Todd Gilliland never led a lap at Indianapolis, yet the Front Row Motorsports driver walked away with $1 million after Ryan Blaney was spun out of the In-Season Challenge final by John Hunter Nemechek.
Ryan Blaney and Todd Gilliland — two third-generation Ford drivers — meet at the Brickyard 400 with NASCAR's $1 million In-Season Challenge on the line, the No. 3 seed against a 25th-seeded underdog who says 'why not us?'
Alex Bowman will retire from full-time NASCAR after the 2027 season, signing a one-year Hendrick Motorsports extension first. The 33-year-old cited his health and a desire to finish his career on his own terms.
NASCAR has ditched its elimination-style playoff and one-race title decider for a revived 10-race Chase in 2026. Denny Hamlin backs a format that rewards consistency but is furious the regular-season championship has been quietly abolished.
NASCAR's Cup Series returns to North Wilkesboro Speedway for a points race for the first time since 1996 with Sunday's Window World 450 — the payoff for a grassroots revival that Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt Jr and track boss Marcus Smith all credit to the fans who refused to let the old short track die.
NASCAR will run a radically different superspeedway package at the August 29 Coke Zero Sugar 400, dropping horsepower from 510 to 465 and the rear spoiler from seven inches to four in a bid to kill the fuel-saving processions that have defined Daytona and Talladega racing.
A last-lap dive below Atlanta's double yellow line cost Bubba Wallace his runner-up finish, dropping him to 29th and erasing 27 points. Wallace vowed to fight the call as Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin backed NASCAR — even as Harvick questioned whether the rule belongs at Atlanta.
NASCAR pulled Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill into the hauler at Atlanta after their latest collision, but the two drivers walked out with very different stories — and the New Zealander made clear he isn't backing off.
NASCAR issued no penalty to Shane van Gisbergen after his lap-47 clash sent Austin Hill into the Chicagoland wall, a call that left team owner Richard Childress crying payback and fans crying double standard.
Chase Briscoe held off Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Christopher Bell to win the eero 400 and mark NASCAR's return to Chicagoland Speedway - his first Cup win of 2026.
Kevin Magnussen's NASCAR Cup debut at San Diego ended in a 90-second pit-road bust-up with Noah Gragson, after the pair traded contact throughout a combative afternoon.
Corey Heim claimed a stunning maiden NASCAR Cup Series win in his 13th start at the inaugural San Diego street race, after a Lap 32 restart crash wrecked pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen and the favourites.
NASCAR's historic first race weekend on the streets of an active US military base delivered instant chaos at Naval Base Coronado, from a manhole cover lodging in a car's splitter to a near head-on with a safety truck, as Layne Riggs and Shane van Gisbergen led the on-track headlines.
Shane van Gisbergen took pole for NASCAR's first race on an active US military base, taming a brutal Naval Base Coronado street course that has battered the field all weekend.
The field for NASCAR's $1 million In-Season Challenge is set after Pocono, with Tyler Reddick the No. 1 seed, Denny Hamlin riding three straight wins into the No. 2 spot, and a Sonoma opener handing road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen a dangerous run.
NASCAR contests its first points-paying Cup race on an active military base this weekend with the inaugural Anduril 250, a bumpy 3.4-mile street circuit at Naval Base Coronado, amid a tightening title fight.
Josh Berry will not return to Wood Brothers Racing in 2027 after NASCAR oldest active team declined its option, throwing the storied No.21 ride open and igniting silly season.
Matt Payne was set for a surprise NASCAR Cup debut with Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma, but Grove Racing blocked the GM-backed move over his Ford ties and wrist recovery, as his manager called it a missed chance for Australian motorsport.
Two-time NASCAR Cup champion and beloved broadcaster Ned Jarrett, the sport's oldest living champion, has died at 93. NASCAR led tributes to "Gentleman Ned."
Former Formula 1 racer Kevin Magnussen will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in Trackhouse Racing's Project91 entry at the inaugural San Diego street race, reviving the international ringer programme at one of the most unusual venues on the 2026 schedule.
