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Ryan Blaney Led 202 Laps at the Bristol Night Race and Scored 19 Points. The New Chase Math Explains It. Stock cars racing three-wide into a corner on an oval, illustrating the kind of restart chaos that decided the 2026 Bristol Night Race

Stock cars racing three-wide into a corner on an oval, illustrating the kind of restart chaos that decided the 2026 Bristol Night Race

Ryan Blaney Led 202 Laps at the Bristol Night Race and Scored 19 Points. The New Chase Math Explains It.

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Joey Logano won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on the final restart. It was his 40th...

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Baku Races on Saturday, Hadjar Returns, Mir Sidelined Formula 1 car at speed on track ahead of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit

Formula 1 car at speed on track ahead of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Baku Races on Saturday, Hadjar Returns, Mir Sidelined

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Welcome to the daily motorsport briefing for Tuesday, 22 September 2026. Formula 1 has landed in Baku...

No Boost Button, Two Corners, 33 Minutes: How Tatiana Calderón Beat All of NASCAR Brasil at Curvelo Tatiana Calderón stands on the roof of her No. 25 Ford Mustang in victory lane at Curvelo after winning Race 2 of the NASCAR Brasil Series

Tatiana Calderón stands on the roof of her No. 25 Ford Mustang in victory lane at Curvelo after winning Race 2 of the NASCAR Brasil Series

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No Boost Button, Two Corners, 33 Minutes: How Tatiana Calderón Beat All of NASCAR Brasil at Curvelo

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

The oval at Curvelo’s Circuito dos Cristais is 1.25 kilometres long and has two corners. Vitor Genz...

Zane Smith Slammed the Wall at Gateway. The Bristol Entry List Is the Real Clearance. A racetrack curve and grandstands are shown

Zane Smith Slammed the Wall at Gateway. The Bristol Entry List Is the Real Clearance.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Zane Smith’s Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway ended the way a lot of bad days at...

Front Row Locks Up Layne Riggs Through 2027, But a 25-Point Cushion Won’t Win Him the Truck Title Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Front Row Locks Up Layne Riggs Through 2027, But a 25-Point Cushion Won’t Win Him the Truck Title

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Layne Riggs used Truck Series media day this week to handle two pieces of business at once....

Gateway’s Real Story Wasn’t Larson’s Win. It Was Three Brake Failures and a Widening Chase Gap. Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season

Gateway’s Real Story Wasn’t Larson’s Win. It Was Three Brake Failures and a Widening Chase Gap.

Johnny Puckett September 22, 2026

Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak on Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, and...

Race Weekend Notebook: Bristol’s New Wet-Tire Rule Meets a Nine-Point Title Fight Cars race under the lights during a NASCAR Cup Series night race at Bristol Motor Speedway's concrete half-mile

Cars race under the lights during a NASCAR Cup Series night race at Bristol Motor Speedway's concrete half-mile

Race Weekend Notebook: Bristol’s New Wet-Tire Rule Meets a Nine-Point Title Fight

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Sept. 17, 2026. NASCAR’s Cup, Truck and O’Reilly Series teams converge on Bristol Motor...

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

NASCAR made a rule change this week that will outlast this weekend’s headlines, quietly moving one of...

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe A restart under the lights at the 2017 Bank of America 500, the last time the NASCAR Cup Series fall playoff race ran on Charlotte Motor Speedway's traditional oval before the Roval took over from 2018-2025.

A restart under the lights at the 2017 Bank of America 500, the last time the NASCAR Cup Series fall playoff race ran on Charlotte Motor Speedway's traditional oval before the Roval took over from 2018-2025.

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval gets its fall playoff date back on Oct. 11, and the layout...

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces Generic illustration of a NASCAR-style stock car racing under lights on an oval short track, representing Bristol Motor Speedway's night race.

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Natalie Decker is going back to Bristol, and this time the No. 47 Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet...

NASCAR Playoffs

Ryan Blaney Led 202 Laps at the Bristol Night Race and Scored 19 Points. The New Chase Math Explains It.

Daily Motorsport Briefing: Baku Races on Saturday, Hadjar Returns, Mir Sidelined

No Boost Button, Two Corners, 33 Minutes: How Tatiana Calderón Beat All of NASCAR Brasil at Curvelo

Zane Smith Slammed the Wall at Gateway. The Bristol Entry List Is the Real Clearance.

Front Row Locks Up Layne Riggs Through 2027, But a 25-Point Cushion Won’t Win Him the Truck Title

Gateway’s Real Story Wasn’t Larson’s Win. It Was Three Brake Failures and a Widening Chase Gap.

Race Weekend Notebook: Bristol’s New Wet-Tire Rule Meets a Nine-Point Title Fight

NASCAR Hands Crew Chiefs the Wet-Tire Call, and Bristol Is the Perfect Place to Test It

Charlotte’s Oval Is Back for the Chase, and Nobody Has to Play It Safe

Natalie Decker Steps Into Mike Harmon Racing’s No. 47 at Bristol, a Track That Doesn’t Do Favors for New Faces

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