Motorsports

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.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 13, 2026 – Ken Roczen clinched the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship title last weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah — giving Suzuki its first AMA Supercross crown in 16 years. The German-born rider, competing for Team Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear ECSTAR Suzuki, held off a one-point gap at the start of the final round to seal the 450cc class title on his Suzuki RM-Z450. It is the fifth AMA Supercross title in Suzuki's history, and arguably the most dramatic finish in recent seasons.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – March 13, 2026 – Citroën Racing has named Théo Pourchaire and Joshua Dürksen for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Rookie Test at Circuito del Jarama in Madrid on March 22. The test gives both young drivers seat time with the team, with Pourchaire returning after a previous outing in Miami and Dürksen joining Citroën for the first time. For Formula E fans, this matters because rookie tests can shape future driver opportunities and offer an early look at who teams are evaluating in the current GEN3 Evo package. It also puts attention on a Madrid event that the team describes as important in a key market for Citroën.

What Citroën announced

Citroën Racing said Pourchaire and Dürksen will represent the team in the upcoming rookie test in Madrid. The session is part of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship program and is scheduled for March 22 at Circuito del Jarama.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 9, 2026 – Mexico City is about to get loud again, with Round 2 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship set for Saturday, January 10, on a shortened version of the famous Hermanos Rodríguez circuit. DS Automobiles and PENSKE AUTOSPORT arrive aiming to run near the front, with Maximilian Günther and Taylor Barnard driving the DS E-TENSE FE25 developed by DS Performance. For fans, this weekend matters because it’s one of those early-season races where momentum starts to feel real—especially when the grandstands are packed and every team wants to prove their pace isn’t just a one-off.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 6, 2026 – Operation Healing Forces says it has been named the beneficiary of the Johnson's Horsepowered Garage Collection, a no-reserve group of custom vehicles set to be sold during Mecum Kissimmee 2026 in Florida. The announcement ties classic-car craftsmanship to a clear purpose: proceeds from the collection are intended to directly support programs serving America’s Special Operations Forces community. For collectors, it’s a chance to bid on distinctive builds; for supporters, it’s a high-visibility way to turn a passion-driven event into meaningful help for service members, veterans, and families.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 19, 2025 – If you’ve been following Toyota’s “developing ever-better cars” era and waiting to see its newest flagships up close, January is about to get very tempting. TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) says it will exhibit at Tokyo Auto Salon 2026 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Japan, from January 9 to 11, bringing the GR GT and GR GT3 for their first general-public reveal after their December 5 world premiere.

A Public Debut for Two New Flagships

Toyota is positioning the GR GT and GR GT3 as the stars of its booth, and the timing is part of the excitement: these models are moving from “world premiere” energy to real-life, in-person viewing. For anyone who likes to judge a car by stance, proportions, and details you simply can’t feel through a screen, a show like Tokyo Auto Salon is where the obsession usually begins.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 19, 2025 – Toyota didn’t present its new sports models like a typical “bigger, faster, louder” launch. Instead, the world premiere on December 5 at the Woven City Inventor Garage in Susono, Shizuoka, leaned into something more human: the craft of making cars, the pressure of being judged, and the stubborn decision to keep improving even when it would be easier to play it safe.

A Japanese Ritual That Explains the Mindset

The story begins with Shikinen Sengu at Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture, where a shrine is rebuilt every 20 years and sacred objects are moved from old to new. The shrine’s own explanation reads like a mission statement for any craft worth protecting: “The history of Japan and the spirit of our ancestors must never be cast aside. We must continue to safeguard those things that need to be preserved for the future. Doing so is more difficult than embracing change, and more important.”