Motorsports

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 08, 2026 – Peugeot's racing arm wrapped up a grueling six-hour shakedown at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Sunday, putting both of its 9X8 hypercars through more than 2,000 kilometers ahead of the 94th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For motorsport fans, the timing carries extra weight: the French brand is marking a full century since its first appearance at the world's most famous endurance race, and the crowds let the team know it, lining the streets of Le Mans to cheer the cars during the traditional parade. The test session gave all six of the team's drivers track time, sorted out tyre choices, and let one rookie clear a required hurdle before the real running begins later this week.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 7, 2026 – Alfa Romeo handed the keys to 200 journalists from 15 markets and turned them loose on the Varano de' Melegari circuit, with the whole range on hand: the compact Junior, the Tonale, the Giulia and Stelvio, and the high-performance Quadrifoglio super sports cars. The event, called the Alfa Romeo Driving Academy and powered by Scuderia de Adamich, was built for the European press, but the real news is what comes next. In the coming months the brand plans to open two track programs to actual buyers, from an exclusive day reserved for Quadrifoglio owners to discounted sessions for anyone purchasing a new Alfa Romeo. The pitch is simple: you do not really know one of these cars until you have driven it hard.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 6, 2026 -- Toyota Racing is heading to the Circuit de la Sarthe with a clear target: a sixth victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours, the most demanding endurance race on the planet. The 94th edition of the legendary French classic takes place on 13–14 June, and Toyota will field two TR010 HYBRID Hypercars against a 62-car grid featuring 18 Hypercars from eight different manufacturers. With over 300,000 fans expected trackside and the updated TR010 HYBRID making its Le Mans debut, the stakes have rarely felt higher for a team that already holds the record for the fastest-ever lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 6, 2026 -- Toyota has taken another significant step in its hydrogen motorsport programme, entering the #32 TGRR GR Corolla H2 concept in the NAPAC Fuji 24 Hours Race on June 5 and 6 at Fuji Speedway — and doing so with a genuine world first under the bonnet. The liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla is the first race car ever to compete equipped with a superconducting liquid hydrogen pump, a technology unveiled only at the final round of the 2025 Super Taikyu Series. For anyone who cares about where motorsport and clean energy are heading, this is one of the most technically significant races happening anywhere in the world right now.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 6, 2026 -- Toyota Racing is set to make motorsport history at the Circuit de la Sarthe next week, conducting the first-ever public demonstration drives of its liquid hydrogen-fuelled TR LH2 Racing Prototype during the 94th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Built on the same chassis as the TR010 HYBRID Hypercar competing in the race itself, the TR LH2 Racing Prototype represents years of hydrogen technology development pushed forward through real-world motorsport competition — and next week, fans at Le Mans will hear and experience a hydrogen combustion engine at full noise on one of the world's most iconic circuits for the very first time.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 2, 2026 -- Elfyn Evans has claimed victory at Rally Japan for the third time in four years, headlining a stunning 1-2-3-4 finish for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team on their home roads in Toyota City. Sébastien Ogier and Sami Pajari joined Evans on the podium, with local fan favourite Takamoto Katsuta completing the remarkable four-car sweep. The result also marks Evans' 50th career WRC podium and extends his championship lead to 20 points at the halfway point of the 2026 season — a result that underlines just how dominant Toyota has been on Japanese tarmac.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- Nikolay Gryazin has delivered one of the most dramatic victories of the WRC2 season, winning Rally Japan aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale and moving to the top of the drivers' championship standings in the process. The 28-year-old Bulgarian-licensed driver and co-driver Konstantin Aleksandrov claimed ten stage wins across the event, surviving contact, a puncture, and a nail-biting final battle with Spain's Alejandro Cachón to seal victory by 15.5 seconds on the closing Power Stage. It is the third WRC2 win of the season for the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, and a result that shifts the momentum of the championship picture significantly heading into the second half of the year.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- Nikolay Gryazin is heading to Rally Japan as one of the most experienced hands on the grid, and this time he will be carrying the Lancia badge. The 28-year-old Bulgarian-licensed driver will compete in round seven of the FIA World Rally Championship aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, tackling 20 special stages and 302 competitive kilometres across the Aichi and Gifu prefectures from 28 to 31 May. With a WRC2 victory at this very event in 2024 and two runner-up finishes in previous editions, Gryazin arrives in Japan not just as a contender but as the man who knows these roads better than almost anyone in the field.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- The Royal Rally of Scandinavia delivered a bruising but ultimately mixed weekend for Lancia Corse HF at the second round of the FIA European Rally Championship, with triumph and heartbreak arriving in equal measure on the fast Swedish gravel. Andrea Mabellini and Virginia Lenzi were forced to retire after just three stages following a suspension-damaging off-road excursion, while young Italian Davide Pesavento fought back to claim third place in Junior ERC aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF. For fans of rally sport and the resurgent Lancia brand, this was a weekend that showed just how unforgiving — and how exciting — top-level European rallying can be.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 14, 2026 – Alfa Romeo has completed two significant deliveries of its ultra-exclusive 33 Stradale almost simultaneously, including the first customer handoff in the United States and the first-ever delivery directly to the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, Italy. Limited to just 33 handcrafted cars worldwide, the retro-inspired sports coupe continues to blur the line between collector automobile and rolling design object. One newly delivered model headed to Austin, Texas, finished in deep Rosso Villa d'Este with racing-inspired details tied to IndyCar history, while another now sits on public display in Italy wearing a specially developed color created through Alfa Romeo’s bespoke BOTTEGAFUORISERIE program. For enthusiasts of rare Italian sports cars, this is the kind of launch that still feels personal rather than mass-produced.