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 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.
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.
That Chase Elliott felt the need to lie about his reason for side-swiping Kyle Larson, a teammate, shows NASCAR's most popular driver has an attitude problem.
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 29-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, trails the top-12 cutline by 19 points amid a 32nd-place finish after being hampered by a flat right-rear tire and scrubbing the wall during the second stage.
