The 13th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where Lewis Hamilton will hope to continue his charge toward a fourth world title. Having overturned a 43-point deficit to take the lead of the drivers' standings in Hungary, the British driver extended his advantage over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to 19 points with victory in July's German GP at Hockenheim. But even though his lead at the halfway point of 2016 was just two points smaller than the gap he held at the same stage last year, Hamilton admitted he still didn't feel like the leader of the drivers' standings. Much of that, you suspect, was due to the engine-related grid penalties hanging over Hamilton, ...

Kevin Harvick, the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, allegedly needed 3 hours, 25 minutes, 5 seconds to win the alleged Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Unfortunately, a span of nearly 24 hours encapsulated that relatively modest expenditure of time. What a shame that Mother Nature was apparently miffed. With thunderous might, she allowed only a night-and-day-and-night-again race. The spectacle of man, machine and the elements profoundly shaped the upcoming Chase, which begins the process of determining the champion on September 18. Harvick's Chevrolet qualified 24th, and his rise to the top embodied the success of changes made to the track since Carl Edwards won the Food City 500 there on April 17. "Qualifying in th...

In Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Red Bull have arguably the strongest, most exciting driver lineup in Formula One, and with two great drivers comes a great responsibility for the team to manage them effectively. Having eased the tensions between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to win four consecutive world championships between 2010 and '13, Red Bull know more than most about the challenges that come with employing two very capable drivers. And team principal Christian Horner has admitted the team are already preparing to deal with their current drivers when—not if—the Verstappen-Ricciardo relationship begins to turn nasty. Fernando Alonso is no stranger to inter-team rivalries after being hounded out of McLaren after on...

It had been a while, but Kevin Harvick finally reached Victory Lane for a second time in 2016 by winning the Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The weekend was marred by rain, rain that postponed the race late Saturday night and delayed Sunday’s start by close to five hours. In the end, Harvick won his first race since Phoenix back in March and showed his incomparable ability to close out a race when he has the hardware to do it. Now as the Chase looms, locking down a win at this point on the calendar carries with it a tank full of Sunoco-sponsored momentum. Harvick’s loaded up for a second championship in three years. But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let's take a look at the winners and lo...

First, the rain washed things out Saturday night. Then, it threatened to do so Sunday—again and again and again. But once the clouds cleared enough to go racing, Kevin Harvick stood tall. The No. 4 Chevrolet led 128 laps on its way to taking the 2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Harvick's second win of the 2016 Sprint Cup season, moving him into third place in the standings. Harvick has the overall points lead over Brad Keselowski by 27; the two are the only drivers with 700-plus points:
The Stewart-Haas Racing product dominated the second half of the race to give his team its first win at the hallowed short track. It was also Harvick's second win at Bristol.  Originally scheduled to ...

LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow produced a storming finish to grab his first win in MotoGP, mastering testing conditions to triumph in the Czech Republic Grand Prix on Sunday.  Crutchlow surged from the middle of the field in the second half of the race, picking off riders and eventually jumping ahead of Ducati’s Andrea Iannone into the lead. The Italian fell well back down the field late on, with Yamaha's Valentino Rossi and Honda's Marc Marquez taking second and third, respectively. Marquez now leads the world championship standings by 53 points from Rossi. That's after Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, who had a day to forget, came home in 17th position. Here are the results from the race, the revised standings and a look back at a ...

Heavy rains forced the postponement of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night.  The rain delayed the start of the race and came again with just 38 of 500 laps completed forcing a red flag that lasted more than an hour. Cars were able to come back on the track during a brief caution, but the rains once again came in force and forced NASCAR to move Saturday's night race to a Sunday day race. Kyle Busch will be the leader on Lap 49 when the race resumes at 1 p.m. Sunday. You can watch live on CNBC.Read more Motorsports news on BleacherReport.com...

Pascal Wehrlein may be regarded as Mercedes' answer to Max Verstappen, but there was a very real danger the German wouldn't be in Formula One in 2016. When the Mercedes-backed youngster won the prestigious DTM touring car championship in October 2015, just two weeks after the Manor F1 team announced a deal to use Mercedes engines, it felt like the ideal time for one of the more predictable driver deals of 2016 to be confirmed. Yet the wait for the news of his graduation to F1 went on and on to the point where Wehrlein told F1i.com's Chris Medland he was more likely to defend his DTM title—or switch to the GP2 feeder series—than join Lewis Hamilton and Co. on the grid. However, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff had a plan. Having previous...

Austin Dillon took the checkered flag at the NASCAR Xfinity Series' Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on Friday. In a race that was largely dominated by Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski, Dillon led just four laps, all of which came in overtime, as the race ended under caution. Here are the final results and updated driver standings after Friday's race: After Larson led 200 laps, Keselowski overtook him for 67 laps that carried past the original 300-lap limit.  But due to a caution toward the end of the race, extra laps were needed, and Keselowski ran out of fuel on the 304th lap. He wasn't happy, per Motorsport.com's Lee Spencer: Keselowski dropped back to finish 12th. Erik Jones, who won the po...

NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series will race under the lights Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, but the weekend started with Friday's qualifying session, highlighted by Carl Edwards taking the pole position.  Edwards is no stranger to starting from the lead position at Bristol, as this is the fourth time in his career he's taken the pole at the track. After his most recent pole win at Bristol, Edwards also took the checkered flag at the Food City 500 in April. Here are the full results from NASCAR's qualifying session for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race in Bristol, Tennessee: The competition for the pole was close, with Edwards not moving into the top spot until there were about two minutes left in the final round of quali...