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Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — The Team Penske drivers would need a lot to go their way in order to win a Cup title. But from where they were midway through the season, the fact that they even remain in contention is an accomplishment. Struggles earlier this year on the intermediate tracks suggested that Ford would not be a factor at all in The Chase. Instead, Ryan Blaney sits […]

Chase Briscoe has back-to-back wins, but can he rally to win the title? He has cut his gap between himself and the points leader, Kyle Larson, from 123 two weeks ago to 65 points after winning races at Las Vegas and Charlotte. That seems like a lot, but that means he would have to win another two of the final four races to have a shot. A driver on a […]

Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — Chase Briscoe indicated Saturday that he had to adjust to the Joe Gibbs Racing attitude that winning races is the expectation. He came from a Stewart-Haas Racing organization, a place where he felt victories were celebrated more. Now Briscoe is feeling the pressure at an organization that has a history of winning races and championships. Briscoe made it back-to-back victories — the seventh and […]

The Chase heads to Charlotte for the Bank of America 400, and the race gets the green flag on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 12 p.m. ET. However, bettors might want to note that Hurricane Isaias impacted the weekend, including the driver lineup. Will Kyle Larson build on his lead in The Chase with a solid day at Charlotte, or will Denny Hamlin find his way to Victory Lane? Here are […]

Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — NASCAR’s metric woes have continued. Thanks, Hurricane Isaias. NASCAR’s starting-order format when qualifying is rained out — which is commonly known as "the metric" — was wiped out Saturday, thanks to the outer bands of Hurricane Isaias. Not only was Cup practice and qualifying canceled, the O’Reilly Series never got on track and had its race from Saturday postponed to 8 p.m. ET on […]

Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.) — The Kyle Busch Celebration of Life included many stories about the fiery two-time Cup champion. While the stories and memories and tributes flowed, it was the people closest to Busch that helped celebrate him the most. His 11-year-old son, Brexton, ended the hour-long program by doing burnouts in one of his father’s Cup cars. He then stood on the car’s roof, took a checkered […]

Layne Riggs has won twice the number of races than any of his Chase competitors but now must rally in order to win the 2026 truck championship. Riggs, with six wins this season, sits second in the standings at 37 points behind Kaden Honeycutt. Honeycutt earned his third win of the year a couple of weeks ago at Kansas Speedway. The other Chase drivers have combined for three wins all […]

Math, even in an engineering-based sport such as NASCAR, is apparently hard. When most of the competitors in any NASCAR series talk about The Chase and the new format, it often includes some version of winning is important. Yeah, of course. A win earns a driver 55 points. Second is worth 35 points. If a driver sweeps both stages and wins and earns the point for the fastest lap, that […]

Kasey Kahne didn’t like the way his full-time NASCAR career ended. So he hopes he can finish it off with something that makes him smile — nine years after his last full-time season. The 46-year-old Kahne will compete full time in NASCAR’s truck series in 2027, as he drives the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports. Kahne’s last full-time NASCAR season came to an abrupt end in September 2018 when his […]