9/20/2026, 12:52:39 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Race #1 - Race #17: Reddick leads NASCAR Cup championship
Race #18 - Race #28: Hamlin leads NASCAR Cup championship
Race #29 - ?: Larson leads NASCAR Cup championship
After taking the points lead at Sonoma on June 28, Denny Hamlin has firmly held onto the top spot, even reaching a triple-digit points lead at one point before the Chase reset.
He started the ten-race Chase with a ...Keep reading
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9/20/2026, 7:30:16 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Kyle Larson has become just the third different driver to lead the championship standings this year, joining Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin in that very exclusive club.
Larson is now a single point ahead of Hamlin, and things remain incredibly close three races into the ten-race Chase for the championship.
After a surprise late charge netted him his 40th career win at Bristol, Joey Logano ...Keep reading
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9/7/2026, 1:37:23 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
After 500 miles of racing at Darlington Raceway, Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson with 12 laps to go, driving off with the Southern 500 victory.
Bell hadn't won a race since last September, and was frustrated with seven runner-up finishes in, until today, a winless 2026 season. Bell took the lead from Larson and then held on against Ty Gibbs in second and Tyler Reddick in third.
Ryan ...Keep reading
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9/5/2026, 10:08:55 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Unfortunately, constant lightning on a very hot day in Darlington forced NASCAR to cancel Cup Series qualifying for the very first race of the 2026 Chase...even without a single drop of rain.
As a result, the metric will set the starting lineup, which is a weighted average of a car's place in the owner standings (30%), and the entry's finish in the most recent race (70%).
Tyler Reddick, who ...Keep reading
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9/1/2026, 1:15:02 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
2026 has been a fun season for NASCAR fans interested in numerology, specifically in relation to race-winning car numbers.
Tyler Reddick was the first driver to ever win the Daytona 500 with the No. 45, while it also became the 31st different car number to win NASCAR's biggest race.
Shane van Gisbergen finally got to drive his No. 97 in the Cup Series, and was the first driver in 21 years to ...Keep reading
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8/30/2026, 5:17:30 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
When the white flag flew, Zane Smith was leading the NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona. Making his 107th career start at the top level of the sport, he was hoping to become the 210th different winner in Cup Series history. However, that ultimately went to Ryan Preece.
On the final overtime restart, Smith was leading with Ryan Blaney pushing. Ryan Preece restarted up top with Tyler Reddick ...Keep reading
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8/30/2026, 2:53:23 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
In his 249th career start, Ryan Preece has finally won a NASCAR Cup Series race. He claimed victory under caution, just ahead of Daniel Suarez and Tyler Reddick.
The win was enough to push Preece up into the Chase, eliminating Shane van Gisbergen in a stunning upset. It was a wild night for the RFK Racing driver, who ended Turn 1 spinning through the grass, only to fight back and win his way ...Keep reading
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8/9/2026, 11:39:32 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
With just three races left in the regular season, Denny Hamlin holds a 103-point lead, but there's a surprising new name in second. After a big win in Iowa, Ty Gibbs jumped up from fourth, leaping over Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney. There is just 17 points between those three drivers in the battle for P2, with a lot of bonus points on the line once the Chase resets.
The biggest mover in the ...Keep reading
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8/8/2026, 9:11:00 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Whatever chance Ryan Blaney has to win the NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship, and the number one Chase for the Championship seed that comes with it, Sunday afternoon at Iowa will be instrumental.
Blaney is 120 points behind Denny Hamlin for the championship lead with four races left until The Chase. He is 36 points behind Tyler Reddick for second in the standings. All of this is ...Keep reading
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7/7/2026, 12:05:02 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Tyler Reddick is now 44 points behind Denny Hamlin in the championship standings, continuing to lose ground in a 173-point swing since Memorial Day Weekend.
But this latest issue was truly a case of bad luck. On Lap 132 of 267 as the race approached the halfway point, and in the middle of green flag pit stop cycle in Stage 2, Reddick's car suddenly slowed, leaking fluid everywhere.
“We ...Keep reading
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7/6/2026, 2:54:18 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
It's incredible to think that Tyler Reddick had a 129-point lead in the championship just before Memorial Day Weekend in May, as he now trails Denny Hamlin by 44 points.
Reddick lost the points lead for the first time this year one week ago, and while he ran strong at Chicagoland this weekend, a piece of debris punches through the radiator and put him 30 laps down after repairs.
The biggest ...Keep reading
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6/28/2026, 11:12:56 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
For the second time this year, Shane van Gisbergen is back in Victory Lane as a NASCAR Cup Series race winner. SVG now joins Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick, and Chase Elliott as the only drivers to win multiple races this year.
Sunday's win at Sonoma Race was also the eighth of Van Gisbergen's NASCAR Cup career, which ties him with Tony Stewart for second on the all-time road course wins ...Keep reading
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6/22/2026, 2:38:41 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Surprisingly, Denny Hamlin managed to edge closer to Tyler Reddick in the points battle after the San Diego street course race.
While battling for the race win, Tyler Reddick made contact with teammate Corey Heim, and cut a left-front tire down soon after. That cost him over 20 points as he fell to 25th in the running order. Hamlin finished 14th, slicing the margin from 19 points to just eight ...Keep reading
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5/10/2026, 10:23:19 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
After 100 laps of NASCAR Cup racing at Watkins Glen, pole-sitter Shane van Gisbergen walked away with the checkered flag. He made up 29 seconds in 18 laps during the final stint, and ultimately won the race by 7.2 seconds over Michael McDowell.
Ty Gibbs was leading the strategy for those who cut out a pit stop, finishing third. Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick filled out the rest of the top ...Keep reading
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5/3/2026, 11:45:57 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Tyler Reddick finished a strong fourth at Texas, but saw his incredible 110-point lead shrink ever-so-slightly to 109 points after Denny Hamlin's runner-up finish.
Chase Elliott's win vaulted him up to third in the standings, 117 points back of the lead.
The biggest mover in the standings was Erik Jones, who jumped four positions from 26th to 22nd. He won Stage 1 at Texas, and that points ...Keep reading
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5/3/2026, 11:01:24 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Hendrick Motorsports now has two wins in the 2026 season, and both are courtesy of Chase Elliott. The driver of the No. 9 HMS Chevrolet now has 23 career wins, and his second Texas win in the last three years.
He finished just ahead of Denny Hamlin in second and Alex Bowman in third. Tyler Reddick, who was charging with two fresh right-side tires, finished fourth, with Chris Buescher ...Keep reading
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4/30/2026, 9:05:03 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Carson Hocevar enters Texas as NASCAR's newest winner, capturing his first career win at Talladega last weekend. Texas Motor Speedway will host all three national divisions this weekend, with the Cup, O'Reilly, and Craftsman Truck Series.
Tyler Reddick continues to hold a commanding lead in the championship, 110 points clear of Denny Hamlin.
Joey Logano is the defending winner at Texas -- ...Keep reading
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4/27/2026, 12:24:41 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Tyler Reddick managed to slightly extend his championship lead at Talladega, now 110 points clear of Denny Hamlin in the standings.
After earning his first Cup win, Carson Hocevar jumped from 12th to eighth in the standings. However, the biggest mover in the points was Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who jumped five positions from 30th to 25th.
The biggest losers were Michael McDowell, William ...Keep reading
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4/21/2026, 1:38:18 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The outcome of the Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday was decided, in part, due to Cody Ware spinning with just over a lap to go and setting-up overtime in which Tyler Reddick outdueled Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell.
Hamlin led the most laps and had just retaken the lead from Reddick and was a quarter of a lap away from taking the white flag. Had the caution come ...Keep reading
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4/20/2026, 8:34:40 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The ninth round of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season was a surprising one, partly due to how clean it was. There were no incidents until a single-car spin on the penultimate lap completely changed the complexion of the finish.
And the finish itself was incredible, with Reddick once again prevailing after a last-lap pass on Kyle Larson, and Denny Hamlin losing out after dominating half the ...Keep reading
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2/16/2026, 2:55:00 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
It's far too early to start making championship predictions, but every point matters in this return to a more traditional NASCAR championship format. One year ago, we would have been saying 'Welcome to the Playoffs Tyler Reddick' because due to win and you're in, the greater points picture wouldn't have mattered that much.
But it matters now! One race down, 25 to go before the Chase returns for ...Keep reading
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2/16/2026, 2:08:42 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
In sequential order, this is how Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500.
Michael McDowell leads the field back to green. Carson Hocevar takes the lead and holds it at the white. Hocevar gets turned into the wall, contact with Erik Jones and spins across the field, taking Jones and McDowell with him.
No caution.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead with Chase Elliott to his outside and Reddick ...Keep reading
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2/15/2026, 11:01:18 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
It's hard to explain what happened on the final lap of the Daytona 500, but it was pure mayhem. Carson Hocevar was leading at the white flag, but he got turned from the lead. The race stayed green, and Chase Elliott surged ahead with a push from Zane Smith.
But then came Tyler Reddick with a helpful push from teammate Riley Herbst, passing Elliott at the exit of Turn 4. The field fanned out ...Keep reading
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