One of the most important aspects of NASCAR's new "Chase" format that will be used to determine the sport's champions in 2026 and beyond is the increase in the amount of points awarded to a race winner.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Sometimes NASCAR hands a driver an opportunity. Other times, it hands him a full-circle moment. Corey LaJoie will get both in two weeks.
This week, several NASCAR drivers surfaced in the dirt of Tulsa for the Chili Bowl Nationals. While bigger NASCAR drivers like Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson have become familiar names in that arena, reigning NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Jesse Love returned to his roots by competing in the 40th running of the event.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — If NASCAR’s recent momentum has a pulse, Elton Sawyer is one of the people making sure it beats louder. Sawyer, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition, has spent the past year doing something fans have begged the sport to do for a decade: listen — and then act.
Jeff Burton, speaking at a remembrance gathering in Charlotte to honor Greg Biffle and the victims of the December 18 plane crash, revisited a story from the legendary driver’s early NASCAR years that highlighted both his devotion to racing and the unforgiving mindset of the era in which he came up.
Long before he turned into a household name in the NASCAR world in the 1990s, Steve Grissom had the opportunity to play college football at the University of Alabama.
2023 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Cole Custer is returning to the second-tier series for a part-time campaign in 2026, teaming up with Bobby Dotter and SS-GreenLight Racing.
Christopher Bell delivered a statement performance on Thursday night by winning the Chili Bowl Prelim A-Main, entering the Championship Feature alongside Kyle Larson, who also won his preliminary race.
Richard Petty epitomizes, or rather, has set the benchmark for elite achievement in NASCAR, winning seven Cup Championships and 200 races at the sport’s top tier.
The hero factor in NASCAR nearly vanished under the three-race elimination format. In the era of a full-season points system, drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Sr., Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, and their contemporaries towered over the sport, week after week.
The NASCAR offseason has been a tough one for everyone in the industry. On Dec. 18, Greg Biffle, his wife, their two kids and three others were killed in a plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport.
Christopher Bell put on a clinic on Thursday night and gave the Chili Bowl Nationals crowd plenty of reason to keep their butts out of their seats. Starting from the eighth position and struggling early in the 30-lap A-Main, it looked like Bell was out of contention for a record-tying ninth career Chili Bowl prelim win.
The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season hasn’t officially started, and we are already seeing a major lineup change at RFK Racing. Corey LaJoie has been officially tapped to replace Brad Keselowski in the upcoming Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Among several drivers, team owners, and veterans, Michael Waltrip has now joined the grid in support of the upcoming Chase format. Veterans such as Dale Earnhardt Jr.
In the previous three-race elimination format, Legacy Motor Club could not emerge as a mediocre outfit, let alone a competitive one. Jimmie Johnson could not make headway while driving part-time with his own organization since 2023, nor could any of his full-time drivers, Erik Jones or John Hunter Nemechek, secure a single win.
The Trump administration has identified a host of athletic competitions it classifies as "major sporting events" that athletes and coaches will be allowed to travel to the U.S.
The 2026 NASCAR season will see the return of the “Chase” style championship format. NASCAR made the announcement Monday, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is interested to see how the new format changes teams’ strategy during races.