McFarland notched top-10 finishes at Talladega and Charlotte in ARCA competition in 2025 and had an average finish of 16.5 across his four starts.
A race postponed by three days due to a historic snowstorm in North Carolina saw more bizarre weather on Wednesday.
2026 is the second time in as many years that McDowell has failed to advance to the Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers Austin Cindric and Corey LaJoie got the full Bowman Gray experience in Wednesday's last-chance qualifier race.
As Josh Berry drove away and dominated Wednesday's last-chance qualifier race for the Clash at Bowman Gray, there was a dogfight happening behind him for the second and final transfer spot.
It will be an all-Hendrick Motorsports front row leading the NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag in Wednesday's Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
In the first on-track session of the year for the NASCAR Cup Series, Christopher Bell led the way.
The opportunity to drive the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford in Wednesday's Clash at Bowman Gray and a fourth RFK entry in the Daytona 500 is a huge opportunity for LaJoie.
Wednesday is the "first day of school" for Hamlin ahead of the exhibition Cook Out Clash that will unofficially kick off the 2026 season.
A NASCAR veteran will try and make the 68th running of the Daytona 500 with Garage 66.
This fall, NASCAR will not run the road course-oval hybrid, dubbed the Roval, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NASCAR remains optimistic that it will get the race at the 0.25-mile Bowman Gray in on Wednesday evening.
He was a part of the "open-wheel invasion" into NASCAR in the late 2000s, making his first NASCAR start in 2007.
Tony Stewart will make his first NASCAR start in nearly a decade, and his first Craftsman Truck Series start since 2005 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 13.
NASCAR's new Chase format no longer ensures drivers a playoff berth via a victory and will place more of an emphasis on consistency, but it won't diminish the inherent desire every driver has to win races.
Wednesday's Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium will not be a typical NASCAR event.
NASCAR's decision to bring back the Chase championship format was met with applause from several drivers and a large portion of the fan base, but not everyone in the industry is in favor of it.
Even if he wanted to, Brad Keselowski, who broke his leg in December, couldn't race in Wednesday's Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. took to social media to express his opinion on the Clash on Sunday.
While it's his on-track legacy that yields story after story of one incredible feat after another, it's the safety revolution his death sparked that deserves more attention.
After a snowstorm pushed NASCAR's Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium to Wednesday, a different kind of precipitation could affect the race on its new date.
Mother Nature is wreaking havoc across NASCAR this week.
NASCAR on Sunday made the decision to postpone the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium from its rescheduled Monday date to Wednesday.
After initially postponing Sunday's scheduled Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium to Monday, winter weather in North Carolina has forced NASCAR to once again move the exhibition race to later in the week.
Kyle Busch and Richard Childress Racing have been put through the wringer over the last two and a half NASCAR Cup Series seasons.