5/19/2026, 9:09:04 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Larry Phillips will soon be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
On Tuesday, members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel met for an in-person closed session at the Charlotte Convention Center to debate upon the 15 nominees. This Class of 2027 was determined by votes cast from the 50-member panel.
The panel includes current living members of the Hall of ...Keep reading
5/19/2026, 7:55:22 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. largely enjoyed the All Star Race on Sunday afternoon at Dover Motor Speedway but largely as a standard race and not as part of the lineage it represented.
To that end, the Hall of Famer and winner of the 2000 running of ‘The Winston’ has his own ideas with what to do with the event.
“We’re doing too much,” Earnhardt said on his Dale Jr. Download podcast on ...Keep reading
5/19/2026, 4:29:49 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
NASCAR on Prime Video is back! As the Cup Series heads to streaming for the next five weeks, the popular trackside coverage that featured lengthy post-race shows is back.
Alongside Danielle Trotta and Corey LaJoie, who will be there every week, the panel will have a rotating cast of NASCAR legends for each of the five races the streaming platform will broadcast.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl ...Keep reading
5/18/2026, 5:02:29 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The 2026 edition of the NASCAR All-Star Race featured big wrecks, fireballs, field inverts, and a calculator nearby.
The 350-lapper was the first time the event has gone to Dover, with the Monster Mile not hosting a points race for the first time since 1968. And while the format was completely different than your standard race, the same driver who won at Dover last year returned to Victory ...Keep reading
5/18/2026, 1:42:33 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
After Denny Hamlin's big win in the Dover All-Star Race, NASCAR heads home to Charlotte, North Carolina, for one of its most prestigious races on the calendar -- the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600.
In this guide, you can find all the information you need to be ready for 600 miles of racing in the heart of NASCAR:
Charlotte Motor Speedway Track Specs and Origins
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5/17/2026, 10:59:16 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Sunday marked the 67th time that Denny Hamlin has won a race in the NASCAR Cup Series but not all of them have counted.
The official tally is still at 61, even after a career that includes four victories in The Clash/Shootout, and now his second in the All-Star Race, but he really resents this one not counting.
He’s counting!
“This one doesn't count,” Hamlin said with a laugh after ...Keep reading
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5/17/2026, 9:20:24 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Denny Hamlin now has two wins in NASCAR's All-Star Race, taking victory in a chaotic race at Dover's 'Monster Mile.' He will be awarded the $1 million prize. He started from pole position, and led 103 laps.
His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe finished second after leading 61 laps, and Legacy Motor Club's Erik Jones completed a Toyota 1-2-3.
Austin Dillon finished fourth, Connor ...Keep reading
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5/17/2026, 5:31:01 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
On the second lap of the NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover, a massive crash unfolded at the back of the field as drivers scrambled to make up ground.
Ryan Preece was on the outside of a three-wide situation, battling with Todd Gilliland and Kyle Larson. Preece and Gilliland touched, and all three cars got tangled together.
A multi-car crash ensued, and Preece backed into the Turn 1 wall at a ...Keep reading
5/16/2026, 4:53:17 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The animated conversation between Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell after the NASCAR Cup Series race last weekend at Watkins Glen generated a lot of headlines but apparently none of them had it right.
"You all had it figured out, but every single one of y'all motherfuckers were wrong," Wallace said with a laugh on Friday during a media availability at Dover International Speedway before ...Keep reading
5/16/2026, 3:28:01 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
In what felt like a throwback to a bygone era, the NASCAR Cup Series conducted a 90-minute practice session on Friday in advance of Sunday’s All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway.
For drivers who were part of the sport prior to COVID-19, when the Sanctioning Body first started consolidating race weekends, Friday was a time capsule of sports. Chase Elliott was around back then and turned the ...Keep reading
5/16/2026, 2:37:08 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Chase Elliott said it succinctly.
“This feels like a normal weekend,” said the 2020 Cup Series champion during media availabilities for the All-Star Race at Dover on Friday afternoon. “It feels like a normal weekend. I would say this feels the least like an All-Star weekend that we’ve ever had in my career.
“I don’t know if it’s just because I’m not used to having an ...Keep reading
5/15/2026, 8:48:54 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
As Dover hosts the All-Star Race for the very first time, NASCAR provided teams with an extended 90-minute practice session on Friday.
Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Larson topped the speed charts at 22.792s lap (157.95mph) around around the one-mile concrete oval.
All 36 entries are taking part in the 350-lap All-Star Race this weekend, but ten drivers will be dropped ahead of ...Keep reading
5/15/2026, 2:52:35 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Along with points-paying races for the NASCAR O'Reilly and Craftsman Truck Series, the Cup cars will be on the track at Dover this weekend for the 2026 edition of the All-Star Racing.
NASCAR is bringing its annual All-Star Race to the 'Monster Mile' for the very first time, and revamping the format as well.
Christopher Bell won last year's All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro, while Denny ...Keep reading
5/14/2026, 4:50:52 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
There is no direct comparison since this was the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen to take place during the spring but the Go Bowling at The Glen on FS1 earned an average of 1.928 million viewers and a 1.06 rating according to Nielsen’s Big Panel + Data metric.
This is the lowest rated race of the season, won by Shane van Gisbergen, this race barely dropping below Bristol’s ...Keep reading
5/14/2026, 3:48:49 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The NASCAR All-Star Race changes formats ... often. The Sanctioning Body are not shy about using the race as an experiment, but this year marks quite a dramatic change.
First, the All-Star Race heads to Dover, Delaware for the very first time. The 'Monster Mile' will not host a points-paying race for the first time since 1968, but it will play host to the All-Star Race this weekend. NASCAR also ...Keep reading