With the announcement of NASCAR's new championship format set for Jan. 12, Keselowski gave some insight to Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass as to what the new format could look like.
As YouTube star Cleetus McFarland made his way into the fold of big-time stock car racing in the ARCA Menards Series, 19-time NASCAR Cup Series winner Greg Biffle was right beside him as a mentor.
Brad Keselowski is 41 years old now. This is the age at which drivers typically begin giving thought to retirement. They have already achieved their wildest dreams at this point and are leaving their best years behind them, with nothing left to prove to anyone.
Tony Stewart is a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. The former driver and co-owner’s impact on the sport cannot be understated. However, like many other drivers before and after him, he too has had his fair share of trials and tribulations with the sanctioning body.
Mark Martin’s influence on NASCAR extends well beyond what he accomplished behind the wheel. While he carved out a Hall of Fame career in the sport’s top tier, he also carried weight as a trusted voice, never hesitating to offer thoughtful opinions when he believed the sport needed direction.
Steve Phelps became NASCAR’s first commissioner in March 2025 after previously serving as its president since 2018. However, he will be leaving that position ahead of the 2026 season, and there aren’t any plans to line up a suitable replacement anytime soon.
With a new NASCAR season so close and sweeping changes already in motion, from horsepower adjustments to an updated playoff format, Hendrick Motorsports has moved to strengthen its foundation away from the racetrack as well.
NASCAR will announce its new championship format for 2026 and beyond at 3:30 p.m. ET Monday — a move that, at the very least, will generate plenty of buzz from fans. Since 2014, NASCAR has used an elimination-style, bracket playoff format to determine its champion.
The silence that has hung over the NASCAR community since mid-December is about to be broken by a collective celebration of a life lived fast and full.
After 2012, it looked like Clint Bowyer would soon become a future champion. He was coming off a second-place finish in that year’s points after a points penalty he incurred for his fight with Jeff Gordon in the penultimate race of 2012.
The current playoff format that the NASCAR Cup Series operates by has come under criticism in recent years. Its major drawback is considered to be how it rewards drivers on the basis of luck at times.
RFK Racing on Monday unveiled a new display at the team museum in Concord, N.C., in honor of NASCAR legend Greg Biffle. Biffle, his wife Cristina, his children, Emma and Ryder, and three others — Chad Wadsworth and Dennis and Jack Dutton — were killed in a Dec.
Steve Phelps, named NASCAR's first commissioner just 10 months ago, announced his impending departure from the organization on Tuesday. Phelps, 63, has been with NASCAR since 2005 and had served as its president from 2018 until his promotion to the newly created commissioner's role on March 31.