It’s one of the biggest weeks in off-road racing – the King of the Hammers. It’s where the stars of desert racing and rock crawling come together to battle on the boulders, ravines and dry lake beds of California’s Johnson Valley. There are five four-wheeled races up for grabs, including the famed Race of Kings, and off-road Hall of Famer Cameron Steele is taking on every one of them – again. He joins the RACER Weekly to talk about why the event is so huge, how he gears up for this high-intensity off-road fest, and the art of racing over the rocks. Plus, the Baja legend recalls his 2018 Baja 1000 win and looks ahead to the 2026 SCORE season, too.                   

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Jordan Taylor checks in with RACER Weekly to set the scene on one of sports car racing’s biggest weekend, the Rolex 24 At Daytona. As a two-time winner of the twice-around-the-clock classic, the Wayne Taylor Racing ace tells us what it takes to get it done, both physically and mentally, and what it’s like to race a high-tech, hybrid Cadillac V-Series.R GTP rocket ship. Plus, Jordan talks triathlons and the challenge and satisfaction of dipping into the world of NASCAR.                 

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Tommy Milner joins RACER Weekly to set the scene on what will be the 17th Rolex 24 At Daytona start for one of America’s most successful sports car racers. The Corvette Racing ace talks teammates, tactics and endurance, and explains how the ruleset has made competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD Pro class closer and more intense than ever. Plus, the two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner tells us what the world’s most famous sports car race means to him and gives us his take on the virtual world of sim racing and how it’s getting ever closer to reality.                 

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RACER’s Formula 1 editor Chris Medland joins the Debrief to set the scene on 2026’s major rules reset. What’s changing? How does it work? Can it deliver better racing? And will it shake up the F1 order? Plus, with the dust settling on the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, we look back on the three-way title shootout in Abu Dhabi. Why did eventual champion Lando Norris and McLaren make it so difficult for themselves? How did Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing run them so close? And putting Medland on the spot, who gets his vote for F1 Driver of the Year?    

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Sara Price is one of America’s top off-road racers. Already a multiple stage winner on the grueling Dakar Rally, she’s taking on January’s 48th running of the desert marathon with the all-new Defender Dakar D7X-R. Competing alongside the Californian driver in a star-studded lineup chasing Stock class glory are 14-time winner Stephane Peterhansel and Rokas Baciuska, with Price setting her sights on becoming the first American woman to earn a Dakar victory. The 2026 Dakar Rally starts January 3, and Sara joined the RACER Debrief to tell us what it takes to compete, and to win, on the treacherous dunes and car-breaking rocky trails that will test driver and machine across two ultra-intense weeks in the vastness of the Saudi Arabian desert.         

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The RACER Debrief takes a deep dive into the world of Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Presented by Michelin. Joining us are 2025 champion Jeremy Fletcher and Mazda Motorsports Senior Manager Jonathan Applegate.

How did Fletcher turn his season around and land a title? Who’s on the fast track thanks to Mazda’s wildly-successful MX-5 Cup Shootout? How does the MX-5 Cup keep on delivering some of the best racing in North America, and what’s in store for a fast-approaching 2026 season? Check out the RACER Debrief for a fascinating take on North America’s most-competitive one-make series.

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Eleven-time Indianapolis 500 starter and Indy car race-winner Oriol Servia talks up the teams and drivers who can make Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou sweat for a fifth NTT IndyCar Series title in 2026. Plus, as a former Indy Lights champion and now a driver manager, Oriol explains his role in helping young wannabe IndyCar stars achieve “the best versions of themselves” and negotiate the thorny path of dealing with the demands of team owners. 

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The RACER Debrief caught up with not one, but two 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series nitro class champs – Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta and Funny Car’s Austin Prock. Both are now two-time NHRA champs and give us the lowdown on sealing the deal, getting hot when it counts, drag-racing dynasties, and the challenge of taming a 13,000hp, 330mph-plus racecars. NOTE: Interviews were recorded before Austin Prock’s bombshell exit from John Force Racing.

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Saturday night on the Las Vegas Strip will be crunch time in the battle for the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship drivers’ title. Lando Norris leads the points, but can his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri or resurgent Red Bull Racing ace Max Verstappen narrow the gap in Sin City? With just three grands prix and one sprint race remaining, the Las Vegas Grand Prix could make or break a season for the three contenders and RACER’s F1 expert Chris Medland joins us to set the scene. Plus we get Chris’s take on F1’s latest stewarding controversy, prospects for 2026’s major F1 rules revamp and IndyCar ace Colton Herta’s potential path to grand prix racing. Throw in some very dodgy Las Vegas weather forecasting from the Debrief crew and it’s a packed episode.

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Rhys Millen has raced the Baja 1000 in the Pro UTV classes and no-holds barred Class 1 buggies, and he’s a class winner in the Class 7 truck class. For 2025, he’s back with a Rhys Millen Racing-built, Toyota-powered Class 7 entry and hoping to emulate his class win on this year’s Baja 500. Rhys joined the RACER Debrief to talk about the challenge of taking on the world’s greatest off-road race and an ever-versatile career beyond the desert that’s taken in everything from the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, to drifting, to stunt driving in multiple Hollywood blockbusters. If you caught “F1: The Movie” this summer, you’ll have seen him in action – but let Rhys tell the story…       

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