Martin Truex Jr. wins NASCAR Martinsville race

Martin Truex Jr. won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday night. AP Photo/Steve Helber Truex, who nudged Hamlin repeatedly in the turns and tried to get to his inside on the straightaways without success, finally made the pass…

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NASCAR: Will Martin Truex Jr. win Martinsville again?

Will Martinsville live up to its name again? Martin Truex Jr. won last year’s regular-season Cup Series race at the half-mile track and is one of the favorites to take the checkered flag on Saturday night. Smoke from Truex’s celebratory burnout can be seen rising from the finish line at Martinsville Speedway last June. (Rob Carr/Getty…

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YouTuber jumps Lamborghini over Lamborghini

If at first you don’t attributes, raise the stakes. Back in January, YouTuber Michael Hyssong jumped his Ram 1500 TRX a little too high and far across a Pennsylvania stream, landed hard and wrecked the brand-new truck. Aside from the nearly two million views so far, Hyssong’s reward was 18 misdemeanor criminal charges for allegedly…

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Hyundai's first pickup is not a 'truck'

Hyundai doesn’t want you to call the Santa Cruz a pickup “truck.” The make has released a preview video of its first pickup for the U.S. ahead of its full reveal on April 15. (Hyundai) In it, Design Manager Brad Arnold said the premise behind the crossover-based vehicle was that it is “not a traditional…

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Radical new NASCAR cars to debut May 5

NASCAR is taking the wraps off of its next-generation Cup Series cars on May 5. (NASCAR) The entirely new vehicles were originally scheduled to start racing in the 2021 season, but their introduction was pushed to 2022 due to the challenges posed to their development by the coronavirus pandemic. (NASCAR) The new design aims to…

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