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54+ min ago (108+ words) Oscar Piastri earned $37.5 million this year, with $10 million in salaries. He spent the season in a fierce championship battle with Lando Norris. Though he finished 13 points behind the latter and 11 behind a late-charging Max Verstappen, he bagged seven GP victories, 16 podiums and played a key role in clinching the constructors" title in October (Picture credit: AP) Even though Max Verstappen failed to retain his driver"s championship title at the end of the 2025 Formula 1 season, he managed to become the highest-paid driver this year. Let us take a look at the full list, which has been released by'Forbes.'...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago (254+ words) Dec 9, 2025 | 10:57 PM EST " Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) December 9, 2025 "To allow our racing programs to operate, Hendrick Automotive Group did $1 billion in business with Hendrick Motorsports sponsors in 2023," Rick Hendrick's letter further read. "We have invested in building star drivers and have promoted the sport as much as anyone over the last four decades. Our organization and our partners direct tens of millions of dollars back to our company." When Jim France took the witness stand recently, plaintiffs' attorney Jeffrey Kessler grilled him. He presented evidence that showed the likes of Joe Gibbs, Rick Hendrick, and Roger Penske had pleaded with France in the past for permanent charters for their teams. And France clearly stated that he still has not changed his status on the matter. Rick Hendrick is yet to take the witness stand. But when he does, it will have…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago (748+ words) Sounds like NASCAR needs a dose of common sense in their front office'and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is probably the man who could have helped them. In case you somehow missed it, NASCAR has been in court the past week and a half defending themselves from an antitrust lawsuit filed by two teams, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports. The antitrust lawsuit accuses NASCAR of using unlawful conduct to protect its monopoly on premier stock car racing, with the teams taking issue with (among other things) the charter deal offered by the series back in 2024 and the fact that NASCAR owns the majority of the tracks it races at, while having exclusivity agreements with those tracks to prevent a viable competitor series from forming. It's been an explosive couple of weeks, and at times has been pretty embarrassing for NASCAR and its…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago (1063+ words) France was the final witness called by attorneys for'Jordan's 23XI Racing'and Front Row Motorsports on the seventh day of the trial. Those race teams have accused NASCAR of being a monopolistic bully that engages in anticompetitive business practices. Also called Tuesday was Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress, who testified that he only signed the 2025 revenue-sharing agreement because refusing to do so would have put Richard Childress Racing out of business. NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps testified to the frustrating two-plus years of negotiations between the top motorsports series in the United States and its race teams. The plaintiffs introduced several documents detailing communication between NASCAR executives that showed France was stubbornly opposed to granting teams permanent charters throughout the process. The charter system is equivalent to the franchise model used in other sports. In NASCAR, a charter guarantees cars a…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago (385+ words) Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith History shows that if you buy the right domain name at the right time, you could potentially sell it for a tidy profit- but, it turns out it's not without risk. Richard Blair, from Arizona, thought he'd found a promising digital asset when he bought Lambo.com for $10,000 in 2018. Lambo is a well known nickname for a Lamborghini and so has a certain cachet. In a bid for legitimacy, after buying the domain Blair started calling himself "Lambo" online. He said it came from a word play on Lamb and had absolutely nothing to do with the well known sports car maker. He directed Lambo.com to a personal site where Road & Track says he posted, "I AM LAMBO of LAMBO.com and I will defend, defeat…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago (350+ words) Formula One world champion Lando Norris has been honoured with a street named after him near his hometown in England, after the 26-year-old bagged his maiden world title on Sunday, December 7, trumping Max Verstappen by just two points in a thrilling championship battle. Norris clinched the Formula 1 championship after a third-place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix bagged the points he required to seal the title. Norris was honoured with a pedestrianised street named "Lando Lane" at the Clark"s Village shopping outlet in Street, close to his hometown of Glastonbury. Norris" former go-karting coach, Rob Dodds, was among those present for the sign unveiling, describing the F1 champion"s win as an "amazing story". Dodds, who coached Norris from the age of seven, recalled that even back then, he was "showing a lot of promise". "We are so proud…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago (246+ words) Dec 9, 2025 | 9:40 PM EST Kyle Larson faces challenges not just in NASCAR but in the sprint racing world as well. In 2025, the Hendrick Motorsports driver crashed multiple times, like in a World of Outlaws race in June when his winged vehicle flipped over. Then just last month, Larson flipped again at a USAC race after contact from a rival. However, these incidents hardly compare to the danger he faced many years ago. Before Kyle Larson laid his foundations in NASCAR, he was a golden streak in sprint cars. He faced many rivals, among whom was Tommy Tarlton. One of the instances where the two faced off was at Ocean Speedway back in 2010. The two were locked fiercely in battle until Tarlton fended off Larson in the final half of the Golden State Challenge sprint car race. "I legit hated him. Like,…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago (577+ words) When the Next Gen car arrived in 2022, it turned the competitive order on its head. Drivers who had ruled the roost suddenly found the ground shifting under their feet, while a younger surge seized the moment. Kyle Busch landed squarely in the group hit hardest by the overhaul, a veteran whose mastery of the old formula no longer translated to the new era. The car's symmetry alone sent a shock through the garage. NASCAR stripped away the skew and right-side side force that had defined Cup handling for years, erasing the skill of leaning on the right-rear tire, a work some drivers had mastered to perfection. Mechanical grip replaced aerodynamic crutches. The ride height changed. A new splitter, a flat underbody, a rear diffuser that forced half the field to learn a new vocabulary word, and a shorter rear deck…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (472+ words) Despite injuring his collarbone in a mid-November test on the new Ducati 450, which Justin Barcia and Dylan Ferrandis will debut in the 2026 Monster Energy Supercross opener, Barcia expects to line up for Anaheim 1 at Angel Stadium, on January 10, 2026. "I've been able to start training on the dirt bike, but I like to keep it exciting on the dirt bike " extra exciting," Barcia said during pre-season media sessions. "We didn't have enough excitement on the new team, so I decided to go and have a little of a hiccup. "I didn't have a lot of time on the bike. I probably have a total of two weeks maybe, but the feeling I was getting obviously was good. We were on a base engine full stock, so we didn't get into getting the power for Supercross yet, but all in all, it…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago (225+ words) Kris Wright has signed a deal that will see him competing full-time in 2026, driving the No. 81 McAnally-Hilgemann (MHR) Racing'Chevrolet. Wright parted ways with Our Motorsports in the middle of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and has since made appearances in a handful of Truck and ARCA races. He has 49 starts in the NCTS, and both of his 2025 starts came with MHR. He finished 26th at the Charlotte Roval and 11th at Talladega. The team also fields the No. 18 with Tyler Ankrum, as well as the No. 91 with Christian Eckes. Ankrum took the team all the way to the Championship 4 this past year, placing fourth in the standings after the one-race finale. "We're glad we were able to run Kris in a couple of races before the end of the season and to have him on board in 2026," team owner Bill McAnally said....