Photo from www.x.com/f1 By Ryan Wu The 2026 Formula 1 Championship battle is quickly becoming a rout. Kimi Antonelli, who remains a teenager until August, has now won five consecutive races, becoming the youngest driver in Formula 1 history to achieve that feat. With his victory in Monaco during a chaotic race that saw seven drivers fail to cross the finish line, Antonelli also became the youngest winner of the prestigious race, taking the record from Lewis Hamilton. In addit

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Daniel Suarez – This week: 10 – Last week: 13 Riding some momentum from last week’s win at the Coca-Cola 600, Suarez started near the front and had some solid moments at Nashville. He faded

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine A chaotic four-lap shootout, multiple brake rotor failures, and an interesting penalty at the start of the race – all of which Denny Hamlin overcame and earned his 62nd Career Cup Series win at Nashville! Let’s have a look at how it all shook down! Pre-Race: The start was delayed due to some light showers in the area. Once they got the track dry, NASCAR opted to include a Competition Caution at (or around) Lap 35. La

Photo from www.x.com/f1 By Ryan Wu Having already secured a sprint race win and starting from pole, George Russell looked to take the double over the weekend and eat into his teammate Kimi Antonelli’s Championship lead. Unfortunately for the British driver, a loss of power on lap 30 forced his retirement from the race after a back-and-forth battle amongst the two Mercedes. Antonelli won his fourth race in a row, extending his Championship lead to 43 points. Race Recap McLare

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Press Release Joint Statement from the Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR Regarding the Passing of Kyle Busch On behalf of the Busch family, everyone at Richard Childress Racing and all of NASCAR, we are devastated to announce the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Busch. Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch. A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Ty Gibbs – This week: 10 – Last week: 10 It was a solid day at the track for Ty Gibbs at Watkins Glen. Unfortunately, no one was a match for SVG and his road course prowess, but Gibbs led a

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Shane Van Gisbergen showed why he is the absolute road course GOAT, and made up a 29-second gap to win for the second year in a row! Let’s have a look at how it all shook down! Lap 1: Shane Van Gisbergen starts on the pole, with Michael McDowell next to him. SVG takes the lead off the start, though McDowell keeps pace pretty well. Lap 9: SVG’s lead over McDowell is now up to 2 seconds, Connor Zilisch is in third,

By Adam Carabine Welcome to the StatChat NASCAR Games! If you’re new here, this year I thought it might be fun to share some of the silly little games I play on my NASCAR Excel Sheet throughout the season as we follow along. BRACKET GAMES These games are similar to NASCAR’s In-Season Tournament, as created by Denny Hamlin, but my version lasts all season long. Drivers are originally seeded by a mixture of performance from last year, with some creative discretion from m

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images By Adam Carabine The StatChat Power Rankings return in 2026! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs. Let's look at the Top 10: Ty Gibbs – This week: 10 – Last week: 6 It was a rough week at the track for Ty Gibbs in Texas. While the driver is still buoyed up into the Top 10 by his first career win a few weeks ago, h

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images By Adam Carabine It wasn’t exactly the cleanest day at the track on Sunday in Texas, but you won’t hear many complaints from Chase Elliott, as he scooped up his second win of this 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season. Let’s have a look at how it all shook down! Lap 1: Last week’s winner, Carson Hocevar, is on the pole. He’s next to his Spire Motorsports teammate Daniel Suarez. Lap 10: Hocevar’s lead is already up to 1.6 seconds. Lap 19:

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images By Adam Carabine It was a dominant day on the track for Denny Hamlin, but some major late-race drama (including a crazy final caution) led to Tyler Reddick earning his 5 th win of the season! Let’s have a look at how it all shook down! Lap 1: Pole-sitter Tyler Reddick takes the green flag alongside Denny Hamlin. As they fight back and forth all lap long, it’s a drag race back to the start-finish line. Hamlin edges out in front and t

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway. Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway, built in 2001. Jeff Gordon won the first Cup Series race there that same year. Kyle Larson won this race in the spring last year, and Chase Elliott won it in the fall. Tomorrow’s race will be 267 laps long (for a total of 400.5 miles), wit

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway, built in 2001. Jeff Green won the first O’Reilly Series race there that same year. Brandon Jones won the most recent race at Kansas last year. Tomorrow’s race will be 200 laps long (for a total of 300 miles), with s

By Adam Carabine Welcome to the StatChat NASCAR Games! If you’re new here, this year I thought it might be fun to share some of the silly little games I play on my NASCAR Excel Sheet throughout the season as we follow along. BRACKET GAMES These games are similar to NASCAR’s In-Season Tournament, as created by Denny Hamlin, but my version lasts all season long. Drivers are originally seeded by a mixture of performance from last year, with some creative discretion from m