The 29-year-old Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, is primed to achieve a milestone start in his eighth full-time season in NASCAR's premier series.
The 18-year-old Simpson from the Cayman Islands is coming off his second season in the Firestone Indy NXT Series, where he will round out Chip Ganassi Racing's expanded five car lineup for the upcoming IndyCar season.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion led 142 of 500 laps and rallied from a Lap 70 pit road speeding penalty to lead the final 134 laps and win the Playoff's Round of 16 finale under the lights at Thunder Valley.
The reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion from Huntington Beach, California, will pilot a Cup Series entry for Spire Motorsports in alliance with Trackhouse, beginning in 2024.
The 37-year-old Allgaier from Riverton, Illinois, led a race-high 110 of 300 laps and executed during a 44-lap dash to the finish on fresh tires to fend off Daniel Hemric, win at Thunder Valley and become the first Xfinity competitor to transfer to the Playoff's Round of 8.
The 15-time Most Popular Driver and two-time Xfinity Series champion from Kannapolis, North Carolina, made his first of two Xfinity scheduled starts at Thunder Valley, where he battled upfront before late ignition issues concluded his night in 30th place and on pit road.
The 26-year-old Jones from Atlanta, Georgia, is confirmed to campaign for a second full-time stint with JR Motorsports for the 2024 Xfinity Series season.
For the first time since 2020, Bristol Motor Speedway will host two NASCAR weekend events on its concrete-racing surface and eliminate the Bristol Dirt event, beginning in 2024.
The 21-year-old Heim from Marietta, Georgia, overtook Christian Eckes with six laps remaining to become the first Playoff competitor to transfer to this year's Championship 4 round by winning at Thunder Valley.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led the final two of 268 over-scheduled laps and capitalized on a late caution period to win in overtime and transfer to the second round of the 2023 Cup Series Playoffs.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, posted a pole-winning lap at 88.380 mph in 97.760 seconds for his third career pole in Austin and in a bid to three-peat on Sunday.
TOYOTA RACING – Tyler Reddick
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Austin (February 28, 2026) – 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to the media on Saturday following his pole winning run for tomorrow’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas.
AJ Allmendinger, driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, met with the media onsite at Circuit of The Americas in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series' third points-paying race of the 2026 season.
Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media onsite at Circuit of The Americas in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series' third points-paying race of the 2026 season.
he sweeping elevation changes and technical corners of Circuit of the Americas (COTA) set the stage for one of the most demanding weekends on the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series calendar
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