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June 1, 2026

Interstate Batteries’ Reutzel reclaims lead after Lawrenceburg flip

Aaron Reutzel redeemed himself with a comeback victory at Butler Motor Speedway on May 30, 2026, winning the Mace Thomas Classic and reclaiming the championship points lead for Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing. The win came a day after Reutzel flipped in turn four at Lawrenceburg Speedway following contact with Tanner Thorson while driving for Ridge & Sons Racing, an incident that briefly cost him the points advantage.

At Butler the Rod Gross Motorsports No. 88 led the opening 17 laps before slowing with mechanical trouble, and Reutzel took the lead on Lap 18. He navigated lap traffic and held on to win by 0.750 seconds, crossing the finish at 9:14 p.m. The victory was Reutzel’s sixth series win of the 2026 season and the 13th of his career. Brent Marks posted a season-best second-place finish in the No. 19, and Tyler Courtney finished third for Clauson-Marshall Racing in the NOS Energy Drink No. 7BC.
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June 1, 2026

Kitchen clocks 17:02.837, fastest 2:22.717 on Kawasaki

Round 1 at Fox Raceway in Pala opened the Pro Motocross season and produced an early pecking order in 250 qualifying, with Levi Kitchen topping the combined times. Kitchen logged a combined qualifying time of 17:02.837 and posted the fastest lap at 2:22.717 aboard a Kawasaki KX250. Julien Beaumer was second on a KTM 250 SX-F Factory Edition, 1.065 seconds back, and Caden Dudney third on a Yamaha YZ250F, 1.353 seconds off the lead; Lux Turner and Chance Hymas rounded out the top five. The published combined results (two sessions) listed 64 riders and included lap times and machine information for each 250 entry.

The Pala stop also counted as round 18 of SuperMotocross, with points from both series combining toward post-season playoff positioning. Defending champion Jett Lawrence returned for his first gate drop of the season, while former 450 champions Eli Tomac, Chase Sexton and Dylan Ferrandis were identified as primary challengers; Haiden Deegan made his 450-class debut at the event. The 250 class remained unsettled, and the report projected a new 250-class champion by the end of the season.
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June 1, 2026

Darren Till stops Aaron Chalmers in second round at BKFC 90

Darren Till made his bare-knuckle debut and scored a stoppage victory over Aaron Chalmers in the co-main event at BKFC 90 at Utilita Arena in Birmingham. Chalmers dropped Till early, but in the second round Till knocked down Chalmers and the referee completed a 10-count, ending the bout by decisive stoppage. The light heavyweight fight was Till’s first outing under a three-fight BKFC deal he signed in April.

Till left the UFC in 2022 and spent the intervening period in boxing and other combat activity before his BKFC debut. Sources reported he compiled four boxing wins, and one account described those bouts as including exhibition and influencer matches and noted he made his professional boxing debut last year against Luke Rockhold, so reports vary on whether all four wins were professional. Till weighed 188.8 pounds at the BKFC 90 weigh-ins, his lightest recorded weight since December 2022, after earlier moving up from welterweight to middleweight in the UFC and later bulking up to just under 200 pounds for his first pro boxing match. Chalmers weighed 187.8 pounds at the weigh-ins, entered BKFC 90 2-0 in BKFC, and brought a crossover résumé that included a 5-2 MMA record from BAMMA and Bellator and an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2023.

BKFC 90’s headline bout was Connor Tierney versus Rico Franco for the interim BKFC welterweight title. A brawl between Tierney and Franco broke out during the face-offs at the weigh-ins, briefly overshadowing the Till–Chalmers stare-down. MMA Fighting provided live results and play-by-play coverage of the event.
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May 30, 2026

Márquez grabs Mugello holeshot, fades to fifth as fatigue bites

Marc Márquez said the corrective shoulder operation that removed two damaged screws and a piece of bone had achieved its main objective, ending the numbness in his right arm and allowing the radial nerve to begin working again, a recovery sign he illustrated by saying, “Being able to write my sprint notes by hand was a good sign.” Trackside medical checks and post-session nerve tests cleared him to ride at Mugello, but Márquez and team doctors reported ongoing pains and altered sensations as muscles readapted, and he acknowledged the arm has been opened multiple times during his long rehabilitation.
On track the medical progress showed in bursts of speed but not sustained race fitness. Márquez rode cautiously in practice, moving from 15th in FP1 to a top-six practice time that secured Q2 entry. Reports vary on his final grid slot, with some sources saying he qualified fourth and others saying sixth. He grabbed the holeshot and briefly led the 11-lap sprint before finishing fifth about 10 seconds behind the winner, and he said his energy dropped over consecutive laps. Márquez and his team noted he still loses time in right-hand corners and on rapid direction changes, and he estimated he was roughly half a second slower than the top riders over race distance.
Márquez framed Mugello as a step in a patient, step-by-step rehabilitation rather than an immediate return to full competitiveness. He warned fatigue could make the full Grand Prix harder and said, “I’m not even ready for a top-five finish,” while giving no firm timeline for 100 percent recovery, suggesting it could take weeks or “a month or two.” Team management urged caution on a demanding circuit, and analysts suggested a podium was unlikely on his return while a top-eight finish would be a realistic positive. The short-term focus remained rebuilding strength, endurance and race rhythm after recent foot and shoulder operations as Márquez aims for gradual performance gains in upcoming rounds.
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May 30, 2026

Macedo dives under Gravel with four laps left to win River Cities

Carson Macedo charged from ninth and dove under David Gravel with four laps remaining to win the 40-lap World of Outlaws feature at River Cities Speedway. He made the pass down the front straightaway in the first leg of the Northern Tour Don Mack Classic; Gravel countered with a slide job through Turns 3 and 4, but Macedo cleared him on the following circuit and pulled away to the checkered flag.

Gravel finished second for his series-best 14th podium this season, while rookie Kasey Jedrzejek (Bill Rose Racing No. 6) scored his first career World of Outlaws podium in third. Chris Windom was fourth and Sheldon Haudenschild fifth.

The victory moved Macedo into sole possession of second in the standings, cutting the gap to series leader David Gravel to 114 points and tightening the championship picture.

It was Macedo’s 61st career World of Outlaws win and his third at River Cities Speedway, tying him with Craig Dollansky for the second-most wins at the quarter-mile facility. The result was Jason Johnson Racing’s third win of the season.
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May 30, 2026

Erb leads all 40 laps, fends off Overton to win $100K

Tyler Erb won the World of Outlaws Late Model feature at Mansfield Speedway and collected a surprise $100,000 winner’s prize after local philanthropists the Niss family boosted the advertised purse from $12,000 to $100,000 moments before the race. The six-figure payout was Erb’s first and elevated the one-off 57 Special Opener on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series calendar.

The payday came a day after Erb and his girlfriend, Emma Hodge, announced they were expecting their first child.

Erb started second, passed pole-sitter Ricky Thornton Jr. on the opening lap and led all 40 laps, fending off a late charge from Brandon Overton to win by roughly half a second. Thornton later fell out of contention with a flat tire. Bobby Pierce rallied from 10th to finish third, while Josh Rice was fourth and Hudson O’Neal fifth. The victory added to Erb’s résumé — five World of Outlaws wins, a World of Outlaws series championship, and 21 DIRTcar Summer Nationals victories, including the Gateway Dirt Nationals and the National 100. Erb, of New Waverly, Texas, quipped that after taking the lead on lap one he wound up with a $100,000 payday.
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May 30, 2026

Cadillac rejects rumours of replacing Bottas with Colton Herta

Cadillac rejected social-media speculation that it planned to replace Valtteri Bottas with reserve driver Colton Herta. Team principal Graeme Lowdon told PlanetF1 the reports were “baseless and illogical,” a “complete fabrication” and had “no basis in truth.” The rumours followed Bottas appearing slower than teammate Sergio Perez in Canada and included suggestions of a switch ahead of the Monaco race, but Lowdon said those claims were wide of the mark.

Lowdon defended both Bottas and Perez, saying they had been doing extra development work as Cadillac built up its operation and that outsiders did not understand those tasks. He said it was premature to judge Bottas on current standings and that the team needed to gather more data over the remainder of the season before making performance assessments. Observers and Cadillac noted the GM-backed project has been set back by the challenges of building a team from scratch; early teething problems and organisational complexity are influencing results more than any imminent driver change. The entry debuted this season as F1’s 11th team, sits 10th in the constructors’ championship and has not yet scored a championship point.

Cadillac also pointed to practical and contractual limits on a mid-season change. Lowdon and reports emphasised that Herta does not hold the FIA Super Licence required to race in F1, PlanetF1 said Bottas is a valued member of the programme, and media accounts noted both drivers spent 2025 on the sidelines. Perez is a recent departure from Red Bull, and Bottas is understood to have a contract with an option to continue in 2027. Cadillac’s statements largely closed down immediate speculation while preserving the normal end‑of‑season evaluation process.
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May 30, 2026

Phillips argues Till matchup makes competitive sense at 205

John Phillips said Darren Till should be his next opponent in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, arguing the matchup makes competitive sense because both men are natural 205-pounders. Phillips told Bloody Elbow that Till historically struggled cutting to 185 pounds in MMA and that the fighters’ similar size and strength would produce a more even fight than Till’s lighter opponents. Phillips said if both fighters win their next bouts it “will make sense” to book the fight and called it “an exciting matchup fans need to see.” The two men had shared a BKFC card at BKFC 90.

Darren Till moved to BKFC after leaving MMA and signed a three-fight deal in April. He scored a second-round stoppage in Dubai, a result that put him on a Birmingham card. Till had been scheduled to make his bare-knuckle debut at BKFC 90 against Aaron Chalmers.

At the BKFC 90 weigh-ins Till weighed 188.8 pounds, his lightest recorded weight since December 2022. Aaron Chalmers weighed 187.8 pounds, one pound lighter than Till. The weigh-ins underscored Till’s history of changing weight classes: he had difficulty making welterweight in the UFC, moved up to middleweight during his UFC career, and after leaving the promotion bulked up to just under 200 pounds for his first professional boxing match. Chalmers has competed at weights as low as 155 pounds in Bellator. The face-off portion of the BKFC 90 weigh-ins was briefly overshadowed by a brawl between Connor Tierney and Rico Franco. Phillips’ remarks positioned a Phillips-versus-Till bout as a plausible near-term booking for BKFC, pending each man’s upcoming results.
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May 29, 2026

Feldman hails BKFC-90 as first all-British title, vows expansion

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship completed its final press conference in Birmingham on May 28 and confirmed official weigh-ins have been completed ahead of BKFC-90, scheduled for May 30 at the Utilita Arena. The card is headlined by an Interim Welterweight World Title bout between Connor Tierney and Rico Franco, with Darren Till making his BKFC debut in the co-main against Aaron Chalmers.

At the press conference BKFC founder David Feldman said Conor McGregor called in to add an extra knockout bonus to each fight, and he described the event as the promotion’s first all-British world championship while saying BKFC is expanding internationally. Feldman and organizers framed BKFC-90 as a milestone for the company’s U.K. expansion and said stakes were heightened for fighters on the card. Tierney called the matchup the toughest fight of his career. Till vowed to “wipe” the roster and singled out Chalmers, who accepted underdog status and said the bout will demonstrate his level and bring his contract to a close. BKFC released final press conference photos, video and quotes from Birmingham.

BKFC posted weigh-in photos, videos and official results for both the main card and the prelims. Main-card weights included Tierney at 164.8 pounds and Franco at 164.4, Till at 188.8 and Chalmers at 187.7, John Phillips at 205.4 and Ryan Barrett at 205.0, and Tommy Hawthorn and Will Smith both at 155.6. Prelim weights included Kris Trezise 165.8, Luke Brassfield 162.4, Lucasz Parobiec 264.5, Kaseem Saleem 274.0, Nathan Leeson 154.6 and Stevie Davenport 154.4. The posted results provide the official weights and confirm whether each fighter made or missed their mark. The prelims will be available free on the BKFC app at 7:00 p.m. BST (2:00 p.m. EDT) and the main card airs at 8:00 p.m. BST (3:00 p.m. EDT). UK viewers can access the show on Triller PPV.
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