Photo by James Gilbert/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:   Michael McDowell – This week: 10 – Last week: 23 McDowell is great at the drafting tracks, and at road courses.  After the first two races of the year didn’t go his way (he finished P22 and

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR history to make it back-to-back-to-back wins to start the NASCAR Cup Series Season!   Reddick started strong, earning the pole in qualifying.  Through Stage One, he maybe went too easy on his car, trying to save tires, but was able to adjust his pace and eventually held off road-course wizard, Shane Van Gisbergen (SVG) for the win.    Lap 1: Reddick started the race on pole, but

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Austin, Texas for the DuraMAX Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, or COTA.   The portion of the track that NASCAR uses at COTA is a 17-turn 2.4-mile road course.  The facility opened in 2012, and NASCAR first visited in 2021. Christopher Bell won this race last year.   Tomorrow’s race will be 95 laps long (for a total of 223.82 mi

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 Austin, Texas for the Focused Health 250 at Circuit of the Americas, or COTA.   The portion of the track that NASCAR uses at COTA is a 17-turn 2.4-mile road course.  The facility opened in 2012, and NASCAR first visited in 2021.  Kyle Busch won the first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (Xfinity) race there that year.  Connor Zilisc

Photo from www.x.com/f1 By Ryan Wu Sprint Race Drama It only took one race for McLaren to decide that the collision between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Singapore might not have been entirely accidental before more drama unfolded. Starting from second and third place, Norris and Piastri collided once again, with both drivers out of the sprint race before the first lap was even completed. Piastri made an aggressive move into Turn 1 that cut off Nico Hulkenberg, triggering

Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images StatChat Power Rankings   A look at the Top Ten in our weekly Power Rankings, plus the biggest...

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Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images By Adam Carabine & Logan Morris Logan Morris: Hey Adam, We just saw another unique race at COTA....

Christopher Bell celebrates in victory lane at Circuit of the Americas - Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Kyle Busch...

Connor Zilisch celebrates his win at COTA - Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images By Adam Carabine Connor Zilisch captured another road...

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Austin, Texas...

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(Photo Courtesy NASCAR) Supercars Champion Will Brown is planning to return to NASCAR next year for two races, including events at COTA...