Denny Hamlin chased down Bubba Wallace over the closing laps, but couldn't get close enough to make the pass, instead settling for his second-consecutive runner-up finish.
Martin Truex Jr. finished 8th at Daytona, but it wasn't enough to put him in the playoffs as first-time season winner Austin Dillon took the surprising win.
Kyle Larson stalked Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott over the final laps at Watkins Glen, and finally forced his way by on the final restart. Then Larson repelled the challenge of A.J. Allmendinger to win the Go Bowling At The Glen.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion led a race-high 156 of 200 laps and swept all three stages en route to a dominant victory in the desert state and to assume a 36-point lead in the Chase standings.
Reigning world champ Dallas Glenn made the quickest run in Pro Stock history in front of a massive crowd on Saturday at Texas Motorplex, taking the No. 1 qualifying position with a world-record run at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
The 2023 Cup Series champion from High Point, North Carolina, posted a single qualifying lap at 137.143 mph in 26.250 seconds for his fifth Cup pole of 2026 and the 17th of his career in the desert state.
Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Phoenix Raceway.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 131.694 mph in 27.336 seconds for his second pole of 2026 at the desert state.
