por Carter Reynolds
Carter Reynolds breaks down the biggest weekend in racing: Hamilton's devastating grid penalty at Sepang after qualifying second, Kyle Larson's statement win at Kansas that reshapes the NASCAR Chase, Marc Marquez's sprint heroics at Motegi amid chaos, and a look back at a wild IndyCar season crowned by Alex Palou's fourth straight title. Plus the Darrell Waltrip diagnosis, the Keselowski-RFK split, and everything else that matters across the motorsport world.
Carter Reynolds previews Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas with a one-point Chase lead, unpacks the rainout-metric controversy and the Blaney-Hocevar feud, recaps the Truck and ARCA results from a rain-soaked Kansas weekend, and sweeps in Point Dume's Carter Stakes win, the Laurel Park Sunday card, and off-track news from F1, IndyCar, and endurance racing.
A Bristol night-race special: Logano's milestone steal, the Hocevar-Blaney pit road brawl, a one-point Chase lead, and the 1.5-mile stretch that will decide the title.
Carter Reynolds covers F1's confirmed 2027 engine walk-back, NASCAR's playoff pressure cooker, IndyCar's dynasty question with the WEC run-in, and MotoGP's human drama — one host, one sitting, four connected chapters on the Afterplay Network.