competition Motors driver Mike Skeen…
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The RACER Mailbag, January 8
Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for any of RACER’s writers can be sent to mailbag@racer.com. We love hearing your comments and opinions, but letters that include a question are more likely to be published. Questions received after…
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