Christopher Bell and his team made the right strategy call late and Bell drove through the field to score the win at Bristol Motor Speedway to clinch his spot in the Round of 12.
Team Chevy’s Carson Hocevar and Alex Bowman survived a wild night under the lights at Bristol Motor Speedway to lead Chevrolet to the checkered-flag in the top-10,
Top Fuel veteran Clay Millican powered to the top to open the NHRA playoffs on Friday at Maple Grove Raceway, taking the provisional No. 1 position at the 40th annual NHRA Reading Nationals presented by Nitro Fish.
SAM MAYER, No. 41 Audibel Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We were really solid today. I’m really proud of everybody at Haas Factory. This Audibel Ford Mustang was certainly as fast as Xfinity mobile and we were just a little bit short."
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I’m proud of our lap and proud to be starting on the front row. I wish I could have had it back and I’m sure a lot of guys say that."
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 31 of 65 laps and went from sixth to first during a five-lap shootout to record his first O'Reilly victory of 2026 in Austin.
For the second straight and the third time in five years, Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 DEX Team Penske Chevrolet will start the season-opening race, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, from the pole position.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane van Gisbergen takes JR Motorsports to Victory Lane for his fifth career O’Reilly Auto Parts Series win and first at NASCAR at COTA.
Scott McLaughlin helped Team Penske put memories of a tough 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season into the rearview mirror Saturday by starting 2026 with the NTT P1 Award for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Brent Crews (sixth) and William Sawalich (seventh) earned top 10 finishes in Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
