The revered off-road racing of the 2016 Baja 1000 returns for its 49th edition on Tuesday with the challenge of an 854-mile loop facing drivers in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. The event represents the final round of the 2016 World Desert Championship, with Billy Wilson leading the overall points standings ahead of the race start on Friday.
A number of vehicles are permitted in the race‚ including small and large bore motorcycles, production cars, buggies, trucks and custom race machines. The format always produces action and unpredictable results. Read on for a full schedule and course information for the Baja 1000 2016: For a look at the full 2016 Baja 1000 course...

In the summer, a journeyman catcher for the Boston Red Sox collected 20 hits in his first 40 at-bats. Sandy Leon wound up hitting .310. The law of averages caught up. That's what happened to Kevin Harvick in Sunday's Can-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. He had won five of the previous six NASCAR Sprint Cup races at the mile track. Harvick couldn't bat .833 forever. Harvick finished fourth but never led a lap. Joey Logano won. Harvick, who had never failed to qualify for a round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, didn't make the finals this time. Kyle Busch, who finished second at Phoenix, did. So did Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson, who had won the first two races in the round of eight. "We had a chance and could take a swing for it,...

Even before he made his Formula One debut in 2015, Max Verstappen was frequently compared to three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, widely regarded as the greatest driver who ever lived. The boy wonder has lived up to that billing over the last two seasons, pulling off a range of spectacular overtaking manoeuvres, taking on his more experienced rivals both on and off track and delivering almost logic-defying performances in wet conditions. And his recovery from 16th to third within a matter of laps in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix has drawn comparisons with some of Senna's career-defining performances, including Monaco 1984 and Donington Park 1993. Verstappen's bravery gave the local crowd plenty to cheer on an afternoon when they waved go...

Nico Rosberg might win the 2016 Formula One drivers' championship, but even if he does dethrone Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, the German will only be keeping the seat warm for the heir apparent: Max Verstappen. In Sunday's rainy Brazilian Grand Prix, the 19-year-old Dutchman (Dutchchild?) demonstrated again and again why he had drawn comparisons to Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest drivers ever, before he had driven his first lap in an F1 car. With near-zero visibility at Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Verstappen produced a drive for the ages, looking at one point like he might have a chance to win before settling for third after Red Bull's tyre gamble went bust. During the endless laps spent behind the saf...

Lewis Hamilton claimed his ninth victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. After setting pole position on Saturday, the British driver was dominant at the front of a chaotic race, with his third consecutive win cutting Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's championship lead to 12 points ahead of the final-race title decider. Joining Hamilton on the podium were Rosberg, who performed another damage-limitation exercise, and Max Verstappen, whose rapid recovery from 16th to third earned him the Driver of the Day award. With a look at a possible strategy error by Red Bull, incident-packed races for Ferrari and Haas and some impressive performances by two of the most underrated drivers in F1, here are the...

What an unpredictable, wild finish.  Joining Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch found themselves heading into the Championship 4 of the Sprint Cup after the two drivers edged out their competition with solid performances at the Can-Am 500 on Sunday afternoon. Say what you want about the Chase format, but it sure does lead to some exciting finishes.  Here's a quick look at the Can-Am 500's results and Sprint Cup standings heading into the Championship 4 on November 20.  As mentioned above, Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway was insane. Full of tension and yellow cautions, Logano managed to win the race despite leading only 58 laps on the day. While 58 laps is nothing to scoff at, it...

Joey Logano won the Can-Am 500 in a wild overtime finish Sunday, earning a place in the Championship 4 at next week's Ford Ecoboost 400. Kyle Busch also grabbed a spot in the top four thanks to his second-place finish, joining Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards as the only remaining competitors for the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup. Matt Kenseth was on the brink of winning the race and securing a spot in the next round before a yellow flag came out with two laps remaining. He then suffered a disappointing crash on the restart, as NASCAR showed: Logano was the beneficiary, as he took the next restart and pulled away for the win, followed by Busch and Kyle Larson. Kevin Harvick also had a chance to become a spoiler down the stretch but couldn't...

Lewis Hamilton won a rain-soaked 2016 Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix after leading from start to finish on the Interlagos track at Sao Paulo on Sunday. The 31-year-old finished ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, meaning he's pushed the fight for the world championship to the season's final race at Abu Dhabi. It was a stop-start day littered with red flags and featuring more than one crash, where the safety car did almost as much driving as the racers. But Hamilton started fast and never relinquished his lead. Meanwhile, Rosberg stayed steady in torrential conditions, although he did face a strong challenge from Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen at one point. The Dutchman ultimately finished third after a stunning race. Here's what t...

Joey Logano took advantage of a late-race wreck to capture the checkered flag in a wild finish in Sunday afternoon's Can-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway to advance to the Championship Four in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Logano joins Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, who is the defending series champion and made it in on points, as the final four drivers who will compete for the 2016 Sprint Cup Championship next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch were eliminated. Kenseth led 55 laps on the day and seemed in position to win his way into the finale when he was wrecked during an overtime restart. Alex Bowman, who led a race-high 194 laps from the pole, was bump...

Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo won his final race with the team at the MotoGP Grand Prix of Valencia on Sunday, as he led from start to finish in the last outing of the 2016 season.  After showcasing searing pace in qualifying, Lorenzo, who will ride for Ducati next year, was alert off the start and able to build a comfortable lead. The most intriguing battles came in pursuit of the other two podium spots; Honda’s Marc Marquez, who had secured the world championship ahead of this weekend, came home in second despite a late surge, with Ducati's Andrea Iannone holding off Yamaha man Valentino Rossi for third. The MotoGP Twitter feed captured the moment Lorenzo triumphed and noted what a landmark day it was for the Spaniard: Here is ...