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Kyle Larson celebrates his 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship by popping a bottle of champagne! (Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images) HOMESTEAD, F.L. - Kyle Larson won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday, November 8, as he secured the championship in the opening stage. With his championship win, Larson became the third youngest three time champion in NASCAR history behind two other Hendrick Motorsports greats Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Despite the outcome of the

William Byron celebrates Xfinity 500 win with a burnout at Martinsville Speedway! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) MARTINSVILLE, V.A. - William Byron went to victory lane for the first time in the 2026 season after a career day at Martinsville Speedway! Byron led a career high 362 laps in his Xfinity 500 win. Byron started the race 8th, but it became fairly clear after winning the first stage, his #24 Liberty University car was going to be the car to beat. HOW IT HAPPENED: De

Carson Kvapil celebrates his Martinsville Speedway win with a burnout! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) MARTINSVILLE, V.A. - Carson Kvapil won the National Debt Relief 250 at Martinsville Speedway, Saturday, October 31, as he kept his championship hopes alive. It did not come easy in the closing laps as he held off teammate Justin Allgaier in route to his third win of 2026! HOW IT HAPPENED: It did not come easy as Kvapil earned the pole to start off the race, but it was Justin

Kyle and Owen Larson greeted by Carson Hocevar and Ross Chastain on the way to victory lane at Talladega! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) LINCOLN, A.L. - Kyle Larson stunned the world Sunday, October 25, as he won the YellaWood 500! With his win, Kyle Larson now moves his points lead to 73 points over Denny Hamlin heading to Martinsville, and has a huge opportunity to potentially clinch the championship before the final race at Homestead. HOW IT HAPPENED: The race was a uniqu

Sammy Smith celebrates his Talladega Win with a Burnout (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) LINCOLN, A.L. - Sammy Smith found victory lane back-to-back days at Talladega Superspeedway as he picked up his first NASCAR O'Reilly Autoparts Series win of the season in The Progress Group 250. Unlike the day prior, Smith only needed to lead one lap to win the race, and with the win made it four consecutive seasons with a win. HOW IT HAPPENED: The race started with points leader Jesse Lo

Sammy Smith takes the trip to victory lane at Talladega! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) LINCOLN, A.L. - Sammy Smith won a wacky, wild Love's RV Stop 225 on Friday, October 23, taking his first career Craftsman Truck Series win in his 11th series start. Smith lost the lead twice on the final lap, but somehow powered through to victory in the closing yards. It was a headlining day for Smith, as earlier in the day it was announced that the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series youn

Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (Chicaoland 2026) Avondale, AZ- A stellar “rookie campaign” continues. Although Corey Heim won’t have a proper full-time rookie season, he continues to impress in his part-time effort with 23XI, posting a fifth-place finish in the Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway. A late race call to take two tires was the difference in a bad day. "Bootie [Barker] made great adjustments all day. I think we gained like five from the two tires, and I picked

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/Motorsports Today (WWT Raceway 2026) Avondale, AZ- All about opportunity. Tyler Reddick takes advantage of Kyle Larson’s bad day to vault himself back into contention for the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. Reddick surged from fourth to first on the last restart of the Freeway Insurance 500 to take his sixth win of the season on Sunday. "This group never lost motivation, never lost the drive to keep searching and keep tryi

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/MotorsportsToday (WWT Raceway 2026) Avondale, AZ- It was too little, too late for Sam Mayer late-race rally in the Timberland Pro 200, as Jesse Love held him off to solidify a dominant victory at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday night. With the win, Love takes over the points lead from Sheldon Creed for a 36-point advantage over championship runner-up Justin Allgaier. “Found my happy place there at the end to kind of make just enough

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle Motorsports Today (WWT Raceway 2026) Avondale, AZ- With the integration of The Chase, it effectively eliminated the ability to have bad days. For Bubba Wallace, his number of good days has been outdone by the better days of championship leaders Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin, making his postseason push a little more difficult. Ahead of the Freedom Insurance 500, Wallace sees his 185-point deficit to championship leader Larson as a

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle/MotorsportsToday (Kansas Speedway, 2026) Avondale, AZ- With four races left in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Chase, the conversation has centered on Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell, the current top three in the championship. For defending Phoenix winner Ryan Blaney, a dominant day around the short oval on Sunday could turn his postseason around. “We ran second when we won the championship in 23, but you treat it as like

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Photo Courtesy Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Avondale, AZ- With the right adjustment at the right time, Kaden Honeycutt stole the win from Ty Majeski with a late race resurgence in the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered by Poet at Phoenix Raceway on Friday night. He led 52 laps en route to his fourth win of the season and his second in The Chase. Honeycutt couldn't earn this victory alone, as it was his pit crew who put him in position late. O

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Fisher Giannotti/Motorsports Today (Rockingham 2025) Avondale, AZ- After three years at Alpha Prime Racing, Brennan Poole will fill in the vacant seat at Jordan Anderson Racing for 2027. He rounds out the driver lineup, joining Daniel Dye as the team’s two full-time drivers. For Poole and team owner Jordan Anderson, this partnership comes full circle after the two raced against one another as kids. Now, Anderson sees Poole as an establishe

Corey Day Burns it Down after his Blue Cross NC 300 win! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) CONCORD, N.C. — Corey Day delivered a potential season defining performance Sunday Night, October 11, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Day overcame an early pit-road penalty and charged through the field making a decisive late-race move to capture the Blue Cross NC 300. Day also now has won back-to-back races for the first time in his career. HOW IT HAPPENED: Day established himself as a cont

Chase Briscoe's Joe Gibbs Racing team pushes his car to the grid for the 2026 Bank of America 400! (Tim Moore | Motorsports Today) CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chase Briscoe earned a big time win Sunday, October 11, as he earned his third win of the season after winning the Bank of America 400! The race served as the sixth race of the Chase, and was the first time since 2017 where the NASCAR Cup Series ran the oval configuration twice in the same season. The race saw many parallels to t

Kelsey Christman - Staff Writer Chase Briscoe celebrates his win earlier this season at Chicagoland Speedway. (Riley Ogle, Motorsports Today, 2026) Las Vegas, NV- The NASCAR Cup Series returned out west to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the South Point 400. This race marked the halfway point of the Chase as it was the fifth race of the postseason. Denny Hamlin scored the pole as Toyota scored a top-five sweep during qualifying. The four Joe Gibbs Racing teammates were followed

Kaden Honeycutt leads the field to green on a restart early in the race. (Riley Ogle | Motorsports Today) KANSAS CITY, K.S. - Kaden Honeycutt put all the stops together in a statement victory at Kansas Speedway Saturday, September 26, as he won the Race to Stop Suicide.com 200. Only two things halted Honeycutt from pure dominance over the day as the race was mixed in with numerous cautions in the early stages, as well mother nature. WIth the win Honeycutt now finds himself at

Kelsey Christman - Staff Writer Ryan Blaney confronts Carson Hocevar following an on-track incident ending Blaney's day early at Bristol Motor Speedway. (Getty Images, 2026) Bristol, TN — The NASCAR Cup Series returned to Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, with the high-banked short track once again providing an action-packed evening of racing. The Busch family was in attendance as Ty Gibbs brought back the iconic M&M’S paint scheme, f

EDDIE KALEGI - STAFF WRITER Sheldon Creed during driver introductions at Kansas Speedway earlier this season. (Photo Credit: Riley Ogle, Motorsports Today) For the first four years of his NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career, across three different teams, there was one common denominator for Sheldon Creed - he couldn't win. Now, he can't stop winning. Thanks to a late call to pit for fresh tires after a caution with less than 40 laps to go, the driver of the Haas Factory

Kyle Larson walks back to his car with the checkered flag after his Enjoy Illinois 300 win! (Riley Ogle | Motorsports Today) MADISON, I.L. - The long wait for Kyle Larson is finally over as the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion finally found victory lane after going winless for 51 races. Larson ended a drought that tracked back to Kansas Speedway in the spring of the 2025 season. The last stretch of races for Larson had been very strong, and it was only a matter of time he