"THE LEAD LAP" current news from the racing world.
NASCAR Cup Series
- Gaughan downplays Talladega rollover October 14, 2019Brendan Gaughan called his airborne ride at Talladega an “easy rollover” that wasn’t anything “gigantic.” Gaughan went for a (...)
- 'When I doored him, it was too late' – Newman October 14, 2019As Ryan Newman answered multiple questions about the close finish between him and Ryan Blaney at Talladega, he offered different things (...)
- Blaney advances in playoffs with narrow Talladega win October 14, 2019Two factors threw the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs into chaos on Monday afternoon—Talladega and Ryan Blaney. By .007 seconds (...)
- Bowman shoulders blame for Talladega ‘Big One’ October 14, 2019Alex Bowman took the blame for starting a multicar crash at Talladega that took himself out along with a few of his Chevrolet teammates. (...)
- Next Gen NASCAR ‘a blast,’ Dillon says October 14, 2019Austin Dillon has been trying to adequately explain the feel of the Next Gen race car to his fellow competitors who have asked about the (...)
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Xfinity
- Custer gets a bucket-list win in Dover Xfinity October 5, 2019In his 100th NASCAR Xfinity Series start, Cole Custer conquered the Monster Mile. Custer held off a hungry field of playoff contenders on (...)
- Interview: Chase Briscoe October 3, 2019Chase Briscoe is a lesson in perseverance. Having moved to North Carolina out of high school, Briscoe took part in the PEAK Stock Car (...)
- CRANDALL: A nice problem for Xfinity to have October 2, 2019Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick are Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series bound next season. Cole Custer may or may not end up joining (...)
- AJ Allmendinger wins wild Charlotte NASCAR Xfinity September 28, 2019AJ Allmendinger stole the thunder from a series of intense battles among NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff drivers to win Saturday’s Drive (...)
- NASCAR announces 2020 race start times September 24, 2019Twenty-one NASCAR national series events will air on broadcast television next season. Tuesday afternoon NASCAR -- along with Fox (...)
NASCAR Xfinity
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
- NASCAR’s Miller says Sauter’s win-negating penalty "pretty clear cut" October 12, 2019NASCAR’s Scott Miller said it was “pretty clear cut” that Johnny Sauter violated the yellow line rule at the end of the Gander Outdoors (...)
- Penalty to Sauter makes a Talladega winner of Boyd October 12, 2019Johnny Sauter did a celebratory burnout. He collected the checkered flag from the flag stand at Talladega Superspeedway. But Sauter (...)
- NASCAR announces 2020 race start times September 24, 2019Twenty-one NASCAR national series events will air on broadcast television next season. Tuesday afternoon NASCAR -- along with Fox (...)
- Hill passes Chastain late to win at Las Vegas September 14, 2019Austin Hill earned his third NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series win of the 2019 season Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- perhaps (...)
- NASCAR interview: Parker Kligerman September 11, 2019Parker Kligerman just might be the busiest man in motorsports. Kligerman is a part-time NASCAR Cup and Truck Series driver, (...)
NASCAR Truck Series
Verizon IndyCar
- PRUETT: Keeping the band together at Ganassi October 14, 2019As the prospects of finding a manufacturer to replace its outgoing partner Ford started to dim, Chip Ganassi Racing managing director (...)
- MILLER: A salute to print October 14, 2019Long before emails, texting, twitter and instant messaging, it took quite a while for news, rumors, results and scoops to find their way (...)
- McLaren closing in on 2020 IndyCar line-up October 13, 2019McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown hopes to be able to confirm the second Arrow McLaren SP driver in the coming weeks following the end of the (...)
- The Week In IndyCar, Oct 10, James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi October 10, 2019It's the Off Track with Hinch and Rossi Podcast duo of James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi calling into The Week In IndyCar (...)
- IndyCar/NASCAR double would be ‘awesome’ - Stewart October 10, 2019The topic of a potential doubleheader weekend featuring the NTT IndyCar Series and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series keeps coming (...)
NTT Indy Car
Formula One
- Constructors’ title feels different without Lauda - Hamilton October 14, 2019Lewis Hamilton admits Mercedes’ constructors’ championship success feels different this season without former non-executive chairman Niki (...)
- Bottas had concerns Hamilton wouldn’t stop again October 14, 2019Valtteri Bottas admits he was worried Lewis Hamilton’s strategy was going to cost him victory in the Japanese Grand Prix after (...)
- Verstappen unhappy with stewarding, brands Leclerc ‘irresponsible’ October 14, 2019Max Verstappen was unhappy with the stewards’ decisions during the Japanese Grand Prix and labelled Charles Leclerc’s driving as (...)
- Racing Point protest against Renault “admissible” October 13, 2019Racing Point has filed a protest against the legality of Renault’s car at the Japanese Grand Prix that has been ruled “admissible” (...)
- FIA explains lack of Vettel false start penalty October 13, 2019The FIA has explained why Sebastian Vettel did not receive a penalty for a false start in the Japanese Grand Prix despite moving in his (...)
Formula One
