INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (Indianapolis) — Restart time appears to be Heim Time. Corey Heim diced his way to the lead on a restart with 35 laps remaining and then held off the best of the best to capture the Brickyard 400 for his second career victory. Heim, who is running a part-time schedule with 23XI … Read more
Just when it seemed like Joey Logano would never return to these power rankings, he goes out and wins the Cup race at North Wilkesboro. Which means he’s back. Here are my power rankings as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Dropped out:Â William Byron (Last Week: 10), Carson Hocevar (Last Week: 9) … Read more
Bubba Wallace, when asked about handling his up-and-down season, has a similar response week after week. It goes something like: “That’s my whole life,” which he told me and other reporters Saturday, a day before the Atlanta race. A few weeks earlier at Sonoma, it was “[Dale] Junior said that’s the cards I’ve been dealt … Read more
ECHOPARK SPEEDWAY (Hampton, Ga.) — Ryan Blaney dominated the Cup race Sunday night that lasted until early Monday morning. But as is typical for the 1.5-mile high-banked track, he needed to make a late move for the win. Blaney — thanks to pushes by Bubba Wallace and then Christopher Bell — got by Carson Hocevar … Read more
Two current Cup drivers hold the keys to the NASCAR silly season. And one isn’t even in a contract year. Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports) is the most high-profile driver who is not signed for next year. Whether he continues at Hendrick Motorsports could determine how silly season evolves. The other driver who is key is … Read more
Pocono Raceway (Long Pond, Pa.) — Denny Hamlin won for the third consecutive week and all from the pole. And like any competitor, he wondered what could have been after his victory on Sunday at Pocono Raceway, which followed wins at Nashville and Michigan the previous two weeks. “I’m just thinking, ‘Holy crap, man, we’re … Read more
Tyler Reddick opened the 2026 NASCAR season on a three-race win streak, and the winless streak that ensued didn’t match that. The No. 45 car raced to victory again on Sunday, taking home the checkered flag at the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina. Reddick opened Sunday’s race in pole position and … Read more
Michael Jordan achieved two three-peats during his NBA career. On Sunday, he achieved another, in a different sport when 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick earned the checkered flag at the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin. Reddick became the first NASCAR driver in history to start a season by … Read more
At EchoPark Speedway in Georgia, home of the Autotrader 400, Tyler Reddick became the first driver since 2009 to win the opening two races of a NASCAR Cup Series season (including the Daytona 500), and just the sixth-ever to manage the feat. That in and of itself is an achievement worth noting, but Reddick is … Read more
EchoPark Speedway (Hampton, Ga.) — Tyler Reddick spent the entire 2025 season wondering when he would win. He spent the offseason wondering why he didn’t win. Now some might wonder: When will he lose? OK, that’s probably going a little bit too far in a sport where there is one winner and 35 or more … Read more