2026 Storylines
Kaden Honeycutt's breakout. A CARS Tour graduate, Honeycutt has put together the season of his career, highlighted by a rare ARCA-and-Truck same-day sweep at Watkins Glen (only the second driver to do it) and the first weekend sweep in CARS Tour history, and now sits second in the Truck championship behind leader Layne Riggs.
Corey Heim's standard. TRICON Garage's Heim remains the benchmark for raw speed and laps led, the driver the title contenders measure themselves against, he held off teammate Kaden Honeycutt by .065 of a second to win the DQS 250 at Michigan on June 6, in a finish where Honeycutt first pushed him to the front and then tried to take the win for himself.
Remembering Kyle Busch. Busch's final career victory came in the Truck Series at Dover on May 15, 2026, a record fifth Dover Truck win, leading 147 of 200 laps and sweeping the stages, days before his death on May 21. The following weekend at Charlotte, Layne Riggs bowed to the crowd in Busch's honor after winning the truck race, one of the sport's most-felt tributes of the season.
History at Dover. In that same Dover race, Dystany Spurlock became the first Black woman to start a NASCAR national series race, a milestone moment for the sport.
RAM returns. Kaulig Racing's expansion brought the RAM nameplate back to the series, with Travis Pastrana's No. 25 debut adding star power to an already-deep field.