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Pace Laps: Justin Allgaier & Justin Haley Shine During Final Cup Off-Weekend

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Silly Season Shakeups Imminent It’s been a relatively quiet final off week in the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Front Row Motorsports purchased BK Racing in a long-awaited bankruptcy auction. A few more Darlington throwback schemes got revealed; my current favorite is this one for David Ragan honoring Dale …

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Sebastian Vettel Starts Formula 1’s Second Half With Dominating Belgium Win

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Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari were the class of the Formula 1 field in Belgium this weekend. If it weren’t for a rain-addled third qualifying session that allowed Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes to steal the pole, Ferrari would have dominated all seven sessions at Spa-Francochamps. Vettel lead every lap over Hamilton, who finished second, securing Vettel’s …

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Lewis Hamilton Slides His Way to Pole in Belgium

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From the way the weekend began in Belgium, it seemed as if Lewis Hamilton seemed to be just a step behind the Ferraris and its upgraded power unit. However, qualifying No. 3 was a rain-filled session, and Hamilton was able to maneuver his Mercedes around a tricky, slick Spa-Francorchamps to an extremely quick 1.58.179-second final …

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4 Burning Questions: Who Retired This Week?

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Who will drive the No. 95 next season? On Thursday (Aug. 16), Kasey Kahne announced his retirement from competing full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at season’s end. pic.twitter.com/0V0keaggcL — Kasey Kahne (@kaseykahne) August 16, 2018 Kahne, who will turn 39 next April, is the latest big name driver to retire in the …

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F1 Midweek: This Season is Getting Silly

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So the news that we were all waiting for — that we knew was coming — has arrived: Fernando Alonso is leaving Formula One after this season. Interesting that they used the term “retire” when we all know that retiring is the last thing Alonso is doing. Sure, we may never see Alonso on an …

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Fernando Alonso Leaving Formula 1 at End of Season

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Fernando Alonso in Indianapolis (Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

On Saturday (Aug. 11), Fernando Alonso put the entire motorsports world on its toes.  Today, he gave them a reason why, when he announced that he would be retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the 2018 season. There’s been speculation that he could cross the pond and race in North America’s most prestigious open-wheel …

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F1 Midweek: Daniel Ricciardo’s Move, Force India & Silly Season

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The big news that surprised the Formula 1 world last week came in the form of Daniel Ricciardo announcing he would be switching to the Renault factory team for the 2019 season. Ricciardo had been thought to be re-upping with his current team, Red Bull.  In fact, most of the rumors had made it seem …

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Happiness Is: The Glen, Gluck & Financials

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Denny Hamlin, when not staring at his dash clock (Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

The regular season now consists of five remaining races.  That’s right, you should congratulate yourself on making it through 21 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races already this season — at times, it hasn’t been easy. Of course, making remarks like that would just seem to add to the notion that the season is too long …

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Lewis Hamilton Cruises To Victory in Hungary

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Lewis Hamilton was very cautious about the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, after taking pole position the previous day. But the Briton had no difficulties in controlling the race from the start and took his sixth win at this Hungaroring circuit by just over 17 seconds over rival Sebastian Vettel, with Kimi Raikkonen in third. …

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Hamilton Takes Pole On Rainy Circuit in Hungary

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Lewis Hamilton had one more chance to qualify on pole at a rainy circuit Saturday afternoon at the Hungaroring in Budapest for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The Briton took his last opportunity and came up with the best time of 1:35:658, ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. For Hamilton, despite the …

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Slipstream Saturday: Whither Ferrari, Force India Woes, & Hungarian GP

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Ferrari logo outside the factory in Maranello (credit: Getty Images)

This weekend, Formula 1 is ripping around the Hungaroring, the final race before the series takes a four-week break.  With this race, the series will have been in action for five out of the past six weekends, which for F1 is rough schedule.  The sense in the garage is that the break is much needed …

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