By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—In a race that had a profound effect on the NASCAR Cup Series Chase presented by Mobil 1, Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell banged fenders within sight of the finish line. Briscoe’s No. 19 Toyota got there first to win Sunday’s Bank of America 400, just 0.029 seconds ahead of Bell in the second closest finish in Charlotte Motor Speedway history and the closest in the series this season. With his second straight victory in the Chase, Briscoe vaulted two spots into fourth place in the postseason…
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By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service Kyle Larson honored to be part of Kyle Busch Memorial CONCORD, N.C.—Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson shared more than a first name. There was mutual respect and admiration between the drivers, both two-time NASCAR Cup Series champions. They also shared the responsibility to nurture the next generation of racers within their own families. Hence, it wasn’t surprising that Larson said he felt honored to be part of the celebration of Busch’s life on Friday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch died suddenly and unexpectedly in May, less than a week after winning his last…
By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Persistent rain forced cancelation or postponement of all NASCAR on-track activity on Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The cancelation of qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series race puts Kyle Larson on the pole for Sunday’s Bank of America 400, the sixth race in the Chase presented by Mobil 1 (3 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). In addition, the Blue Cross NC 300 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race, scheduled for Saturday afternoon, has been postponed until 8 p.m. ET on Sunday night, following the Bank of America 400.…
By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—In the opening laps of Friday’s Ecosave 200, as he was slicing his way forward from the 13th starting position, Layne Riggs declared on his team radio “They’re in trouble”—meaning the competition. Riggs’ seventh victory of the season wasn’t quite as easy as that assessment might have implied. In fact, the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford had to pass Chase leader Kaden Honeycutt on Lap 128 of 134 to secure his second NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the 12th win…
By Reid Spencer | NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR Cup Chase drivers come to Charlotte chasing wins Despite Kyle Larson’s domination of the first half of the NASCAR Cup Series Chase presented by Mobil 1, both Joey Logano and Christopher Bell see a path to the championship. Both drivers are convinced that winning races—probably multiple races—is the key to title, and there’s no better time to start than in Sunday’s Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). For the first time since 2017, Cup Series drivers will race on the…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Chase Briscoe left nothing to chance in the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday afternoon – the Joe Gibbs Racing driver sweeping both stage victories, leading a race best 175 of the 267 laps and ultimately besting the field by 1.376-second to take his second NASCAR Cup Series trophy of the season under temperatures in the mid-90s – one of the hottest race-day of the season. The dominating win coming over the series championship leader Kyle Larson comes a week after Briscoe just missed beating Larson in the…
Courtesy of the NHRA MADISON, Ill. – Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon won his fourth straight race of the season on Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, defeating first-time finalist Will Smith in the championship round at the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals. Austin Prock (Funny Car), Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the 17th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and the third of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Langdon, who qualified No. 1, went 3.732-seconds at 335.90…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – In one of the most thrilling finishes of the season, 20-year-old Hendrick Motorsports rookie driver Corey Day prevailed in a final laps back-and-forth with 23-year-old JR Motorsports’ racer Carson Kvapil to claim his third career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Day and Kvapil exchanged the lead four times in the last 12 laps before Day made a daring pass – after brushing the wall multiple times – with two laps remaining to solidify a trophy hoist ultimately decided by a…
Courtesy of the NHRA MADISON, Ill. – Funny Car’s Jack Beckman powered to the top in front of a sellout crowd on Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway, securing his third No. 1 qualifier of 2026 for John Force Racing at the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Troy Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 at the 17th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and the third of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Beckman…
By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Defending race winner Denny Hamlin capped a dominant Toyota performance in Saturday’s Busch Light Pole Qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway claiming his fifth pole position of the season and leading a Toyota top-five sweep of the NASCAR Cup Series starting grid for Sunday’s South Point 400 (5:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota turned a fast lap of 186.787 mph around the 1.5-mile Las Vegas high banks – edging his JGR teammate, Ty Gibbs in the No. 54 Toyota by…