View the NASCAR TV schedule for Dover Motor Speedway below.

Dover Motor Speedway
TV Schedule

The following includes all on-track action:

Friday
May 15, 2026

11:00am ET
NASCAR.com
Press Pass

12:30pm ET
FOX One App
NASCAR Truck Series
Practice

1:40pm ET
FOX One App
NASCAR Truck Series
Qualifying

2:00pm ET
NASCAR.com
Press Pass

3:00pm ET
FS2 | FOX One App | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Pit Road Qualifying Entry/Exit Practice

5:00pm ET
FS1 | FOX One App
NASCAR Truck Series
Race

NASCAR.com
Press Pass

Saturday
May 16, 2026

9:30am ET
CW App
NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Practice

10:35am ET
CW App
NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Qualifying

Noon ET
FS1 | FOX One | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying / Pit Crew Challenge

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Qual

4:00pm ET
CW | PRN
NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Race

NASCAR.com
Press Pass
Post NOAPS Race

Sunday
May 17, 2026

1:00pm ET
FS1 | FOX One | HBO Max | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
All-Star Race

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Race

Links

Dover Motor Speedway | NASCAR

View NASCAR TV ratings for Watkins Glen International.

Sunday’s race brought in 1.928M viewers on average. The broadcast via FS1 earned a rating of 1.06 as reported by Adam Stern.

There’s no comparison to years prior. The event was previously held in the Fall.

Saturday’s O’Reilly Series race brought in 1,013,000 for the CW. The event peaked at 1,188,000 viewers.

Also on Saturday, FOX aired the IndyCar Series race from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. That race brought in 656,000 viewers on average.

Watkins Glen Race Results: May 10, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Links

Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

Katherine Legge will drive the No. 11 HMD Motorsports/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet in the Indy 500. That deal was previously announced. It will be her fifth appearance in the Indianapolis 500.

Now, it’s been announced that the 45-year-old will also drive for Live Fast Motorsports in the Coca-Cola 600 via the No. 78 car.

Legge will become the sixth driver to attempt both races in the same day, weather permitting. She’ll become the first woman driver to make the attempt at all 1,100 miles.

Kyle Larson was the most recent driver to make a start in both races in 2025.

Katherine Legge comments

“Very few drivers ever get the opportunity to attempt ‘The Double,’ and I do not take that opportunity lightly,” said Legge.

“This challenge is about pushing through perceived limits, betting on yourse.l.f., taking risks and trying to do something unique. I am so incredibly grateful to e.l.f. for believing in what this moment represents and for building a community around it.”

Legge has 8 career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series. She has 19 starts in the NTT IndyCar Series.

e.l.f. Beauty comments

“At e.l.f., we believe culture moves forward when more women are given the opportunity to own their stories, break barriers and redefine what is possible,” said Patrick O’Keefe, Chief Integrated Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty.

“Katherine attempting ‘The Double’ is a reflection of what empowering.legendary.females. looks like in action – backing women who push boundaries and inspire the next generation to dream even bigger.”

He added, “Together, we are building experiences that invite our community into that journey and remind every eye, lip and face that the road opens wider when women are in the driver’s seat.”

Links

Katherine Legge | Charlotte Motor Speedway | NASCAR | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indycar

The car slammed the wall, bounced off and spun back across the track. The car was parked in the middle of the track for several seconds.

No caution was thrown as Ware was able to limp his mangled machine to the pit road. However, the impact was massive and a caution should have been thrown regardless.

As for the fans at home, they never saw the crash at all. It was not a part of the TV broadcast, even the post-race show. Clips of the crash only surfaced online after the race.

Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 says it was unacceptable…

Major Cody Ware crash didn’t bring caution in final laps (Video)

Denny Hamlin comments on NASCAR missing the Cody Ware wreck

“They didn’t follow a few wrecks, for sure,” Denny Hamlin said of the FOX broadcast team via his Actions Detrimental podcast.

“But NASCAR has to get better with that. Like, I’ve seen their control center at their production studio.”

“There’s absolutely no excuse to not, you know, you have cameras pointing in every direction of this race track. For you not to see Cody Ware destroyed in that final corner. Holy cow man.”

“They need to say something about that. Not just, ‘We’ll look at it. We’re always looking to improve.’ That’s old news.”

“Take some accountability on this one. This was not acceptable. At all.”

Watch the video of the Cody Ware crash

Links

Cody Ware | Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

View the NASCAR qualifying order for Dover Motor Speedway below.

NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Driver Standings

1. Cody Ware
36th

2. Cole Custer
35th

3. Alex Bowman
34th

4. Ty Dillon
34th

5. Connor Zilisch
32nd

6. Josh Berry
31st

7. Noah Gragson
30th

8. Riley Herbst
29th

9. John Hunter Nemechek
28th

10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
27th

11. Todd Gilliland
26th

12. Erik Jones
25th

13. Kyle Busch
24th

14. Zane Smith
23rd

15. Austin Dillon
22nd

16. Michael McDowell
21st

17. AJ Allmendinger
20th

18. Ross Chastain
19th

19. Joey Logano
18th

20. Chase Briscoe
17th

21. Shane van Gisbergen
16th

22. Austin Cindric
15th

23. Daniel Suarez
14th

24. Ryan Preece
13th

25. William Byron
12th

26. Christopher Bell
11th

27. Bubba Wallace
10th

28. Brad Keselowski
9th

29. Kyle Larson
8th

30. Carson Hocevar
7th

31. Ty Gibbs
6th

32. Chris Buescher
5th

33. Ryan Blaney
4th

34. Chase Elliott
3rd

35. Denny Hamlin
2nd

36. Tyler Reddick
1st

NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. #38
40.700

2. #35
38.500

3. Ryan Ellis
34.600

4. Patrick Staropoli
34.400

5. David Starr
32.300

6. Blake Lothian
31.500

7. Kyle Sieg
31.000

8. Dean Thompson
30.500

9. BJ McLeod
29.800

10. Jeremy Clements
29.400

11. William Sawalich
29.400

12. Lavar Scott
27.000

13. Blaine Perkins
24.800

14. Josh Bilicki
24.100

15. Anthony Alfredo
23.700

16. CJ McLaughlin
23.600

17. Jeb Burton
23.200

18. Sheldon Creed
21.200

19. Garrett Smithley
20.800

20. Ryan Sieg
20.600

21. Harrison Burton
19.100

22. Myatt Snider
18.200

23. Brennan Poole
17.700

24. Austin Green
15.300

25. Sammy Smith
13.900

26. Sam Mayer
13.000

27. Corey Day
12.900

28. Ross Chastain
11.000

29. Austin Hill
10.700

30. Rajah Caruth
9.000

31. Parker Retzlaff
8.200

32. Andrew Patterson
7.600

33. Justin Allgaier
7.300

34. Brent Crews
6.000

35. Taylor Gray
5.700

36. Brandon Jones
5.600

37. Jesse Love
2.600

38. Carson Kvapil
2.200

NASCAR Truck Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Dystany Spurlock
41.000

2. Toni Breidinger
40.400

3. Caleb Costner
39.800

4. Natalie Decker
35.400

5. Cole Butcher
32.900

6. Grant Enfinger
30.300

7. Kris Wright
29.000

8. Christopher Bell
28.300

9. Luke Baldwin
28.100

10. Tanner Gray
27.900

11. Ben Rhodes
25.400

12. Frankie Muniz
24.400

13. Carson Hocevar
24.400

14. Spencer Boyd
23.600

15. Justin Haley
22.100

16. Ross Chastain
21.400

17. William Sawalich
21.100

18. Dawson Sutton
20.800

19. Ty Majeski
20.100

20. Parker Eatmon
17.600

21. Stewart Friesen
17.400

22. Layne Riggs
16.200

23. Tyler Ankrum
15.800

24. Andres Perez De Lara
15.700

25. Corey LaJoie
14.100

26. Mini Tyrrell
13.700

27. Christian Eckes
13.600

28. Jake Garcia
12.800

29. Giovanni Ruggiero
12.600

30. Brandon Queen
11.700

31. Clint Bowyer
10.500

32. Kyle Busch
7.600

33. Daniel Hemric
7.000

34. Brandon Jones
6.100

35. Chandler Smith
4.400

36. Kaden Honeycutt
1.000

View the NASCAR All-Star Race entry list below.

Clint Bowyer is making his return to the sport to the seat. He’ll drive for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Truck Series.

Dover Motor Speedway
Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series

Car | Driver | Team

#1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing

#2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske

#3
Austin Dillon
RCR

#4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports

#5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports

#6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing

#7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports

#8
Kyle Busch
RCR

#9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports

#10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing

#11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing

#12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske

#16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing

#17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing

#19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing

#20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing

#21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing

#22
Joey Logano
Team Penske

#23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing

#24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports

#34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports

#35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing

#38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports

#41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team

#42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club

#43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club

#45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing

#47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Hyak Motorsports

#48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports

#51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing

#54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing

#60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing

#71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports

#77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports

#88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing

#97
Shane van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing

Entries: 36

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Entry List

Car | Driver

#0
Garrett Smithley

#00
Sheldon Creed

#1
Carson Kvapil

#02
Ryan Ellis

#2
Jesse Love

#07
Josh Bilicki

#7
Justin Allgaier

#8
Sammy Smith

#9
Ross Chastain

#17
Corey Day

#18
William Sawalich

#19
Brent Crews

#20
Brandon Jones

#21
Austin Hill

#24
Harrison Burton

#26
Dean Thompson

#27
Jeb Burton

#28
Kyle Sieg

#31
Blaine Perkins

#32
Andrew Patterson

#35
TBA

#38
TBA

#39
Ryan Sieg

#41
Sam Mayer

#42
CJ McLaughlin

#44
Brennan Poole

#45
Lavar Scott

#48
Patrick Staropoli

#50
Preston Pardus

#51
Jeremy Clements

#54
Taylor Gray

#55
Blake Lothian

#87
Austin Green

#88
Rajah Caruth

#91
Myatt Snider

#92
BJ McLeod

#96
Anthony Alfredo

#99
Parker Retzlaff

#153
David Starr

#274
TBA

Entries: 39

NASCAR Truck Series
Entry List

#1
Brandon Jones

#2
Luke Baldwin

#5
William Sawalich

#7
Kyle Busch

#9
Grant Enfinger

#10
Corey LaJoie

#11
Kaden Honeycutt

#12
Brenden Queen

#13
Cole Butcher

#14
Mini Tyrrell

#15
Tanner Gray

#16
Justin Haley

#17
Giovanni Ruggiero

#18
Tyler Ankrum

#19
Daniel Hemric

#22
Natalie Decker

#25
Clint Bowyer

#26
Dawson Sutton

#27
Toni Breidinger

#33
Frankie Muniz

#34
Layne Riggs

#38
Chandler Smith

#42
Parker Eatmon

#44
Andres Perez De Lara

#45
Ross Chastain

#52
Stewart Friesen

#62
Christopher Bell

#69
Dystany Spurlock

#76
Spencer Boyd

#77
Carson Hocevar

#81
Kris Wright

#88
Ty Majeski

#91
Christian Eckes

#93
Caleb Costner

#98
Jake Garcia

#99
Ben Rhodes

Entries: 36

Links

Dover Motor Speedway | NASCAR

Om Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at Watkins Glen International. There was a significant crash that failed to get any attention.

With just 3 laps to go, Cody Ware got loose exiting turn six. He over-corrected and the car hooked hard right toward the barrier.

Ware’s No. 51 car slammed the tire barrier and the impact was enough to send him back onto the racing surface.

Ware sat on the track for a moment but was able to get out of the way. No caution was thrown.

The team stated via X, “Too damaged to continue. The 51 is in the garage.”

Remarkably, the video of the crash below was not shown at all on the television broadcast.

A man posted a photo of the crash site from the infield. It shows the wall bent inward near the impact site.

Watch the Cody Ware crash video below.

Recently, Ware was under-fire from Denny Hamlin after Ware spun out on his own in the closing laps of the race at Kansas Speedway. A caution came out and Hamlin ended up losing the race.

NASCAR race results from Watkins Glen

Cody Ware crash video

Cody Ware wrecked like hell and it didn’t bring out a yellow pic.twitter.com/xAiSNvTCxM

— Rubbin is Racing (@rubbinisracing) May 10, 2026

Cody Ware’s wreck at Watkins Glen damaged the wall.

There are other pictures floating around as well. This is pretty crazy. pic.twitter.com/H7fR5NtbWI

— Austin Konenski (@AustinKonenski) May 10, 2026

Links

Cody Ware | Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

NASCAR O’Reilly Series drivers will take the green flag at Watkins Glen International this afternoon. Now, the track is damp and a round of wet-weather practice is on deck. Qualifying has been canceled as the field has been set via the rulebook

View the Watkins Glen starting lineup for the NASCAR O’Reilly Series below.

Watkins Glen Menu
ARCA: Race
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Watkins Glen TV Schedule

Sheldon Creed spins on the wet paint during practice. He backs it hard into the fence and picks up heavy damage.

Watkins Glen International
Starting Lineup
May 9, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Rajah Caruth

2. Justin Allgaier

3. Sheldon Creed

4. Brent Crews

5. Sam Mayer

6. Parker Retzlaff

7. Brandon Jones

8. Jesse Love

9. Austin Hill

10. Sammy Smith

11. Jeremy Clements

12. Shane van Gisbergen

13. Ryan Sieg

14. William Sawalich

15. Anthony Alfredo

16. Dean Thompson

17. Connor Zilisch

18. Brennan Poole

19. Patrick Staropoli

20. Lavar Scott

21. Alex Guenette

22. Harrison Burton

23. Jeb Burton

24. Blaine Perkins

25. Taylor Gray

26. Josh Bilicki

27. Corey Day

28. Ryan Ellis

29. Ross Chastain

30. Alex Labbe

31. Derek White

32. Glen Reen

33. Kyle Sieg

34. Carson Kvapil

35. Austin Green

36. Will Rodgers

37. Matt Wilson

38. Preston Pardus

Watkins Glen International
Practice Results
May 9, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Brent Crews
1:12.193

2. Connor Zilisch
1:12.266

3. Shane van Gisbergen
1:12.901

4. Sam Mayer
1:12.988

5. Jesse Love
1:12.991

6. Parker Retzlaff
1:13.095

7. Taylor Gray
1:13.096

8. Austin Green
1:13.313

9. Corey Day
1:13.328

10. William Sawalich
1:13.365

11. Ross Chastain
1:13.392

12. Sammy Smith
1:13.400

13. Justin Allgaier
1:13.415

14. Carson Kvapil
1:13.494

15. Rajah Caruth
1:13.513

16. Harrison Burton
1:13.638

17. Blaine Perkins
1:13.746

18. Preston Pardus
1:13.887

19. Brandon Jones
1:13.905

20. Brennan Poole
1:14.053

21. Jeb Burton
1:14.104

22. Josh Bilicki
1:14.155

23. Anthony Alfredo
1:14.180

24. Patrick Staropoli
1:14.485

25. Alex Guenette
1:14.544

26. Ryan Sieg
1:14.633

27. Alex Labbe
1:14.701

28. Dean Thompson
1:15.125

29. Sheldon Creed
1:15.129

30. Will Rodgers
1:15.255

31. Lavar Scott
1:15.369

32. Austin Hill
1:15.560

33. Ryan Ellis
1:15.827

34. Kyle Sieg
1:18.567

35. Glen Reen
104.840

36. Derek White
110.722

37. Matt Wilson
No Time

Links

Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

Before teams are allowed on the track, they must pass NASCAR inspection. This morning, there were issues in NASCAR tech inspection.

Katherine Legge’s team was unable to get their car passed tech on their second attempt. NASCAR has issued a penalty.

The car chief has been ejected from the speedway. Additionally, they will lose pit selection.

Live Fast Motorsports was able to get the car through tech on the third attempt, avoiding further penalties.

Watkins Glen TV Schedule

NASCAR Inspection Penalties
Pre-Qualifying

The following includes various levels of inspection penalties:

1 Failure
No Penalty

2 Failures
Crew member of NASCAR’s choosing ejected. Additionally, the team loses pit selection.

3 Failures
Not permitted to qualify plus above penalty. They also have to serve a pass-through penalty at the start of the race.

Links

Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

This Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series is road course racing at Watkins Glen International. The field is set following Saturday;s qualifying session in New York.

View the Watkins Glen lineup and info for the NASCAR Cup Series race below.

Stages:
20/50/100

Purse:
$11,233,037

Watkins Glen International
TV Schedule

What channel is the NASCAR race on?

Sunday
May 10, 2026

3:00pm ET
FS1 | FOX One | HBO Max | MRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Race

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Race

Click here to view the full weekend schedule

Watkins Glen International
Starting Grid
May 10, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Shane van Gisbergen
1:11.165

2. Michael McDowell
1:11.424

3. Austin Cindric
1:11.445

4. Ross Chastain
1:11.449

5. Connor Zilisch
1:11.483

6. Joey Logano
1:11.522

7. Ryan Blaney
1:11.523

8. Christopher Bell
1:11.582

9. Chase Briscoe
1:11.583

10. Ty Gibbs
1:11.615

11. Carson Hocevar
1:11.620

12. AJ Allmendinger
1:11.654

13. William Byron
1:11.664

14. Chris Buescher
1:11.693

15. Tyler Reddick
1:11.699

16. Daniel Suarez
1:11.723

17. John Hunter Nemechek
1:11.729

18. Bubba Wallace
1:11.755

19. Cole Custer
1:11.847

20. Denny Hamlin
1:11.854

21. Kyle Busch
1:11.890

22. Todd Gilliland
1:11.941

23. Kyle Larson
1:11.961

24. Erik Jones
1:11.972

25. Austin Dillon
1:11.999

26. Brad Keselowski
1:12.060

27. Chase Elliott
1:12.067

28. Alex Bowman
1:12.095

29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:12.122

30. Ryan Preece
1:12.124

31. Ty Dillon
1:12.148

32. Riley Herbst
1:12.260

33. Zane Smith
1:12.264

34. Josh Berry
1:12.614

35. Noah Gragson
1:12.637

36. Cody Ware
1:13.199

37. Josh Bilicki
1:14.090

38. Katherine Legge
1:16.497

Click here to view practice results

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Note: Points are ahead of Watkins Glen and include the recent penalty to Ryan Preece.

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
526

2. Denny Hamlin
-109

3. Chase Elliott
-117

4. Ryan Blaney
-155

5. Chris Buescher
-181

6. Carson Hocevar
-193

7. Ty Gibbs
-196

8. Kyle Larson
-208

9. Brad Keselowski
-215

10. William Byron
-218

11. Bubba Wallace
-222

12. Christopher Bell
-235

13. Ryan Preece
-253

14. Daniel Suarez
-255

15. Austin Cindric
-278

16. Chase Briscoe
-284

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Joey Logano
-291

18. Ross Chastain
-310

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-311

20. AJ Allmedindger
-327

21. Zane Smith
-328

22. Erik Jones
-330

23. Michael McDowell
-337

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-339

25. Todd Gilliland
-340

26. Kyle Busch
-344

27. Austin Dillon
-344

28. Riley Herbst
-353

29. John Hunter Nemechek
-369

30. Josh Berry
-371

31. Noah Gragson
-373

32. Ty Dillon
-390

33. Connor Zilisch
-402

34. Alex Bowman
-411

35. Cody Ware
-434

36. Cole Custer
-435

Links

Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

Tomorrow, they’ll drop the green flag in Watkins Glen, New York. Now, the field is rolling to the track for a round of practice and qualifying at Watkins Glen International.

View NASCAR qualifying results from Watkins Glen International below.

Watkins Glen Menu
ARCA: Race
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Watkins Glen TV Schedule

35 minutes remain in practice, Ross Chastain has lost a tire. He comes to a stop after just two laps.

Shane van Gisbergen will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 1:11.165.

Watkins Glen International
Starting Lineup
May 10, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Shane van Gisbergen
1:11.165

2. Michael McDowell
1:11.424

3. Austin Cindric
1:11.445

4. Ross Chastain
1:11.449

5. Connor Zilisch
1:11.483

6. Joey Logano
1:11.522

7. Ryan Blaney
1:11.523

8. Christopher Bell
1:11.582

9. Chase Briscoe
1:11.583

10. Ty Gibbs
1:11.615

11. Carson Hocevar
1:11.620

12. AJ Allmendinger
1:11.654

13. William Byron
1:11.664

14. Chris Buescher
1:11.693

15. Tyler Reddick
1:11.699

16. Daniel Suarez
1:11.723

17. John Hunter Nemechek
1:11.729

18. Bubba Wallace
1:11.755

19. Cole Custer
1:11.847

20. Denny Hamlin
1:11.854

21. Kyle Busch
1:11.890

22. Todd Gilliland
1:11.941

23. Kyle Larson
1:11.961

24. Erik Jones
1:11.972

25. Austin Dillon
1:11.999

26. Brad Keselowski
1:12.060

27. Chase Elliott
1:12.067

28. Alex Bowman
1:12.095

29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:12.122

30. Ryan Preece
1:12.124

31. Ty Dillon
1:12.148

32. Riley Herbst
1:12.260

33. Zane Smith
1:12.264

34. Josh Berry
1:12.614

35. Noah Gragson
1:12.637

36. Cody Ware
1:13.199

37. Josh Bilicki
1:14.090

38. Katherine Legge
1:16.497

Watkins Glen International
Practice Results
May 9, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Austin Cindric
1:12.208

2. Carson Hocevar
1:12.252

3. Ty Gibbs
1:12.276

4. Christopher Bell
1:12.277

5. Chris Buescher
1:12.312

6. Kyle Busch
1:12.358

7. AJ Allmendinger
1:12.412

8. William Byron
1:12.464

9. Tyler Reddick
1:12.501

10. Erik Jones
1:12.519

11. Shane van Gisbergen
1:12.540

12. Michael McDowell
1:12.568

13. John Hunter Nemechek
1:12.611

14. Ryan Blaney
1:12.658

15. Todd Gilliland
1:12.659

16. Denny Hamlin
1:12.750

17. Daniel Suarez
1:12.775

18. Austin Dillon
1:12.779

19. Cole Custer
1:12.788

20. Chase Briscoe
1:12.793

21. Connor Zilisch
1:12.805

22. Chase Elliott
1:12.925

23. Bubba Wallace
1:12.949

24. Alex Bowman
1:12.957

25. Ty Dillon
1:12.999

26. Ross Chastain
1:13.010

27. Joey Logano
1:13.014

28. Ryan Preece
1:13.023

29. Zane Smith
1:13.026

30. Noah Gragson
1:13.039

31. Kyle Larson
1:13.134

32. Brad Keselowski
1:13.199

33. Riley Herbst
1:13.207

34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:13.382

35. Josh Berry
1:13.538

36. Cody Ware
1:13.849

37. Josh Bilicki
1:15.141

28. Katherine Legge
1:19.154

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Rajah Caruth and Justin Allgaier set the front row. 82 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Watkins Glen O’Reilly
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 20 (1-20 / 82)

Green flag, Caruth misses the bottom into turn one. He runs wide and takes Allgaier with him. Sam Mayer drives by both of them for the race lead.

Lap 4, Crews is all over the bumper of Mayer in the battle for the lead. Mayer misses turn one and as he runs wide, Crews takes the lead away.

Jeb Burton picks up heavy nose damage. He heads to the pit lane, no caution.

Brent Crews wins stage one at Watkins Glen International!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 1) : 1. Brent Crews; 2. Sam Mayer; 3. Justin Allgaier; 4. Jesse Love; 5. Brandon Jones; 6. Austin Hill; 7. Rajah Caruth; 8. Parker Retzlaff; 9. Ross Chastain; 10. Ryan Sieg

Watkins Glen O’Reilly
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 20 (21-40 / 82)

Crews leads most of the leaders head to the pit lane and he wins the race to the pit exit. Many cars stay out after pitting late in stage one. Connor Zilisch and Shane van Gisbergen cycle to the front row. Crews restarts in 5th.

Green flag on stage two, Zilisch leads Shane van Gisbergen. Lavar Scott spins behind them and Jeremy Clements is stuck in the tire barrier, caution.

Green, Zilisch and van Gisbergen run even into turn one. Shane van Gisbergen is clear for the lead into turn two!

Lap 30, Zilisch dives inside of van Gisbergen. Zilisch reclaims the lead.

Lap 34, caution for debris.

Green, Zilisch clears van Gisbergen out of turn one. Brent Crews takes over 2nd as he follows him through.

1 to go in stage two, Crews is all over the bumper of Zilisch.

Connor Zilisch hangs on to win stage two at Watkins Glen!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 2) : 1. Connor Zilisch; 2. Brent Crews; 3. Shane van Gisbergem; 4. Justin Allgaier; 5. Jesse Love; 6. Taylor Gray; 7. Austin Hill; 8. Sam Mayer; 9. Sammy Smith; 10. Brandon Jones

Watkins Glen O’Reilly
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 42 (41-82 / 82)

Zilisch and van Gisbergen make contact on the pit lane. Shane van Gisbergen has heavy left front nose damage. 12 cars stay out. Brent Crews and Jesse Love take over the front row.

Green flag on stage three, Crews is clear before turn one.

Justin Allgaier runs wide and Sheldon Creed is shoved off into the grass and his car is destroyed in the wet grass. Caution for debris.

Green, Crews gets the jump and he’s clear by several car lengths into turn one.

Lap 54, Jones misses the braking zone into turn bus stop. Zilisch has a run and he takes 2nd away. Zilisch trails the leader by 4 seconds.

Lap 57, Crews pits from the race lead. Zilisch is handed the lead. A lap later, Zilisch dives for the pit lane.

12 to go, Zilisch has climbed to 3rd. He’s 8 seconds back of leader Jesse Love.

7 to go, Zilisch works alongside Hill in the battle for 2nd. He takes the spot. Love leads Zilisch by 3.7 seconds.

6 to go, Zilisch clips the grass in the bus stop and he’s picked up a tire rub.

4 to go, Love leads Zilisch by 1.8 seconds. He’s closing fast.

2 to go, Love leads Zilisch by just 1 second.

1 to go, it’s down to 0.5 into the bus stop. Zilisch closes to within a car length exiting.

Zilisch drives it deep into turn six. Love wiggles off the corner.

Love misses the braking zone into turn seven! Zilisch drives under him off the final corner of the race!

Connor Zilisch wins at Watkins Glen International!

Credit: WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK – MAY 09: Connor Zilisch, driver of the #1 Jockey 150 Years Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 09, 2026 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Credit: WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK – MAY 09: Connor Zilisch, driver of the #1 Jockey 150 Years Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 09, 2026 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Watkins Glen International
Race Results
May 9, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver

1. Connor Zilisch

2. Jesse Love

3. Taylor Gray

4. Ross Chastain

5. Brandon Jones

6. Brent Crews

7. Parker Retzlaff

8. Shane van Gisbergen

9. Austin Green

10. Justin Allgaier

11. Austin Hill

12. Rajah Caruth

13. Sam Mayer

14. Carson Kvapil

15. Corey Day

16. Sammy Smith

17. Harrison Burton

18. Brennan Poole

19. Alex Labbe

20. Will Rodgers

21. Preston Pardus

22. Josh Bilicki

23. Ryan Sieg

24. Anthony Alfredo

25. Jeb Burton

26. Blaine Perkins

27. Lavar Scott

28. Alex Guenette

29. Sheldon Creed

30. Glen Reen

31. Kyle Sieg

32. Derek White

33. Jeremy Clements

34. Ryan Ellis

35. Dean Thompson

36. William Sawalich

37. Matt Wilson

38. Patrick Staropoli

Credit: WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK – MAY 09: Connor Zilisch, driver of the #1 Jockey 150 Years Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 09, 2026 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Justin Allgaier
640

2. Sheldon Creed
-155

3. Jesse Love
-161

4. Brandon Jones
-207

5. Corey Day
-218

6. Sammy Smith
-241

7. Austin Hill
-248

8. Carson Kvapil
-260

9. Parker Retzlaff
-278

10. Taylor Gray
-295

11. Brent Crews
-316

12. Sam Mayer
-319

— Playoff Cutline —

13. William Sawalich
-17

14. Rajah Caruth
-21

15. Ryan Sieg
-29

16. Brennan Poole
-64

17. Jeb Burton
-98

18. Dean Thompson
-102

19. Anthony Alfredo
-16

20. Jeremy Clements
-109

21. Blaine Perkins
-117

22. Harrison Burton
-132

23. Patrick Staropoli
-147

24. Lavar Scott
-158

Watkins Glen International
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Watkins Glen International | NASCAR

With 38 laps to go, Kyle Busch was planning for medical attention after the race.

Kyle Busch asked over the team radio, “Can somebody try to find Bill Heisel? He’s the kindred doctor guy. Tell him I need him after the race, please.”

The team asked, “Hey do you want Mr. Bill at your car or at your bus after the race?”

Busch responded, “Uh, bus. I’m going to need a shot.”

The team confirmed, “Copy. He’ll be at your bus.”

The race is currently ongoing.

Busch did not elaborate further. He remains in the car.

This post will be updated if more information becomes available.

Update: The race has since concluded.

NASCAR race results from Watkins Glen

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Watch the video below.

On lap 40 of 100, NASCAR was forced to throw the caution. A canopy was lifted from the campground area of the speedway.

The canopy went way into the air. It landed back on the infield but was lifted once more. It was sent over the fence and on to the racetrack.

Clint Bowyer asked, “What’s that Kevin?”

“That was like one of those wins tornados went through there,” Bowyer added.

NASCAR drivers comment

Austin Dillon (No. 3 driver) stated over the team radio, “There like a mini tornado going on here, and it was picking up everything in its sight. It picked up two tents and threw one on the track.”

Zane Smith (No. 38 driver) added, “Dude, it was huge. It was throwing (explitive) all over the place on the back stretch. Gnarly.”

Tyler Reddick (No. 45 driver) stated, “Bo, do you see this tornado in the infield?” The team responded, “Yeah, I’m watching it from the top of the esses. There a tent that’s flying.”

The race is currently ongoing.

Update: The race has since concluded.

NASCAR race results from Watkins Glen

Mini tornado at Watkins Glen (Video)

"Hey, has anyone seen my tent?"- A Watkins Glen fan

A tent blew out on the track for a caution  pic.twitter.com/gcnECkrQNB

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 10, 2026

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View NASCAR point standings after Watkins Glen below.

Watkins Glen Race Results: May 10, 2026

NASCAR Cup Series
Points

After: Watkins Glen (5/1/26)

1. Tyler Reddick
567

2. Denny Hamlin
-129

3. Chase Elliott
-145

4. Ryan Blaney
-162

5. Chris Buescher
-192

6. Ty Gibbs
-195

7. Carson Hocevar
-225

8. Kyle Larson
-235

9. Brad Keselowski
-249

10. Bubba Wallace
-254

11. Christopher Bell
-256

12. William Byron
-258

13. Ryan Preece
-271

14. Daniel Suarez
-272

15. Austin Cindric
-280

16. Shane van Gisbergen
-284

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Chase Briscoe
-290

18. Joey Logano
-322

19. Ross Chastain
-331

20. AJ Allmendinger
-332

21. Michael McDowell
-342

22. Austin Dillon
-347

23. Zane Smith
-350

24. Kyle Busch
-350

25. Erik Jones
-353

26. Todd Gilliland
-361

27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-374

28. John Hunter Nemechek
-378

29. Riley Herbst
-381

30. Noah Gragson
-399

31. Josh Berry
-407

32. Connor Zilisch
-422

33. Ty Dillon
-427

34. Alex Bowman
-440

35. Cole Custer
-454

36. Cody Ware
-474

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View Watkins Glen race results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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Shane van Gisbergen and Michael McDowell set the front row. 100 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Watkins Glen
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 20 (1-20 / 100)

Green flag, van Gisbergen gets the jump and he’s clear into turn one.

Lap 10, van Gisbergen leads McDowell by 2 seconds.

2 to go in stage one, van Gisbergen heads to the pit lane. Most of the field has already pitted.

Ross Chastain stays out and he wins stage one at Watkins Glen International!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 1) : 1. Ross Chastain; 2. Joey Logano; 3. Ryan Blaney; 4. Austin Cindric; 5. AJ Allmendinger; 6. John Hunter Nemechek; 7. Christopher Bell; 8. Shane van Gisbergen; 9. Riley Herbst; 10. Michael McDowell

Watkins Glen
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 30 (21-50 / 100)

Chastain heads for the pit lane. Shane van Gisbergen cycles back to the race lead.

Green flag on stage two, Shane van Gisbergen leads McDowell and Zilisch into turn one. Zane Smith and Kyle Larson tangle behind them.

Lap 27, Zilisch has a run and he dives inside of McDowell for 2nd into turn one. McDowell lifts and hands him the spot.

Lap 40, the caution is out for debris.

Shane van Gisbergen leads most of the field to the pit lane and he wins the race to the pit exit. McDowell and five others stay out.

Green, McDowell gets the jump and he slides right across the nose of Suarez. Riley Herbst is around in turn one, no caution.

William Byron is around in the bus stop with help. Ryan Blaney is collected, no caution.

6 to go in stage two, Shane van Gisbergen has climbed to 2nd. He’s closing fast on McDowell with fresh tires. Zilisch is struggling to keep up with him slicing through traffic.

3 to go, van Gisbergen clears McDowell for the lead.

Shane van Gisbergen stays out and he wins stage two at Watkins Glen International!

Watkins Glen Results (Stage 2) : 1. Shane van Gisbergen; 2. Tyler Reddick; 3. Ty Gibbs; 4. Austin Dillon; 5. Kyle Busch; 6. Chris Buescher; 7. Austin Cindric; 8. Connor Zilisch; 9. Chase Briscoe; 10. Bubba Wallace

Watkins Glen
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 50 (51-100 / 100)

Green flag on stage three, van Gisbergen clears Reddick at the launch. He blocks the inside into turn one and holds the race lead.

Lap 60, Joey Logano slows with a flat tire. The caution is out for debris.

Shane van Gisbergen and Tyler Reddick stay out. Many others dive for the pit lane. Gibbs wins the race to the pit exit, he’ll restart 13th with fresh tires.

Green, Van Gisbergen and Reddick run side-by-side into turn one. van Gisbergen holds the lead into turn two.

Reddick slides a tire under braking. He’s losing ground in a hurry after that. AJ Allmendinger takes 2nd away. Reddick heads to the pit lane.

25 to go

25 to go, van Gisbergen pits under green from the lead. Many teams are going to attempt to make it to the end without another stop.

24 to go, Ty Gibbs is handed the lead. Shane van Gisbergen will be coming through the field on new tires but he’s currently outside the top-20.

16 to go, van Gisbergen is up to 10th. He trails race leader Ty Gibbs by 19 seconds.

12 to go, van Gisbergen is up to 5th. Gibbs leads him by 9 seconds. Connor Zilisch is all over the bumper of Gibbs in the battle for the lead.

11 to go, Zilisch dives inside of Gibbs into the bus stop for the race lead. They fight for space and Gibbs holds the lead.

10 to go, van Gisbergen to 3rd! He flying to the front with a 3 second delta to the leader.

9 to go, van Gisbergen to 2nd as Zilisch slows with a tire issue.

8 to go, Shane van Gisbergen dives inside of Gibbs into the bus stop. He takes the lead away and opens the gap in a hurry!

Shane van Gisbergen wins at Watkins Glen International!

Kyle Busch seeks medical attention after NASCAR race at Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen International
Race Results
May 10, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Shane van Gisbergen

2. Michael McDowell

3. Ty Gibbs

4. Chase Briscoe

5. Tyler Reddick

6. Austin Dillon

7. AJ Allmendinger

8. Kyle Busch

9. Austin Cindric

10. John Hunter Nemechek

11. Ryan Blaney

12. Chris Buescher

13. Daniel Suarez

14. Ryan Preece

15. Cole Custer

16. Denny Hamlin

17. Todd Gilliland

18. Zane Smith

19. Erik Jones

20. Connor Zilisch

21. Christopher Bell

22. Noah Gragson

23. Kyle Larson

24. Chase Elliott

25. Alex Bowman

26. Riley Herbst

27. Ross Chastain

28. Carson Hocevar

29. Bubba Wallace

30. Brad Keselowski

31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

32. Josh Berry

33. Ty Dillon

34. Josh Bilicki

35. Katherine Legge

36. William Byron

37. Cody Ware

38. Joey Logano

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
567

2. Denny Hamlin
-129

3. Chase Elliott
-145

4. Ryan Blaney
-162

5. Chris Buescher
-192

6. Ty Gibbs
-195

7. Carson Hocevar
-225

8. Kyle Larson
-235

9. Brad Keselowski
-249

10. Bubba Wallace
-254

11. Christopher Bell
-256

12. William Byron
-258

13. Ryan Preece
-271

14. Daniel Suarez
-272

15. Austin Cindric
-280

16. Shane van Gisbergen
-284

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Chase Briscoe
-290

18. Joey Logano
-322

19. Ross Chastain
-331

20. AJ Allmendinger
-332

21. Michael McDowell
-342

22. Austin Dillon
-347

23. Zane Smith
-350

24. Kyle Busch
-350

25. Erik Jones
-353

26. Todd Gilliland
-361

27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-374

28. John Hunter Nemechek
-378

29. Riley Herbst
-381

30. Noah Gragson
-399

31. Josh Berry
-407

32. Connor Zilisch
-422

33. Ty Dillon
-427

34. Alex Bowman
-440

35. Cole Custer
-454

36. Cody Ware
-474

Watkins Glen International
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Watch the video of the animated talk between Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell

On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at Watkins Glen International. After the race, there was a heated conversation in the garage area.

With 15 laps to go, Wallace was spun. But that was off the bumper of John Hunter Nemechek.

After the race, Wallace was seen talking it out with Christopher Bell. The two drivers engaged in an animated conversation.

“I don’t think we’re good right here,” Kevin Harvick stated from the FOX booth.

Watch the video below.

Wallace drives for 23XI Racing. Bell drives for Joe Gibbs Racing, a team that has an alliance with 23XI.

This post will be updated if the root cause of the post-race discussion is discovered.

NASCAR race results from Watkins Glen

Bubba Wallace confronts Christopher Bell

A post-race chat for Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell  pic.twitter.com/lZxVtILM3K

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 10, 2026

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NASCAR penalty report after Texas Motor Speedway

First, Ryan Preece wasn’t happy with the way he was being raced by Ty Gibbs. He was vocal on the radio about it. Laps later, Preece got into the bumper of Gibbs, sending him into the wall.

NASCAR elected to issue a $50,000 fine as well as a point penalty to Preece.

Later in the race, Kyle Busch and John Hunter Nemechek made contact off turn two. When they entered turn three, Busch drove it deep to the inside of Nemechek and doored him. Nemechek was sent into the outside wall as a result.

The two incidents were similar but not identical. NASCAR elected not to issue a penalty to Kyle Busch. And they explain how they came to that decision…

Dale Earnhardt Jr isn’t sure why Kyle Busch wasn’t penalized

NASCAR comments on the Ryan Preece penalty

“In the review of this one we do look at all available resources,” Mike Forde stated via ‘Hauler Talk‘.

“We do want to be consistent. Sometimes NASCAR does get criticized for being consistently inconsistent. We look at prior instances and there’s always going to be differences.”

“The deliberation on how we wanted to handle this one was the Denny Hamlin penalty. When he wrecked Ross Chastain at Phoenix a few years ago then the next day, talked about it on his podcast.”

“He [Preece] said what he said. And then he did what he said. In our view, it was intentionally wrecking another vehicle.”

“I don’t know what they plan to do. But, he can appeal.”

Ryan Preece vs Ty Gibbs at Texas Motor Speedway (Video)

NASCAR explains why they didn’t penalize Kyle Busch

“No penalty there,” Forde added.

“We did the same thing, video, audio and SMT data. The SMT data is largely what played a role for us in this decision.”

The data told us that after the incident, he was turning the wheel all the way left, just to go straight. We had a feeling that he had some significant damage. It was inconclusive if that was a damaged vehicle that caused him to get into the No. 42 or if it was intentional.”

Related: Kyle Busch puts out an enemies list of other NASCAR drivers

“Do we plan to have a discussion though?”

“Brad Moran and company with Kyle and the rest of RCR leadership. This is the second time in the last four weeks where there’s been discussion post-race on whether or not he should have a penalty.”

Kyle Busch retaliates on Riley Herbst at Bristol (Video)

“Maybe lets not have this conversation as often as we are. The benefit of the doubt is running out pretty quickly. We’ll have that conversation.”

“There was no audio that came out that said, ‘We’re going to wreck the No. 42.’ That’s one and then two is the SMT data.”

After the race, a photo surfaced of John Hunter Nemechek where his face looked to be covered in blood. That photo has since been removed. However, NASCAR says they were not aware of any fight and they had security on the scene at the time.

“Elton Sawyer did talk to John Hunter and he didn’t mention there was a fight. I feel pretty confident there was no fight.”

Kyle Busch crashes John Hunter Nemechek at Texas (Video)

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

View NASCAR TV ratings from Texas Motor Speedway.

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race was seen by 2.286M on average with a 1.29 rating. This was first reported by Adam Stern.

As shown below, those numbers are down from prior races at the same track.

Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Series race brought in 1.110M viewers on average. That made it the most watched O’Reilly race at Texas since 2018. The race peaked with 1,470,000 viewers. The average viewership was up 11% over the 2025 race.

Texas Race Results: May 3, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Texas Motor Speedway
TV Ratings

May 3, 2026
Viewers: 2.286M
Rating: 1.29
FS1

May 4, 2025
Viewers: 2.569M
Rating: 1.4
FS1

April 14, 2024
Viewers: 2.310M
Rating: 1.3
FS1

Ryan Preece penalized and fined by NASCAR after Ty Gibbs incident

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View the NASCAR entry lists for Watkins Glen below.

Watkins Glen International
Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series

Car | Driver | Team

#1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing

#2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske

#3
Austin Dillon
RCR

#4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports

#5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports

#6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing

#7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports

#8
Kyle Busch
RCR

#9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports

#10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing

#11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing

#12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske

#16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing

#17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing

#19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing

#20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing

#21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing

#22
Joey Logano
Team Penske

#23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing

#24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports

#34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports

#35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing

#38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports

#41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team

#42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club

#43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club

#45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing

#47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Hyak Motorsports

#48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports

#51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing

#54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing

#60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing

#66
Josh Bilicki
MBM Motorsports

#71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports

#77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports

#78
Katherine Legge
Live fast Motorsports

#88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing

#97
Shane van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing

Entries: 38

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Entry List

Car | Driver

#0
Alex Labbe

#00
Sheldon Creed

#1
Connor Zilisch

#02
Ryan Ellis

#2
Jesse Love

#07
Josh Bilicki

#7
Justin Allgaier

#8
Sammy Smith

#9
Shane van Gisbergen

#17
Corey Day

#18
William Sawalich

#19
Brent Crews

#20
Brandon Jones

#21
Austin Hill

#24
Harrison Burton

#26
Dean Thompson

#27
Jeb Burton

#28
Kyle Sieg

#31
Blaine Perkins

#32
Ross Chastain

#35
TBA

#39
Ryan Sieg

#41
Sam Mayer

#42
TBA

#44
Brennan Poole

#45
Lavar Scott

#48
Patrick Staropoli

#50
Preston Pardus

#51
Jeremy Clements

#54
Taylor Gray

#55
Joey Gase

#87
Austin Green

#88
Rajah Caruth

#91
Carson Kvapil

#92
TBA

#96
Anthony Alfredo

#99
Parker Retzlaff

#153
TBA

#274
TBA

Entries: 39

NASCAR Truck Series
Entry List

#1
Brent Crews

#2
Jackson Lee

#4
Shane van Gisbergen

#5
Adam Andretti

#7
Connor Mosack

#9
Grant Enfinger

#10
Corey LaJoie

#11
Kaden Honeycutt

#12
Brenden Queen

#13
Cole Butcher

#14
Mini Tyrrell

#15
Tanner Gray

#16
Justin Haley

#17
Giovanni Ruggiero

#18
Tyler Ankrum

#19
Daniel Hemric

#20
Toni Breidinger

#22
TBA

#25
AJ Allmendinger

#26
Dawson Sutton

#33
TBA

#34
Layne Riggs

#38
Chandler Smith

#42
Tyler Reif

#44
Andres Perez De Lara

#45
Ross Chastain

#52
Stewart Friesen

#56
Timmy Hill

#62
Wesley Slimp

#69
Dystany Spurlock

#71
Connor Zilisch

#76
Nathan Nicholson

#77
Carson Hocevar

#81
Kris Wright

#88
Ty Majeski

#91
Christian Eckes

#98
Jake Garcia

#99
Ben Rhodes

Entries: 38

ARCA Menards Series
Entry List

Car | Driver

#1
Andrew Rocque

#2
Kyle Steckly

#10
Ed Pompa

#11
Trent Curtis

#12
Takuma Koga

#15
Sam Corry

#17
Kaden Honeycutt

#18
Max Reaves

#19
Corey Aiken

#20
Jake Bollman

#25
Gavan Boschele

#28
Carson Brown

#29
Ryan Gemmell

#34
Ryan Vargas

#44
Jeff Anton

#48
Brad Smith

#51
Patrick Staropoli

#53
Andrew Ranger

#55
Isabella Robusto

#66
Dystany Spurlock

#70
Thomas Annunziata

#71
Andy Jankowiak

#72
Christopher Werth

#77
Tristan McKee

#79
Isaac Kitzmiller

#86
Jeff Maconi

#89
Bobby Earnhardt

#91
Tyler Kicera

#97
Jason Kitzmiller

#99
Michael Maples

#01
Craig Pellegrini

#03
Alex Clubb

#06
Nate Moeller

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Watkins Glen International | NASCAR | ARCA Menards Series

On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at Texas Motor Speedway. There were multiple heated moments between drivers that could have consequences in the weekly penalty report.

Texas Race Results: May 3, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Ryan Preece was side-by-side with Kyle Busch at the 1.5-mile. The both slowed each other down as a result, Ty Gibbs had a run and he took it.

Gibbs made a late dive to the inside of both of them into turn one. They were forced three wide and Preece was forced to lift, giving up two positions.

Due to the loss in momentum, Preece then lost two more positions.

Ryan Preece radio

And on the radio, Preece lost it…

Preece stated over the radio, “What a ****ing idiot that kid is! He is so lucky his car is so ****ing fast!”

A few laps later, the caution came out. Preece collected his thoughts and unloaded on the radio button.

“Alright, when I get to the 54, I’m done with him. ****ing idiot.”

“It’s just, that car is so ****ing fast. ****ing pisses me off.”

“Stupid, I can’t… I’m gonna vent for 15 seconds. I can’t stand when idiots like him have fast race cars that they can do stupid shit and get away with it.”

“End of rant!”

Later in the race, Preece was back on the bumper of Gibbs. As they went into turn three, Preece drove it deep and into the bumper of Gibbs.

Gibbs was sent up the track and into the wall. It ended his day.

The crew came on the radio, “Everything good in there.”

Preece stated on the radio, “Yeah. Never touched him.”

Shane van Gisbergen was directly behind the incident. He saw it a different way as he told his crew over the radio, “Holy shit! He just committed a murder!” (Laughs) “It looks like he just full-throttled him!”

Ty Gibbs responds

Ty Gibbs heard the radio above after the race.

He responded via X, “Hmm, atleast he is honest.”

In the past, drivers would self-police on a regular basis. However, more recently, NASCAR has issued penalties for intentionally wrecking another driver. Any penalty would likely be issued today.

Kyle Busch crashes John Hunter Nemechek at Texas (Video)

Ryan Preece vs Ty Gibbs at Texas (Video)

Here's what Ryan Preece was so mad at Ty Gibbs about. Gibbs charged the entry to T1 on his inside and slid up towards Preece's left front and cost him spots. Got on the mic immediately.

"What a fucking idiot that kid is! He is SO lucky his car is so fucking fast!!"

You can also… https://t.co/h0fMxhVbMZ pic.twitter.com/DDGnKaDKQg

— Steven Taranto (@STaranto92) May 4, 2026

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

Over the weekend, NASCAR raced at Texas Motor Speedway. There were multiple on-track incidents that NASCAR reviewed.

Ryan Preece didn’t like the way he was being raced by Ty Gibbs and made that clear over the team radio. Moments later, he ended up behind Gibbs and put him into the wall.

Ryan Preece vs Ty Gibbs at Texas Motor Speedway (Video)

NASCAR has since issued a steep penalty. Preece has been docked 25 points and fined $50,000.

Coming to the white flag, Kyle Busch was involved in a similar incident. However, nothing has come of that in the weekly penalty report.

Dale Earnhardt Jr doesn’t like it…

Dale Earnhardt Jr comments

“Just seeing the news that was dropped about NASCAR penalizing Ryan Preece for what he did Sunday during the race,” Dale Earnhardt Jr stated via X.

“No penalty for Kyle Busch. We put out a video on our thoughts on that. I didn’t think either one would get penalized.”

“But, having not read a ton into the Preece penalty, I’m going to assume it was because he all but admitted to what he was going to do.”

“I honestly don’t agree with this one. If you’re not going to penalize Kyle, which I didn’t think they would. Then, I don’t think you can penalize Preece.”

“I’m really surprised by this decision. Man, I guess I’ll see what everyone else thinks. Because this is a doozy.”

“An interesting turn of events, I didn’t see this one coming.”

Ryan Preece penalized and fined by NASCAR after Ty Gibbs incident

“I honestly don’t agree with this one.” ‍♂️@DaleJr just saw the news that @RyanPreece_ was penalized $50,000 and 25 points for his actions in Texas. pic.twitter.com/fFttdYp73V

— Dirty Mo Media (@DirtyMoMedia) May 5, 2026

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

Ryan Preece stated over the team radio that he was ‘Done with him” referring to Ty Gibbs. Later in the race, Preece found his bumper and put him in the wall.

Ryan Preece has been issued a 25 point penalty by NASCAR. Additionally, he’s been issued a fine of $50,000.

NASCAR noted Sections 4.3 and 4.4.A: “wrecking or spinning another vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is removed from competition as a result.”

Ryan Preece vs Ty Gibbs at Texas Motor Speedway (Video)

Kyle Busch was involved in a similar situation with John Hunter Nemechek. However, Busch has avoided a penalty.

Kyle Busch crashes John Hunter Nemechek at Texas (Video)

NASCAR Cup Series
Penalty Report

Driver/Team: Ryan Preece No. 60

Date: 5/3/2026 (race)

Level: Behavioral

Infraction: Sections 4.3 & 4.4A: NASCAR Member Code of Conduct Guidelines

Penalty: Driver (Ryan Preece) has been fined $50,000 and assessed with the loss of 25 driver points.

NASCAR Truck Series
Penalty Report

Driver/Team: Layne Riggs No. 34

Date: 5/1/2026 (post-race inspection)

Level: Safety

Infraction: Sections 8.8.10.4a: Tires and Wheels Note: Lug nut(s) not properly installed

Penalty: Crew chief (Dylan Cappello) has been fined $2,500 and suspended from the next NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship points event, including Watkins Glen, May 8, 2026.

Other Penalties

NASCAR Member: Peter Ensor

Date: 5/1/2026 (post-race inspection)

Level: N/A

Infraction: N/A

Remarks: Peter Ensor has been reinstated and he is eligible to return to all NASCAR activity.

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

With 3 minutes remaining in the first practice group, Bubba Wallace found the wall.

Right at the center of the corner, the rear end stepped out. Wallace went backwards up the banking and slammed the outside wall.

“I tried to downshift,” Bubba Wallace stated over the team radio of his attempt to keep it out of the wall.

The car picked up heavy damage. Wallace will likely need a backup car.

Practice has since resumed. Qualifying is up next.

Texas TV Schedule

Bubba Wallace comments

Wallace was checked and released from the infield care center after the crash:

“This is Texas, it’s treacherous,” Bubba Wallace told Prime.

“I was wondering if I got too high, and it looks like I had a decent arch, and felt a little loose, but then it just came around so fast. Unfortunate. Our guys have had a really long week getting this Chumba Casino Camry ready, and now I just gave them an even longer day today.”

Wallace added, “So, unfortunate, but we’ll be fine. We’ve got the best group in the garage and work hard tonight and put on a show tomorrow.”

Bubba Wallace
Crash Video

Trouble in Turn 2!@BubbaWallace goes around and gets into the wall. pic.twitter.com/wJitVZwGbg

— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 2, 2026

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Bubba Wallace | Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will take the green flag at Texas Motor Speedway. Saturday’s qualifying session has set the starting lineup for the race with Carson Hocevar on the pole position.

View the NASCAR starting lineup and info for Texas Motor Speedway below.

Stages:
80/165/267

2026 Purse:
$11,233,037

Texas Motor Speedway
TV Schedule

What channel is the NASCAR race on?

Sunday
May 3, 2026

3:30pm ET
FS1 | FOX One | PRN
NASCAR Cup Series
Race

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Race

Click here to view the full TV schedule

Texas Motor Speedway
Starting Grid
May 3, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Carson Hocevar
28.222

2. Daniel Suarez
28.225

3. Chris Buescher
28.275

4. Denny Hamlin
28.304

5. Chase Briscoe
28.304

6. Kyle Busch
28.330

7. Christopher Bell
28.353

8. Tyler Reddick
28.359

9. Alex Bowman
28.364

10. Ty Gibbs
28.396

11. Kyle Larson
28.411

12. Connor Zilisch
28.430

13. Austin Cindric
28.442

14. Chase Elliott
28.454

15. William Byron
28.467

16. Ross Chastain
28.507

17. Corey Heim
28.520

18. Riley Herbst
28.537

19. Michael McDowell
28.548

20. Ryan Preece
28.552

21. Erik Jones
28.579

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.606

23. Joey Logano
28.618

24. Josh Berry
28.619

25. Brad Keselowski
28.656

26. AJ Allmendinger
28.662

27. Cole Custer
28.676

28. Noah Gragson
28.694

29. Cody Ware
28.726

30. Shane van Gisbergen
28.738

31. Ryan Blaney
28.754

32. Todd Gilliland
28.772

33. John Hunter Nemechek
28.774

34. Zane Smith
28.833

35. Ty Dillon
29.134

36. Chad Finchum
30.613

37. Bubba Wallace
No Time

38. Austin Dillon
No Time

Click here to view practice results

NASCAR Cup Series
Points

Ahead of: Texas

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
484

2. Denny Hamlin
-110

3. Ryan Blaney
-140

4. Chase Elliott
-144

5. Ty Gibbs
-162

6. Kyle Larson
-169

7. Chris Buescher
-175

8. Carson Hocevar
-194

9. Christopher Bell
-194

10. Brad Keselowski
-205

11. William Byron
-207

12. Bubba Wallace
-208

13. Ryan Preece
-215

14. Daniel Suarez
-249

15. Joey Logano
-250

16. Austin Cindric
-258

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Chase Briscoe
-262

18. Ross Chastain
-279

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-289

20. Zane Smith
-301

21. AJ Allmendinger
-301

22. Todd Gilliland
-303

23. Michael McDowell
-305

24. Austin Dillon
-321

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-323

26. Erik Jones
-323

27. Kyle Busch
-324

28. Josh Berry
-337

29. Riley Herbst
-340

30. Noah Gragson
-340

31. John Hunter Nemechek
-343

32. Ty Dillon
-361

33. Connor Zilisch
-381

34. Cole Custer
-395

35. Cody Ware
-399

36. Alex Bowman
-404

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take the green flag tomorrow in Fort Worth, Texas. Now, the field is rolling to the 1.5-mile of Texas Motor Speedway for a round of practice and qualifying.

View the NASCAR starting lineup for Texas Motor Speedway below.

Texas Menu
Dirt: Apr 30 | May 2
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Texas TV Schedule

Bubba Wallace has crashed late in practice and he won’t take part in qualifying. Austin Dillon also will not make a qualifying lap as the team is making an engine change.

Carson Hocevar will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 28.222 seconds in NASCAR qualifying.

Texas Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
May 3, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Carson Hocevar
28.222

2. Daniel Suarez
28.225

3. Chris Buescher
28.275

4. Denny Hamlin
28.304

5. Chase Briscoe
28.304

6. Kyle Busch
28.330

7. Christopher Bell
28.353

8. Tyler Reddick
28.359

9. Alex Bowman
28.364

10. Ty Gibbs
28.396

11. Kyle Larson
28.411

12. Connor Zilisch
28.430

13. Austin Cindric
28.442

14. Chase Elliott
28.454

15. William Byron
28.467

16. Ross Chastain
28.507

17. Corey Heim
28.520

18. Riley Herbst
28.537

19. Michael McDowell
28.548

20. Ryan Preece
28.552

21. Erik Jones
28.579

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.606

23. Joey Logano
28.618

24. Josh Berry
28.619

25. Brad Keselowski
28.656

26. AJ Allmendinger
28.662

27. Cole Custer
28.676

28. Noah Gragson
28.694

29. Cody Ware
28.726

30. Shane van Gisbergen
28.738

31. Ryan Blaney
28.754

32. Todd Gilliland
28.772

33. John Hunter Nemechek
28.774

34. Zane Smith
28.833

35. Ty Dillon
29.134

36. Chad Finchum
30.613

37. Bubba Wallace
No Time

38. Austin Dillon
No Time

Texas Motor Speedway
Practice Results
May 2, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. William Byron
28.527

2. Michael McDowell
28.646

3. Corey Heim
28.675

4. John Hunter Nemechek
28.690

5. Bubba Wallace
28.711

6. Erik Jones
28.731

7. Denny Hamlin
28.767

8. Austin Cindric
28.777

9. Kyle Larson
28.803

10. Daniel Suarez
28.872

11. Tyler Reddick
28.896

12. Chris Buescher
28.901

13. Chase Briscoe
28.903

14. Ross Chastain
28.903

15. Connor Zilisch
28.906

16. Chase Elliott
28.906

17. Joey Logano
28.921

18. Christopher Bell
28.924

19. Cole Custer
28.934

20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.959

21. AJ Allmendinger
28.973

22. Carson Hocevar
28.982

23. Ty Gibbs
28.993

24. Ryan Preece
29.003

25. Ryan Blaney
29.024

26. Cody Ware
29.082

27. Josh Berry
29.091

28. Kyle Busch
29.107

29. Ty Dillon
29.124

30. Brad Keselowski
29.145

31. Noah Gragson
29.177

32. Shane van Gisbergen
29.185

33. Alex Bowman
29.190

34. Todd Gilliland
29.283

35. Riley Herbst
29.299

36. Zane Smith
29.533

37. Austin Dillon
29.988

38. Chad Finchum
30.892

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Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

View Texas results for the NASCAR O’Reilly Series below.

Texas Menu
Dirt: Apr 30 | May 2
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Texas TV Schedule

Justin Allgaier and Brandon Jones set the front row. 200 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Texas O’Reilly
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 45 (1-45 / 200)

Green flag, they run door to door into turn one. Multiple cars crash behind them! Taylor Gray spins with help from Carson Kvapil. Corey Day slams the outside wall exiting turn two in a separate accident.

Green, Allgaier is clear before turn one.

Lap 8, Josh Williams makes contact with Austin Green and Mason Maggio is collected, caution.

Lap 18, Brad Perez wiggles off turn four and he slams nose first into the wall. Austin Green is collected.

Justin Allagier wins stage one at Texas Motor Speedway!

Texas Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Justin Allgaier; 2. Connor Zilisch; 3. Kyle Larson; 4. Brandon Jones; 5. Brent Crews; 6. Sheldon Creed; 7. Sam Mayer; 8. Austin Hill; 9. Jeremy Clements; 10. Parker Retzlaff

Texas O’Reilly
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 45 (46-90 / 200)

Green flag on stage two, Zilisch rolls the outside of turn one. Larson makes it three wide with Allgaier. Larson is clear for the lead into turn three.

Lap 57, Zilisch slides Larson for the lead into turn one. Zilisch clears him.

Lap 66, Austin Dillon blows a tire and the caution is out for debris.

Connor Zilisch wins stage two at Texas Motor Speedway!

Texas Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Connor Zilisch; 2. Brent Crews; 3. Justin Allgaier; 4. Kyle Larson; 5. Sam Mayer; 6. Brandon Jones; 7. Parker Retzlaff; 8. Austin Hill; 9. Sheldon Creed; 10. William Sawalich

Texas O’Reilly
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 110 (91-200 / 200)

Green flag on stage three, Zilisch leads Larson and Crews into turn three.

95 to go, Larson gets Zilisch loose and he works inside. Larson wiggles on the bottom in turn three and Brent Crews makes it three wide for the lead! They fight for space off turn four, Larson takes the lead away!

80 to go, Larson leads Crews by 2.3 seconds. Crews has been better on longer runs so far today.

65 to go, Zilidch blows a right front tire, no caution.

52 to go, Larson cycles back to the lead as green flag stop are complete. Allagier trails by 3 seconds.

22 to go, Rajah Caruth spins off turn four and he tags the inside wall, caution.

Green, Larson clears Jones before turn one. They form four wide behind them. Allgaier takes 2nd away off turn two.

10 to go, Larson leads Allgaier by 0.5 seconds.

7 to go, Allgaier is all over the bumper of Larson in the battle for the win.

5 to go, Larson is air blocking to hold the lead.

1 to go, Allgaier pulls right to the bumper of Larson.

Kyle Larson wins at Texas Motor Speedway!

Credit: FORT WORTH, TEXAS – MAY 02: Kyle Larson, driver of the #88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, Sam Mayer, driver of the #41 Andy’s Frozen Custard 40th Anniversary Chevrolet, Brandon Jones, driver of the #20 Menards/Sylvania Toyota, and Parker Retzlaff, driver of the #99 Fentanyl Free America Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway on May 02, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Texas Motor Speedway
Race Results
May 2, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver

1. Kyle Larson

2. Justin Allgaier

3. Sam Mayer

4. Brent Crews

5. Parker Retzlaff

6. Sheldon Creed

7. Austin Hill

8. Brandon Jones

9. Jesse Love

10. Jeremy Clements

11. Carson Kvapil

12. Anthony Alfredo

13. Sammy Smith

14. Ryan Sieg

15. William Sawalich

16. Dean Thompson

17. Patrick Staropoli

18. Josh Williams

19. Lavar Scott

20. Brennan Poole

21. Connor Zilisch

22. Harrison Burton

23. Austin Dillon

24. Ryan Ellis

25. Blaine Perkins

26. Jeb Burton

27. Josh Bilicki

28. Joey Gase

29. David Starr

30. Kyle Sieg

31. Garrett Smithley

32. Mason Maggio

33. Taylor Gray

34. Rajah Caruth

35. Austin Green

36. Brad Perez

37. Corey Day

38. Dawson Cram

Credit: FORT WORTH, TEXAS – MAY 02: Kyle Larson, driver of the #88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway on May 02, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Justin Allgaier
598

2. Sheldon Creed
-121

3. Jesse Love
-167

4. Corey Day
-198

5. Brandon Jones
-204

6. Sammy Smith
-222

7. Austin Hill
-241

8. Carson Kvapil
-241

9. Parker Retzlaff
-269

10. Taylor Gray
-292

11. William Sawalich
-295

12. Sam Mayer
-313

— Playoff Cutline —

13. Ryan Sieg
-8

14. Brent Crews
-12

15. Rajah Caruth
-14

16. Brennan Poole
-47

17. Dean Thompson
-68

18. Jeb Burton
-74

19. Jeremy Clements
-77

20. Anthony Alfredo
-83

21. Blaine Perkins
-92

22. Patrick Staropoli
-112

23. Harrison Burton
-116

24. Lavar Scott
-132

Texas Motor Speedway
Video Highlights Links

Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

It’s NASCAR weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Tonight, the lights are on and the grandstands are packed at the dirt track. The 0.4-mile Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track is set to host a night of 410 sprint car racing.

View Texas dirt track results below.

Texas Menu
Dirt: Apr 30 | May 2
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Texas TV Schedule

Aaron Reutzel and Brent Marks set the front row. 30 laps of dirt track racing are up next…

Main Event

Green, Reutzel gets the jump as they bang bars and form three wide for 2nd. Corey Day slides Reutzel for the lead! Brent Marks jumps the cushion and spins into turn one, caution.

Green, Reutzel wins the race into turn one. Day knocks the cushion and he trails in 2nd.

28 to go, Day slides Reutzel for the lead. Reutzel crosses under his and retakes the spot as Day loses momentum off the corner.

17 to go, caution for debris.

Green, Reutzel leads Day as most of the field has moved to the bottom lane.

10 to go, Reutzel has caught the tail of the field. He leads by almost 2 seconds.

8 to go, Day is closing fast as the leader works heavy lap traffic.

5 to go, Day knocks the cushion in turn one and he pulls within two car lengths of the leader.

3 to go, Day rolls the cushion once more as Reutzel is boxed in behind a lap traffic on the bottom. They split the lap car, Reutzel holds the lead.

Aaron Reutzel holds him off and he wins on the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track!

Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
Race Results
May 2, 2026

The following includes full 410 sprint car results:

Practice

Dirt Draft Hot Laps: 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 13.427[24]; 2. 14-Corey Day, 13.524[18]; 3. 9-Daison Pursley, 13.564[22]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel, 13.589[26]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.594[25]; 6. 26-Justin Peck, 13.620[17]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 13.711[23]; 8. 45X-Rees Moran, 13.721[9]; 9. 5-Brenham Crouch, 13.739[12]; 10. 19-Brent Marks, 13.776[2];

11. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.814[16]; 12. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.871[13]; 13. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 13.882[19]; 14. 13-Tanner Holmes, 13.894[11]; 15. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 14.009[6]; 16. 88-Tanner Thorson, 14.014[1]; 17. 17GP-Hank Davis, 14.041[15]; 18. 55-Kerry Madsen, 14.065[8]; 19. 0-Eric Baldaccini, 14.066[21]; 20. 4-Austin Mundie, 14.137[20];

21. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr, 14.159[3]; 22. 9R-Chase Randall, 14.336[4]; 23. 71-Christopher Townsend, 14.477[10]; 24. 95-Matt Covington, 14.534[7]; 25. 98P-Ryan Padgett, 14.676[14]; 26. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 15.114[5

Qualifying

Capital Custom Trailers Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks, 13.531[2]; 2. 14-Corey Day, 13.553[18]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen, 13.559[8]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley, 13.588[22]; 5. 88-Tanner Thorson, 13.589[1]; 6. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 13.659[6]; 7. 26-Justin Peck, 13.706[17]; 8. 5-Brenham Crouch, 13.712[12]; 9. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr, 13.733[3]; 10. 45X-Rees Moran, 13.786[9];

11. 24D-Danny Sams III, 13.796[13]; 12. 42-Sye Lynch, 13.836[16]; 13. 13-Tanner Holmes, 13.841[11]; 14. 17GP-Hank Davis, 13.876[15]; 15. 9R-Chase Randall, 13.877[4]; 16. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 13.882[23]; 17. 95-Matt Covington, 13.917[7]; 18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 14.109[5]; 19. 0-Eric Baldaccini, 14.201[21]; 20. 4-Austin Mundie, 14.215[20];

21. 71-Christopher Townsend, 14.298[10]; 22. 98P-Ryan Padgett, 14.930[14]; 23. 77-Giovanni Scelzi, 55:55.555[19]

Heat Races

TJ Forged Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brent Marks[1]; 2. 57-Kyle Larson[4]; 3. 26-Justin Peck[3]; 4. 9-Daison Pursley[2]; 5. 13-Tanner Holmes[6]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[7]; 7. 45X-Rees Moran[5]; 8. 0-Eric Baldaccini[8]; 9. 98P-Ryan Padgett[9]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Corey Day[1]; 2. 5-Brenham Crouch[3]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu[4]; 4. 17GP-Hank Davis[6]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[5]; 6. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[9]; 7. 95-Matt Covington[7]; 8. 4-Austin Mundie[8]; 9. 88-Tanner Thorson[2]

BR Motorsports Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Kerry Madsen[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[2]; 3. 87-Aaron Reutzel[4]; 4. 9R-Chase Randall[6]; 5. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr[3]; 6. 42-Sye Lynch[5]; 7. 71-Christopher Townsend[8]; 8. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[7]

Dash

FK Rod Ends Dash (7 Laps): 1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 2. 19-Brent Marks[3]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[4]; 4. 14-Corey Day[2]; 5. 24-Rico Abreu[5]; 6. 57-Kyle Larson[6]

B Mains

Winters Performance B Feature (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tanner Thorson[1]; 2. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 3. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[7]; 4. 4-Austin Mundie[6]; 5. 45X-Rees Moran[2]; 6. 71-Christopher Townsend[4]; 7. 0-Eric Baldaccini[5]; 8. 98P-Ryan Padgett[8]

Main Event

Interstate Batteries A Feature (30 Laps):

1. 87-Aaron Reutzel[1]

2. 14-Corey Day[4]

3. 55-Kerry Madsen[3]

4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[8]

5. 17GP-Hank Davis[11]

6. 24-Rico Abreu[5]

7. 57-Kyle Larson[6]

8. 5-Brenham Crouch[7]

9. 77-Giovanni Scelzi[17]

10. 88-Tanner Thorson[19]

11. 26-Justin Peck[9]

12. 19-Brent Marks[2]

13. 9-Daison Pursley[10]

14. 24D-Danny Sams III[14]

15. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[16]

16. 9R-Chase Randall[12]

17. 42-Sye Lynch[18]

18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[21]

19. 13-Tanner Holmes[13]

20. 95-Matt Covington[20]

21. 4-Austin Mundie[22]

22. 45X-Rees Moran[23]

23. 87X-Steven Snyder Jr[15]

24. 71-Christopher Townsend[24]

Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track
Video Highlights Links

Texas Motor Speedway | High Limit Racing

Now, he’s heading to the CARS Tour. McFarland is currently building a Pro Late Model.

“I’m building a Pro Late Model,” Cleetus McFarland told Frontstretch. “It will be done in hopefully a few weeks.”

He added, “Then, I got to get my feet wet in that world a little bit. I’m hoping to go up there and run with those guys. What could go wrong?”

Watch Cleetus McFarland in the video below.

Earlier this year, McFarland made his NASCAR Truck Series debut at Daytona International Speedway. He later made his NASCAR O’Reilly Series debut with an eventful run at Rockingham Speedway.

McFarland had a deal signed with Richard Childress Racing to race the O’Reilly Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. However, that request was denied noting that officials needed to see more of him before being approved.

Cleetus McFarland denied by NASCAR

However, he has been approved to race the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Nashville Speedway. That event is schedule for May 30th.

As of now, McFarland has seven ARCA Menards Series starts on his resume. His most recent start at Talladega Superspeedway resulted in a 2nd place finish.

That No. 30 ARCA entry is fielded by Rette Jones Racing. That team also runs a late model program.

Cleetus McFarland talks running a late model

Kyle Busch says Cleetus McFarland lacks experience (Video)

Links

Cleetus McFarland | NASCAR

During the upcoming NASCAR weekend at Watkins Glen (NY), there’s a conflict. GT4 America is almost racing at Sebring International Raceway (FL).

Muniz will miss the NASCAR event. As of now, the team has not announced a replacement driver.

Team Reaume statement

Team Reaume issued the following statement on Sunday:

“Team Reaume confirms that Frankie Muniz will not compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Watkins Glen International due to a scheduling conflict with his GT4 America Racing program.”

“Muniz will be on track in GT4 competition at Sebring International Raceway on Friday where he currently sits third in the championship standings. The event schedule overlaps with NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race weekend activities at Watkins Glen requiring him to stop away from the No. 33 entry for this event.”

“Further announcements for the No. 33 entry will be made in the coming days.”

The Truck Series will take the green flag on Friday May 8th in Watkins Glen, New York.

In 32 NASCAR Truck Series starts over the past three seasons, Muniz has collected one top-10.

Links

Frankie Muniz | Reaume Brothers Racing | NASCAR

View NASCAR point standings after Texas Motor Speedway below.

Next week, the series is going road course racing. Watkins Glen International will drop the green flag on May 10, 2026.

NASCAR Cup Series
Points

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
526

2. Denny Hamlin
-109

3. Chase Elliott
-117

4. Ryan Blaney
-155

5. Chris Buescher
-181

6. Carson Hocevar
-193

7. Ty Gibbs
-196

8. Kyle Larson
-208

9. Brad Keselowski
-215

10. William Byron
-218

11. Bubba Wallace
-222

12. Ryan Preece
-228

13. Christopher Bell
-235

14. Daniel Suarez
-255

15. Austin Cindric
-278

16. Chase Briscoe
-284

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Joey Logano
-291

18. Ross Chastain
-310

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-311

20. AJ Allmedindger
-327

21. Zane Smith
-328

22. Erik Jones
-330

23. Michael McDowell
-337

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-339

25. Todd Gilliland
-340

26. Kyle Busch
-344

27. Austin Dillon
-344

28. Riley Herbst
-353

29. John Hunter Nemechek
-369

30. Josh Berry
-371

31. Noah Gragson
-373

32. Ty Dillon
-390

33. Connor Zilisch
-402

34. Alex Bowman
-411

35. Cody Ware
-434

36. Cole Custer
-435

Links

Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

View Texas race results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Texas Menu
Dirt: Apr 30 | May 2
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual | Race

Texas TV Schedule

Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez set the front row. 267 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Texas
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 80 (1-80 / 267)

Green flag, Hocevar is clear into turn three.

Lap 19, Briscoe has climbed to the bumper of Hocevar in the battle for the lead. Briscoe loses the nose in dirty air and Denny Hamlin takes 2nd away.

Lap 20, Hamlin has a run on Hocevar off turn two. Hamlin clears him for the lead into turn three.

Lap 44, the first pit cycle is complete. Briscoe now leads Hamlin by three car lengths after Hamlin nearly stalled leaving his pit stall.

Lap 47, Bell has a run he drives right by Hamlin and now Briscoe. Bell to the lead.

13 to go in stage one, Hamlin drives it deep to the bottom in turn one. He clears Bell for the lead.

Michael McDowell bounces off the outside wall ahead of the leaders. Hamlin checks up as Bell stays in the gas on the outside. As he slides across the track, McDowell clips the bumper of Bell and sends the leader hard into the outside wall! The caution is out.

Hamlin leads most of the field to the pit lane. Hocevar leads the field to the pit exit with just two tires. Erik Jones and four others stay out.

Green with 6 to go, Jones is clear into turn one. Briscoe makes it four wide behind them.

Erik Jones wins stage one at Texas Motor Speedway!

Texas Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Erik Jones; 2. Carson Hocevar; 3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 4. Ty Gibbs; 5. Chase Briscoe; 6. Kyle Busch; 7. AJ Allmendinger; 8. Chase Elliott; 9. William Byron; 10. Denny Hamlin

Texas
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 85 (81-165 / 267)

Jones pits from the lead. Hocevar and most of the leaders stay out after pitting late in stage one.

Green flag on stage two, Hocevar and Gibbs run side-by-side for the lead. Briscoe has a run on the both of them but Hocevar throws a block. Laps later, Hocevar clears Gibbs to hold the lead.

Lap 175, William Byron spins off turn four, caution. No damage for Byron.

Hocevar leads most of the field to the pit lane. Elliott wins the race to the pit exit with two tires. Larson and Briscoe make contact on the pit lane. Logano and Custer also make contact, heavy damage for both of them.

Green, Heim is clear into turn one after staying out on old tires.

Lap 102, Ty Gibbs is in the wall with help from Ryan Preece, caution.

14 to go in stage two, Heim pits from the lead under green. Chase Elliott is handed the lead.

6 to go in stage two, Larson spins and slams the outside wall. “I just lost it,” Larson says over the radio.

Elliott most of the field to the pit lane as Keselowski and Preece stay out.

Green with 1 to go in stage two, Elliott clears Keselowski with ease and reclaims the lead.

Chase Elliott wins stage two at Texas Motor Speedway!

Texas Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Chase Elliott; 2. Tyler Reddick; 3. Brad Keselowski; 4. Denny Hamlin; 5. Ryan Preece; 6. Daniel Suarez; 7. Chris Buescher; 8. Riley Herbst; 9. Carson Hocevar; 10. Alex Bowman

Texas
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 102 (166-267 / 267)

Green flag on stage three, Elliott and Reddick run side-by-side for the lead. Elliott is clear via the inside in turn three.

52 to go, Elliott pits from the race lead as another green flag cycle is underway.

38 to go, Heim and Briscoe have yet to pit. Elliott trails by 5 seconds with much fresher tires.

29 to go, Elliott drives right by Heim and he returns to the lead. Heim heads for the pit lane.

15 to go, Elliott leads Hamlin by 1.4 seconds.

11 to go, Corey Heim backs it hard into the wall, caution.

Elliott and Larson stay out. Reddick is the first car to pit from 3rd. Reddick restarts in 9th.

Green with 4 to go, Elliott clears Hamlin for the lead off turn two. Reddick is slicing through the field on new tires.

Chase Elliott wins at Texas Motor Speedway!

Credit: FORT WORTH, TEXAS – MAY 03: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Amazon Prime Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway on May 03, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Texas Motor Speedway
Race Results
May 3, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Chase Elliott

2. Denny Hamlin

3. Alex Bowman

4. Tyler Reddick

5. Chris Buescher

6. Daniel Suarez

7. Carson Hocevar

8. William Byron

9. Bubba Wallace

10. Ryan Blaney

11. Riley Herbst

12. Erik Jones

13. Brad Keselowski

14. Ryan Preece

15. Austin Cindric

16. Connor Zilisch

17. Shane van Gisbergen

18. Austin Dillon

19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

20. Kyle Busch

21. John Hunter Nemechek

22. Zane Smith

23. Chase Briscoe

24. Ty Dillon

25. AJ Allemendinger

26. Ross Chastain

27. Michael McDowell

28. Noah Gragson

29. Josh Berry

30. Cody Ware

31. Corey Heim

32. Todd Gilliland

33. Chad Finchum

34. Kyle Larson

35. Cole Custer

36. Ty Gibbs

37. Joey Logano

38. Christopher Bell

Credit: FORT WORTH, TEXAS – MAY 03: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Amazon Prime Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway on May 03, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
526

2. Denny Hamlin
-109

3. Chase Elliott
-117

4. Ryan Blaney
-155

5. Chris Buescher
-181

6. Carson Hocevar
-193

7. Ty Gibbs
-196

8. Kyle Larson
-208

9. Brad Keselowski
-215

10. William Byron
-218

11. Bubba Wallace
-222

12. Ryan Preece
-228

13. Christopher Bell
-235

14. Daniel Suarez
-255

15. Austin Cindric
-278

16. Chase Briscoe
-284

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Joey Logano
-291

18. Ross Chastain
-310

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-311

20. AJ Allmedindger
-327

21. Zane Smith
-328

22. Erik Jones
-330

23. Michael McDowell
-337

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-339

25. Todd Gilliland
-340

26. Kyle Busch
-344

27. Austin Dillon
-344

28. Riley Herbst
-353

29. John Hunter Nemechek
-369

30. Josh Berry
-371

31. Noah Gragson
-373

32. Ty Dillon
-390

33. Connor Zilisch
-402

34. Alex Bowman
-411

35. Cody Ware
-434

36. Cole Custer
-435

Texas Motor Speedway
Video Highlights Links

Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

Watch the crash video below.

John Hunter Nemechek and Kyle Busch ran side-by-side off turn two. Busch cleared himself, turning across the nose of Nemechek. Busch was hooked into the outside wall as a result.

Related: Kyle Busch puts out an enemies list of other NASCAR drivers

Both drivers were able to straighten their cars out. Nemechek drove it deep into turn three on the outside of Busch and pulled even.

Busch turned right into the door of Nemechek. Nemechek was sent up the banking and into the outside wall.

Clint Bowyer stated of the incident, “Check this out. Not happy.”

Kevin Harvick added, “I don’t know what happened earlier in there. Everything that we saw right there, it looked like Kyle just turned over the front of the No. 42 car. Then, he just wrecked him.”

Texas Race Results: May 3, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

John Hunter Nemechek comments

John Hunter Nemechek stated via X, “not freaking clear.”

He added, “great day going. and just got wrecked. what an ass.”

Kyle Busch comments

“I did not start this,” Kyle Busch stated via X.

“The 42 apparently doesn’t know where the RS of his car is and where he is in relation to the outside wall. There was 2 ft outside him and I was judging my left side tires to the hash marks.”

Busch added, “Always know who your racing beside.”

In recent years, NASCAR has issued penalties for intentionally wrecking another competitor. Any possible penalty would likely be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Kyle Busch crashes John Hunter Nemechek

"And then he just wrecks him."

Here's what happened between John Hunter Nemechek and Kyle Busch coming to the white flag at Texas. pic.twitter.com/yoiFoZYtl7

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 3, 2026

Links

Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

That’s about to change.

The CW has signed a new deal with ESPN. Under the new deal, O’Reilly Series practice and qualifying will now air live on ESPN Unlimited. It will no longer be available on the CW App.

The ESPN App will become the exclusive streaming home for all CW Sports live events. However, race coverage will remain on the CW Network in addition to the ESPN app.

ESPN is planning to group NOAPS coverage into it’s ‘Unlimited’ plan. Current pricing for this plan is $29.99/month or $299.99/year.

This deal will go into action later this year.

CW comments

“Joining forces with ESPN is a monumental next step in the evolution of CW Sports,” said Brad Schwartz, President, The CW Network in the release.

“The CW now offers more than 800 hours of premium live sports per year. This agreement extends the reach of CW Sports and enables us to capture audiences across the best of broadcast and the best of streaming, ensuring fans can access live CW Sports wherever they are and on whatever device they prefer.”

“This new partnership will allow us to connect seamlessly with our audiences everywhere—from football and basketball to motorsports, professional wrestling, bowling, bull riding, and much more to come as CW Sports continues its exciting march forward.”

ESPN comments

“Bringing CW Sports to the ESPN App is another step in delivering more value, choice and flexibility for fans, expanding the range of live sports available within our streaming ecosystem,” said Rosalyn Durant, Executive Vice President, ESPN Programming & Acquisitions.

“This agreement gives fans even more live sports to watch year-round within the ESPN Unlimited plan, while extending the reach of CW Sports to new audiences. As we continue to evolve ESPN’s direct-to-consumer experience, collaborations like this allow us to better serve fans by making more of the sports they love available in one place.”

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NASCAR

View the NASCAR entry lists for Texas Motor Speedway below.

Texas Motor Speedway
Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series

Car | Driver | Team

#1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing

#2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske

#3
Austin Dillon
RCR

#4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports

#5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports

#6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing

#7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports

#8
Kyle Busch
RCR

#9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports

#10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing

#11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing

#12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske

#16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing

#17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing

#19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing

#20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing

#21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing

#22
Joey Logano
Team Penske

#23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing

#24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports

#34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports

#35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing

#38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports

#41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team

#42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club

#43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club

#45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing

#47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Hyak Motorsports

#48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports

#51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing

#54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing

#60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing

#66
Chad Finchum
MBM Motorsports

#67
Corey Heim
23XI Racing

#71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports

#77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports

#88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing

#97
Shane van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing

Entries: 38

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Entry List

Car | Driver

#0
Garrett Smithley

#00
Sheldon Creed

#1
Connor Zilisch

#02
Ryan Ellis

#2
Jesse Love

#3
Austin Dillon

#07
Josh Bilicki

#7
Justin Allgaier

#8
Sammy Smith

#9
Carson Kvapil

#17
Corey Day

#18
William Sawalich

#19
Brent Crews

#20
Brandon Jones

#21
Austin Hill

#24
Harrison Burton

#26
Dean Thompson

#27
Jeb Burton

#28
Kyle Sieg

#31
Blaine Perkins

#32
Rajah Caruth

#35
TBA

#39
Ryan Sieg

#41
Sam Mayer

#42
Brad Perez

#44
Brennan Poole

#45
Lavar Scott

#48
Patrick Staropoli

#51
Jeremy Clements

#54
Taylor Gray

#55
Joey Gase

#87
Austin Green

#88
Kyle Larson

#91
Mason Maggio

#92
Josh Williams

#96
Anthony Alfredo

#99
Parker Retzlaff

#153
TBA

#274
Dawson Cram

Entries: 39

NASCAR Truck Series
Entry List

#1
Brandon Jones

#2
Clayton Green

#5
William Sawalich

#7
Kyle Busch

#9
Grant Enfinger

#10
Corey LaJoie

#11
Kaden Honeycutt

#12
Brenden Queen

#13
Cole Butcher

#14
Mini Tyrrell

#15
Tanner Gray

#16
Justin Haley

#17
Giovanni Ruggiero

#18
Tyler Ankrum

#19
Daniel Hemric

#22
Josh Reaume

#25
Parker Kligerman

#26
Dawson Sutton

#27
Toni Breidinger

#33
Frankie Muniz

#34
Layne Riggs

#38
Chandler Smith

#42
Conner Jones

#44
Andres Perez De Lara

#45
Ross Chastain

#52
Stewart Friesen

#62
Cory Roper

#76
Spencer Boyd

#77
Carson Hocevar

#81
Kris Wright

#88
Ty Majeski

#91
Christian Eckes

#93
Caleb Costner

#98
Jake Garcia

#99
Ben Rhodes

Entries: 35

Links

Texas Motor Speedway | NASCAR

After 78 years of NASCAR, a new way to celebrate a win was created by Carson Hocevar. After his win on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Hocevar brought the fans out of their seats.

Hocevar jumped onto the door of his car. And with long legs, he reached for the pedals, riding by the grandstands as he sat on the door of the car.

Carson Hocevar explained, “I was sitting on the door and I couldn’t twist my foot around the seat with the steering wheel on. I had the wheel off, I dropped the clutch and I was hustling to get the wheel on. I just kinda idled for me,” Carson Hocevar stated.

“As I felt more comfortable riding on the door then I started giving it gas. … I soaked every bit of it in, I think I could tell you what everybody was wearing.”

“I was really worried about how I was going to hit the wall and do the burnout against it. But, it wasn’t that hard of a hit.”

Talladega Race Results: April 26, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR says they don’t plan to ban the celebration

It was quickly speculated that NASCAR wouldn’t like this celebration. It was assumed that an immediate ban would be in place. On Monday, NASCAR spoke on the celebration but they give it a thumbs up…

“100%,” Steve O’Donnell confirmed of a thumbs up for the celebration when speaking to Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

“The only thing, I would put a little asterisk on is I tell him, ‘Try not to hit the wall man.’ That was the only thing that was like, ‘uh oh.’ “

“It was one of the cooler celebrations to see the fans react to what he did. Iconic moment, perfect for Talladega.”

“Proud of him for staying after it. I know he’s gone through some things. Really cool moment for the sport.”

NASCAR called Carson Hocevar after he leaked schedule changes

Carson Hocevar
Talladega Celebration Video

Links

Carson Hocevar | NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR and "Big Ones" go together like peanut butter and jelly — you can have one without the other, but the two together make for one tasty treat. But its the series' superspeedways that really transform these wrecks into literal show-stopping events. Venues like Michigan and Talladega are especially inviting to such at-speed race disasters, the latter track played home to a record-breaking crash for the series just a year prior. Sunday night's wanted to give last year's discourse a challenge though.

The Cup Series took to the Alabama superspeedway with 40 cars on track practically ready for a rip-roaring 188 laps for only two stages. The first stage was relatively calm, and Ryan Preece crossed the line for the green and white checkered. Perhaps the first stage's lack of chaos is why the second stage was opened up to something a little more exciting.

The second stage gets underway and cars go four-wide just a few car-lengths back from the front, which anything that wide in a pack is a metaphorical red flag for instability to come. But the pack would not be the problem. It was Bubba Wallace's No. 23 Camry exiting stage right into the SAFER barrier.

David Jensen/Getty Images

In real-time, it appeared Wallace was the problem in this chaotic scramble. Just seconds before, Ross Chastain's No. 1 Ford, behind Wallace on the inside lane, moved to the middle. Wallace carefully followed suit, but remained leader ahead of Chastain, and stable for just a few moments.

But slow motion revealed all. In the NASCAR video above, eyes naturally gravitate to the four wide before the turn, but they should watch the cars lined up in the center ahead of that group, specifically Joey Logano's No. 23 Ford. It's the third car behind Wallace's Camry. Logano bumped into Ryan Blaney's No. 12 Ford, which caused a chain reaction of bumps into Chastain and then into Wallace's rear, sending the No. 23 into a little wobble and clear across pack traffic into the outside wall and into the path of Cole Custer's No. 41.

It took less than 10 seconds to wipe out the field as the fallout reached the other side of the track and collected nearly everyone, including the eventual race winner, Carson Hocevar.

The mess required the series to red flag the race as cars were hauled away or limped back to the pits for repairs. NASCAR said only 26 cars were involved, two cars shy of the "record-making" crash at the same track just last year. Maybe not a record-maker this time, but certainly another one to add to the infamous "Big One" books.

Tomorrow, the NASCAR O’Reilly Series drivers take the green flag in Talladega, Alabama. Now, the field is lined up for a round of qualifying.

View the Talladega starting lineup for the NASCAR O’Reilly Series.

Talladega Menu
ARCA: Race
O’Reilly: Qual | Race
Cup: Qual | Race

Talladega TV Schedule

Talladega Qualifying (Round 1 – Top 10) : 1. Sam Mayer (52.639); 2. Carson Kvapil (52.662); 3. Sheldon Creed (52.671); 4. Corey Day (52.680); 5. Jesse Love (52.699); 6. Rajah Caruth (52.761); 7. Anthony Alfredo (52.780); 8. Josh Williams (52.784); 9. Austin Hill (52.802); 10. Mason Maggio (52.817)

Jesse Love will start from the pole position. He turned a lap time at 52.535 seconds.

Talladega Superspeedway
Starting Lineup
April 24, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Jesse Love
52.535

2. Sam Mayer
52.567

3. Corey Day
52.623

4. Josh Williams
52.630

5. Sheldon Creed
52.632

6. Austin Hill
52.652

7. Rajah Caruth
52.736

8. Carson Kvapil
52.763

9. Anthony Alfredo
52.811

10. Mason Maggio
52.862

— Failed to advance out of Round 2 —

11. Justin Allgaier
52.819

12. Ryan Sieg
52.817

13. Sammy Smith
52.828

14. Patrick Staropoli
52.848

15. Jeremy Clements
52.867

16. William Sawalich
52.888

17. Dean Thompson
52.918

18. Brent Crews
52.927

19. Parker Retzlaff
52.934

20. David Starr
52.939

21. Ryan Ellis
52.956

22. Brandon Jones
52.972

23. Blaine Perkins
53.109

24. Jeb Burton
53.115

25. JJ Yeley
53.119

26. Taylor Gray
53.131

27. Patrick Emerling
53.140

28. Kyle Sieg
53.146

29. Joey Gase
53.159

30. Harrison Burton
53.160

31. Austin Green
53.196

32. Lavar Scott
53.246

33. Tyler Ankrum
53.307

34. Brennan Poole
53.408

35. Josh Bilicki
53.435

36. Natalie Decker
53.553

37. Garrett Smithley
53.565

38. Dawson Cram
54.478

Links

NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Cup Series starting positions for Talladega Superspeedway

Update: NASCAR Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series drivers are set for the green flag on Sunday. Saturday’s qualifying session has been canceled due to rain and the field has been set via the rule book.

View the Talladega starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Talladega Menu
ARCA: Race
O’Reilly: Qual | Race
Cup: Qual | Race

Talladega TV Schedule

Talladega Superspeedway
Starting Lineup
April 26, 2026

Pos | Driver

1. Tyler Reddick

2. Kyle Larson

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Bubba Wallace

5. Chase Briscoe

6. Brad Keselowski

7. William Byron

8. Chase Elliott

9. Ty Gibbs

10. Chris Buescher

11. Ryan Preece

12. Carson Hocevar

13. Austin Cindric

14. Christopher Bell

15. Ryan Blaney

16. Daniel Suarez

17. Riley Herbst

18. Austin Dillon

19. Todd Gilliland

20. Alex Bowman

21. Erik Jones

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

23. John Hunter Nemechek

24. Ross Chastain

25. Joey Logano

26. Josh Berry

27. Cole Custer

28. AJ Allmendinger

29. Noah Gragson

30. Zane Smith

31. Michael McDowell

32. Connor Zilisch

33. Shane van Gisbergen

34. Kyle Busch

35. Ty Dillon

36. Cody Ware

37. Jesse Love

38. Chad Finchum

39. Joey Gase

40. Daniel Dye

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Jake Bollman and Gio Ruggiero set the front row. 76 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Race Report

Green flag, Ruggiero is clear via the inside lane.

Lap 15, the top 10 cars run single-file around the inside lane. They’ve broken away from the rest of the pack.

Lap 30, Alli Owens spins in the tri-oval. She slams the outside wall and the caution is out.

The field is frozen as drivers head to the pit lane for fuel and tires.

Green, Ruggiero holds the lead as he blocks runs from both lanes behind him.

Jack Wood and Taylor Reimer have been issued a penalty for changing lanes before the starting line. As they dive to the pit lane to serve the penalty and Cleetus McFarland takes over 2nd.

Lap 41, the race break caution is out. Ruggiero and most of the field stays out.

Green, Ruggiero and McFarland rub doors for the lead. Ruggiero is clear into turn three.

29 to go, Daniel Dye shoves McFarland to the lead on the outside lane!

26 to go, caution for debris.

Green, Ruggiero is clear at the launch. McFarland has a run off turn four. He looks to the outside into the tri-oval and he’s clear into turn one.

Multiple cars tangle and the caution is out.

Green with 12 to go, Ruggiero and McFarland run side-by-side at the front. McFarland is clear via the inside lane into turn three.

9 to go, Bollman spins off a bump draft, no caution.

8 to go, Ruggiero is shoved to the lead.

7 to go, Robusto is shoved to the race lead. Annunziata is turned off a bump draft toward the front of the field. Multiple cars are collected and the caution is out.

Green with 1 lap to go, Robusto and Ruggiero run side-by-side into turn one. Robusto is clear off turn two. Kimmel has a run off turn four. He looks to the outside with help and he pulls even for the lead.

Dean leaves the bumper of Kimmel and he takes the lead in turn three. McFarland has a run on the outside off turn four! They bang doors for the win!

They race three wide to the line! Andy Jankowiak wins at Talladega Superspeedway!

Talladega Superspeedway
Race Results
April 25, 2026
ARCA Menards Series

Pos | Driver

1. Andy Jankowiak

2. Garrett Mitchell

3. Gus Dean

4. Isabella Robusto

5. Gio Ruggiero

6. Taylor Reimer

7. Sean Corr

8. Ryan Vargas

9. Jack Wood

10. Daniel Dye

11. Will Kimmel

12. Jake Finch

13. Cody Dennison

14. Takuma Koga

15. Derek White

16. Ed Pompa

17. Logan Misuraca

18. Jake Bollman

19. Con Nicolopoulos

20. Jeff Maconi

21. Robbie Kennealy

22. Brad Smith

23. Matt Kemp

24. Ron Vandermeir Jr

25. Michael Maples

26. Thomas Annunziata

27. Bryce Haugeberg

28. Andrew Patterson

29. George Siciliano

30. Ryan Huff

31. Bobby Earnhardt

32. Tim Richmond

33. Jason Kitzmiller

34. Alex Clubb

35. Steve Lewis Jr

36. Eric Caudell

37. Bryan Dauzat

38. Monty Tipton

39. AJ Moyer

40. Alli Owens

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ARCA Racing Series | NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Cup Series drivers are unloaded in Talladega, Alabama. The field is scheduled to take the green flag on Sunday at the 2.66-mile of Talladega Superspeedway.

View NASCAR race info for Talladega Superspeedway below.

NASCAR has a unique format for Sunday’s race. In an attempt to remove fuel strategies from the race, the final two stages are shorter than the opening stage.

Stages:
98/143/188

Purse:
$11,233,037

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Talladega Superspeedway
Starting Grid
April 26, 2026

Due to weather, qualifying was canceled and the field has been set via the rule book.

Pos | Driver

1. Tyler Reddick

2. Kyle Larson

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Bubba Wallace

5. Chase Briscoe

6. Brad Keselowski

7. William Byron

8. Chase Elliott

9. Ty Gibbs

10. Chris Buescher

11. Ryan Preece

12. Carson Hocevar

13. Austin Cindric

14. Christopher Bell

15. Ryan Blaney

16. Daniel Suarez

17. Riley Herbst

18. Austin Dillon

19. Todd Gilliland

20. Alex Bowman

21. Erik Jones

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

23. John Hunter Nemechek

24. Ross Chastain

25. Joey Logano

26. Josh Berry

27. Cole Custer

28. AJ Allmendinger

29. Noah Gragson

30. Zane Smith

31. Michael McDowell

32. Connor Zilisch

33. Shane van Gisbergen

34. Kyle Busch

35. Ty Dillon

36. Cody Ware

37. Jesse Love

38. Chad Finchum

39. Joey Gase

40. Daniel Dye

NASCAR Cup Series
Standings

Ahead of Talladega

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
457

2. Denny Hamlin
-105

3. Ryan Blaney
-120

4. Ty Gibbs
-138

5. Kyle Larson
-143

6. Chase Elliott
-152

7. William Byron
-182

8. Bubba Wallace
-182

9. Brad Keselowski
-193

10. Christopher Bell
-196

11. Chris Buescher
-198

12. Carson Hocevar
-220

13. Ryan Preece
-222

14. Joey Logano
-232

15. Chase Briscoe
-243

16. Daniel Suarez
-247

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Austin Cindric
-260

18. Shane van Gisbergen
-279

19. Michael McDowell
-283

20. Ross Chastain
-293

21. AJ Allmendinger
-295

22. Zane Smith
-308

23. Todd Gilliland
-310

24. Erik Jones
-310

25. Austin Dillon
-312

26. Josh Berry
-319

27. Kyle Busch
-324

28. Riley Herbst
-325

29. John Hunter Nemechek
-331

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-334

31. Noah Gragson
-344

32. Ty Dillon
-358

33. Connor Zilisch
-365

34. Cole Custer
-369

35. Cody Ware
-392

36. Alex Bowman
-414

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Jesse Love and Sam Mayer set the front row. 113 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Talladega O’Reilly
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 25 (1-25 / 113)

Green flag, Love is clear into turn one. Patrick Staropoli is around down the back and he bounces off the outside wall. Several cars are collected, the caution is out.

Green, Love is clear with a shove from Mayer.

Lap 6, they form three wide for the lead. Carson Kvapil wins the battle via the outside lane.

Lap 10, Love leads as he blocks runs from multiple lanes behind him. Sam Mayer clears him for the lead.

7 to go in stage one, Mayer forces Love below the yellow line. Love stays in it and drives to the lead.

3 to go, Mayer leads as they run three wide behind him. Love forces his way inside. Kvapil leads the outside lane, they split Mayer and Kvapil powers to the front.

1 to go, Sammy Smith leaves the bumper of Kvapil. They run side-by-side to the line.

Carson Kvapil wins stage one at Talladega Superspeedway!

Talladega Results (Stage 1) : 1. Carson Kvapil; 2. Sammy Smith; 3. Sheldon Creed; 4. Rajah Caruth; 5. Dean Thompson; 6. Blaine Perkins; 7. Sam Mayer; 8. Harrison Burton; 9. Jesse Love; 10. Jeremy Clements

Talladega O’Reilly
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 25 (26-50 / 113)

Green flag on stage two, Austin Hill shoves Harrison Burton clear of Kvapil. Kvapil fights back on the inside, Kvapil holds the lead.

Lap 33, three wide for the race lead. Several laps later, Hill is clear for the lead.

Lap 38, Hill throws a big block on Sammy Smith. Smith fakes him and dives to the bottom. Allgaier follows him through.

5 to go in stage two, Kvapil leads with Allgaier on his bumper. The field forms single-file around the top lane.

1 to go, Allgaier dives inside of Kvapil into turn three. Allgaier clears him as Kvapil is stuck on the outside lane.

Justin Allgaier wins stage two at Talladega Superspeedway!

Talladega Results (Stage 2) : 1. Justin Allgaier; 2. Ryan Sieg; 3. Sheldon Creed; 4. Dean Thompson; 5. Parker Retzlaff; 6. Carson Kvapil; 7. Harrison Burton; 8. Jeremy Clements; 9. Austin Green; 10. Austin Hill

Talladega O’Reilly
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 63 (51-113 / 113)

Allgaier leads the field to the pit lane but he’s falls outside the top 10. Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith take over the front row.

Green flag on stage three, Taylor Gray to the lead.

52 to go, Sheldon Creed leads the inside lane and he takes over the lead. Rajah Caruth works inside, Caruth to the lead.

43 to go, Love, Hill and many Chevy drivers head for the pit lane.

42 to go, a group of Toyota drivers head to the pit lane.

40 to go, Caruth leads the biggest group to the pit lane so far.

36 to go, Creed cycles to the race lead.

Penalty: Kvapil and Allgaier have been issued a penalty for a failure to blend after exiting the pit lane.

35 to go, Love clears Creed for the lead.

29 to go, Sammy Smith leads the inside lane. He clears Love for the lead.

25 to go, Love returns to the lead. He’ attempts a block on Ryan Sieg’s throwing big blocks to hold the lead.

15 to go, Love leads with Creed on his bumper. They run single-file around the top lane, for now.

6 to go, Creed dives to the inside into turn three. Love throws a block and Creed moves to the outside. Creed clears Love for the lead.

3 to go, Day works inside of Creed. Mayer looks inside of both of them, three wide for the lead!

1 to go, they remain three wide for the win. Sam Mayer throws a block and he spins. Corey Day leads into turn three.

The caution is out as multiple cars crash in turn four. Corey Day wins at Talladega Superspeedway!

Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – APRIL 25: Jason Kelce (L) congratulates Corey Day, driver of the #17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, for winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 25, 2026 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)

Talladega Superspeedway
Race Results
April 25, 2026
NASCAR O’Reilly Series

Pos | Driver

1. Corey Day

2. Sheldon Creed

3. Brent Crews

4. Sammy Smith

5. Jeremy Clements

6. Dean Thompson

7. Jesse Love

8. Brandon Jones

9. Parker Retzlaff

10. Austin Green

11. JJ Yeley

12. Blaine Perkins

13. Austin Hill

14. Josh Bilicki

15. Brennan Poole

16. Patrick Staropoli

17. Mason Maggio

18. Kyle Sieg

19. Joey Gase

20. Garrett Smithley

21. Ryan Sieg

22. Carson Kvapil

23. Justin Allgaier

24. Sam Mayer

25. Jeb Burton

26. Harrison Burton

27. Lavar Scott

28. William Sawalich

29. Taylor Gray

30. Rajah Caruth

31. Anthony Alfredo

32. Tyler Ankrum

33. Natalie Decker

34. Dawson Cram

35. Josh Williams

36. Ryan Ellis

37. Patrick Staropoli

38. David Starr

Credit: TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – APRIL 25: Corey Day, driver of the #17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 25, 2026 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Justin Allgaier
544

2. Sheldon Creed
-105

3. Jesse Love
-141

4. Corey Day
-145

5. Brandon Jones
-191

6. Sammy Smith
-192

7. Carson Kvapil
-213

8. Austin Hill
-223

9. Taylor Gray
-242

10. Parker Retzlaff
-252

11. William Sawalich
-264

12. Rajah Caruth
-276

— Playoff Cutline —

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On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series took the green flag at Talladega Superspeedway. The 2.66-mile track is known for big crashes but this one is one of the biggest in the history of the sport.

Bubba Wallace pitted late in stage one. With a quick pit stop with little fuel needed, he started stage two at the front of the field.

On lap 115, Ross Chastain gave a bump draft to Bubba Wallace down the backstretch. Wallace wiggled across the track and was clipped in the right rear.

As Wallace was turned into the outside wall, the field scattered behind him. But, there was nowhere to go.

Wallace was leading at the time of the crash.

Only 4 cars came around under speed to complete the lap at speed. At least 26 cars were involved in the crash.

Cars involved: Austin Cindric; Austin Dillon; Kyle Larson; Brad Keselowski; Daniel Suarez; Kyle Busch; Denny Hamlin; Ryan Blaney; Chase Briscoe; Josh Berry; Joey Logano; Bubba Wallace; William Byron; Jesse Love; Cole Custer; John Hunter Nemechek; Erik Jones; Joey Gase; Tyler Reddick; Cody Ware; Ty Gibbs; Chad Finchum; Michael McDowell; Carson Hocevar; Connor Zilisch; Shane van Gisbergen

Watch the NASCAR crash video below.

Bubba Wallace comments

“Damn,” Bubba Wallace told FOX Sports after exiting the care center.

“Nothing to show for in the first stage. Just hate it for our team.”

“Don’t want to have any DNFs. We have two now. Just a bummer.”

Wallace added, “We gotta figure out how to be pushed better. So, I take responsibility on that. We’ll have a debrief and figure out what we can do and maybe not have that happen.”

Other comments

Joey Logano comments: “They started wrecking above me there. I just tried to get as low as I could to avoid it. Everyone was trying to do the same thing. What do you want, save fuel or crash? Pick one, that’s what it feels like right now.

Logano added, “We have round bumpers on these things and the cars are unstable. Once everyone starts pushing and racing aggressive, it’s going to happen. Until we fix that stuff, we’re going to continue seeing it.”

Kyle Larson stated, “Not surprised to get wrapped up in that crash. Just sucks.”

Ryan Blaney says, “With the wreck we all kinda just pinballed off each other. We’ve seen that so many times. You’re trying to lift, then everybody wrecks. I don’t know if there’s really anyone to blame we just got to bouncing off each other.”

Update: The race has since concluded.

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NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

Busch picked up his last win in 2023, in his first season with RCR. After three wins that season, he hasn’t returned to victory lane.

The last few weeks, Busch has been vocal after comments from Denny Hamlin. Busch spoke openly about those comments and completed an enemies list…

NASCAR said ‘Don’t bring it back’ after Kyle Busch’s last win at Gateway

Busch has no NASCAR friends

“We’re a traveling circus. Or a traveling trailer park, which ever you wanna call it,” Kyle Busch stated via Sean Hannity’s podcast.

“We’re in the same motorhome lot every single weekend. A lot of the drivers have these buses that we take to each race.”

“Some guys can’t afford those. The new guys, that come in, they got the smaller buses. They’ll get there one day.”

“The general gist is we’re all a traveling trailer park. There’s some guys that are friends and they’ve hung out together because they grew up racing together.”

“Like, my son, he’s 10 years old but he started racing with some of his buddies and they hang out, talk and whatnot. But, I grew up in Vegas and when I went to the racetrack, I grew up the way of, you bring your friends with you and you hate everybody else that’s there.”

“They’re your competition. You wanna beat those guys. You wanna beat them into the ground, you wanna go home with the trophy and the money. And come back and do it all again next week.”

Kyle Busch still doesn’t like two-faced NASCAR driver Joey Logano (Video)

Kyle Busch details his enemies list

“You want to beat them, yeah. How can you be friends with somebody that you wanna go there and you know, annihilate.”

“There’s some guys that kinda grew up racing with each other and they’re, like I’m cordial with most. But, I wouldn’t say that I’m friends or I’m buddies or I’m gonna call them up and say, ‘Hey, let’s go golfing today.’ “

“There’s probably two or three that I don’t even talk to. Like, don’t even bother talking to me.”

“Logano’s on it. And Brad Keselowski, he was on it really hard and heavy a few years ago. Him and I got into a few battles. Hocevar’s probably another one.”

“I just don’t see eye-to-eye with those guys. They’ve got different ways of how they go about their business versus what I do. And, I just don’t like it.”

“Those guys are aggressive too. And when you two of those running side-by-side, you tend to argue over space. And when you argue over space, somebody’s getting spun into the wall.”

Kyle Busch v. Joey Logano fight video

Denny Hamlin vs Kyle Busch

Busch’s latest feud is with Denny Hamlin. That has been ignited as of last week after Hamlin made comments on his podcast about Busch’s performance.

“I haven’t talked to him a whole lot,” Busch said of Hamlin.

“We’ve had a couple minor (run-ins). He’s got his own podcast and he’s been running his mouth lately. So, he might get run into again here soon.”

“He’s been telling me that I’m washed up and I can’t drive anymore.”

Hamlin has since responded to Kyle Busch. See that in the link below.

Kyle Busch threatens Denny Hamlin after comments on his performance

Kyle Busch comments on NASCAR drivers he doesn’t like (Video)

Kyle Busch reveals his NASCAR hate list.

Full episode drops tomorrow on YouTube and Spotify. pic.twitter.com/kHVOtuLEUw

— Sean Hannity  (@seanhannity) April 20, 2026

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Tyler Reddick and Kyle Larson set the front row. 188 laps of stock car racing are up next…

Talladega
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 98 (1-98 / 188)

Green flag, Larson is shoved clear into turn one. As Larson blocks the top lane, Denny Hamlin powers by on the inside. Hamlin leads lap one.

Lap 4, they form three wide for the lead. Many drivers are saving fuel as stage one is the longest of all three stages in this race.

Lap 18, the top eight cars have broken away from the field. Denny Hamlin leads the train on the inside.

Lap 41, Hamlin leads the first group to the pit lane under green.

Lap 45, the Chevy group heads to the pit lane. Two laps later, the Ford group heads to the pit lane. Cindric completely missed his pit box after a bump from behind.

Lap 49, the first round of stops are complete. Ty Gibbs cycles to the race lead with Nemechek on his bumper.

Pit Penalties: Zane Smith, Daniel Dye, Chad Finchum, Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin will serve a pass-through penalty.

Lap 61, Gibbs checks up to catch the lap car of Hamlin. McDowell stays in the gas and drives by them both, McDowell to the lead.

Lap 69, Hamlin, Gibbs and others begin another pit cycle.

Lap 85, the top sixteen cars have yet to pit for a second time. Bell leads the field.

Lap 88, Bell and others dive for the pit lane. Ryan Preece cycles to the race lead.

Ryan Preece wins stage one at Talladega Superspeedway!

Talladega Results (Stage 1) : 1. Ryan Preece; 2. Brad Keselowski; 3. Joey Logano; 4. Chris Buescher; 5. Ryan Blaney; 6. Josh Berry; 7. Tyler Reddick; 8. Noah Gragson; 9. Todd Gilliland; 10. Ross Chastain

Talladega
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 45 (99-143 / 188)

Preece leads the field to the pit lane. Bubba Wallace takes two tires after pitting late in stage one and Wallace takes over the race lead.

Green flag on stage two, Logano shoves Wallace clears off turn two.

Lap 111, Chastain to the lead. Logano leaves his bumper and Logano takes over the lead.

Lap 114, Wallace to the lead.

Lap 115, Wallace gets loose off aq bump draft from Ross Chastain. Wallace wiggles across the track and well over half the field is collected.

NASCAR crash collects almost the entire field at Talladega (Video)

Green, Bell and Chastain run side-by-side at the front of the field. Chastain clears Bell and begins blocking runs from both lanes.

Lap 124, Gibbs suffers a blown tire and he slams the outside wall. McDowell is collected and the caution is back out.

Green, Chastain and Bell run side-by-side once more.

1 to go in stage two, Bell is shoved clear and pulls inside with Chastain on his bumper. Chastain moved to the top and Bell throws a block. Chastain cuts back to the inside and he pulls alongside.

Ross Chastain wins stage two at Talladega Superspeedway!

Talladega Results (Stage 2) : 1. Ross Chastain; 2. Christopher Bell; 3. Chris Buescher; 4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 5. Todd Gilliland; 6. Ryan Preece; 7. Cody Ware; 8. Alex Bowman; 9. Chase Elliott; 10. Zane Smith

Talladega
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 45 (144-188 / 188)

Chastain leads the field to the pit lane. Chris Buescher wins the race to the pit exit.

Green flag on stage three, Hocevar shoves Buescher clear off turn two.

Hocevar pulls out of line. He catches a push and Hocevar is shoved to the lead.

Lap 161, Tyler Reddick bounces off the outside wall. The caution is out for debris.

Green, Hocevar is shoved clear with a shove from Bowman. Buescher fights back on the outside to pull even.

8 to go, Carson Hocevar wiggles off a bump draft from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hocevar clips Erik Jones who spins into the infield grass, no caution. Jones is stuck in the grass and the caution is out.

Green with 3 to go, Buescher leads the inside lane as Hocevar leads the outside lane.

2 to go, Hocevar is shoved clear.

1 to go, Buescher pulls even on the outside of Hocevar. Bowman give a huge shove to Hocevar off turn four.

Carson Hocevar wins at Talladega Superspeedway as they’re crashing behind them!

Talladega Superspeedway
Race Results
April 26, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Carson Hocevar

2. Chris Buescher

3. Alex Bowman

4. Chase Elliott

5. Zane Smith

6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr

7. Ross Chastain

8. Austin Cindric

9. Noah Gragson

10. Kyle Busch

11. Todd Gilliland

12. Daniel Suarez

13. Ty Dillon

14. Tyler Reddick

15. Denny Hamlin

16. AJ Allmendinger

17. Ryan Preece

18. Austin Dillon

19. Shane van Gisbergen

20. Cody Ware

21. Christopher Bell

22. John Hunter Nemechek

23. Erik Jones

24. Daniel Dye

25. Riley Herbst

26. Connor Zilisch

27. Jesse Love

28. Chad Finchum

29. Chase Briscoe

30. Joey Gase

31. Brad Keselowski

32. Michael McDowell

33. Josh Berry

34. Ty Gibbs

35. William Byron

36. Bubba Wallace

37. Ryan Blaney

38. Cole Custer

39. Joey Logano

40. Kyle Larson

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
484

2. Denny Hamlin
-110

3. Ryan Blaney
-140

4. Chase Elliott
-144

5. Ty Gibbs
-162

6. Kyle Larson
-169

7. Chris Buescher
-175

8. Carson Hocevar
-194

9. Christopher Bell
-194

10. Brad Keselowski
-205

11. William Byron
-207

12. Bubba Wallace
-208

13. Ryan Preece
-215

14. Daniel Suarez
-249

15. Joey Logano
-250

16. Austin Cindric
-258

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Chase Briscoe
-262

18. Ross Chastain
-279

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-289

20. Zane Smith
-301

21. AJ Allmendinger
-301

22. Todd Gilliland
-303

23. Michael McDowell
-305

24. Austin Dillon
-321

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-323

26. Erik Jones
-323

27. Kyle Busch
-324

28. Josh Berry
-337

29. Riley Herbst
-340

30. Noah Gragson
-340

31. John Hunter Nemechek
-343

32. Ty Dillon
-361

33. Connor Zilisch
-381

34. Cole Custer
-395

35. Cody Ware
-399

36. Alex Bowman
-404

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View NASCAR point standings after Talladega Superspeedway below.

Talladega Race Results: April 26, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

After: Talladega (4/26/2026)

Pos | Driver | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
484

2. Denny Hamlin
-110

3. Ryan Blaney
-140

4. Chase Elliott
-144

5. Ty Gibbs
-162

6. Kyle Larson
-169

7. Chris Buescher
-175

8. Carson Hocevar
-194

9. Christopher Bell
-194

10. Brad Keselowski
-205

11. William Byron
-207

12. Bubba Wallace
-208

13. Ryan Preece
-215

14. Daniel Suarez
-249

15. Joey Logano
-250

16. Austin Cindric
-258

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Chase Briscoe
-262

18. Ross Chastain
-279

19. Shane van Gisbergen
-289

20. Zane Smith
-301

21. AJ Allmendinger
-301

22. Todd Gilliland
-303

23. Michael McDowell
-305

24. Austin Dillon
-321

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-323

26. Erik Jones
-323

27. Kyle Busch
-324

28. Josh Berry
-337

29. Riley Herbst
-340

30. Noah Gragson
-340

31. John Hunter Nemechek
-343

32. Ty Dillon
-361

33. Connor Zilisch
-381

34. Cole Custer
-395

35. Cody Ware
-399

36. Alex Bowman
-404

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NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

View the NASCAR qualifying order for Talladega Superspeedway below.

NASCAR TV Schedule: Talladega Superspeedway (April 2026)

NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Casey Mears
41.900

2. Daniel Dye
41.000

3. Joey Gase
40.700

4. Chad Finchum
40.400

5. Jesse Love
40.100

6. Cody Ware
36.700

7. Ty Dillon
32.700

8. Kyle Busch
32.600

9. Shane van Gisbergen
30.600

10. Connor Zilisch
30.200

11. Michael McDowell
29.500

12. Zane Smith
29.000

13. Noah Gragson
28.900

14. AJ Allmendinger
28.000

15. Cole Custer
27.700

16. Josh Berry
26.700

17. Joey Logano
25.200

18. Ross Chastain
24.200

19. John Hunter Nemechek
24.100

20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
23.700

21. Erik Jones
23.300

22. Alex Bowman
23.100

23. Todd Gilliland
18.800

24. Austin Dillon
18.700

25. Riley Herbst
18.200

26. Daniel Suarez
18.100

27. Ryan Blaney
17.700

28. Christopher Bell
17.000

29. Austin Cindric
13.500

30. Carson Hocevar
12.700

31. Ryan Preece
11.600

32. Chris Buescher
10.300

33. Ty Gibbs
7.500

34. Chase Elliott
7.400

35. William Byron
7.000

36. Brad Keselowski
6.900

37. Chase Briscoe
6.600

38. Bubba Wallace
5.900

39. Denny Hamlin
3.400

40. Kyle Larson
2.900

41. Tyler Reddick
1.000

NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Patrick Emerling
41.000

2. JJ Yeley
35.000

3. Natalie Decker
34.300

4. Austin Green
32.600

5. Mason Maggio
31.800

6. Dawson Cram
31.700

7. Joey Gase
29.700

8. Parker Retzlaff
29.100

9. Anthony Alfredo
27.900

10. Carson Kvapil
27.700

11. Josh Bilicki
27.200

12. Harrison Burton
27.100

13. Kyle Sieg
26.800

14. Austin Hill
26.800

15. David Starr
25.200

16. Ryan Ellis
25.000

17. Blaine Perkins
22.700

18. Josh Williams
21.800

19. Lavar Scott
20.700

20. Tyler Ankrum
19.500

21. Brennan Poole
18.400

22. Jeremy Clements
17.700

23. William Sawalich
17.600

24. Patrick Staropoli
16.100

25. Jeb Burton
14.500

26. Dean Thompson
13.700

27. Sammy Smith
13.600

28. Garrett Smithley
12.700

29. Ryan Sieg
11.200

30. Sam Mayer
10.800

31. Corey Day
9.900

32. Brandon Jones
7.700

33. Brent Crews
6.200

34. Rajah Caruth
4.800

35. Taylor Gray
4.000

36. Jesse Love
4.000

37. Justin Allgaier
2.400

38. Sheldon Creed
2.300

ARCA Menards Series
Entry List

#0
George Siciliano

#1
Andrew Patterson

#7
Eric Caudell

#8
Sean Corr

#10
Ed Pompa

#11
Bryce Haugeberg

#12
Takuma Koga

#15
Jake Finch

#17
Monty Tipton

#18
Gio Ruggiero

#19
Matt Kemp

#20
Jake Bollman

#22
Nick White

#24
Daniel Dye

#25
Gus Dean

#26
Ron Vandermeir Jr

#27
Tim Richmond

#28
Jack Wood

#30
Garrett Mitchell

#34
Logan Misuraca

#36
Ryan Huff

#41
Robbie Kennealy

#48
Brad Smith

#55
Isabella Robusto

#66
Will Kimmel

#70
Thomas Annunziata

#71
Andy Jankowiak

#75
Bryan Dauzat

#77
Taylor Reimer

#79
Steve Lewis Jr

#86
Jeff Maconi

#88
AJ Moyer

#89
Bobby Earnhardt

#91
Ryan Vargas

#93
Alli Owens

#97
Jason Kitzmiller

#99
Michael Maples

#01
Cody Dennison

#03
Alex Clubb

#06
Con Nicolopoulos

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ARCA Racing Series | NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

On Friday, the national late model series is heading to Georgetown Speedway in Georgetown, DE. Overton will have a new look.

Budweiser is celebrating their 150th anniversary. Overton, with Budweiser sponsorship is throwing it back to an iconic paint scheme. The Riggs Motorsports machine is wrapped in an identical appearance to Dale Earnhardt Jr’s No. 8 car.

Budweiser called when Dale Earnhardt Jr had the largest beer order in NC

“From the iconic Clydesdales, to Miss Budweiser ripping it on the Ohio River, to King Kenny breaking 300 mph, to Dale Jr inspiring an entire generation of backwards hat wearing kids like me….this Bud is for all the legends,” Brandon Overton stated.

“Congrats to Budweiser on 150 years. Excited to share with you all what we’ve been working on this week.”

“Doing it for Dale…..Jr.”

“Shout out to Austin at Polen Designs for leading the creativity on this “open-face” throwback to Jr’s rookie year.”

Overton has also painted his helmet to give an open-faced appearance.

Click here to view the video of the wrap reveal.

Links

Brandon Overton | Dale Jr | NASCAR

This weekend, Bobby Earnhardt, the grandson of Dale Earnhardt is making his debut at Talladega Superspeedway. The No. 89 car will look familiar as it’s a throwback to the famed No. 3 livery.

View the Dale Earnhardt throwback scheme below.

Earnhardt is entered into the ARCA Menards Series race with Rise Racing. The ARCA race is scheduled for Saturday April 25th.

NASCAR TV Schedule: Talladega Superspeedway (April 2026)

Bobby Earnhardt comments

“This race has been circled on my calendar for a long time,” Bobby Earnhardt opened via the team released.

“Making my first start at Talladega is already special, but to do it with this paint scheme takes it to another level. Knowing this was the last scheme my grandpa won with, at this same track, it carries a lot of meaning for me and my family.”

The car will have sponsorship from Circle S Ranch and Ranchers Choice Net Wrap.

“John and I have been business partners for about 10 years now, and over that time, he and his family have become like family to me,” Earnhardt added.

“He’s someone who’s always had my back and has been a steady, guiding presence in my life. To have him and the Shearer family on board for my first Talladega race, especially with a car that means this much to me, it’s something I’m incredibly thankful for.”

“There’s a lot to learn, and you have to be smart all day.”

Earnhardt concluded, “But, we’ve shown we can run up front on these superspeedways, and I’m looking forward to putting ourselves in position when it matters most.”

Brandon Overton releases Dale Earnhardt Jr themed dirt late model

Dale Earnhardt throwback

Bobby Earnhardt – Dale Earnhardt throwbackLinks

Bobby Earnhardt | ARCA Racing Series | NASCAR | Talladega Superspeedway

Tyler Reddick drove to victory lane yet again. That marks his 5th win in just nine races so far this season.

View NASCAR TV ratings for Kansas Speedway below.

FOX averaged 2.926 million viewers for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race as reported by Adam Stern. That’s up significantly from the same race in 2025. However, last year’s race aired on FS1.

For comparison, the IndyCar in Long Beach race also aired on FOX, directly following the NASCAR event. They brought in 1.269 million viewers on average.

Kansas Race Results: April 19, 2026 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Kansas Speedway
TV Ratings

April 19, 2026
Viewers: 1.269M
Ratings: Pending
FOX

April 27, 2025
Viewers: 2.320M
Ratings: 1.1
FS1

May 5, 2024
Viewers: 2.296M
Ratings: 1.3
FS1

NASCAR point standings after Kansas Speedway (April 2026)

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Kansas Speedway | NASCAR

Context:

Tyler Reddick's dominance continues with his 5th win in 9 races this season.

Context:

Moving from FS1 to FOX boosted viewership significantly compared to previous years.

Context:

Kansas marked another strong showing for NASCAR's 1.5-mile intermediate track racing.