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25+ min ago (612+ words) Edward Snyder, a professor of economics who worked in the antitrust division of the Department of Justice and has testified in more than 30 cases, including "Deflategate" involving the NFL's New England Patriots, testified on Monday. He gave three specific reasons NASCAR is a monopoly participating in anticompetitive business practices. The suit is about the 2025 charter agreement, which was presented to teams on a Friday in September 2024 with a same-day deadline to sign the 112-page document. The charter offer came after more than two years of bitter negotiations between NASCAR and its teams, who have called the agreement'a take-it-or-leave-it'ultimatum that they signed with'a gun to their head." A charter is similar to the franchise model in other sports, but in NASCAR it guarantees 36 teams spots in the 40-car field, as well as specific revenue. Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winnerDenny Hamlinfor 23XI, along…...

59+ min ago (323+ words) Dec 8, 2025 | 10:10 PM EST James Gilbert / Getty Images Ty Majeski dominated most of the 300-lap Snowball Derby on Monday. But he clearly jumped a restart with 13 laps left. Race officials issued a warning to him the first time. The second time, though, the verdict was a little blurry " Majeski started solid, but it was questionable with his No. 91 blazing out front. That was where Carson Hocevar contended with a race fan about Majeski's wrongdoing. "You can see him point down the hill and go just before the line. i mean it's close but he just burned the mulligan," Carson Hocevar wrote on X while posting the exact moment when Ty Majeski jumped the restart. " Carson Hocevar (@CarsonHocevar) December 8, 2025 Carson Hocevar refuted Ty Majeski's distressed protests with his point of view. In his own super late model venture, Hocevar was relaxed. "These…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (412+ words) BMW M Motorsport's longest-serving privateer team, Turner Motorsport, has announced its drivers for the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The duo of Patrick Gallagher and BMW factory driver Robby Foley will be back to run the full season in the No. 96 BMW M4 GT3 EVO, while fellow BMW works driver Jens Klingmann will be back with the team for the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. Foley and Gallagher finished fifth in the GTD standings last year with top-10 finishes in every race, despite never reaching the podium. "I'm very excited and honored to be back with Turner Motorsport full-time in GTD," said Foley, who is also coming off back to back GT World Challenge America Pro-Am Championships with Turner Motorsport. "We had an up-and-down season last year (in IMSA) but built some great momentum towards the end, which I think will bode…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (304+ words) A high-profile economist testified Monday that NASCAR should pay $215.8 million in damages to 23XI Racing and $148.9 million to Front Row Motorsports to account for its monopolistic behavior. Dr. "Edward A. Snyder, who served as the dean of Yale's business school from 2011-19 and for 10 years before held the same position at the University of Chicago, shared his calculations as part of his extensive testimony on Day 6 of the trial pitting 23XI Racing " "co-owned by Michael Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny "Hamlin " and Front Row Motorsports against NASCAR. They were the only two of the 15 teams competing in NASCAR that refused to sign the organization's charter agreements last year, then they filed the antitrust lawsuit "being heard in Charlotte, N.C. Snyder, a frequent witness in such high-profile trials, declared that NASCAR fits the description of a "monopolist because the organization controls the "tracks, the teams and…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago (1646+ words) Over the course of 10 nights at the National Finals Rodeo, about 180,000 fans can attend in person. But easily double that number of people arrive in town for the event. Over the course of 10 nights at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, about 180,000 fans can attend in person. But easily double that number of people arrive in town each December for the annual Super Bowl of Rodeo. All those leftover fans can also see plenty of live NFR action, while hearing the same call that fans in the Thomas & Mack Center seats hear each night. How, you might ask? Well, there are literally dozens of Wrangler NFR viewing parties/after-parties at venues up and down the Las Vegas Strip, downtown and around the city. All those venues receive a live feed straight from the arena. And believe me when I say these…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago (232+ words) Dec 8, 2025 | 9:01 PM EST Nov 9, 2024; Avondale, Arizona, USA; NASCAR Cup Series team owner Michael Jordan during qualifying for the Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images NASCAR has started trying to chip away at the testimony of team expert Edward Snyder, with Larry Buterman suggesting Snyder incorrectly told the jury that F1 doesn't have non-compete clauses with teams and incorrectly said that NASCAR started paying tracks for exclusivity in '16. " Adam Stern (@A_S12) December 8, 2025 Among his claims, Snyder also pointed to NASCAR's control over the three elements of the sport: racetracks, race teams, and race cars. And he shed light on how NASCAR has taken steps to "reduce the likelihood and viability of entry" from a competitor series, which thus caused financial harm to the teams beyond 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. "To me, as an economist, this situation bothers me,…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago (374+ words) Lando Norris may have only just been crowned Formula 1 world champion but he is already being immortalised in his home county of Somerset. The 26-year-old won the F1 title after a third place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix gave him the points needed to make the triumph possible. He was honoured with a pedestrianised street called Lando Lane named after him at Clark's Village shopping outlet in Street, near his hometown of Glastonbury. Among those gathered to watch the unveiling of the new road sign was Norris' former go-karting instructor, Rob Dodds, who said the win was an "amazing story". Dodds coached Norris from age seven and said even then he was "showing a lot of promise". Also in attendance was Dan Close, deputy head teacher at Norris' former school of Millfield in Street, who said: "We are so…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago (374+ words) Lando Norris may have only just been crowned Formula 1 world champion but he is already being immortalised in his home county of Somerset. The 26-year-old won the F1 title after a third place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix gave him the points needed to make the triumph possible. He was honoured with a pedestrianised street called Lando Lane named after him at Clark's Village shopping outlet in Street, near his hometown of Glastonbury. Among those gathered to watch the unveiling of the new road sign was Norris' former go-karting instructor, Rob Dodds, who said the win was an "amazing story". Dodds coached Norris from age seven and said even then he was "showing a lot of promise". Also in attendance was Dan Close, deputy head teacher at Norris' former school of Millfield in Street, who said: "We are so…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago (578+ words) Lando Norris will run the No.1 on his car in 2026 after winning this year's drivers' championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The reigning champion has traditionally run the No.1 on their car, but a change in 2014 to allocate drivers with career-long numbers meant there was an option to stick with the number chosen by the driver at the start of their F1 career. Lewis Hamilton opted to continue to use No.44 throughout his championship winning years (with the exception of occasional one-off practice sessions with No.1) while Max Verstappen has proudly run the No.1 for the last four seasons after winning the title four times in a row. In an interview with Sky Sports on Monday, Norris said he planned to switch from No.4 to No.1 next year - mainly to symbolize the efforts of his mechanics and engineers this year....

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (358+ words) Kylin Weitz, 12, of Port Angeles, finished second in the 12 girls expert class and 12 girls cruiser class at the BMX USA Grant Nationals in Tulsa, Okla., last week, just seven weeks after fracturing her ankle at the world championships in Copenhagen. At right is Sean Coleman, Lincoln Park BMX operator, who finished seventh in the 51-55 novice class. (Britney Rowland) PORT ANGELES " No one is ever going to accuse Kylin Weitz of not being tough or courageous. Weitz, just 12 years old, finished second at the BMX USA Grand Nationals held in Tulsa, Okla., in both the 12 girls cruiser and the 12 girls expert classes. With her Tulsa results, she finished second nationally in season points in her age group in the girls cruiser class and sixth in the girls expert class. Her mother Britney Rowland said Kylin's ankle is still healing seven weeks…...