Briscoe conquered Vegas but Kyle Larson won the part that matters
The Chase field had a golden opportunity to close on Kyle Larson at Las Vegas. Instead, Larson extended his lead while everyone else stepped on rakes.
The Chase field had a golden opportunity to close on Kyle Larson at Las Vegas. Instead, Larson extended his lead while everyone else stepped on rakes.
Corey Day and Carson Kvapil traded the lead four times in the final 12 laps before the Hendrick rookie made a daring move and won by 0.287 seconds.
Sheldon Creed says leaving Haas wasn’t his first choice. But as the O’Reilly Series points leader prepares to join Sam Hunt Racing, he admits business can trump results.
Coming into the halfway point of the 10-race Chase to crown the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series champion, historically speaking, the storylines for Sunday’s South Point 400 look very familiar to the course this Chase has already established.
Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing say they’re going their separate ways. Fair enough. They just need to figure out who gets the marital property.
Larson is the only Chase driver who has performed at an elite level in all four Chase races.
Kyle Larson spent most of Kansas Speedway out front, then went hunting when Chase Briscoe took the lead. The result? Another win and a bigger Chase lead.
Kaden Honeycutt had the fastest truck, the cleanest execution and eventually a 37-point Chase lead. Layne Riggs had two laps to regret everything.
Kyle Larson started the Chase seventh. Three races later, he’s leading it. Apparently, somebody forgot to tell him how this was supposed to work.
The black eye is still there, but the anger seems to be gone. Blaney and Hocevar arrive at Kansas with an unexpected commodity: mutual respect.