Motor Sports

8/10/2026 |  Driver who broke the sound barrier attempts another land speed record in Utah (Associated Press (AP)) WENDOVER, Utah (AP) — The first — and only — person to break the sound barrier in a car hits the track in Utah this week with new wheels and his eye on another record.
Twenty years ago, British driver Andy Green set the land speed record for a diesel-powered car, reaching 350.092 mph (563.4 kph) at Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats. Green will return to the lunarlike landscape Tuesday and try to beat that mark, this time with a hydrogen-powered car. 

8/10/2026 |  Midseason NASCAR Prospect Rankings: Top 20 Drivers With Best Shot At Cup Ride (Fox Sports) Layne Riggs hasn’t been shy talking about his hopes for an eventual NASCAR Cup Series ride.
It likely won’t happen full-time in 2027, but he hopes that, if he keeps winning truck races, a team will look at him and say he’s ready for Cup. That could very well be his current team, Front Row Motorsports. 
But like most young drivers, time is of the essence.

8/3/2026 |  So Sleek & So Clean: 8 Elements To Like About INDYCAR's Newly Designed Ride (Fox Sports) INDYCAR HEADQUARTERS (Indianapolis) — I got to see the 2028 INDYCAR. And there is a lot to like.
Well, it won’t be exactly what will run at the track starting in 2028. With 19 months to go before it actually is used to race, it will undergo more tweaks and adjustments.
Testing starts Saturday and Sunday, with Alexander Rossi in the car on Saturday and Alex Palou in it on Sunday. It won’t have the actual race engines, as Chevrolet and Honda are still developing their power plants. Instead, it will have a 2.4-liter V-6 engine that was developed a f

8/1/2026 |  TNT NASCAR viewership mixed depending on methodology (Sports Media Watch) NASCAR viewership continues to take a “Big Data” hit on linear TV, with the TNT portion of the season down slightly under the new methodology — and up slightly under the old.
The five NASCAR Cup Series races on TNT Sports averaged 2.0 million viewers per the Nielsen “Big Data + Panel” data that is the official currency, down slightly from a year ago, but 2.1 million per the prior ‘panel-only’ methodology that NASCAR is now publicizing for its races — up 4%.

7/31/2026 |  Bryce Harper, Andy Roddick And Other Investors Join Jimmie Johnson's NASCAR Team (Fox Sports) Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is adding some big-time winners to his race team.
Johnson announced a strategic ownership group for Legacy Motor Club on Thursday that includes championship athletes, Grammy Award winners, entrepreneurs, investors, motorsport greats and cultural leaders. Johnson remains the team's majority owner.