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27+ min ago (365+ words) Christmas came early for NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin as one of grassroots racing's most respected series announced a return to its traditional roots. While the stock car world continues to process the fallout from NASCAR's charter trial, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series revealed plans to reinstate a season-long points format beginning in 2026, drawing a blunt yet enthusiastic two-word endorsement from the 40-time Cup Series winner. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series' decision marks a significant philosophical shift after three seasons'of its "Chase for the Championship" format, which mirrored the playoff structures seen in NASCAR and other major series. Announced during the tour's postseason banquet in Indianapolis, the move signals a renewed emphasis on consistency, longevity, and week-to-week performance, values long associated with dirt racing's identity. "Hell yeah!" Martin wrote, summing up the sentiment shared by…...

59+ min ago (586+ words) NASCAR introduced its Driver Ambassador Program in 2025 with a clear objective to give drivers real motivation to invest time and energy into promoting the sport beyond the racetrack. The initiative encourages involvement in charitable efforts, community outreach, and public appearances, offering structure and incentive where goodwill alone often competed with packed schedules. In its first season, Joey Logano emerged atop the first-term Driver Ambassador Program standings and collected a $1 million reward for his contributions. Several drivers, including Kyle Larson, have embraced the program not only for the financial upside but also for the opportunity to expand the sport's reach and elevate the drivers' presence in the public sphere. The framework rewards time spent on promotional activity outside standard media responsibilities. Drivers earn points for interviews, appearances, and engagement both at and away from the track. Each fifteen-minute segment adds to…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago (1109+ words) Lacorte, Milesi, Fuoco victorious again as rain stops play early at Sepang" Cetilar Racing made it two wins from as many races in the opening weekend of the new Asian Le Mans Series season at Sepang as Roberto Lacorte, Charles Milesi and Antonio Fuoco eased to a dominant win in a Sunday encounter cut short by heavy rain. The AF Corse-run No. 47 Oreca 07 Gibson enjoyed a commanding 31-second lead in the hands of Fuoco over the chasing No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing car of Enzo Trulli when the safety car was deployed for a third time with 25 minutes to go. That followed two separate incidents as both Paul di Resta's No. 6 United Autosports Oreca (following contact with Mathias Beche's DKR Engineering car) and Julien Gerbi's No. 1 Team Virage Ligier LMP3 car got beached in the gravel. It promised to set up a…...

2+ hour ago (427+ words) Al Manar by Dragon takes command of Gulf 12H as opening segment reaches halfway" Chris Froggatt led the Gulf 12 Hours for Al Manar by Dragon with half of the event's opening segment completed, with running interrupted by a pair of lengthy caution periods. Froggatt, piloting the No. 77 Ferrari 296 GT3, held a lead of some 24 seconds over the No. 81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, with Inception Racing's Frederik Schandorff in third position overall. The Optimum Motorsport-run No. 70 Ferrari dominated the opening hour of the race with Schandorff at the wheel, but lost ground when co-driver Brendan Iribe took over. Iribe's opening stint in the car coincided with the race's first safety car, which was triggered in the opening moments of the second hour when Sergey Stolyarov's No. 16 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG hit the barriers at Turn 5. After the restart, Iribe then found himself in the…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago (485+ words) FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been called out by F1 fans on social media for ruffling world champion Lando Norris' hair on two occasions in the last week. Ben Sulayem has recently been re-elected as FIA president, meaning that he will serve the next four years as the president having originally taken on the job back in 2021. He was the only candidate on the ballot, after a quirk in the rules prevented other candidates from entering the official race to become president. That was because all presidential candidates had to name one person from all the FIA global regions as their vice president selection by an October deadline, but there was only one South American on the official list, who was already on Ben Sulayem's side. Now, after ruffling up new world champion Norris' hair in the cooldown room at…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago (567+ words) Lewis Hamilton lost the 2021 F1 championship under controversial circumstances Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said he and Lewis Hamilton think about the former's controversial Formula 1 title loss at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix "every day. It's already been five years since Hamilton missed out on an eighth F1 title when controversial circumstances handed Max Verstappen his maiden championship. That said, the wounds of that night are still fresh in the minds of Hamilton and his former boss Wolff. "We haven't got over it. I talked to Lewis about it yesterday, Wolff told The Telegraph. Both the title contenders had headed to Abu Dhabi equal on points. As the race trundled towards a conclusion, Hamilton was comfortably leading the Dutchman " albeit on more worn tyres than the Red Bull driver. " But with Williams' Nicholas Latifi crashing, the Safety Car had been called out…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago (573+ words) The latest version of F1's Concorde Agreement has been signed, with some changes about the way the series will be governed going forward. F1, the FIA and all 11 teams have signed the 2026 Concorde Governance Agreement, which sets out how the next five seasons of F1 will be governed. Amid the agreement, according to Autosport, comes a desire for permanent, professional race stewards at each race on the calendar. At the moment, stewards change race on race, and a lot of the tracks are volunteer-led in terms of how the race weekend is shaped with marshals, stewards and other services. However, following his controversial penalty at the Dutch Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz called for permanent, professional stewards to be implemented by the FIA and Formula One Management (FOM). On top of this, Oscar Piastri's penalty given to him at the Brazilian Grand Prix…...

4+ hour ago (577+ words) With the NASCAR charter lawsuit ultimately reaching a settlement, it is safe to say that the sport now rides in clear waters, following a deeply concerning tenure. At one stage, it looked like the sport, as we know it, might as well cease to exist, owing to all the evidence that kept becoming public knowledge. Among the evidence were also details around the financial aspect of the sport, and the mammoth costs involved in running the sport. With NASCAR now becoming a multi-million dollar a year industry, a former driver of the sport fears that the sport that once drove his passion has now lost its soul and has moved away from what mattered most. Hundreds of millions of dollars went the way of the France family trust between 2021 and 2024, while teams like Richard Childress Racing suffered losses of over…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago (383+ words) Sky Sports F1's David Croft has revealed that he had a private conversation with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, and confirmed his future at Ferrari. Hamilton is contracted with Ferrari until the end of the 2026 season, but after a difficult first season with the Maranello outfit, there has been questions surrounding his future. In a recent interview, Croft has revealed he had a private conversation with Hamilton and stated what he thinks the champion will do next. Ferrari's hopes of becoming a championship challenging outfit in 2026 may be in jeopardy if a recent F1 rumour is proven true. As part of the 2026 regulation changes, each F1 team will have to run on 100 per cent sustainable fuel as F1 nears towards net-zero carbon in 2030. However, rumour has it that Ferrari's fuel supplier Shell, is struggling. Oscar Piastri provided a glimpse into his F1 future live…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago (319+ words) Inception Racing and Frederik Schandorff dominate opening hour of 15th Gulf 12 Hours" Inception Racing's Frederik Schandorff dominated the opening hour of the Gulf 12 Hours. Schandorff started the race from pole position aboard the No. 70 Ferrari 296 GT3 and rapidly cleared away during the opening stint, opening a gap of over 30 seconds by the end of the first hour. The No. 69 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Aaron Telitz worked its way up from sixth to second in the opening hour. Telitz captured second place when Winward Racing's Rinat Salikhov tangled with the No. 27 Pellin Racing Ferrari of Lisa Clark at Turn 12, allowing the McLaren to make its way through. Salikhov's No. 81 Mercedes-AMG ended the hour in third position, ahead of CapitalRT by Motopark's Mikhail Aleshin and the No. 77 Al Manar by Dragon Ferrari in the hands of Chris Froggatt. The sister DFYNE by Dragon…...