Kyle Larson
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026 · 180 pts behind leader
Roles
- Alumni — Lee Faulk Racing
- Driver — Hendrick Motorsports
Coverage (10 articles)
Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2. Bowman finished P3, Tyler Reddick took P4 on a two-tire stop, and Connor Zilisch quietly logged his best Cup oval finish (P16) in the JRM development car. Hendrick has now won four of the last six Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
North Wilkesboro Speedway: They Built It Crooked, Left It for Dead, and It's Getting a Points Race Anyway
North Wilkesboro Speedway was built crooked in 1946, hosted Cup races for 49 years, sat abandoned for 26 more, and came back from the dead. On July 19, 2026, it hosts its first points race in 30 years.
Connor Zilisch Stayed Out on Old Tires With 28 Laps Left. Rodney Childers Knew Exactly What He Was Doing.
Rodney Childers made the call to stay out on old tires with 28 laps left. Connor Zilisch made him look like a genius, holding off Kyle Larson to win the Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
William Sawalich Wins His First at The Rock: The No. 18 Is Back
William Sawalich wins his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham, ending a three-year drought for the JGR No. 18. Corey Day led 118 laps but finished tenth.
Brent Crews Just Won the Last $100,000 Bonus of the Year. He's Eighteen.
The 2026 Dash 4 Cash program closed Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, and the season's final $100,000 bonus went to Brent Crews — eighteen years old, in his rookie season, driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 Toyota. Crews finished fourth in the race; none of the other three D4C-eligible drivers finished ahead of him. It was his first such bonus and the year's last one.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother — a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire.
The Hungry Gator Got to Larson's Bumper. He Just Couldn't Get Around Him.
Kyle Larson held the bottom for 17 green-flag laps and beat his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier to the line by 0.293 seconds at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Allgaier — the points leader, three-time winner this year, sitting on the pole — got to Larson's bumper. He just couldn't get around him without contact, and he wasn't going to make contact. JR Motorsports went one-two. Allgaier extended his championship lead to 121 points anyway.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
Three Nights on Nashville's Concrete: Trucks, the O'Reilly Series and the Cracker Barrel 400
All three NASCAR national series race at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend — Trucks on Friday, the O'Reilly Series on Saturday, and the Cracker Barrel 400 on Sunday night. A guide to the schedule, the stakes, and why the concrete decides it all.