The 2026 NASCAR season is officially upon us. And there will be a new championship format this year, with the Chase returning in a 10-race format at year’s end.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Denny Hamlin hasn't lost his competitive edge. Simply put, it has been dormant for a few months-and understandably so. In 2025, Hamlin, 45, made a wholehearted effort to win the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Earnhardt’s legacy lives on as Ken Schrader reflects on the 2001 Daytona tragedy and how NASCAR was forever changed by his life and loss. Here’s what the legendary driver has to say 25 years on.
Last season, Jimmie Johnson turned back the clock with an impressive third-place finish in the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
In 2015, Joey Logano won the Daytona 500 and experienced the highest high a NASCAR driver can fathom. But the three-time Cup Series champion hasn't won the "Great American Race" since.
Next Wednesday will mark 25 years to the day that the racing world lost the legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr. in an accident at the Daytona 500. Ahead of that
Speedweeks is finally underway for the NASCAR Cup Series, with the first practice for the 2026 Daytona 500 in the books. Leading the way was none other than Team Penske’s Austin Cindric.
William Byron will try to win his third straight Daytona 500 on Sunday in front of a sellout crowd. Daytona International Speedway announced that all reserved grandstand seats have been purchased for the 68th running of "The Great American Race."
Carson Hocevar brings an unapologetic edge to NASCAR that often rubs competitors the wrong way, but that intensity does not shield him from the pressure of racing in the Cup Series.
Shane van Gisbergen has competed around the world in some of the largest and most prestigious racing events. So when he describes the Daytona 500 as a high-energy spectacle that electrifies everyone at the venue, it is a compliment that carries real weight, and almost every race-car driver in the world would agree with it.
For much of his NASCAR Cup Series career, Ryan Preece bounced from team to team, often blending into the background and posing little threat to the sport’s top contenders.
Carson Hocevar enters the 2026 Cup Series season riding a wave of momentum. He delivered a solid performance at the Cook Out Clash, finishing 15th, and also signed a contract extension with Spire Motorsports that guarantees him a starting spot through at least 2030.
Kurt Busch has played a small part in the newly released “We’ve Lost Dale Earnhardt: 25 Years Later” documentary, where he offered his insights into the time he spent racing against Dale Earnhardt Sr., and one of the more interesting stories he narrates is how the legend intimidated him thoroughly at Homestead-Miami Speedway.