Ryan Blaney will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday after winning the pole for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
While Jimmie Johnson can mathematically point his way into the championship round, this weekend's Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway is realistically a must-win scenario.
Barney Visser, team owner of Furniture Row Racing, won't attend the final two races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season after suffering a heart attack this past weekend.
While Martin Truex Jr. didn't win the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, his runner-up finish -- and points he amassed through the course of the day, via stage finishes -- secured him a spot in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Kevin Harvick punched his Championship 4 ticket to Homestead-Miami Speedway after chasing down and passing Martin Truex Jr. in the waning laps to win the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Erik Jones captured the pole and won the first and second stages in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) on Saturday night. This was his third win of the season and the ninth of his NXS career.
NASCAR heads to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with all three national series as the Playoffs continue. The Truck Series hits the track Friday for the JAG Metals 350 followed by the XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Saturday night. The Cup Series closes out the action Sunday at 2 p.m. on NBCSN with the AAA Texas 500.
Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Todd Gilliland and Harrison Burton both had a great day in the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and even had some fun racing with each other, as well.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Despite a strong performance, Chase Elliott's day wound up in the wall after getting dumped by Denny Hamlin in the closing laps of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, was awarded the pole position for the sixth Cup Series' Chase event of the 2026 season based on a qualifying metric formula.
The 23-year-old Kvapil from Mooresville, North Carolina, was awarded the pole position for the fifth O'Reilly Auto Parts Series' Chase event of the 2026 season based on a qualifying metric formula.
