Sheldon Creed gets it right when it matters most at Darlington
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.
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.
Naval Base Coronado is back in 2027, but San Diego is just the beginning of NASCAR’s plan to take stock car racing to military installations across America.