Jimmie Johnson joined NASCAR legends Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. as the only seven-time champions in Sprint Cup Series history with his victory in Sunday afternoon's Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson didn't have the fastest or best car on the day, but he battled through all sorts of adversity and took advantage when a late-race wreck blew the field wide open and prompted the restart that led him to the 2016 Sprint Cup Championship.  He struck when the opportunity presented itself, passing Kyle Larson and holding off Kyle Busch and Joey Logago to take the historic victory on a day when he had to come from the back of the field.  Larson finished second. Logano finished fourth, and Kyle Busch, t...

Quick show of hands: Who wishes this Formula One season had an extra three or four races? What, you don't want to see a few more near-guaranteed Mercedes victories? But that may be exactly where we are headed. Liberty, the U.S. media company that is purchasing the sport's commercial rights, wants to expand the calendar from its current 21 races (itself a record number) to maximise its investment. "There is a general line of interest if you increase the number of races to a point," Liberty chief executive Greg Maffei said recently, per Reuters' Harro Ten Wolde. "The FIA [the International Automobile Federation, which governs the sport] makes more money, the teams make more money, we make more money." That is true; the problem is that F1...

Rob MacCachren secured victory in the Baja 1000 for the third consecutive year in the Trophy Truck class. Alongside Jason Voss, the 51-year-old added to his tremendous legacy in this challenging off-road event, taking 17 hours, 12 minutes and 57.480 seconds to complete the course. Carlos Apdaly Lopez was in second spot, while Troy Herbst was in third as the top three came home in under 18 hours.  The results were made official on Sunday on the Score International Off-Road Racing website. Here’s a look at the best finishers and a reminder of how the action panned out: For the standings in full visit the Score International Off-Road Racing website.   MacCachren Wins Again In events like the Baja 1000, where so much can go wro...

Daniel Suarez took the checkered flag to win the Ford EcoBoost 300 on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway as well as his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. Suarez led 133 of 200 laps, and the 24-year-old Mexico native made history by becoming the first driver born outside the United States to win a major NASCAR championship, according to Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press. Here is a rundown of the top 10 finishers: Suarez beat Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Erik Jones to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase. The following is a look at the final standings for the Championship 4: All four title contenders qualified inside the top seven Saturday, but their days started differently. Suarez and Allgaier immediately pu...

Four drivers have a shot at Chase glory when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase hits Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Ford EcoBoost 400 this Sunday. With Joey Logano securing his place via a checkered flag in Phoenix, Arizona, the final four looks like a star-studded cast. Joining Logano is Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, three other guys who know a thing or two about must-win races. Busch won last year, completing a miracle comeback story. This year a new chapter in history awaits as the four tackle one of the trickiest tracks around while trying to navigate an upset-minded field of drivers looking to finish the year on a high note. Here is everything to know about the Chase finale.           Viewing Details ...

Despite Jolyon Palmer's best efforts in the second half of the season, the contest for Formula One's unofficial Rookie of the Year award is sure to be a one-horse race in 2016.After winning the DTM touring car championship last year, Pascal Wehrlein has almost seamlessly readjusted to single-seater racing this season, establishing himself as the sport's standout newcomer.In a year far more experienced drivers and serial world champions have struggled to master the revised race-start procedure, his launches from the rear of the grid have already become a defining characteristic.His qualifying performances have been a little inconsistent, but on the occasions he has delivered on Saturdays—think Bahrain and Austria in particular—he...

Kevin Harvick might have won the pole for Sunday's Ford Ecoboost 400 during Friday night's qualifying, but all eyes are going to be a little further down in the pack come race day. Just one race and four drivers remain in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Chase to decipher the champion of 2016, and they're all starting right near each other. With Sunday's race from Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards had a chance to create an early advantage on Friday with a strong qualifying round. But Busch and Edwards will start in row No. 5, while Logano and Johnson are in row No. 7. That means that no Chase driver has a clear advantage as we take a look at the qualifying results and race order: Johnson had ...

So would you rather help shape the future of Formula One or help one of its greatest institutions climb back to the summit of the sport? That appears to be the rather nice dilemma facing leading motorsport business figure Zak Brown, who seemed set to work with F1's proposed new owners, Liberty Media, but has now received an appealing offer to replace Ron Dennis at McLaren. With Eric Boullier—his former colleague from the Lotus days—in a senior position at the team, James Allison looked likely to join McLaren-Honda at one stage. But the former Ferrari technical boss may be set to walk into an environment already geared for success. Regarded as one of the brightest minds in F1, Allison has reportedly attracted interest from Merced...

McLaren's boardroom may be in turmoil, with the team announcing the ouster of Ron Dennis as chief executive, but their on-track results, while not near McLaren's historical levels, are starting to show promise. Glancing down the Formula One drivers' standings, the most surprising thing isn't Nico Rosberg leading Lewis Hamilton in the title race, nor is it Daniel Ricciardo ahead of pre-season championship hopeful Sebastian Vettel. No, the most surprising result with one race remaining in the 2016 season is McLaren's Fernando Alonso leading Williams' Felipe Massa. That's Alonso, driving a McLaren with a Honda engine that struggled to finish a race last year—13 retirements and two races where a car did not even make it to the starti...

After months of speculation, one of the most intriguing driver moves of the 2016 Formula One season was confirmed at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Having spent a single season with Renault, Kevin Magnussen will partner Romain Grosjean at Haas in 2017 as he attempts to kickstart his stalling career. With Renault set to improve considerably under the upcoming regulation changes, walking away from Team Enstone is a huge risk. But Magnussen's desire for more long-term security—or, put another way, his desperation to feel wanted—is behind his decision to join Haas. After all, Renault have spent much of this year trying to replace him and team-mate Jolyon Palmer, with Carlos Sainz Jr., Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon all li...