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Stubbs: 5 drivers to watch in NASCAR's wild race for final playoff spot
NASCAR's regular season has all come down to this.,Twenty-five races have led to Saturday night's regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, the final chance for drivers to snag a win and earn their way into the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.,The regular season finale has seen its fa...

NASCAR playoff picture shifts to Daytona for regular-season finale
Dale Earnhardt forged the black No. 3 Chevrolet into a powerhouse behind the sponsorship of Goodwrench, but current driver Austin Dillon reached into his toolbox at Richmond and produced something a little more radical.,A monkey wrench.,The 35-year-old Dillon got his redemption Saturday night after ...

NASCAR adds Chicagoland event as 2026 schedule shuffled
A return to the Chicagoland Speedway, a street race in San Diego and a change to championship weekend highlight the 2026 NASCAR schedule, released Wednesday.,Also to be noted are the shift of the All-Star Race to Dover Motor Speedway, as well as schedule adjustments that move annual races to non-tra...

William Byron holds off Chase Briscoe for Cup win in Iowa
William Byron nursed his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet home on fuel to win Sunday's Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.,With a 1 1/2-secord lead over polesitter Chase Briscoe in the final 20 laps, the 27-year-old Charlotte, N.C., native beat Briscoe by 1.192 se...

William Byron holds off Chase Briscoe, captures second win of season at Iowa Corn 350
William Byron nursed his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet home on fuel to win Sunday's Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Ia.,With a 1 1/2-secord lead over polesitter Chase Briscoe in the final 20 laps, the 27-year-old Charlotte, N.C., native beat Briscoe by 1.192 seco...

William Byron holds off Chase Briscoe, captures second win of season at Iowa Corn 350
William Byron nursed his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet home on fuel to win Sunday's Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Ia.,With a 1 1/2-secord lead over polesitter Chase Briscoe in the final 20 laps, the 27-year-old Charlotte, N.C., native beat Briscoe by 1.192 seco...

Chase Briscoe wins sixth NASCAR Cup pole of 2025 season at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, Iowa -- Big track, road course or short track -- Chase Briscoe has shown blistering speed in his first season in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on all sorts of venues., ,On Saturday at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875-mile short track, Briscoe won his sixth pole of the season with a lap at 136.933...

Austin Hill suspended one race for Indy crash
NASCAR issued a one-race suspension to Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill for his role in a crash in Indianapolis last weekend.,Hill, the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 21 Chevrolet, will be replaced by Austin Dillon behind the wheel at Saturday's race at Iowa Speedway.,The crash in quest...

Truck Series' Stewart Friesen fractures pelvis in dirt crash
NASCAR Truck Series driver Stewart Friesen sustained a fractured pelvis, broken leg and other serious injuries in a dirt race Monday night in his native Canada.,Friesen, 42, was involved in a multi-car crash in an event at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec, and is facing multiple surgeries...

Chase Briscoe wins third straight Crown Jewel pole at Indy oval
INDIANAPOLIS -- Five was the magic number for Toyota at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session for Sunday's Brickyard 400.,Indiana native Chase Briscoe won his fifth pole of the season with a lap at 183.165 mph (49.136 seconds), edging Bubba Wallace of 23XI Ra...

Analysis: NASCAR's innovative return to SoCal a smart step forward
NASCAR will return to Southern California in style in June 2026.,The NASCAR Cup Series' second street race destination isn't just the sport's debut in the San Diego area, but also the site of the first race in NASCAR history to be held on a military installation.,It's a move that would've seemed lik...

NASCAR to hold street race at San Diego naval base
NASCAR announced Wednesday that it will hold events at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego next year, marking the circuit's first-ever racing events at an active military base. ,The street races will be held June 19-21, 2026, culminating with the Cup Series race. The races coincide with the 250th anniv...

NASCAR update ensures field spots for 23XI, FRM cars
NASCAR has reportedly changed its rule book, likely in response to the latest ruling in the antitrust lawsuit by 23XI and Front Row Motorsports, ensuring the two teams will not miss any races as open teams.,23XI and Front Row Motorsports lost their charters following their suit against the NASCAR ch...

Denny Hamlin: ‘All will be exposed’ in 23XI trial
23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin is exuding confidence over his team's antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, so much so that he wasn't showing any outward concern over potential negative consequences Saturday.,Hamlin announced to reporters at Dover Motor Speedway that "all will be exposed" when the parties' t...

Road courses in rearview, drivers tackle Dover's 'Monster Mile'
Fans of other NASCAR drivers can settle down and find solace that Shane van Gisbergen, who has traveled halfway around the world to dominate the Cup Series for three of the past five weeks, likely won't make it four of six.,That's because the drivers are heading to Dover Motor Speedway for Sunday's ...

Shane van Gisbergen tames Sonoma course for triumph
For the third time in five races, Shane van Gisbergen leveled the field at a NASCAR Cup Series road course, zigging and zagging to victory at Sonoma Raceway in Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif.,The Trackhouse Racing road ace outran Chase Briscoe in a four-lap sprint on their third late...

Stubbs: NASCAR values Chicago street race, but will it stay past '25?
As NASCAR prepares to return to the streets of Chicago this weekend, the talk surrounding the race isn't focused on the on-track action. Instead, fans, industry members and citizens of the Windy City are wondering about Chicago's future in NASCAR beyond 2025.,The expanse of NASCAR's original three-y...

Weekend Preview: Chicago Street Course
When NASCAR Cup drivers take to the streets of Chicago for the third race in the Windy City, one of the focal points will be the battle between Alex Bowman and Bubba Wallace.,Bowman is the defending winner of Sunday's Grant Park 165 (2 p.m. ET on TNT, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The driver of th...

Chase Elliott gets by Brad Keselowski to capture Atlanta race
Chase Elliott passed Brad Keselowski in Turn 1 on the final lap and won a wild, wreck-filled NASCAR Cup Series' Quaker State 400 on Saturday night at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Ga.,After moving to second place with two to go, the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver -- winless through 17 r...

New name, same thrills await drivers in return to Atlanta
Fans looking at this week's race schedule might be confused and do a double-take: It's not called Atlanta Motor Speedway anymore.,For the first time on the 2025 schedule, the NASCAR Cup Series makes a repeat appearance, stopping Saturday night for the second time at the newly renamed EchoPark Speedw...