By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Alex Bowman Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images No. 48 Car – Hendrick Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 13 th   Wins 0 Points 2,192 Stage Points 169 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 165 Lead Lap Finishes 23 Average Finish 17.4 DNFs 4 Races since last win 52   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Alex Bowman gets a tough rap at He

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Austin Cindric Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images No. 2 Car – Team Penske   2025 Stats Standings 14 th   Wins 1 Points 2,156 Stage Points 141 Stage Wins 3 Laps Led 325 Lead Lap Finishes 22 Average Finish 20.9 DNFs 3 Races since last win 26   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Austin Cindric is a hard guy to read.  H

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Austin Dillon Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images No. 3 Car – Richard Childress Racing   2025 Stats Standings 15 th   Wins 1 Points 2,152 Stage Points 27 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 119 Lead Lap Finishes 24 Average Finish 20.8 DNFs 3 Races since last win 11   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? For whatever reason, Austin

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Josh Berry Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images No. 21 Car – Wood Brothers Racing   2025 Stats Standings 16 th Wins 1 Points 2,150 Stage Points 85 Stage Wins 1 Laps Led 207 Lead Lap Finishes 20 Average Finish 21.7 DNFs 9 Races since last win 31   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Josh Berry made the playoffs in 2

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Chris Buescher Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images No. 17 Car – RFK Racing   2025 Stats Standings 17 th Wins 0 Points 889 Stage Points 95 Stage Wins 2 Laps Led 47 Lead Lap Finishes 28 Average Finish 14.3 DNFs 2 Races since last win 44   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Chris Buescher is a driver that should be in

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Ryan Preece Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images No. 60 Car – RFK Racing   2025 Stats Standings 18 th Wins 0 Points 861 Stage Points 92 Stage Wins 2 Laps Led 133 Lead Lap Finishes 29 Average Finish 15.7 DNFs 2 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Ryan Preece is another driver who is still lo

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Ty Gibbs Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images No. 54 Car – Joe Gibbs Racing   2025 Stats Standings 19 th   Wins 0 Points 783 Stage Points 94 Stage Wins 2 Laps Led 304 Lead Lap Finishes 27 Average Finish 17.9 DNFs 4 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Ty Gibbs has been seemingly on the cusp

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Brad Keselowski Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images No. 6 Car – Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing (RFK)   2025 Stats Standings 20 th Wins 0 Points 762 Stage Points 90 Stage Wins 2 Laps Led 222 Lead Lap Finishes 23 Average Finish 18.5 DNFs 7 Races since last win 59   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? It’s been a tumultu

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Kyle Busch Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images No. 8 Car – Richard Childress Racing   2025 Stats Standings 21 st   Wins 0 Points 737 Stage Points 49 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 88 Lead Lap Finishes 25 Average Finish 17.9 DNFs 2 Races since last win 93   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? It’s been a rough go for Kyle Busc

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Michael McDowell Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images No. 71 – Spire Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 22 nd Wins 0 Points 734 Stage Points 53 Stage Wins 1 Laps Led 96 Lead Lap Finishes 24 Average Finish 18.2 DNFs 2 Races since last win 84   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? McDowell was brought into Spire Motorsp

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Carson Hocevar Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images No. 77 – Spire Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 23 rd Wins 0 Points 702 Stage Points 144 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 122 Lead Lap Finishes 17 Average Finish 21.6 DNFs 8 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? I actually predicted Hocevar would win m

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Erik Jones Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images No. 43 Car – Legacy Motor Club   2025 Stats Standings 24 th Wins 0 Points 665 Stage Points 48 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 11 Lead Lap Finishes 22 Average Finish 20.2 DNFs 3 Races since last win 115   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? As has been stated in many other of these

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: John Hunter Nemechek Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images No. 42 Car – Legacy Motor Club   2025 Stats Standings 25 th Wins 0 Points 664 Stage Points 60 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 37 Lead Lap Finishes 22 Average Finish 20.3 DNFs 3 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? John Hunter Nemechek is a fin

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: AJ Allmendinger Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images No. 16 Car – Kaulig Racing   2025 Stats Standings 26 th   Wins 0 Points 649 Stage Points 66 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 42 Lead Lap Finishes 22 Average Finish 21.4 DNFs 8 Races since last win 56   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? Allmendinger is seen as a road course wi

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Todd Gilliland   Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images No. 34 Car – Front Row Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 27 th   Wins 0 Points 616 Stage Points 37 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 23 Lead Lap Finishes 21 Average Finish 20.8 DNFs 2 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? When Michael McDowell left

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Zane Smith Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images No. 38 Car – Front Row Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 28 th Wins 0 Points 615 Stage Points 39 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 22 Lead Lap Finishes 24 Average Finish 21.1 DNFs 5 Races since last win N/A   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? While most of the publicity of the ant

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Daniel Suarez Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Moving from No. 99 Car – Trackhouse Racing to No. 7 Car – Spire Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 29 th Wins 0 Points 611 Stage Points 30 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 35 Lead Lap Finishes 21 Average Finish 20.9 DNFs 8 Races since last win 70   What Does Success Look Like in 2

By Adam Carabine Counting down the final 30 days to the 2026 Daytona 500, we are looking at last year's Top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series. Today's driver: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images No. 47 Car – Hyak Motorsports   2025 Stats Standings 30 th   Wins 0 Points 562 Stage Points 49 Stage Wins 0 Laps Led 8 Lead Lap Finishes 21 Average Finish 22.9 DNFs 4 Races Since Last Win 41   What Does Success Look Like in 2026? With the change in format, Ricky

By Adam Carabine On Monday afternoon, NASCAR presented the long-awaited changes to the 2026 (and beyond) Championship rules – The Chase returns to NASCAR!  While fans and drivers alike were aware that changes were coming, the big reveal happened at NASCAR’s new production facility in Charlotte, NC.   In the NASCAR Cup Series, the regular season remains 26 races.  The Top-16 in points at the end of the Regular Season will have their points reset to the new Chase format points,

By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Avondale, Arizona for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.   Phoenix is a 1-mile oval track with a unique dogleg corner just past the start-finish line.  The track opened in 1964, but NASCAR didn’t start racing there until 1988.  Alan Kulwicki won the first race there that year.  Christopher Bell won in Phoenix earlier this year.  Joey Log