2026 NASCAR Cup Thread

[Brian in Mesa]

Michael Jordan faces backlash over weird celebration with a child after Daytona 500 win

Michael Jordan faces backlash over weird celebration with a child after Daytona 500 win

Michael Jordan sparks an online debate after an awkward celebratory interaction goes viral, drawing mixed reactions from fans.

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[Adrian]

Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass
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21m
The Cup Series will have a new right-side tire for Atlanta. The construction (what is underneath the tread) is similar to changes made for tires used at other 1.5-mile tracks. Designed to have more wear. The Atlanta tires (construction-tread combination) only used at Atlanta.

 

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Bob Pockrass

@bobpockrass
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25s


Xfinity and trucks have the same tire they have been using at Atlanta; only the Cup right-side tire has changed.

 

[Adrian]

Racing Territory
@RacingTerritory
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3h
NASCAR Cup Series wins while driving the #45 car:

6- Tyler Reddick
4- Eddie Pagan
2- LeeRoy Yarbrough
1- Kurt Busch
1- Bubba Wallace

 

[Adrian]

NASCAR Power Rankings: Tyler Reddick Surges, Chase Elliott Moves to Top | FOX Sports

Two drivers are climbing up the rankings and someone new has taken over the top spot ahead of Atlanta. Here's the latest.

www.foxsports.com

 

[Adrian]

Michael Jordan faces backlash over weird celebration with a child after Daytona 500 win

Michael Jordan faces backlash over weird celebration with a child after Daytona 500 win

Michael Jordan sparks an online debate after an awkward celebratory interaction goes viral, drawing mixed reactions from fans.

sports.yahoo.com

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Country Chord
@CountryChord
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8h
25 years ago today, we lost the legend Dale Earnhardt on the last lap of the Daytona 500.

 

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Kelly Crandall
@KellyCrandall
Mike Forde about the fan on pit road who interrupted and touched Daniel Suarez during an interview:

"He (Tom Bryant, NASCAR security) is aware and is working with the security team. If we do find out who this person is, it's certainly not going to end well for this particular person. ... We're looking into it. TBD if we're able to find out if the person is. But certainly an unfortunate incident that we're taking seriously and looking into."

 

[Adrian]

Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass
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2h
Purses for Atlanta weekend. Purses include all payouts for all positions as well as charter payouts and contingency awards and end-of-season fund:

Cup: $11,233,037

OReilly: $1,653,590

Truck: $789,700

 

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Jordan Bianchi
@Jordan_Bianchi
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52m
Additional NASCAR TV ratings from Fox Sports:

--Cup Series practice on Friday had 438k viewers, up 62 percent from last year’s Friday session.

--Daytona 500 qualifying had a 15 percent increase compared to last year.

 

[Adrian]

Austin Konenski
@AustinKonenski
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32m
The 2026 Daytona 500 earned 5.14 million average viewers on FOX last weekend.

The 2025 Daytona 500 (rain delayed) earned 6.76 million average viewers on FOX.

 

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Jordan Bianchi
@Jordan_Bianchi
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24m
NEWS: Joe Gibbs Racing has filed a lawsuit against former competition director Chris Gabehart alleging he "embarked on a brazen scheme to steal JGR’s most sensitive information and use it for the benefit of a direct competitor in NASCAR -- Spire Motorsports."

 

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Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass
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3h
Atlanta
ET
Today
3-FS1-Truck q
5-CW App-ORei q
NWS:70s,15% rain

Sat
11-Prime-Cup q
1:30-FS1-Prerace
1:52-FS1-Trucks 40-40-55, 4 sets
4:30-CW-Prerace
5:20-CW-ORei 45-45-73, 4 sets
NWS:60s, 80% a.m., 45% 1pm-night

Sun-FOX
2-NASCAR RaceDay
3:19-Cup 80-80-100, 9 sets
NWS:40s-50s,5%

 

[Adrian]

Sports on Prime

@SportsonPrime
NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying on @PrimeVideo starts Saturday at 11am ET

 

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Austin Konenski

@AustinKonenski
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1h


NASCAR Cup Series winners at EchoPark Speedway in the NextGen era:
- JUN '25: Chase Elliott (2)
- FEB '25: Christopher Bell
- SEP '24: Joey Logano (2)
- FEB '24: Daniel Suarez
- JUL '23: William Byron (2)
- MAR '23: Joey Logano
- JUL '22: Chase Elliott
- MAR '22: William Byron

 

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Bob Pockrass

@bobpockrass
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2h


Toyota Racing Development has signed Keelan Harvick to a long-term development deal. @NASCARONFOX

 

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Austin Konenski

@AustinKonenski
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3h


NASCAR weekend schedule: COTA/St. Petersburg - Mar. 2026 (all ET)
FRI:- 4:00 PM: Truck P (FS2)
- 5:00 PM: O'Reilly P (The CW App)
- 5:05 PM: Truck Q (FS2)
- 6:05 PM: O'Reilly Q (The CW App)
SAT: - 10:00 AM: Cup P (Prime Video)
- 11:10 AM: Cup Q (Prime Video)
- Noon: Truck Race
- OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 (FOX)
- 3:00 PM: O'Reilly Race
- Focused Health 250 (The CW)
SUN:- 3:30 PM: Cup Race: 2026 DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix (FOX)

 

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Bob Pockrass

@bobpockrass


COTA
ET
Fri5-CW App-OReilly p&q
Sat10-Prime-Cup p&q
2:30-CW-Prerace
3-CW-OReilly 20-20-25
Sun-FOX
2:30-RaceDay
3:30-Cup 20-25-50
NWS: 80s, 5% rain all weekend

 

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Racing Territory

@RacingTerritory
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3h


The highest average finish at COTA in the NASCAR Cup Series (minimum 4 starts):
4.6- Tyler Reddick
5.2- Alex Bowman
5.6- Ross Chastain
6.2- William Byron
6.3- Chase Elliott
10.8- Kyle Busch
11.4- Chris Buescher

 

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Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass
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5m
NASCAR All-Star format:
-350 laps; 75-75-200
-No "open" race; all cars start
-Invert top-26 after first segment
-Driver's combined finish first two segments sets order for final segment of 26 drivers: 2025-26 race winners, past champs, best combined segment finishers, fan vote