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4+ hour, 14+ min ago (445+ words) At the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the luxury house's presence was everywhere you turned. Two Formula 1 Paddock Club hosts led me and a few other guests to the main track of the Las Vegas Grand Prix for a tour of all 3.8 miles of the loop. It was 5 p.m. or so in Vegas, so it was just then getting dark, the city's storied glitz and bombast snapping sharply into focus. The late November weather was perfect for the occasion'just cool enough to stunt with your leather jacket on. Fifteen of us piled onto the runway-like cargo bed of a large truck. The fans already seated in the stands, thrilled to be there hours before the race even begins, waved at us as we wound our way around the track. Welcome to the F1 Grand Prix Las Vegas, where even the pregame is memorable....

4+ hour, 15+ min ago (125+ words) Harley-Davidson is offering more than $600,000 in contingency to Harley-Davidson racers in MotoAmerica Mission Foods King of the Baggers and Super Hooligan Series and Progressive American Flat Track Mission AFT SuperTwins and AFT AdventureTrackers classes. This is a press release from Harley-Davidson" Milwaukee, WI (December 2, 2026) " Harley-Davidson has announced a 2026 race season contingency program supporting road racing and flat track competitors with cash awards totaling more than $600,000. These funds will be available for qualified H-D racers competing in select classes in the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship and the Progressive American Flat Track series. Mission Foods King of the Baggers Contingency Mission Foods Super Hooligan Contingency Motul Renews Global Partnership with MotoGP...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago (1289+ words) Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris react to a Qatar Grand Prix result that sends the championship race down to Abu Dhabi. (1:16) And when there's more than two protagonists in the running -- like there is this year with Norris, Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all still mathematically in contention -- it's not unheard of for the outsider to emerge victorious. Minimizing pressure can sometimes be the easiest way to maximizing lap time. To borrow a phrase from legendary commentator Murray Walker: "Anything can happen in Formula 1, and it usually does." Less than half of the sport's 75 championships have been decided at the final round, with just 31 past instances of the biggest prize still being in play by the final race of the season. Different versions of F1's points systems and fewer races in the early seasons of the sport go some…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago (593+ words) Mercedes-AMG has announced the driver line-ups of its five customer entries in the 64th Rolex 24 At Daytona, headlined by the long-awaited Daytona race debut of two-time NTT IndyCar Series champion and 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power. Power will drive for Kenny Habul's 75 Express team, sharing the No. 75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO with newly-crowned Repco Supercars Champion Chaz Mostert, and tenured Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver Maro Engel. Power was due to run the race in 2023, but dropped out to be with his wife Liz after a life-threatening staph infection. The 75 Express car that will compete in the five-race Michelin Endurance Cup is one of three GTD PRO Mercedes-AMG entries in the upcoming edition of the Daytona 24 Hours. Two-time and defending IMSA WeatherTech GTD champions and two-time Daytona class winners Winward Racing will enter two cars for the first time, with confirmation of the No. 48 GTD PRO…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago (700+ words) Formula One F1 - Qatar Grand Prix - Lusail International Circuit, Lusail, Qatar - November 29, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates after qualifying in pole position with second placed McLaren's Lando Norris and third placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki ABU DHABI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Formula One will crown its champion in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both seeking to dethrone Red Bull's Max Verstappen and deny the Dutchman his fifth title in a row. Norris is favourite in the three-way showdown, 12 points clear of Verstappen and needing 'only' to finish on the podium at Yas Marina whoever wins on what could be a night of high drama. The last season before the start of a fresh era for the sport, and the expansion to 11 teams with new rules and engines, has been one of comebacks and shocks for…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago (186+ words) Richmond Spiders (6-1) at Belmont Bruins (8-0) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bruins -7.5; over/under is 155.5 BOTTOM LINE: Belmont hosts Richmond aiming to prolong its five-game home winning streak. The Bruins are 4-0 on their home court. Belmont leads the MVC in rebounding, averaging 37.5 boards. Sam Orme leads the Bruins with 6.8 rebounds. The Spiders play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Richmond has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. Belmont scores 87.1 points, 19.4 more per game than the 67.7 Richmond allows. Richmond scores 19.6 more points per game (84.7) than Belmont allows to opponents (65.1). TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Lundblade is scoring 16.6 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists for the Bruins. Orme is averaging 15.6 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 55.6%. AJ Lopez is scoring 11.0 points per game and averaging 1.9 rebounds for the Spiders....

11+ hour, 20+ min ago (64+ words) VW promoted former management consultant Ludwig Fazel to the top strategy role after Stefan Weckbach left the automaker when he failed to become Porsche's new CEO. VW names Ludwig Fazel as chief strategist amid production shakeup The Trump administration is set to propose less stringent fuel economy standards than Joe Biden's rules, aiming to cut vehicle costs as automakers recalibrate lineups and pricing timelines....

14+ hour, 6+ min ago (225+ words) The International Skating Union's 2025 season has all led to this moment " the figure skating Grand Prix Final closes out the festivities this weekend. All of the sport's greatest athletes will be traveling to Nagoya, Japan, to prove themselves one last time, and it means even more with the Milan Cortina Olympics just around the corner. Several enticing storylines will make this Final one to watch. Three-time ISU world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates will be facing French ice dancers Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron in competition for the first time. Other reigning Grand Prix Final champions Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn and Minerva Fabienne Hase will also be looking to defend their titles this weekend. Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 figure skating Grand Prix Final, including TV channel and streaming options for the annual competition. TV channels:…...

14+ hour, 13+ min ago (893+ words) NASCAR executive Scott Prime, one of the architects of the Cup Series' charter system, took the stand again Wednesday. Luis Cano / Jam Media / Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. " NASCAR strategy chief Scott Prime continued to try to fend off accusations of his company's alleged illegal monopoly power abuses as testimony continued Wednesday in the antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. Prime, a NASCAR executive vice president, was on the stand for a second day as Jeffrey Kessler " the attorney representing 23XI Racing team owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin and Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins " used Prime's emails and corporate communications to paint a picture of what he said were NASCAR's monopolistic abuses. Prime originally worked for consulting firm McKinsey, during which he prepared a 2014 report expressing "concerns over the longevity of the sport" if NASCAR did not take steps to improve the health…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago (1899+ words) Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for any of RACER's writers can be sent to'[email protected]. We love hearing your comments and opinions, but letters that include a question are more likely to be published. Questions received after 3pm ET each Monday will be saved for the following week. Q: Do you have any new information on the IndyCar Series video game that iRacing is creating for gaming consoles as well as PC? It supposedly coming out in 2026, but I haven't read or heard anything more about it since the announcement.' As you know it's been 20 years since the last IndyCar video game was released, which is way too long. I'm hoping that the developers of the new game might have images or a trailer for it soon and that a lot of progress has been made.' It was nothing short…...