Christopher Bell finally escapes NASCAR’s second-place purgatory
Darlington chewed up tires, rain interrupted the proceedings and Kyle Larson tried to steal it. None of it mattered. Christopher Bell finally got his win.
Darlington chewed up tires, rain interrupted the proceedings and Kyle Larson tried to steal it. None of it mattered. Christopher Bell finally got his win.
Sheldon Creed got the tires right, kept his No. 00 Chevrolet pointed in the right direction and opened the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase with a huge win at Darlington.
Tyler Reddick dominated the early season, endured a summer stumble and now gets a pole position to start the Chase at a track where he already knows how to win.
Throughout the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, drivers have maintained that to have a shot at this year’s championship, they need to go into the 10-race, 16-driver Chase ranked among the top-four or five in the reseeded standings.
Hamlin enters NASCAR’s Chase as the top seed after a dominant title-race performance last year ended in one of racing’s cruelest twists.
Ryan Preece called his RFK Ford a rocket ship after using Daytona overtime chaos to score his first Cup victory and secure a Chase berth.
Sieg held off Austin Hill and Carson Kvapil in overtime to finally score his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory.
NASCAR arrives at Daytona with less horsepower, less spoiler and absolutely no idea what the new package will do when 40 cars start throwing elbows.
There is a certain unmistakable drive that characterizes the Daytona International Speedway which both kickstarts the NASCAR Cup Series season and then months later, serve as the regular season finale to decide which 16 of sport’s most worthy will now run for the season championship.
Daytona and North Wilkesboro return to the spotlight while San Diego, Chicagoland and a revamped Homestead show NASCAR is still willing to try something weird.