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NASCAR to start rotating championship weekend in '26
NASCAR will switch gears and begin rotating the site of its championship weekend starting in 2026.,Only two tracks in the past 23 years have hosted the season-ending tripleheader of title races: Homestead-Miami (2002-19) and Phoenix Raceway (2020-current).,As with the Super Bowl or Final Four, bring...
Action shifts to Talladega after a couple of odd turns
Coming off a couple of very different race weekends, NASCAR arrives at Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday's Jack Link's 500 at the Cup Series' biggest track.,The talk in the infield media center, garage and haulers will likely center around the last two races: a brutal Bristol for everyone not sport...
Josh Berry looking to start another streak at Miami
So apparently Christopher Bell will not win nearly every NASCAR Cup Series race after all.,First-year Wood Brothers Racing driver Josh Berry powered the iconic No. 21 Ford around Las Vegas Motor Speedway to break Bell's three-race stranglehold on the sport and give an enormous boost to NASCAR's olde...
Daytona 500 kicks off new Cup season by testing drivers' strategies
This Sunday's 67th Daytona 500 has a front row of pole winner Chase Briscoe and 2022 race champ Austin Cindric, but starting up front in NASCAR's season-opening Cup Series race has not historically resulted in a checkered flag.,"A great way to start our season," said Briscoe, the new wheelman in the...
10 storylines to follow for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has a plethora of storylines to follow before cars even hit the track. The fourth season of NASCAR's Next-Gen car is sure to provide plenty of parity, and every driver in the field has a unique outlook for their 2025 campaign.,Here are 10 storylines and questions to...
NASCAR to consider playoff format changes for 2026
As NASCAR teams prepare to kick off the new season, changes to the Cup Series playoff format could be on the horizon.,NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer John Probst said Monday that no changes are coming in 2025, but the playoff format will be reconsidered ahead of ...
Chase Elliott 'really proud' of strong close to '24 season
Chase Elliott finished seventh in the Cup Series standings and fell a round short of NASCAR's Championship 4 in 2024, an effort he scored as "probably a B, B-plus.","I'm trying to grade that really honestly," the former Cup Series champion recently told NASCAR.com when asked to assess his performanc...
Report: NASCAR considering playoff format changes
NASCAR is reviewing its playoff format and is considering making changes as soon as next year, the Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,Because the season gets underway in February, the short turnaround time means a more extensive overhaul would have to wait until 2026, per the report.,Joey Log...
Ryan Blaney passes with 14 to go to take Xfinity 500 at Martinsville
Ryan Blaney chased down and passed Chase Elliott with 14 laps to go Sunday to earn a spot in the Championship 4 weekend, claiming the NASCAR Cup Series' Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.,In the Round of 8 finale and a week after losing on the final turn at Homestead, Bl...
Stubbs: Cup Series' Round of 12 offers plenty of storylines
After Kyle Larson's dominant performance in Saturday's Bristol Night Race, the NASCAR Cup Series playoff field was whittled down from 16 drivers to 12. Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Harrison Burton and Martin Truex Jr. all saw their postseason hopes come to an end at Bristol, and four more drivers will...
Cup Series 2025 schedule to open Feb. 16 at Daytona
NASCAR revealed its 38-race schedule for the 2025 Cup Series with the traditional Daytona 500 season opener set for Feb. 16 at Daytona, Fla., and the first international points race in 67 years to take place June 15 at Mexico City.,The regular-season finale also will take place at Daytona Internatio...
NASCAR finalizes deal for Mexico City race in 2025
NASCAR will add a Cup Series race in Mexico City in 2025, an event that will mark the sport's first points race outside of the United States in 67 years, NASCAR officials announced Tuesday. ,"This is going to be certainly a monumental event for us, the first time we're going south of the border," sa...
Report: NASCAR finalizing deal for Mexico City race in 2025
NASCAR is finalizing a deal that would add a Cup Series race in Mexico City in 2025, an event that would mark the sport's first points race outside of the United States in 67 years, The Athletic reported Monday. ,The deal is expected to be announced Tuesday in Mexico City, per the report.,The race ...
Richmond's future in spotlight as Cup Series action resumes
For the NASCAR Cup Series, it's time to get back to work.,Following the teams' two-weekend hiatus because of the Olympics, the sport's top stock-car drivers return to action with Sunday night's Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway in Virginia's state capital.,Starting with William Byron's victory in a M...
Kyle Larson edges Ty Gibbs for pole at Chicago Street Race
CHICAGO--Kyle Larson made the most of his last chance in qualifying on Saturday, edging Ty Gibbs for the pole position for Sunday's Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series on the Chicago Street Course (4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,On his final lap in the final round of time trials o...
Denny Hamlin powers to Busch Light Pole in Nashville; Haley team penalized
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Denny Hamlin claimed his second pole position of the season and 42nd of his decorated career Saturday afternoon, just bettering his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell to earn the top starting position for Sunday's Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC ...
FRM expanding to 3 full-time Cup Series entries in '25
Front Row Motorsports will have three chartered cars in the NASCAR Cup Series next year, it was announced Wednesday. ,Two cars -- Ford Mustang Dark Horses driven by Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland -- are currently being operated by the organization, which has used a third car in previous Cup Ser...
Ty Gibbs takes top qualifying time, wins pole for Coca-Cola 600
CONCORD, N.C. - Ty Gibbs saved the strongest performance of the day for the money lap in time trials for the Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).,Streaking around 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway in the final round of Saturday's qualifying session for NASCAR's l...