This New Jersey importer deals in the world’s rarest and most desirable cars.

Inbound Motorsports regularly brings in six-figure sums when it puts the cars up for auction.

The company has been around since 2016, founded by Rami Fetyani.

But despite the high-end vehicles, Inbound Motorsports gets the cars imported in for a great price.

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It seems like more and more people are getting their cars through auctions these days.

Whether it’s a Toyota Camry TRD or a Ferrari 308, cars sold on auction often go for a great price.

But when it comes to rare cars brought in from abroad, Inbound Motorsports may well be in a league of its own.

The company has been around since 2016, when Rami Fetyani set it up in New Jersey.

It all began when he bought a car for himself while browsing online auctions in Japan.

Then he purchased a few more, and it snowballed from there.

In fact, the importer has done so well over the years that Fetyani has been happy to downsize its inventory.

Robb Report reportedly claimed that its overflow warehouse had 60 cars in it a year ago – now there’s only a handful at a time.

And it’s probably down to the incredible finds that come up at auction, including this rare surprise inside a salvage auction Corvette.

“It’s much easier for me to not have to manage this much overhead,” Fetyani said.

“And just do 5, 10, 15 transactions a month where I’m selling cars directly.”

The cars listed on the importer’s website as being recently sold are a who’s who of automotive gems.

A 1988 Mitsubishi Pajero Paris-Dakar, a 1979 Saab 900 Turbo, and a 1992 Honda Beat featured among its sales.

And although the cars sell for big bucks at auction, Inbound Motorsports is able to have them shipped in for a great price.

“If I’m buying stuff from auction in Japan at [large-scale auto auction house] USS Tokyo or whatever where it’s just run-of-the-mill basic business, it’s about 1,500 bucks,” Fetyani said.

That $1,500 covers importing the car and getting it registered for driving on the US streets.

When put like that, it’s an amazing price.

To keep up with the cars being sold through Inbound Motorsports, check out their website.

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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen wins for the fourth straight time at Imola, defeating McLaren’s Lando Norris and F1 drivers’ standings leader Oscar Piastri.

Max Verstappen has given his Formula 1 title defence a big boost with victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after a daring overtake on standings leader Oscar Piastri at the start.

The Dutch driver built a commanding lead on Sunday that was wiped out when the safety car bundled the field back up. He still held on to win ahead of Lando Norris, who overtook his McLaren teammate Piastri for second with five laps remaining.

Verstappen took his second win of the season and first since last month’s Japanese Grand Prix and denied Piastri – who finished third – what would have been his fourth victory in a row.

Verstappen praised his Red Bull team’s “fantastic execution all round” as the team marked its 400th F1 race with a win.

“The start itself wasn’t particularly great, but I was still on the outside line, or basically the normal [racing] line, and I was like, ‘Well, I’m just going to try and send it round the outside,’ and it worked really well,” Verstappen said of his crucial overtake. “That, of course, unleashed our pace because once we were in the lead, the car was good.”

Norris’s late-race move on Piastri was almost a copy of Verstappen’s although Norris had the advantage of being on fresher tyres than his teammate.

“We had a good little battle at the end between Oscar and myself, which is always tense but always good fun,” Norris said, admitting that Verstappen and Red Bull were “too good for us today”.

Piastri’s lead over Norris in the standings was cut to 13 points. Verstappen rounds out the top three at nine points behind Norris.

Hamilton bounces back

Lewis Hamilton recovered from 12th on the grid to finish fourth in his first race for Ferrari in Italy.

Hamilton profited from a late-race fight between his teammate Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon of Williams.

Albon complained Leclerc had pushed him off the track as they battled for fourth, and Hamilton passed both drivers before Ferrari eventually asked Leclerc to yield fifth to Albon.

George Russell was seventh for Mercedes, ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr in the second Williams.

Isack Hadjar was ninth for Racing Bulls, and Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Yuki Tsunoda was 10th after starting last following a crash in qualifying.

An action-packed ‘farewell’ to Imola

Overtaking was expected to be rare in what could be F1’s last race for the foreseeable future at Imola. Instead, the Italian fans were treated to Verstappen’s spectacular move at the start and plenty of other overtakes.

The narrow, bumpy Imola track has been a favourite among drivers, who have relished its old-school challenge since it returned to the F1 schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, its status as Italy’s second race – only the United States also hosts more than one – makes its position vulnerable.

“If we don’t come back here, it is going to be a shame,” Piastri said on Saturday.

Sunday’s race was the last under Imola’s current contract, and while it isn’t officially goodbye yet, there has been no word about next year.

NASCAR drivers are set to battle for $1M at North Wilkesboro Speedway

On Sunday, NASCAR Cup Series drivers will race for $1M to win in North Carolina. Results from heat races from Saturday’s portion of the show have been used to set the starting lineup for the NASCAR All-Star Race.

View NASCAR All-Star Race starting lineup and TV schedule below.

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12:45pm ET
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Starting Lineup
NASCAR All-Star (Open)
May 17, 2025

Note: This is an LCQ race. The top two finishers from the All-Star Open will transfer into the All-Star Race. This race will run shortly ahead of the All-Star main event.

Pos | Driver | Best Time (Qual)

1. Shane van Gisbergen
1:28.684

2. Carson Hocevar
1:28.884

3. Noah Gragson
1:29.596

4. Michael McDowell
1:29.610

5. Ryan Preece
1:29.688

6. Zane Smith
1:30.477

7. Justin Haley
1:30.495

8. John Hunter Nemechek
1:30.841

9. Ty Gibbs
1:30.917

10. Ty Dillon
1:31.444

11. Cole Custer
1:32.050

12. Erik Jones
1:35.597

13. Riley Herbst
1:39.650

14. Cody Ware
1:39.791

15. Bubba Wallace
1:39.690

16. AJ Allmendinger
1:50.942

17. Todd Gilliland
2:02.694

18. Chad Finchum
2:24.024

NASCAR All-Star Race
Starting Lineup
North Wilkesboro Speedway
May 18, 202

Note: Heat race results from Saturday have set the lineup for positions 1-20. Results from the Open race on Sunday will set positions 21 and 22. One additional driver will transfer in front the Fan Vote.

Pos | Driver

1. Brad Keselowski

2. Christopher Bell

3. Ross Chastain

4. Joey Logano

5. William Byron

6. Chase Elliott

7. Ryan Blaney

8. Kyle Busch

9. Alex Bowman

10. Chris Buescher

11. Josh Berry

12. Daniel Suarez

13. Tyler Reddick

14. Chase Briscoe

15. Austin Dillon

16. Austin Cindric

17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

18. Harrison Burton

19. Kyle Larson

20. Denny Hamlin

21. All-Star Open (Winner)

22. All-Star Open (2nd Place)

23. Fan Vote Winner

Heat Race Results

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The fate of the NASCAR All-Star Race largely rests on the whims of Marcus Smith, who is giving few hints about how he’ll deploy a new “Promoter’s Caution.”

It’s the latest goofy gimmick in an event defined by annual format changes designed to goose the competition in the name of fender-banging fireworks. At a randomly selected point Sunday night during the first 220 of 250 laps at North Wilkesboro Speedway, a yellow flag will fly and possibly wipe out a big lead while bunching the field for a race-altering restart.

The decision on when to throw the yellow rests solely with Smith, the president and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, which owns the 0.625-mile track in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

“I’ll have a very special mystery guest with a little All-Star Race history of his own to help me out when it’s time to drop the yellow,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we’ll create a little chaos for the teams and some fun for the fans at the same time.”

It’s an attempt to restore some luster to the All-Star Race, which has lost touch with its no-holds-barred origins. The past two events at North Wilkesboro produced runaway victories for Kyle Larson and Joey Logano, who led 199 of 200 laps in 2024.

The most memorable event last year came after the race when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch engaged in fisticuffs after tangling for a mid-pack position. It was a far cry from the furious last-lap battles that once sent an All-Star Race winner to the emergency room (Davey Allison sustained a concussion in 1992 after crashing from contact with Kyle Petty at the checkered flag).

The Promoter’s Caution won’t guarantee a slam-bang ending, but it’s in the vein of an exhibition race with $1 million but no points at stake. While other pro sports have struggled to keep all-star events relevant, Cup Series drivers pride themselves on competing as hard as they would in a race with championship implications — and sometimes harder.

“The All Star Race is not just another race,” Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell said. “Everybody is more aggressive than a normal Sunday Cup race. Everyone has that win it or wear it attitude, and it races differently because of that.”

A sense of resignation from the All-Star Race’s annual format overhauls also makes it easier to accept the inanity of a random yellow.

“I have a hard enough time keeping up with all of the different format stuff,” Team Penske’s Austin Cindric said. “It doesn’t really bother me that much that we’re going to have a Promoter’s Caution because, unless I’m the caution, I can’t control it in any way. It’s just the racing gods, but maybe they’re on earth this time.”

Though its timing could cost him a win, Logano is fine with the Promoter’s Caution because “the All-Star Race presents the opportunity to try things outside of the box.

“I don’t think we should have a Promoter’s Caution in points-paying events,” he said. “But in this case, we do something different. It’s something everyone can talk about. And I just don’t know what they’re going to do. Are they going to put Marcus in the flag stand, and he’s just going to throw a yellow flag?”

The son of late NASCAR Hall of Famer Bruton Smith, who once lobbied for random yellows as the most bombastic promoter in Cup history, is coy about how the Promoter’s Caution will be unveiled.

“I’ve had no shortage of NASCAR experts from inside and outside of the garage giving me advice on what to do,” Marcus Smith said. “I’ve got a couple of scenarios in mind depending on what’s happening with the race. Or I could just go spur of the moment with my gut.”

Odds and ends

Christopher Bell (+350) is the BetMGM Sportsbook favorite, followed by pole-sitter Brad Keselowski (+600), Logano (+650), two-time defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron (+700) and Denny Hamlin (+800). Kyle Larson, who will start last after missing practice and qualifying while attempting to make the Indy 500, is listed at +1000. … Keselowski and Bell were the winners Saturday of the two 75-lap heat races that set the starting lineup for the All-Star Race. Keselowski already was guaranteed the top starting spot for Sunday night’s main event after qualifying on the pole position Friday. Bell will start second Sunday, followed by Ross Chastain, Logano and Byron. … After sitting essentially dormant for more than 35 years, North Wilkesboro Speedway is playing host to its third consecutive All-Star Race since a $20 million makeover. Keselowski wants to move a points race from Charlotte Motor Speedway’s “Roval” layout to North Wilkesboro Speedway and shift the All-Star Race back to Charlotte’s 1.5-mile oval (the host from 1987-2019). “This needs to be a points racetrack,” Keselowski said of North Wilkesboro. “I’m very strong about the Roval has got to go.”

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AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer in Indianapolis contributed to this report.

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Nate Ryan, The Associated Press

Kyle Larson was being honest Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“I don’t like qualifying here,” he said, forcing a smile that spoke of respect for how challenging these runs can be. “(The runs) just get sketchier each time you go out.”

Unfortunate circumstances put the NASCAR Cup Series points leader in the qualifying line one more time than he desired on Day 1 of PPG Presents Armed Forces Qualifying. The first run on the iconic 2.5-mile oval was straightforward since his Arrow McLaren crew loaded a significant amount of aerodynamic downforce on the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet to get Larson back in a rhythm following a spin into the Turn 4 wall a day earlier.

Larson couldn’t describe what chassis changes were made, but he could tell that the car “cut through the wind a little better.”

“It was good to go faster,” he said without much flair in his voice.

As the four-lap average of 230.053 mph ranked 16th of the 17 cars that had completed a run, Larson knew he had to give it another go. The team made adjustments that would help him go quicker, and he did, posting an average of 231.326 mph that elevated him significantly.

As it turned out, both qualifying runs would have been enough to earn a starting spot as the top 30 are now guaranteed a starting position in next week’s Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. But his efforts were rewarded as the first run would have slotted him 29th. Instead, he will roll off 21st and can bypass Sunday’s qualifying in favor of NASCAR’s All-Star race later in the evening at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.

Larson was conflicted when asked by FOX Sports if he wanted to make a third attempt. He said he was “content” with his situation and didn’t seem eager to go again, a sign of just how difficult it was for he and others Saturday.

Larson is a racer through and through, and last year’s debut as an NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver resulted in a fifth-place “500” starting position and a solid run in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” although he finished 18th, one of 21 cars finishing on the lead lap. For his quick adaptation to this different form of motorsports, Larson was named the event’s Rookie of the Year.

2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Larson’s return to the “500” has similarities to that of Fernando Alonso. The two-time Formula One champion glided through his rookie May in 2017, qualifying fifth and leading 27 laps in the race. But in Alonso’s second try, in 2019, he was bumped from the field by Kyle Kaiser.

Larson has earned starting positions both years, but it has been far from smooth sailing. In last month’s Open Test at IMS, Larson got his first chance to drive a car using the engine boost that is offered in qualifying. On his first lap, he lost control and slammed the Turn 1 wall, his first such impact in one of these cars. He wasn’t injured, but the incident ended his second day sooner than he wanted. Then this week, as he again tried a hot lap with the boost, he spun in Turn 4, hitting the wall hard enough to necessitate more repairs.

The two accidents meant that Larson effectively went into qualifying without having made a four-lap simulation run, and he wasn’t confident in how to adjust for the additional weight that INDYCAR’s hybrid technology has added year over year.

“It was just a bit hectic in qualifying trim for us,” Larson said. “It was good to maintain some balance and get at least some speed, but it was slow.”

Arrow McLaren Team Principal Tony Kanaan is overseeing Larson’s program this month, and he said the team purposefully kept the car in a conservative setup to help the star driver.

“We wanted to give him something he could work on and not have it surprise him like (when he crashed),” 2013 “500” winner Kanaan said. “Look, it’s amazing that those (incidents) didn’t faze him at all, but the car has to be (predictable), and that’s not easy on a day with this wind and how tricky (the rear of the car is) the (heavy) hybrid.”

On a scale of 1 to 10 based on difficult conditions at IMS, Kanaan rated Saturday as an 8. Even for a driver with Larson’s immense talent, that’s a lot to negotiate for someone with so little INDYCAR experience.

Hendrick Motorsports Vice Chairman Jeff Gordon said he couldn’t be more impressed with how Larson has handled this month’s challenges – weather, hybrid and bouncing back from crashes.

“I’ve never seen him rattled about anything,” the NASCAR legend said. “Kanaan was telling me right after what happened in (the Open Test) that Kyle was itching to go again. That’s him.

“Yeah, things have been tough (this year), but you’d never know it by talking to him.”

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Brad Keselowski and Christopher Bell each scored dominating wins in Saturday’s heat races at North Wilkesboro Speedway and will start on the front row for Sunday night’s All-Star Race.

The heat races set the lineup for Sunday’s exhibition race. Keselowski was already assured the No. 1 starting spot by posting the fastest time in qualifying Friday.

Keselowski led 74 of 75 laps to win his heat race. Ross Chastain finished second, William Byron was third, Ryan Blaney finished fourth and Alex Bowman placed fifth.

Keselowski was the only car in the top five of the nine-car race that ran the same set of tires for the entire distance.

“Those guys that put tires on, they were really hard to hold off,” Keselowski said. “I had the preferred groove and just tried to use it to my advantage. We’ll see if that’s the case (Sunday).”

Keselowski said the track was racy.

“It’s definitely not a single groove racetrack,” he said. “They were running me real hard. We had good pace and that was a little bit of a dogfight, so I thought it was great racing.”

Keselowski has finished second in the All-Star Race three times. That’s tied for the most runner-up finishes without winning the event, which pays $1 million to the winner.

With Kyle Larson at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Justin Allgaier drove Larson’s No. 5 in practice and qualifying Friday.

Bell led 69 of the 75 laps to win the second heat Saturday.

“I knew (Friday) in practice that if they could get some rear grip in it, I felt like I had a lot of car potential,” Bell said. “The guys did an amazing job on just making the car better overnight and it was really refreshing to get out there and just cruise those first 30 laps.

“Then, I didn’t know how it was going to work with having Joey (Logano) right behind me, but this thing was on rails. I’m really happy and excited about the opportunity (Sunday).”

The only laps Bell didn’t lead were when Chase Briscoe did not pit with the rest of the field, attempting the same strategy Keselowski used to win the first heat. Briscoe said it was his call to stay out.

It didn’t work. He didn’t get a good restart, got hung three wide and fell back outside the top five in the 10-car race before contact spun him on the frontstretch.

Logano finished second, Chase Elliott third, Kyle Busch fourth and Chris Buescher fifth.

All-Star Race starting lineup

1. Brad Keselowski

2. Christopher Bell

3. Ross Chastain

4. Joey Logano

5. William Byron

6. Chase Elliott

7. Ryan Blaney

8. Kyle Busch

9. Alex Bowman

10. Chris Buescher

11. Josh Berry

12. Daniel Suarez

13. Tyler Reddick

14. Chase Briscoe

15. Austin Dillon

16. Austin Cindric

17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

18. Harrison Burton

19. Kyle Larson (will move to the rear since Justin Allgaier qualified car)

20. Denny Hamlin

21. Winner of All-Star Open

22. Runner-up of All-Star Open

23. Fan vote winner