NASCAR has a new playoff system in 2026. It’s back to the Chase. Instead of win-and-in, it’s the top-16 drivers in the regular-season standings that will make the 10-race Chase, which will be a mini-season of its own with no eliminations. The 16 drivers will have their points reset for the start of the final … Read more
Anyone who has followed the NASCAR Cup Series knows never to count out Joey Logano. And that is especially true at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Logano, who won the All-Star Race at the track in 2024, dominated the first points race at the historic 0.625-mile asphalt oval in 30 years by leading 323 of the 450 … 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
Sonoma Raceway (Sonoma, Calif.) — Shane van Gisbergen needed a few days to get over being wrecked out of the street course race at Naval Base Coronado last week. He indicated that anger was fueling him this week to focus and not make any mistakes. The Trackhouse Racing No. 97 car driver led 74 of … 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
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 14 for the Great American Getaway 400. Will Denny Hamlin — who’s been at or near the top of the oddsboard consistently for the last few weeks — get into Victory Lane again? Or will another driver take the checkered flag? Here are the … Read more
It’s the case at every superspeedway that anything can happen and anyone could win. And fans and bettors might want to keep that in mind when the NASCAR Cup Series heads to legendary Talladega for the Jack Link’s 500 on Sunday, April 26 (3 p.m. ET, FOX). When it comes to winning, Tyler Reddick has … Read more
Tyler Reddick snapped a two-race winless streak with the victory Sunday at Kansas Speedway. That sounds like an interesting way to frame Reddick, not winning at Martinsville and Bristol. But when a driver has won five of the first nine races, that’s crazy talk in the Next Gen era where there is more parity. So … Read more
Tyler Reddick continues to live the dream. Reddick had to think that maybe the racing luck had finally gone against him when his car sputtered. The sputtering made him lose the lead with only a few laps remaining Sunday at Kansas Speedway. But a caution with less than two laps to go re-racked the field, … Read more