US Car Racing Events2026-11-02Byron ends his winless year at Martinsville, and three NASCAR titles go to Homestead: Week 45William Byron's first win of 2026 closes out Martinsville, where Justin Allgaier took the O'Reilly lead and Layne Riggs cut Kaden Honeycutt's Truck margin to 20, sending all three NASCAR titles to Homestead.21
US Car Racing Events2026-10-26Larson wins Talladega on the last lap, Logano flips, Smith takes Trucks and O'Reilly: Week 44Kyle Larson's first superspeedway win leaves him 73 points clear with two races left, and the same weekend brought Sammy Smith's Truck and O'Reilly double at Talladega, three Porsche Carrera Cup titles at COTA, and the Martinsville preview.12
US Car Racing Events2026-10-19Reddick wins Phoenix on two tires, Larson's lead falls to five, Brown ends Langdon's streak: Week 43Tyler Reddick wins Phoenix on a two-tire call, Kyle Larson's Chase lead falls to five points with Talladega next, and Antron Brown ends Shawn Langdon's winning streak at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.2
US Car Racing Events2026-10-12Briscoe beats Bell by 0.029 at Charlotte, Day and Riggs close in, Quintero takes the rally title: Week 42Chase Briscoe edges Christopher Bell by 0.029 seconds at Charlotte, Corey Day and Layne Riggs cut into their series leads, and Seth Quintero wins the American Rally Association title in the season finale.12
US Car Racing Events2026-10-05Briscoe sweeps Las Vegas, Petit Le Mans crowns four champions, Day takes the O'Reilly thriller: Week 41Chase Briscoe sweeps Las Vegas, IMSA's Petit Le Mans crowns four WeatherTech champions, and Corey Day wins a last-lap O'Reilly thriller as the Cup Chase reaches its halfway point.12
US Car Racing Events2026-09-28Larson takes maximum points at Kansas, Annunziata wins ARCA by a tiebreaker, Petit Le Mans week: Week 40Kyle Larson's 76-point day at Kansas stretches his Cup lead to 26, Kaden Honeycutt takes the Truck Series points lead, and IMSA's four championships come down to Saturday's Petit Le Mans.11
US Car Racing Events2026-09-21Logano steals Bristol, Larson takes the Cup lead, WRT breaks through at Indy: Week 39Kyle Larson leaves Bristol with a one-point Cup lead after Joey Logano's last-lap pass, Sheldon Creed takes over the O'Reilly Chase, and IMSA's Indianapolis weekend sets up a four-class finale at Road Atlanta.22
US Car Racing Events2026-09-07Bell opens the Cup Chase, Mustang champions emerge at COTA: Week 37Christopher Bell wins at Darlington, Mustang Challenge champions are crowned at COTA, and Gateway anchors the Sep. 7-13 watch list.11
US Car Racing Events2026-08-31Preece takes the last Cup Chase spot as Sieg wins Daytona: Week 36Ryan Preece claimed the final Cup Chase place at Daytona, Ryan Sieg won his first O'Reilly race, and Darlington, Indy and COTA lead the week ahead.12
US Car Racing Events2026-08-24Blaney's New Hampshire win leaves Daytona with three open Cup playoff spots: Week 35Ryan Blaney's New Hampshire win, the settled Truck Series Chase, VIR's IMSA title swing and Brainerd's NHRA leads set up a Daytona-centered week of racing.12
US Car Racing Events2026-08-17Logano takes Richmond, Honeycutt tightens the Truck bubble and New Hampshire leads Week 34Joey Logano won Richmond, Kaden Honeycutt reshaped the Truck playoff bubble, and New Hampshire, VIR and Brainerd headline the Aug. 17-23 UTC watch list.21
US Car Racing Events2026-08-10Ty Gibbs wins Iowa, Schuchart owns the Ironman and Richmond takes over: Week 33Ty Gibbs beat Christopher Bell at Iowa, Logan Schuchart swept the Ironman 55 spotlight, and Richmond, Knoxville and Berlin headline the Aug. 10–16 watch list.