Top Fuel standout Doug Kalitta has had an ideal start to the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, advancing to the final round at the first three playoff races.
Spire Motorsports has logged three top-15 and eight top-20 finishes. Justin Haley, driver of the team's No. 7 Fly Alliance Chevrolet ZL1, earned a team-best 14th-place result at the 1.5-mile oval in March.
Sam Mayer sits fourth in the playoff standings with 3016 points, +2 points to the cutline, while Sheldon Creed is in eighth place with 3003 points, -13 points below the cutline.
There are two Ford Mustang Dark Horse drivers still with championship aspirations in each of NASCAR’s top two series as the Round of 8 begins this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver David Starr will pilot the #35 Chevrolet for Joey Gase Racing at the United Rentals 250 on October 18, 2025, at Talladega Superspeedway
The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season hit the halfway point last weekend in Norwalk, but that also means only four races remain in the regular season.
HSR's First Overseas Race This Weekend at the Le Mans Classic Legend Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of NASCAR's First Appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976
Spire Motorsports has one previous start at the 1.5-mile oval dating to 2019, though Daniel Suárez and Michael McDowell have combined for 12 Cup starts at the track.
Zane Smith, driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be making his 100th career NASCAR Cup Series start when the green flag falls this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
