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• Bowman gets needed boost at Chicagoland, eyes upset run in In-Season Challenge

  08-07-2026 15:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  JOLIET, Ill. — Alex Bowman knows he didn’t put any extra effort into Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. His preparation was the same as it is every week, he said, as was the prep of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team.But for the first time since May, that work paid off with a top-five finish in Sunday’s eero 400, a much-needed boost for a driver and team that have heard all the noise in the midst of a season in which Bowman and Co. sit 29th in the
  
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• “Maybe His T-Shirt Sales Were Low”- Carson Hocevar Publicly Roasts Cup Driver After Chicagoland Payback

  09-07-2026 17:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 20: Carson Hocevar 77 Spire Motorsports Deleware Life Chevrolet looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Craftsman Truck Series FR8 Racing 208 on February 20, 2026, at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, GA. Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire AUTO: FEB 20 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Fr8 Racing 208 EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon260220147 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireCarson Hocevar is known for expressing his thoughts honestly. His unedited Twitch streams are must-wa
  
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• “Heard All These Bad Things About Ticket Sales”- Dale Jr Confirms NASCAR’s Stance on Chicagoland’s Future

  09-07-2026 16:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR President and CEO Steve O’Donnell ©NASCAR President and CEO Steve O’DonnellWhen NASCAR left Chicagoland Speedway in 2019, many people thought the track was gone for good. Small crowds made it seem like the track had no future. But that story completely changed in 2026. After a massive comeback race, NASCAR bosses are now eager to return to Illinois in 2027. According to Dale Earnhardt Jr., they were amazed by how many tickets were sold.Dale Jr.’s biggest Chicagoland
  
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• Chase Elliott to drive truck Kyle Busch last won in at North Wilkesboro

  09-07-2026 16:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Of Kyle Busch’s record 234 combined victories across NASCAR’s top three national touring circuits, 69 of them came in the Craftsman Truck Series. His last two wins came in the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, part of an eight-race deal that the two-time Cup Series champion was set to compete in during the 2026 Truck Series season.Following his shocking death on May 21 at the age of 41, Spire had to find replacement drivers for the No. 7 machine to finish Busch’s schedule.
  
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• Preview: Round 3 of the 2026 In-Season Challenge at EchoPark Speedway

  09-07-2026 13:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The 2026 In-Season Challenge rolls into Round 3 this Sunday when the NASCAR Cup Series visits EchoPark Speedway (7 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). It’s the first track the series visits for a second time in 2026, and the hybrid superspeedway will almost certainly put on a summer showdown worth remembering for a long time.Round 2 at Chicagoland Speedway had plenty of excitement, featuring five statistical upsets — including No. 32 seed Alex Bowm
  
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• NASCAR Odds: Who Are The Favorites to Win at EchoPark Speedway?

  09-07-2026 04:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR Cup Series odds at EchoPark Speedway. GettyThe NASCAR Cup Series circuit heads to the EchoPark Speedway this Sunday night for the Quaker State 400. It is the 20th race of the 2026 season and is the site for the third round of the In-Season Challenge.It is hard to pinpoint favorites on a drafting track, but the oddsmakers have a handful of drivers in mind. In addition, sports bettors can also place money on the four head-to-head matchups for the In-Season Challenge.Here, we will give a ful
  
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• The race to the NASCAR Chase is on: Who are the favorites?

  09-07-2026 02:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoEarlier in the weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, when asked about his championship chances under the new Chase for the Championship format, Chase Briscoe said he would need to start winning in bunches.Why?After running thousands of simulations, NASCAR stated that nearly 70 percent of eventual champions started the final 10 races from inside the top five. That is because the top-16 in the standings get reseeded and consolidated for dramatic purposed.1st: 2,100
  2nd: 2,075 (-25)
  3rd:
  
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reveals Hardest Part About Emotional 2001 Pepsi 400 Win

  08-07-2026 23:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed the hardest part about emotional 2001 Daytona win. GettyIt has been 25 years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. delivered one of the most emotional wins in NASCAR history. In the first race back at Daytona since the death of his father, Dale Earnhardt, Earnhardt Jr. drove to victory in the 2001 Pepsi 400.Prior to last Sunday’s Cup Series race at Chicagoland, TNT Sports played a special video honoring the win 25 years later — unbeknownst to Earnhardt Jr. at the momen
  
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• NASCAR CEO: Prime Video, TNT Sports ‘wish’ they bought more races

  08-07-2026 23:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ImagesNASCAR is in Year 2 of a seven-year set of media rights deals across five separate broadcast partners for its premier Cup Series races: Fox, Prime Video, TNT Sports, NBC, and USA Sports. The sport’s move to split its rights from two partners under the old deals, Fox and NBC, to five under the new setup was at first divisive among NASCAR fans. However, midway through the second season of the new arrangement, fans have come around to some of the positive i
  
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• Who Won Last Year’s Summer NASCAR Cup Race at EchoPark Speedway?

  08-07-2026 22:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series returns to EchoPark Speedway this weekend, and if recent history is any indication, fans should expect another dramatic finish.Last summer’s race produced exactly that, as Chase Elliott thrilled the hometown crowd by making a last-lap pass to score his first victory of the 2025 season.Here’s a look back at how the race unfolded before the Cup Series returns to Hampton, Georgia.Chase Elliott Passed Brad Keselowski on the Final LapThe 2025 Quaker State 400 looked
  
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• NASCAR Weekend Schedule at EchoPark Speedway: Full TV Schedule, Start Times for Every Race

  08-07-2026 22:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  A general view of the field racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The NASCAR Cup Series returns to the 1.54-mile oval this weekend. GettyThe NASCAR Cup Series returns to EchoPark Speedway this weekend for the third round of NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Challenge, while the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at Lime Rock Park and the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series heads to EchoPark for Saturday night&rsq
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About EchoPark Speedway Before NASCAR’s Atlanta Weekend

  08-07-2026 22:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For decades, NASCAR fans knew it simply as Atlanta Motor Speedway. Today, it’s EchoPark Speedway, but while the name has changed, the Georgia track remains one of the sport’s most iconic and unpredictable venues.This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series return to the 1.54-mile oval in Hampton, Georgia, where drafting packs, late-race passes and dramatic finishes have become the norm since the track’s massive reconfiguration
  
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• NASCAR official says not enough evidence to penalize Shane Van Gisbergen at Chicagoland

  08-07-2026 21:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoUltimately, NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran said the sanctioning body didn’t see anything that quite arose to a penalty regarding the various on-track incidents involving Shane Van Gisbergen, Austin Hill, Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.On Lap 48, Hill was spun hard into the wall off the nose of Van Gisbergen, and the Richard Childress Racing No. 33 team immediately felt like it was intentional and retaliatory for what transpir
  
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• Chase Elliott to make reare NASCAR Truck start at North Wilkesboro

  08-07-2026 20:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSpire Motorsports announced that Chase Elliott will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado at North Wilkesboro, making his first start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series since the 2023 season-opener at Daytona. HendrickCars.com will sponsor the effort.This race was scheduled to be one of Kyle Busch's 2026 Truck appearances with Spire, before his unexpected passing last month.The No. 7 Spire truck has featured various drivers this year, including Busch, Rajah Caruth, Connor Mosack,
  
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• Chase Elliott to make rare NASCAR Truck start at North Wilkesboro

  08-07-2026 20:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSpire Motorsports announced that Chase Elliott will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado at North Wilkesboro, making his first start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series since the 2023 season-opener at Daytona. HendrickCars.com will sponsor the effort.This race was scheduled to be one of Kyle Busch's 2026 Truck appearances with Spire, before his unexpected passing last month.The No. 7 Spire truck has featured various drivers this year, including Busch, Rajah Caruth, Connor Mosack,
  
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• NASCAR Decides Not to Penalize Drivers After Chicagoland Speedway Incidents

  08-07-2026 18:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR has gone back to the replays and come to a decision regarding the incidents at Chicagoland Speedway. It has been decided that neither Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Hill, Zane Smith, nor Carson Hocevar will be penalized for their on-track antics. The only penalty handed down regards the No. 51 team of Jeremy Clements in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Due to a wheel falling off, the team will lose their front-tire changer and jackman for the next races.Austin Hill - Shane van Gisbergen NASCA
  
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• NASCAR payback gone wrong: When vengeful drivers wrecked themselves

  08-07-2026 17:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThis week, two moments of apparent payback have dominated discourse in the NASCAR world, with Shane van Gisbergen vs. Austin Hill and Zane Smith vs. Carson Hocevar. No penalties were issued for other moment of frustration.In Zane's situation, he actually ended up wrecking himself in the process of bumping Hocevar into the wall, and ultimately finished behind the driver who drew his ire.Payback is nothing new in NASCAR, and there's plenty of occasions when the aggressor
  
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• NASCAR reveals status of Alex Bowman's No. 48 car at R&D Center

  08-07-2026 15:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR took Alex Bowman's No. 48 car to the R&D Center after the Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Following a strong run at Chicagoland, the sport had a closer inspection of Bowman's vehicle; however, did the Hendrick Motorsports driver receive any penalties?Bowman's No. 48 car had no issues at the NASCAR R&D Center, which is the best result from further inspection. In previous years, NASCAR has found issues that cost a race team and driver over 100 points and more, so Bowman rec
  
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• Qualifying orders for 2026 EchoPark, Lime Rock races

  08-07-2026 15:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It’s a split-squad type of weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series visit EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta for the second time in 2026. Meanwhile, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to the Northeast for a trip to Lime Rock Park for the second year in a row. See qualifying orders for all three series.MORE: Weekend schedule | How to watch NASCAR on TVCup Series
  Single-car qualifying will occur at 4:40 p.m. ET on Saturday (truTV).POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETR
  
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• NASCAR reveals status of Denny Hamlin's No. 11 car at R&D Center

  08-07-2026 15:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR took Denny Hamlin's No. 11 car to the R&D Center after the Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Following a strong run at Chicagoland, the sport had a closer inspection of Hamlin's vehicle; however, did the Joe Gibbs Racing driver receive any penalties?Hamlin's No. 11 car had no issues at the NASCAR R&D Center, which is the best result from further inspection. In previous years, NASCAR has found issues that cost a race team and driver over 100 points and more, so Hamlin receiv
  
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• After putting the street race on hold, could NASCAR end up in Chicago and Joliet next summer?

  08-07-2026 12:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  With a successful return to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet over July Fourth weekend in the rearview mirror, NASCAR is already mapping out its course for next summer.Chicago may figure prominently in those plans.While nothing is set, NASCAR is not only hoping to bring back the Chicago Street Race after a one-year hiatus, but perhaps add the long-dormant southwest suburban track to its regular schedule as well.“It could be both,” said Ben Kennedy, NASCAR’s chief operating officer
  
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• “Double standard”: Fans criticize NASCAR’s decision on Shane van Gisbergen & Austin Hill’s Chicagoland wreck

  08-07-2026 11:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jul 5, 2026; Joliet, Illinois, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Shane Van Gisbergen (97) shakes hands with fans before the eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. © Mike Dinovo-Imagn ImagesNASCAR did not penalize Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill for their incident at Chicagoland, and fans are upset. Fans believe the decision runs contrary to NASCAR’s earlier penalty for Ryan Preece in a similar situation.Van Gisbergen wrecked Hill early into Sunday’s eero 400. Both Hill and his team o
  
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• Monkey off the back: Sheldon Creed returns to EchoPark as a winner

  08-07-2026 11:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  When Sheldon Creed rolls through the gates of EchoPark Speedway this weekend, he’ll be greeted by memories of his shinning moment. It was there in February that the California native finally broke through, holding off the field in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race to earn his long-awaited first series victory.After 137 prior attempts, Creed was the beneficiary of a last-lap tangle between Austin Hill and Ross Chastain. The No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet scooted by and he
  
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• NASCAR officials detail reasons to not issue penalties after Chicagoland

  08-07-2026 05:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNASCAR competition officials reviewed every radio transmission and every bit of SMT data before deciding not to penalize any drivers for on-track behavioral reasons in the aftermath of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.On Lap 48, Hill was spun hard into the wall by Van Gisbergen, and the Richard Childress Racing No. 33 team immediately felt like it was intentional and retaliatory for what transpired between them two weeks prior. SVG was leading the race on a m
  
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• Kurt Busch places third at Le Mans in first race since Kyle Busch's death

  08-07-2026 03:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  For the first time since his brother’s shocking death, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Kurt Busch got behind the wheel and returned to the racetrack this past weekend.At the iconic Le Mans course in France, Busch competed in the Historic Sportscar Racing series in the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Goodyear. It was the first time in the history of HSR — nearly 50 years — that the competition went overseas.The event featured three races. In the second, Busch notched a podium finish,
  
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• Larry McReynolds on NASCAR's future, Hamlin spat and not slowing down

  08-07-2026 03:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThe NASCAR Cup Series is 77 years old and Larry McReynolds has been inside the garage for 50 of them with no signs of slowing down whatsoever.Well, kind of.On Sunday, the two-time Daytona 500 winning crew chief and longtime NASCAR on FOX analyst will lead the field to green in the Quaker State 400 at Echopark Speedway. In other words, he’s going to have slow down for the field before they go really fast.But that’s the only thing slow about the 67-year-old these days.
  
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• Hauler Talk: NASCAR will meet with SVG, Hill after no penalty arose from Chicagoland

  07-07-2026 20:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR reviewed data from every lap that Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill were on track before deciding neither driver would be penalized for their Chicagoland Speedway incident.During the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, NASCAR vice president of racing communications Mike Forde said officials would still meet with van Gisbergen and Hill this weekend at EchoPark Speedway.On the 48th lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race in Joliet, Illinois, Hill’s No. 33 C
  
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• Hauler Talk: NASCAR will meet with Hill, SVG after no penalty arose from Chicagoland

  07-07-2026 20:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR reviewed data from every lap that Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen were on track before deciding neither driver would be penalized for their Chicagoland Speedway incident.During the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast, NASCAR vice president of racing communications Mike Forde said officials would still meet with van Gisbergen and Hill this weekend at EchoPark Speedway.On the 48th lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race in Joliet, Illinois, Hill’s No. 33 C
  
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• No penalties levied to Hill, van Gisbergen following Chicagoland incident; No. 51 O'Reilly team penalized

  07-07-2026 19:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR officials did not levy penalties against Austin Hill or Shane van Gisbergen following NASCAR Cup Series action at Chicagoland Speedway over the weekend, per the sanctioning body’s penalty report released Tuesday.Hill, driver of the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, and Shane van Gisbergen, pilot of the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, made contact during Stage 1 of the eero 400 at Chicagoland, with van Gisbergen‘s No. 97 finding Hill’s No. 33 on Lap 48. Hill&
  
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• "If You Can't Punch Someone In The Face"- Denny Hamlin Rips NASCAR's Broken Justice System Ruining Self-Policing

  07-07-2026 19:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 11: Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing National Debt Relief Toyota is being interviewed during Media Day for the NASCAR, Motorsport, USA Cup Series Daytona 500 on February 11, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire AUTO: FEB 11 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 Media Day EDITORIAL USE ONLY Icon2602111262500 ©IMAGO/Icon SportswireDenny Hamlin had a great race at Chicagoland. Pole position, clean run, third-pl
  
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