2026 NASCAR Cup Thread

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NASCAR Insights

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Drivers with a career-best average finish through seven races in 2026:

Tyler Reddick - 5.71 (prev: 12.86)
Ryan Preece - 14.43 (prev: 16.71)
Shane van Gisbergen - 15.71 (prev: 27.57)
Bubba Wallace - 16.29 (prev: 16.86)
Carson Hocevar - 16.57 (prev: 23.57)

 

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Carson Hocevar Enthusiast
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BREAKING:

Carson Hocevar will sign with Hendrick Motorsports following this season per Adam Schefter

Hocevar will drive the 48 car.

 

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John Newby

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According to @TheCW_Sports, the Martinsville O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race had 1,198,000 Total Viewers. The most watched spring Martinsville race ever and up 18% compared to last year’s Martinsville race on March 22, 2025

 

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Jeff Gluck

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NASCAR TV viewership from Martinsville last weekend:
-- Cup Series got 2.39 million viewers, down slightly from 2.42 million last year.
-- O'Reilly Series got 1.2 million viewers, up 18 percent over last year's 1.01 million

 

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Racing Territory

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NASCAR TV schedule for Rockingham:Friday:
11am- Truck Series Practice, FS2
12pm- Truck Series Qualifying, FS2
1:30pm- O’Reilly APS Practice, The CW App
2:30pm- O’Reilly APS Qualifying, The CW App
4:30pm- Truck Series Race, FS
Saturday:
2:30pm- O’Reilly APS Race, The CW

 

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Bob Pockrass
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Bristol
ET

Fri
3:30-FS2-Truck p&q
7:30-FS1-Truck race 65-65-120

Sat
2-CW App-OReilly p&q
4:30-Prime-Cup p&q
6:30-CW-Prerace
7:30-CW-OReilly race 85-85-130

Sun
2-FS1-NASCAR RaceDay
3-FS1-Cup race 125-125-250

 

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Winners after an off-week in the NextGen era:

Austin Cindric (Talladega - 2025)
Austin Dillon (Richmond - 2024)
Ross Chastain (Nashville - 2023)
Chase Elliott (Nashville - 2022)

 

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SPEED on FOX


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"Hopefully, we'll get to the point where NASCAR and American auto racing gets that respect that it deserves." Kyle Larson on the respect given to NASCAR drivers from racing fans around the world.

 

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Bob Pockrass
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Bristol
ET

Fri
3:30-FS2-Truck p&q
7:30-FS1-Truck 65-65-120, 3 sets
NWS: Temps 70s (60s-pm), 5% ain

Sat
2-CW App-OReilly p&q
4:30-Prime-Cup p&q
6:30-CW-Prerace
7:30-CW-OReilly 85-85-130, 4 sets
NWS: 70s,5%

Sun
2-FS1-NASCAR RaceDay
3-FS1-Cup race 125-125-250, 11 sets
NWS: 80s,5%

 

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NASCAR Insights

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Christopher Bell is the only driver to finish top 10 in all six Bristol races with the NextGen car:

September 2025 - 1st
April 2025 - 8th
September 2024 - 5th
March 2024 - 10th
September 2023 - 3rd
September 2022 - 4th

 

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Racing Territory
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Drivers with 10 or more NASCAR Cup Series Chase/Playoff race wins:

27- Jimmie Johnson
16- Kevin Harvick
15- Joey Logano
14- Denny Hamlin
10- Martin Truex Jr.
10- Kyle Larson

 

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Racing Territory
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Richard Childress Racing average finish in the NASCAR Cup Series:

2026- 23.2
2025- 20.1
2024- 21.1
2023- 18.4
2022- 17.1
2021- 14.7

 

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NASCAR

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NEWS: He's back!@Alex_Bowman has been medically cleared and will return to the No. 48 @TeamHendrick Chevrolet this weekend at @ItsBristolBaby.

 

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NASCAR Insights

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The last 24 Bristol Cup races have been won by a driver with 200+ career starts, dating back to the Bristol night race in August 2012.

This is the second longest streak ever at a track (Phoenix - 28 straight from 2006-2020) and is the longest active streak at a track.

 

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Racing Territory
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Active Cup Series Pole Winners at Bristol:

4- Denny Hamlin
2- Kyle Busch
1- AJ Allmendinger
1- Ryan Blaney
1- Christopher Bell
1- Chase Elliott
1- Kyle Larson
1- Joey Logano
1- Erik Jones
1- Alex Bowman

 

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Going to see a race live here in Ft.Worth. May 3rd. This will be my 7th race I've been too.

 

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NASCAR Insights


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Most laps led at Bristol in the NextGen era:
Kyle Larson - 946
Ty Gibbs - 440
Christopher Bell - 371
Denny Hamlin - 308
Chris Buescher - 187
Brad Keselowski - 143
Chase Briscoe - 127
Ryan Blaney - 101

 

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NASCAR Insights


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Tonight's Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol will set a record for the most full-time Cup Series drivers to ever start a Truck race (7)
#4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
#5 Chase Briscoe
#7 Kyle Busch
#45 Ross Chastain
#62 Christopher Bell
#71 Daniel Suarez
#77 Carson Hocevar