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October 23, 2026

Ryan Reber beats Justin Street by unanimous decision at BKFC Clearwater

BKFC Fight Night Clearwater took place at OCC Road House in Clearwater, Florida, and streamed live worldwide on the BKFC App. Ryan Reber headlined the card with a unanimous decision over Justin Street, winning 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47 on the judges’ cards.

Michael Larrimore stopped Nate Morrow in the second round of the co-main event after scoring two knockdowns, and Doug Coltrane knocked out Tony Murphy 53 seconds into round two. Rickie McConnico also earned his first BKFC win with a third-round TKO of Mike Heckert.

Elsewhere on the card, Chachi Versace beat Angelo Trujillo by majority decision, Donny Korbel stopped Jadon Lee at the end of round two, Sam Delao won by unanimous decision in his BKFC debut, and Tyler Baker opened the night with a 43-second standing TKO over Yari Kaganovsky.
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October 23, 2026

Chase Sexton’s Kawasaki deal ends; 2027 destination unknown

Chase Sexton and Kawasaki mutually agreed to part ways effective Oct. 23, ending their partnership after one season. Sexton’s destination for the 2027 season has not been announced.

Sexton signed with Kawasaki on Nov. 3, 2025, and made 16 starts on the Kawasaki KX450 in 2026. He won two 450 Supercross races for the team at Anaheim 2 and Salt Lake City, earned three podium finishes and three heat race victories, and finished sixth in the Supercross championship.

His season ended after a June crash during press day at Thunder Valley National that left him with a torn ACL. Kawasaki thanked Sexton for helping add to its list of Supercross winners and wished him the best for 2027, and Sexton thanked the team in a social media post and wished it well.
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October 23, 2026

Sammy Smith beats Tyler Ankrum in overtime at Talladega for first Truck Series win

Sammy Smith won the Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway in overtime, taking the lead on the final lap and beating Tyler Ankrum by 0.091 seconds for his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Smith earned the win in his 11th Truck Series start driving the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, and he led 21 of the race’s 88 laps.

The race went to overtime after a lap 79 crash involving Thomas Annunziata, Kaden Honeycutt and Grant Enfinger. It featured five cautions and two major crashes. Gio Ruggiero won Stage 1 and Tanner Gray won Stage 2.

Ankrum finished second, followed by Austin Green, Ty Majeski and Kaden Honeycutt. Smith celebrated the victory with a burnout in Victory Lane after announcing earlier in the day that he will race full time for TRICON Garage in 2027.
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October 23, 2026

Adrian Newey says Christian Horner may not understand his 2014 Red Bull frustration

Adrian Newey pushed back on Christian Horner’s criticism of his role in Red Bull’s troubled 2014 season, saying Horner may not have fully understood his pain and frustration during that year. Horner used his memoir, Drive, to write that Newey seemed ready to leave Red Bull when Ferrari showed interest, but Newey said he had not read the book yet and disagreed with the suggestion that he wanted to leave at the first sign of trouble. He said he and Horner remain friends and noted that he is godfather to Horner’s daughter, Olivia.

Newey said he stayed at Red Bull after turning down Ferrari’s offer, and said he was in conversation about leaving in 2014. He said a chassis designer can accept a bad year from a power-unit supplier only if the supplier appears willing to fix the problem, and said Red Bull’s engine issues did not improve until the team switched to Honda in 2019. Horner, meanwhile, said he felt “very sad” and “couldn’t rely on him any more,” and said he was “blind-sided” by Newey’s eventual departure in 2024.

Newey left Red Bull in 2024 and joined Aston Martin, where he sees parallels with Red Bull’s early years after buying Jaguar in 2005. He said Aston Martin’s current rebuild resembles that period, when Red Bull was trying to establish itself.
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October 23, 2026

Tony Stewart wrecks out at Talladega after rising to 18th

Tony Stewart was caught in a nine-truck crash during the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on the 17th lap, ending a promising run after he had climbed from 29th to 18th in the opening 15 laps. The pileup began when Stewart Friesen slowed after a cut tire and was turned in a three-wide stack-up near Turn 2. The impact sent Stewart’s truck and Friesen’s truck into the outside wall and destroyed Stewart’s No. 25 Kaulig Racing RAM.

Stewart said over the radio, “Knocked the wind out of me. I’m good.” He was checked and released from the infield care center soon after the wreck. Garrett Mitchell, known on YouTube as Cleetus McFarland, was also collected in the crash and finished last.

The Talladega race was Stewart’s second Truck Series start of the season after a long absence. He entered the event fourth in the standings with two races left. Stewart is set to return to full-time NHRA Top Fuel racing.
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October 23, 2026

Honda targets 50-horsepower gain for Aston Martin’s 2027 F1 engine

Adrian Newey said Honda is targeting at least a 50-horsepower gain for Aston Martin’s 2027 Formula 1 engine as part of an effort to repair a strained relationship between the two sides, with Aston Martin hoping the partnership will be strong enough to challenge for a top-10 finish in the first race of 2027. Newey said the future is the key focus for both companies, and that Aston Martin is working closely with Honda as they look ahead to the 2027 regulation changes.

Newey said Honda has been disappointed with its progress in its first season back in Formula 1 after beginning the year with serious vibration and reliability problems. He said Aston Martin’s updated engine and turbo steps have not been enough to let the team regularly fight for points, even after Honda introduced upgrades to its engine program following a rule change from the FIA in May that allowed more development spending.

Aston Martin remained 10th in the championship and was only ahead of Cadillac when Newey spoke. He said Honda has good people and processes in place, expressed hope about what is coming next, and hinted at further progress from Honda’s Sakura base for 2027. Newey also said the 2027 rules and possible additional homologation upgrades could open up more development opportunities for the team.
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October 23, 2026

RFK Racing owners reject Brad Keselowski’s unsolicited buyout bid

Brad Keselowski confirmed that he made an unsolicited bid to buy RFK Racing outright, but the team’s other owners rejected the offer last week. He said the bid was “pretty solid and significant,” but he did not disclose the amount or say whether other financiers or private equity firms were involved. RFK Racing declined to comment.

The bid comes as Keselowski’s role with the team is already in flux. RFK Racing announced on Sept. 29, 2026, that Keselowski would leave his driving role after the 2026 season, even though he wanted to keep driving longer. At the time, he was both a driver and co-owner of RFK Racing, and he declined to say what his next move in NASCAR would be.

RFK Racing said it wanted Keselowski to focus more on competition leadership. The team is co-owned by Jack Roush’s Roush Enterprises, Fenway Sports Group and Keselowski, but his exact ownership split was not publicly known. RFK Racing said Keselowski’s ownership stake in the team remains unresolved.
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October 23, 2026

Ty Majeski earns Talladega pole; Sammy Smith starts second

Ty Majeski won the pole for the Love’s RV Stop 225 at Talladega Superspeedway after turning a lap of 53.983 seconds at 177.389 mph in the final round of qualifying. Sammy Smith will start second, followed by Kaden Honeycutt, Giovanni Ruggiero, Cole Butcher, Austin Green, Tyler Ankrum, Corey Heim, Layne Riggs and Ben Rhodes in the top 10. Cleetus McFarland will start 24th and Tony Stewart will roll off 29th.

The Love’s RV Stop 225 is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. ET on FS1, FOX One and SiriusXM. The race is set for 85 laps and 226.1 miles on Talladega’s 2.66-mile oval, with stage lengths of 20 laps, 40 laps and 85 laps.

Kaden Honeycutt leads Layne Riggs by 39 points in the 2026 Truck Series standings after winning at Phoenix Raceway. Christian Eckes is third, 112 points behind Honeycutt, with three races left in the season.
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October 23, 2026

Oscar Piastri says he is making progress adapting to McLaren’s 2026 car

Oscar Piastri said he is seeing a clear sign of progress as he continues to adapt to McLaren’s 2026 car, but he said the process has been both technical and mental and has required him to move away from driving habits that worked well last season. He said recent weeks have felt more comfortable after hard work with the team, and the new car has started to “click a little bit more,” though he said he is still below the level he wants to reach and only back “in the ballpark” of where he should be.

Piastri’s season has been uneven since two did-not-start results in Australia and China, and he said it has been more difficult since his crash in Baku in 2025. He has reached the podium twice this season, in Japan and Miami, but after an error in Baku he finished sixth in Malaysia and fifth in Singapore. He also said the Singapore sprint clash with teammate Lando Norris at Turn 5 on the final lap had been dealt with appropriately and was resolved before the United States Grand Prix, when Piastri retired and Norris finished eighth.

Ahead of the race at Circuit of The Americas, Piastri said the track should test McLaren’s strengths and weaknesses, and he hoped new parts on the car could help the team close the gap to its rivals. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said Piastri’s driving style had not suited the 2026 car as well as Norris’s, and Norris led Piastri 11-6 in qualifying and 9-8 in race results before the United States Grand Prix. Piastri lost the 2025 Drivers’ Championship to Norris by 13 points.
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