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Heartbreak in the desert: Rookie sensation Connor Zilisch, with 10 Xfinity wins, and Cup veteran Denny Hamlin, who led the most laps, both entered the Phoenix championship weekend as the clear favorites in their series. Despite dominating their respective seasons and much of the final race, both drivers fell victim to late-race chaos—a poorly timed caution for Zilisch and a devastating late yellow for Hamlin—allowing other drivers to snatch the championships. Their heartbreaking losses exposed the "lunacy" of NASCAR's playoff format, which prioritizes a single-race lottery over season-long excellence, leaving both the wunderkind and the veteran empty-handed.

Sim racing's new regs: The FIA has announced the first sim racing event to use its International Sporting Code, the MENA Esports Championship 2025 in Amman, Jordan. The competition, which attracted over 1,200 participants, will be run on Gran Turismo 7 and overseen by an FIA-appointed race director and stewards. This move highlights the FIA's growing commitment to esports and its efforts to integrate virtual racing with real-world motorsport.

Gearing up for a penalty: Lando Norris leads the F1 title fight by a single point over teammate Oscar Piastri, but Max Verstappen, behind the two McLaren drivers, faces a serious threat to his championship hopes. The Red Bull driver is reportedly most at risk of a grid penalty, a situation that could give his McLaren rivals a massive boost. Verstappen is already on his seventh of eight allowed exhausts for the season, meaning one more change will trigger a 10-place grid penalty, while both Norris and Piastri are safely on just their third.

The 2025 NASCAR season wasn't a championship finale; it was a breaking point. The playoff system was designed 12 years ago to create "Game 7 moments," prioritizing manufactured drama over sporting legitimacy. Instead, it delivered its most potent combination of illegitimate outcomes and heartbreaking injustice, exposing the format as a complete failure.

This is how a championship died. Denny Hamlin dominated the finale at Phoenix, leading a staggering 208 laps. With his first title just three laps away, another contender's random parts failure triggered a caution.

In an instant, 208 laps of dominance were erased.

The championship was no longer a race; it was a two-lap pit-stop lottery. The title was handed to Kyle Larson... who didn't lead a single lap all day. The result was so contrary to fairness that the "winner" was subdued, and the dominant feeling in victory lane was "sadness and disbelief."

If the Cup race was a tragedy, the Xfinity finale was a straight-up farce.

Guess who won the championship? Love. Zilisch's entire season was nullified because he finished third in the one-race finale. Experts immediately labeled the outcome an "embarrassment for the sport" and the "nail in the coffin" for the format.

The system's core flaw—the "one-race thing"—was brutally exposed. It transforms a 35-race marathon into a one-race lottery, making season-long performance completely worthless.

The good news? NASCAR finally cried uncle. Leadership has publicly conceded the format is broken. The "one-race thing" is looking to get revised. The 2025 finale may be the last time this flawed system will decide a champion, with a new format likely coming in 2026.

Meet Timothy Friis Larsen, the 16-year-old from Norway who went from a "bare minimum" Xbox setup to iRacing royalty in just a couple of years.

After getting hooked on F1 22, he built a proper PC in Spring 2023 and jumped into iRacing. The results? He’s already #1 in Norway on the formula license charts and sits in the top 70 globally.

Beating the Pros: Timothy isn't just fast against sim racers; he’s taking down real-world drivers, having beaten names like F2’s Isack Hadjar (twice) and Taylor Barnard. He also holds season fastest laps in Super Formula and F3 on iRacing and competes with Hyperion Racing in the 24H Esports Series.

The Next Level: His ambitions aren't just virtual. The ultimate dream is F1 (or WEC). His current sim goal is hitting the 10k formula iRating mark (he’s at 9.1k) and building his name as a fast, clean driver.

When he’s not setting fastest laps, he’s watching racing, designing liveries, or hanging with friends.

Timothy is thankful for his support system and his faith: "I'm just so thankful to be able to do what I'm doing... to have a God who loves me, no matter what... God bless all of you!"

You can follow his climb at: youtube.com/@tfl.racing