# Grand National Today

> Where the next stars are made. Coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series, the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and the Craftsman Truck Series.

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## Sections

- [News](https://grandnationaltoday.com/news): Race recaps, previews, results, and analysis — NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and CARS Tour coverage
- [Features](https://grandnationaltoday.com/features): Driver profiles, track features, and long-form storytelling
- [Opinion](https://grandnationaltoday.com/opinion): Columns, commentary, and the Speedway perspective
- [Standings](https://grandnationaltoday.com/standings): Championship standings, trackers, and season stats
- [VTC](https://grandnationaltoday.com/vtc): Virginia Triple Crown — South Boston, Langley, Motor Mile

## Latest articles

- [Corey Heim Led More Laps Than Anyone and Won the Brickyard 400. He Scored Zero Points.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/heim-wins-brickyard-400-indianapolis-zero-cup-points-july-2026): The defending Truck Series champion took his second Cup win in eight starts, on the eighth race of the 12-date development schedule 23XI announced for him in F…
- [Layne Riggs Led 198 of 200 Laps at Indianapolis Raceway Park. His Points Lead Is Now 100.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/layne-riggs-tsport-200-irp-truck-recap-july-2026): Riggs swept both stages, gave up the lead for two laps and immediately took it back, and left Indianapolis Raceway Park 100 points clear with two races left in…
- [Carson Kvapil Was Tied for the Most Runner-Ups Without a Win. Indianapolis Fixed That.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/kvapil-first-career-win-pennzoil-250-indianapolis-oreilly-recap-july-2026): Kvapil came into Indianapolis tied for the most runner-up finishes without a win in series history. He led the last 22 laps to end that, and JR Motorsports fin…
- [Carson Kvapil Has Five Runner-Up Finishes and No Wins. Indianapolis Has Never Been Kind to That.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/kvapil-crews-first-win-pennzoil-250-indianapolis-oreilly-july-2026): Kvapil is tied for the most second-place finishes without a victory in series history, and he has done it in 63 starts. Brent Crews has been passed for the lea…
- [AJ Allmendinger's Two Indianapolis Wins Came on a Course NASCAR No Longer Uses](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/allmendinger-brickyard-400-indianapolis-kaulig-road-course-july-2026): He won his first Cup race at the Speedway and an O'Reilly Series race there a year later, both on the infield road course NASCAR abandoned after 2023. Sunday h…
- [Ram Has Not Won in Its First NASCAR Season. It Just Drew the Track That Never Rewards Newcomers.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/ram-kaulig-tsport-200-irp-first-time-winner-july-2026): Ram's best finishes in five months are two sixth places. IRP has run 21 Truck races and never produced a first-time winner. Kaulig brings five Rams and two Ind…
- [Joey Logano Dominates North Wilkesboro's First Cup Points Race in 30 Years](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/logano-dominates-window-world-450-north-wilkesboro-2026): Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps and beat Denny Hamlin by 0.859 seconds to win the Window World 450, the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at North Wilkesboro…
- [Ram Didn't Buy Its Way Back Into NASCAR. It Snuck In.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/ram-nascar-return-kaulig-free-agent-trucks-july-2026): Ram returned to NASCAR after 13 years without a Cup team, a superstar, or an alliance, through Kaulig Racing, a roster of short-track kids, and a rotating "Fre…
- [Allgaier survives Atlanta's wreckfest to win the Focused Health 250](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/allgaier-focused-health-250-echopark-2026): Through 13 cautions, three red flags and 76 laps of yellow, Justin Allgaier won the Focused Health 250 at EchoPark Speedway, his 34th career O'Reilly Series wi…
- [Nobody Saw Grant Enfinger Coming. Neither Did Grant Enfinger.](https://grandnationaltoday.com/racing/grant-enfinger-liuna-150-lime-rock-truck-recap-july-2026): Grant Enfinger had never won a road course in his life, and said so minutes after winning one. His clean pass for the LiUNA 150 at Lime Rock Park ended a seaso…

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