Last week‘s winner in the regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway, RFK Racing‘s Ryan Preece, was still grinning Saturday afternoon at Darlington Raceway. The 35-year old Connecticut native rallied from 17th place in the standings before the race to hoist a trophy in Victory Lane afterward — making up 31 points in the standings to

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.

Viking Motorsports is the surprise of the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series season, and it is all for good reasons. The second-year team, owned by longtime RSS Racing sponsor Don Sackett, is now in The Chase,

Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and Carson Hocevar enter NASCAR’s Chase with vastly different seasons behind them, but the same championship dream ahead.

NASCAR enters The Chase with broad momentum highlighted by growth across attendance, social and digital, as well as commercial and fan development.

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- After multiple lightning delays Saturday afternoon, NASCAR officials pulled the plug on Cup Series qualifying and practice at Darlington Raceway. As a result, the starting lineup for Sunday's Southern 500 -- the first stop in the 10-race Chase playoff -- was determined by metrics outlined in the NASCAR rule book.

The Chase' NASCAR championship format is coming to all three NASCAR national series (Cup Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series) for the 2026 season. This format was in place from 2004-2013 in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season continues with the Fleetio 200 at Darlington Raceway.