Formula 1’s 2026 engine rules have become a major source of division halfway through the season, as the sport’s electric-heavy power units and energy-management system draw criticism from drivers even while F1 says fan feedback has been broadly positive. Formula 1 said 66% of 60,000 fans in its Fan Voice survey rated races as good or excellent, up from 60% last year. CEO Stefano Domenicali said fans remain the sport’s top priority, said he understands the drivers’ criticism, and argued that technical issues such as clipping, when cars briefly run out of electrical boost, make the racing look better than some critics suggest.
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BKFC sets title defense, Ferea bout for Fenway Park card
BKFC and Evergreen Fenway Events launched promotion Tuesday at Fenway Park for BKFC 92, the bare-knuckle card set for Aug. 29 at the home of the Boston Red Sox. The ring is slated to be placed at home plate, and the event will stream live worldwide on The BKFC App.
BKFC founder and president David Feldman called Boston a “city of fighters” and said the lineup is the best combat sports event the city has ever seen. He also described bare-knuckle fighting as the fastest-paced combat sport and said the Fenway show is a fitting stage for Boston.
The main event will feature featherweight champion Kai Stewart defending his title against Harry Gigliotti, with Christine Ferea facing Sofia Landi in the co-feature. Other announced bouts include Joe Lauzon against Stash Kuykendall, Taylor Starling against Kat Paprocki, Rico DiSciullo against Tray Martin, Peter Barrett against Elijah Harris and Shane Jordan against Joby Steffensmeier. Stewart and Gigliotti exchanged barbs at the press conference, with Stewart dismissing Gigliotti’s level of competition and Gigliotti predicting Stewart’s reign will end. Fighters including Lauzon, Barrett, DiSciullo, Pat Casey, Guilherme Viana, Jordan and Robinson Perez said fighting at Fenway is significant and said they are confident about their performances. Tickets are available at Redsox.com/BKFC.
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Chandler Smith to leave Front Row after 2026 Truck season
Chandler Smith will not return to Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2027, ending a two-season run with the team after the 2026 campaign. Front Row Motorsports announced the move Tuesday and said Smith will finish the season in the No. 38 Ford F-150, while both sides said they will keep pushing for wins and championships through the end of the year.
Smith joined Front Row before the 2025 season and won four races with the organization, helping turn the No. 38 truck into a regular contender. The team thanked Smith for representing the program and said it will share its 2027 plans later.
Smith has nine Truck Series victories in his career, including two this season at Daytona International Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway. He is third in the standings, 153 points behind teammate Layne Riggs, has already secured a spot in the 10-man Chase, and comes off a fourth-place finish Friday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. He has one win and four top-five finishes in his last six starts.
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Larson’s tire failure ends Brickyard 400 early
Kyle Larson’s Brickyard 400 ended in Stage 1 when a sudden tire failure sent his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet into the wall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, knocking the defending champion out of the race. Larson had pitted early on Lap 27, climbed to second and was in position to challenge for the lead before the crash ended his afternoon.
Larson said the tire let go with no warning and called it bad luck. He said he was not pushing the car too hard when it happened, and said Hendrick Motorsports had executed its strategy well after qualifying 10th and using the pit cycle to gain track position. Crew chief Cliff Daniels had told Larson to push for a few laps to test the car’s limits, and Larson said the team would move on to Iowa.
The DNF was scored as 39th place and gave Larson one point. It extended his Cup Series winless streak to 46 races and marked his third finish of 34th or worse in his last four races. Larson entered the weekend sixth in the standings with four regular-season races remaining, adding pressure as the playoffs approached.
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Schuerenberg passes 23 cars to lead Sprint Week standings
Hunter Schuerenberg moved into the lead of the USAC Indiana Sprint Week Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master standings entering Monday’s race at Circle City Raceway on July 27, 2026. The Sikeston, Missouri, driver had passed 23 cars during Sprint Week, including 16 on Sunday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Gavin Miller was second in the standings with 22 points, Jake Swanson was third with 21 and Robert Ballou was fourth with 20. The top four drivers were separated by three points.
The driver who gains the most positions over the nine-race series will receive a $1,000 award. Five events remained after Monday’s race.
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Heavy storms push Circle City Raceway race to July 28
The USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters event at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis was postponed from Monday night to Tuesday, July 28, after officials reviewed the weather forecast and found heavy storms were expected at the scheduled start time. USAC and Circle City Raceway said Tuesday’s forecast looked better than Monday’s.
The updated schedule calls for pits to open at 3 p.m. Eastern, front gates at 4 p.m., the drivers meeting at 6 p.m. and cars on track at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Tickets will be available at the gate and in advance online.
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Storms cancel High Limit Racing’s Bridgeport midweek race
Thunderstorms and nearly an inch of expected rain forced Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing to cancel its Tuesday Roto-Rooter Midweek Series race at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey. High Limit Racing announced the decision and said it was made with track officials in everyone’s best interest. All pre-sale ticket orders for the Bridgeport race will be refunded.
High Limit Racing will sit idle for three weeks before teams move to Knoxville, Iowa. The next events on the schedule are the 360 Nationals, Capitani Classic, Front Row Challenge and Knoxville Nationals. The series is expected to resume in late August with a west coast swing.
Rico Abreu and Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing lead the championship standings with 26 nights remaining. Brent Marks leads the Roto-Rooter Midweek Series standings with three races remaining.
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Darren Till, Yoel Romero headline BKFC 94 in Manchester
Darren Till was set to face Yoel Romero in the BKFC 94 main event on Sept. 26 at the AO Arena in Manchester, England, with the bout scheduled at 190 pounds. BKFC president David Feldman announced the matchup Monday, ending a fight that had been linked for years.
Till made his bare-knuckle debut in May and knocked out Aaron Chalmers after being knocked down in the opening round. Feldman praised Till after that fight and said the weight limit was the only issue that needed to be resolved to finalize the Romero matchup.
Romero, a former UFC middleweight, was returning to BKFC after winning his debut by knockout in 2025. More fights were expected to be added to the Manchester card in the coming weeks.
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Scelzi Wins at Port Royal After 16-Month Drought
Giovanni Scelzi ended a 110-race, 16-month winless streak Sunday night at Port Royal Speedway by winning the Bob Weikert Memorial in High Limit Racing and collecting $100,000 in the 40-lap feature. It was his first win since March 14, 2025, his first at Port Royal, the first High Limit Racing victory for Spire Motorsports’ sprint car program and the biggest payday of his career. Scelzi said he was surprised to win at a track where he had struggled before and credited crew chief Eric Prutzman and the team’s growing confidence.
Scelzi started from the inside of row two and battled Chase Dietz, Tyler Courtney and Brent Marks through the middle of the race. After a mid-race stoppage, he moved ahead of Dietz and pulled away over the closing laps. Dietz finished second after leading 22 laps, Courtney was third, Marks was fourth and Ryan Smith charged from 24th to fifth.
Dietz’s runner-up finish kept him No. 1 in the National Sprint Car Rankings for the eighth straight week. Dietz, who has raced mostly on the Central Pennsylvania circuit, leads the nation with 17 wins and a 5.149 average finish in 47 races. Cap Henry was second in the rankings, Anthony Macri moved up to third after winning the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway for the second straight year, and David Gravel and Justin Sanders completed the top five.
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