Kyle Larson and Joey Logano are averaging more than 50 points per race since the Chase started.
The winner was overshadowed by a postrace feud in a Saturday night short track showdown.
Relive the action from Bristol Motor Speedway as drivers jockey for positioning in the third race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase.
Watch the top highlights from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase opener at Bristol Motor Speedway.
After a timely win in NASCAR’s Chase, Kyle Larson only is nine points behind postseason leader Denny Hamlin and within striking distance of a second straight Cup Series title.
Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings.
It’s the first win in 16 months for the defending NASCAR champion.
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Relive the action from World Wide Technology Raceway as drivers battle in the second race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase.
Joe Gibbs Racing showed its dominance again with Christopher Bell’s victory in the Chase-opening Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Bell’s crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500 on Sunday night.
Relive the action from Darlington Raceway as drivers battle in the opening race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase.
It’s the first victory of the season for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.
The new format — which was last used in 2013 — is designed to reward performance throughout the entire season and provide a larger sample size to determine a champion.
The Chase for the championship begins at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, with the top-16 drivers embarking on a 10-race stretch that will determine who hoists the Bill France Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway in mid-November.
Marty Snider, Dale Jarrett, and Brad Daugherty share their takeaways from Ryan Preece’s Chase-clinching win at Daytona.
The Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing driver made the Chase with his first career victory in the Cup Series.
Denny Hamlin unpacks his “decent, clean night” in the Cup Series regular season finale at Daytona before explaining why The Chase feels like a hard reset for qualifying drivers.
