Lauren Miller, Author at Backfire Racing

Márquez Can End the MotoGP Title Fight at Portimão as F1 Eyes Las Vegas Marc Márquez leaning his Gresini Ducati through a corner at the 2024 Malaysian Grand Prix

Marc Márquez leaning his Gresini Ducati through a corner at the 2024 Malaysian Grand Prix

Márquez Can End the MotoGP Title Fight at Portimão as F1 Eyes Las Vegas

Lauren Miller November 13, 2026

Márquez can seal the MotoGP title at Portimão, F1 heads to Las Vegas, and the Gulf finale...

A Gulf Finale, 2 Race Weekends and Zero Backup: F1 Just Told Imola to Stop Holding the Date Lewis Hamilton's red Ferrari Formula 1 car on track during qualifying at Sepang in 2026

Lewis Hamilton's red Ferrari Formula 1 car on track during qualifying at Sepang in 2026

A Gulf Finale, 2 Race Weekends and Zero Backup: F1 Just Told Imola to Stop Holding the Date

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Imola was never going to rescue the season finale. What it offered, for a few weeks, was...

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name Brad Keselowski's No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Brad Keselowski's No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang on pit road at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

NASCAR spent a few days this month making three announcements that look unrelated. Dodge is coming back...

Luna Fluxa Is 16, Mercedes-Backed and Was Sixth Fastest at Navarra. Vicky Farfus, 15, Set the Time She Has to Beat in Vegas The Sphere in Las Vegas with Formula 1 grandstands built beside it before a race

The Sphere in Las Vegas with Formula 1 grandstands built beside it before a race

Luna Fluxa Is 16, Mercedes-Backed and Was Sixth Fastest at Navarra. Vicky Farfus, 15, Set the Time She Has to Beat in Vegas

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Fluxa's Vegas wildcard is an exam, and Farfus has already posted the benchmark at Navarra and Interlagos.

Verstappen’s P21-to-P2 Drive at Interlagos Hid Red Bull’s Slicks Problem Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB21 during the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Verstappen’s P21-to-P2 Drive at Interlagos Hid Red Bull’s Slicks Problem

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Verstappen’s climb from 21st to second at Interlagos was real. The penalty, the weather and a slicks...

Ugochukwu’s F2 Move Is Built on What He’s Not Changing Ugo Ugochukwu driving the No. 3 Prema Racing Formula 3 car at Imola in 2025

Ugochukwu’s F2 Move Is Built on What He’s Not Changing

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Ugo Ugochukwu will race in Formula 2 with Campos Racing in 2027, and the headline writes itself:...

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To Army-liveried Ford Mustang Dark Horse R racing on the banking at Daytona International Speedway

Army-liveried Ford Mustang Dark Horse R racing on the banking at Daytona International Speedway

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

Ford spent weeks selling the Proud to Honor Veterans Day Classic as a spectacle: six military branches,...

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule Floodlights over the Losail circuit in Qatar at night, with riders on the track during a MotoGP session

Floodlights over the Losail circuit in Qatar at night, with riders on the track during a MotoGP session

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule

Lauren Miller November 12, 2026

F1 has stood Imola down, so the season still ends in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Plus Racing...

Retire on an Eighth Title? Marc Márquez Would Be Stopping on a Tie, Not a Record Marc Marquez riding the No. 93 Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP bike at the Red Bull Ring

Marc Marquez riding the No. 93 Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP bike at the Red Bull Ring

Retire on an Eighth Title? Marc Márquez Would Be Stopping on a Tie, Not a Record

Lauren Miller November 11, 2026

Stefan Bradl has a theory, and it is a tidy one: win title number eight, then hang...

Spire’s $100,000 Counterclaim Is the Smallest Number in the JGR Lawsuit. It May Be the Hardest to Spin Wide view of the shop floor at the Joe Gibbs Racing race shop in Huntersville, North Carolina

Wide view of the shop floor at the Joe Gibbs Racing race shop in Huntersville, North Carolina

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Spire’s $100,000 Counterclaim Is the Smallest Number in the JGR Lawsuit. It May Be the Hardest to Spin

Lauren Miller November 10, 2026

Tire pressures and setup sheets grab the headlines in Joe Gibbs Racing's suit, but Spire's counterclaim over...

Lauren Miller

Márquez Can End the MotoGP Title Fight at Portimão as F1 Eyes Las Vegas

A Gulf Finale, 2 Race Weekends and Zero Backup: F1 Just Told Imola to Stop Holding the Date

NASCAR Killed the Rainout Formula That Made Qualifying a Lottery. Dodge Returns With Zero Owner Points to Its Name

Luna Fluxa Is 16, Mercedes-Backed and Was Sixth Fastest at Navarra. Vicky Farfus, 15, Set the Time She Has to Beat in Vegas

Verstappen’s P21-to-P2 Drive at Interlagos Hid Red Bull’s Slicks Problem

Ugochukwu’s F2 Move Is Built on What He’s Not Changing

Frankie Muniz’s Mustang ‘Did Its Job.’ Ford’s Daytona Show Needed It To

The Grid Today, Nov. 12: F1 Stands Down Imola, Leaving the Gulf Finale on Schedule

Retire on an Eighth Title? Marc Márquez Would Be Stopping on a Tie, Not a Record

Spire’s $100,000 Counterclaim Is the Smallest Number in the JGR Lawsuit. It May Be the Hardest to Spin

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