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Knutstorp
Ring Knutstorp, a 2.079 km permanent road racing circuit at Kågeröd, Skåne, Sweden, FIA Grade 4, built by the Hyllinge club, asphalted 1963, extended 1970, revised 1980; hosted European F3 1976–1984 and the Svenskt Sportvagnsmeeting since 1974.
Ko Willems
Ko Willems (Jacobus Matheus Willems, 1900–1983), Dutch track cyclist; won gold in the men's 50 km track race at Paris 1924 in 1:18:24.0 using a Jan Maas domestique tactic; later ran an Amsterdam bike store.
Kris Meeke
Kris Meeke (born 1979), British rally driver from Northern Ireland; 2009 IRC champion, five WRC rally wins with Citroen, Toyota 2019, and 2024 Portuguese Rally Champion after a court battle over his nationality.
Kristen Faulkner
Kristen Faulkner (born 1992, Homer, Alaska) is an American cyclist and former venture capitalist who won gold in the road race and team pursuit at Paris 2024, the first US woman with Olympic gold in two disciplines at one Games.
Kristin Armstrong
Kristin Armstrong (Kristin Armstrong-Savola, born 1973) is an American road cyclist, not related to Lance Armstrong, who won Olympic time trial gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016, the first cyclist to win one Olympic event three times.
Kristina Vogel
Kristina Vogel, born 1990 in Leninskoye, Kyrgyzstan, is a German track cyclist, two-time Olympic champion and record-equaling 11-time world champion, paralyzed from a 2018 Cottbus training crash.
Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch (born 1978, Las Vegas) is a retired NASCAR driver, 2004 Cup Series champion and first playoff-era title winner, with 34 Cup wins in 776 starts, the 2017 Daytona 500, and first-ballot NASCAR Hall of Fame induction in 2026.
Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch (1985-2026), nicknamed Rowdy, American NASCAR driver from Las Vegas; record 234 national series wins (63 Cup, 102 O'Reilly, 69 Trucks), Cup champion 2015 and 2019 with Joe Gibbs Racing; died at 41 of sepsis after pneumonia.
Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson (born 1992, Elk Grove, California) is a NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, two-time champion (2021, 2025), 34-time Cup winner, and elite dirt sprint car racer.
Kyle Loftis
Kyle Loftis founded 1320Video in 2003, the street racing and drag racing YouTube brand named for the 1,320-foot quarter mile; he died May 5, 2026, cause undisclosed.
Kyle Petty
Kyle Petty (born 1960) is a retired NASCAR driver, son of Richard Petty, with 8 Cup wins including the 1986 Richmond race, and founder of Victory Junction camp.
La Course by Le Tour de France
La Course by Le Tour de France (avec FDJ) was ASO's women's one-day cycling race from 2014 to 2021, first run on the Champs-Élysées and won five times by Dutch riders including Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten, before being replaced by the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022.
Laguna Seca
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (Laguna Seca Raceway), 2.238-mile road course at Salinas, Monterey County, California, opened November 9, 1957 on Fort Ord land; famed for the Corkscrew's 59-foot drop and IMSA, IndyCar, and historic racing.
Lake Speed
Lake Speed (Lake Chambers Speed, born 1948), Jackson, Mississippi NASCAR Cup driver 1980-1998; 1978 World Karting Champion beating Ayrton Senna; one Cup win, 1988 TranSouth 500 at Darlington, in 402 starts.
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist, won seven consecutive Tours de France (1999-2005), founded Livestrong, then received a 2012 USADA lifetime ban and result annulment for leading the USPS team doping scheme, confessing to Oprah Winfrey in 2013.
Lance Armstrong doping case
Lance Armstrong doping case: USADA proceeding that banned Armstrong for life in 2012, voided results from August 1, 1998, and stripped his seven Tour de France titles over the US Postal Service team doping conspiracy.
Lance Reventlow
Lance Reventlow (Lawrence Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow), Woolworth heir and racing driver, founded Reventlow Automobiles Inc. in 1957 and built the Scarab, winning the 1958 LA Times Grand Prix and entering Formula 1 in 1960; died in a 1972 plane crash.
Lance Stroll
Lance Stroll (born 1998) is a Canadian Formula One driver racing for Aston Martin since 2021, previously Williams and Racing Point; son of team owner Lawrence Stroll, with three podiums, one pole, and 325 career points.
Land speed record
Land speed record: fastest officially verified speed by a wheeled vehicle on land, FIA-ratified as a two-way average. Outright record 763.035 mph by ThrustSSC, Andy Green, 1997, Black Rock Desert, Mach 1.016, still unbroken.
Lando Norris
Lando Norris, born 1999 in Bristol, England, is a British racing driver for McLaren who became the 2025 Formula 1 World Champion and the sport's 35th titleholder.
Lånkebanen
Lånkebanen (Hell RX), Norway's national motorsport centre at Hell, Stjørdal, Trøndelag; NAF-owned circuit opened 1987/1988 as Norway's first permanent asphalt track, hosting World Rallycross 2014–2019 and 2022–2023.
Las Vegas Grand Prix
Las Vegas Grand Prix: Formula One race on the 6.201 km Las Vegas Strip Circuit since 2023, night race, winners Verstappen (2023, 2025) and Russell (2024); successor to the 1981–1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix, contracted through 2037.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), opened 1996 in North Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1.5-mile tri-oval NASCAR track owned by Speedway Motorsports, with 123,000 seats, a four-wide NHRA drag strip, dirt track, and road courses.
Las Vegas Strip Circuit
Las Vegas Strip Circuit: 6.201 km, 17-turn temporary night street circuit hosting the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix since 2023; lap record 1:33.365 (Verstappen 2025); contract through 2037.
Lasse Norman Hansen
Lasse Norman Hansen, since 2022 Lasse Norman Leth, Danish track cyclist born 1992; double Olympic champion (omnium 2012, Madison 2020 with Mørkøv) with five Olympic medals and four world titles.
Laura Kenny
Dame Laura Kenny (née Trott), British track cyclist, five Olympic golds and a silver 2012–2021 in team pursuit, omnium, and Madison; Britain's most successful female Olympian; retired March 2024.
Laura Müller (motorsport)
Laura Müller (Laura Mueller), German race engineer; joined Haas 2022 (simulator, then performance engineer); became F1's first female race engineer on 21 January 2025, engineering Esteban Ocon.
Lawrence Stroll
Lawrence Stroll (born Strulovich), Canadian billionaire fashion investor (Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors with Silas Chou), owner of the Aston Martin F1 team and executive chairman of Aston Martin Lagonda.
LCR Honda
LCR Honda is Honda's satellite MotoGP team, founded in 1996 by former Grand Prix rider Lucio Cecchinello and racing in the premier class since 2006.
Le Mans Hypercar
Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), top FIA WEC and Le Mans class since 2021 replacing LMP1; races alongside LMDh under BoP; 1030 kg, ~500-520 kW; Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Peugeot, Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, Aston Martin.