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• Bubble battle: William Sawalich chases postseason breakthrough

  01-07-2026 11:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  An expected strong run at Sonoma Raceway could have reinforced William Sawalich’s Chase position. Instead, a 13th-place finish in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota pushed him below the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase cutline for the first time in nearly two months, raising the stakes for the final five races before the postseason.Rookie sensation Brent Crews — Sawalich’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate — banked a race-high 50 points, while Sawalich lost 25 points
  
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• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Entry List for Chicagoland Speedway: Every Driver Entered

  01-07-2026 17:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019 this weekend. Here’s the complete 39-driver entry list, including several notable open entries and the latest In-Season Challenge matchups.The NASCAR Cup Series heads back to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for the first time since 2019, and the full entry list is officially set.Thirty-nine drivers are entered for Sunday’s eero 400, meaning every car will make the field. While there won’t be a
  
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• NASCAR Chicago Weekend Schedule and Weather Forecast: Everything Fans Need to Know

  01-07-2026 16:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for one of the most anticipated races of the summer, marking the series’ first trip back to the 1.5-mile oval in seven years.Along with the Cup Series, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and ARCA Menards Series will also be in action, making for a packed three-day schedule beginning Friday, July 3.Here’s everything fans need to know before heading to the track or tuning in from home.Friday, July 3 ScheduleFrida
  
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• At 20, The NASCAR Foundation continues to deliver on spirit of helping others

  01-07-2026 12:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN DIEGO — Eyes wide open and hearts beating fast, more than 100 eager kids arrived at The NASCAR Foundation obstacle course inside Qualcomm Circuit last month at San Diego’s Naval Base Coronado — the USS Carl Vinson anchored in the background and a U.S. Navy Hawkeye helicopter on display only a few yards away.Dressed in bold-colored The NASCAR Foundation T-shirts, the students ranging from kindergarten to middle school-age from the base’s Navy Child Youth Program ran in
  
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• Kaulig Racing CEO Reveals Cup Team's Secret Advantage Behind Sudden NASCAR Rise

  01-07-2026 07:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Via: Imago ©Via: ImagoNASCAR’s Viking Motorsports had no business finishing fourth and fifth at Sonoma in the O’Reilly series. In just its third season, the team was racing against the likes of JR Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing on one of the most technical road courses on the schedule.Anthony Alfredo crossed the line fourth. Parker Retzlaff grabbed fifth right behind him. During a Dirty Mo Media panel, someone noticed Chris Rice sitting there with a slight smile on his face.&l
  
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• Denny Hamlin Dissects Teammate Ty Gibbs’ Conflict Over Sacrificing Win For Points

  01-07-2026 04:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Via Imagn ©Via ImagnTy Gibbs had the fastest car at Sonoma. He started from pole, led 31 laps, and was certainly the guy to beat all afternoon. However, he finished third. And it was his own team that made sure of it. On Actions Detrimental, teammate Denny Hamlin tried to make sense of it.“It’s definitely difficult when you know you have race-winning speed to just take the points,” Denny Hamlin said. “I get both sides. I definitely understand the team’s decisio
  
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• Alex Bowman says decision on NASCAR future coming "sooner rather than later"

  30-06-2026 23:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNot much has gone right this season for Alex Bowman, one in which he entered approaching free agency and questions about his future, and that’s not even including missing four races due a bout of vertigo.Before and after the ailment, Bowman and his No. 48 team has struggled on the track, with the car sitting 30th in the owner standings."We've had some good weeks and a lot of not good weeks, unfortunately, Bowman said Tuesday during a NASCAR media teleconference. "Yeah, we'v
  
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• TV ratings released for Sonoma NASCAR weekend

  30-06-2026 23:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoThis is the first race of the five race 'Summer Series' for the Turner Sports brand. It was the first of five races this summer on TNT, following FOX Sports and Prime Video.The race at Sonoma last year earned 2.2 million viewers but did not face competition from the World Cup, one that also took place on the same continent. The race at Sonoma last year also was in July.Meanwhile, the O'Reilly Series race on Saturday, which aired on The CW, earned 1.145 average view
  
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• Alex Bowman on future as Hendrick contract nears end: 'I don't feel like I'm racing for my job'

  30-06-2026 18:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Alex Bowman is in the final season of a three-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports as driver of the team’s No. 48 Chevrolet.What comes next — whether that includes a return in 2027 or otherwise — has yet to be determined. But it also isn’t Bowman’s No. 1 priority, he said in a Tuesday teleconference.MORE: Cup standings | Chicagoland scheduleEntering Sunday’s eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, Bowman sits 29th in the points standings with two top fi
  
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• Kyle Busch's Daughter Has Touching Daily Routine To Remember Her Dad

  30-06-2026 17:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It's been a little over a month since NASCAR legend Kyle Busch's tragic passing and it will probably take his family a long time to mourn him. His young daughter Lennix has found a truly moving way to remember him every day.Taking to her Instagram Story recently, Busch's widow Samantha revealed that their four-year-old daughter now eats breakfast with two photos of Kyle behind her plate. She said that Lennix tells her late father how her sleep was, tells him about her day and asks him "if he's h
  
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• Dale Jr. Fires Back At Criticism Of NASCAR Broadcast

  30-06-2026 16:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been involved in the NASCAR media space for a while now, so the legendary driver is used to criticism.Over the weekend, some NASCAR fans expressed frustration with the TNT broadcast, as some believed that the analysts were underestimating the chances of Shane van Gisbergen winning, giving too much pre-race hype to Chase Briscoe.Ultimately, SVG took home the checkered flag, while Briscoe came in a close second place. NASCAR fans accused the broadcast of misleading viewers w
  
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• NASCAR Entry List Chicagoland: 39 Cup Series Drivers for eero 400

  30-06-2026 16:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series is back at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for the first time since 2019. It’s been a long hiatus for the track, and the Cup Series is returning with a loaded field of 39 drivers this weekend. Chicagoland also gets to be part of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge, with Round 2 taking place this week.Let’s get right into the NASCAR entry list this weekend for the eero 400. On the part-time driver side, Corey Heim (No. 67 car for 23XI Racing), JJ Yeley (No. 44 car f
  
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• NASCAR entry list for Cup Series race at Chicagoland in July 2026

  30-06-2026 16:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series is ready to take on the 2026 eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, and the entry list has been revealed. NASCAR released the 2026 eero 400 and O'Reilly Series entry list for Chicagoland on Monday afternoon. This is NASCAR's first race at Chicagoland since the 2019 season, before the COVID-19 pandemic took it off the schedule. The NASCAR Truck Series will have an off-weekend.There are 36 guaranteed charters for the 2026 eero 400 on Sunday afternoon. Thirty-five drivers
  
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• Chase Elliott, Dale Jr & Jeff Gordon Lead NASCAR's Perfect Sendoff to Country Music Legend Alan Jackson

  30-06-2026 16:08 via yahoo.com
  (L-R) Chase Elliott, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Image credits – Imago ©(L-R) Chase Elliott, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Image credits – ImagoAlan Jackson’s songs have been playing in NASCAR garages for thirty years. So when he walked out for his final full-length concert on June 27, the sport showed up to say thank you. Chase Elliott went first.“Congratulations on an incredible career, man. You’re an absolute legend. I appreciate you represen
  
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• NASCAR's Rival Series' Implosion Continues As Massive Schedule Cuts Hit All Racing Disciplines

  30-06-2026 12:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Rockingham Speedway IHRA ©Rockingham Speedway IHRAThe IHRA spent the last year challenging NASCAR’s stronghold. Acquired tracks. Launched a stock car series. Talked big about taking market share from the France family. Now the bill’s come due.“IHRA fallout continues,” journalist Aaron AJ Englandt wrote on X. “Just hours after canceling four remaining national drag racing events, the IHRA has now announced major cuts to its 2026 powerboat schedule and ‘all
  
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• What makes MotoGP's hottest team different?

  30-06-2026 12:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoWhile the Ducati/Aprilia battle continues to dominate the headlines, MotoGP's supposed supporting cast has begun shaking up the established order. Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46), Ai Ogura and Raul Fernandez (both Trackhouse) have all emerged to challenge the status quo.Di Giannantonio has largely had to carry the fight on his own, with team-mate Franco Morbidelli struggling to match his pace. At Aprilia, however, Ogura and Fernandez have outperformed the factory team's spearheads,&
  
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• 'It means so much': Mike Lichtfeld's family racing operation in Wisconsin has evolved for the better with NASCAR points on the line

  30-06-2026 11:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Growing up going to the race track to watch his dad compete every week of the summer, Mike Lichtfeld admits he “wanted absolutely nothing to do with driving a race car.”During the week, when it was time to be in the shop, he would rather be with his friends or preparing for his own sports: basketball, football and track.“That was just always kind of my thing was being an athlete,” Lichtfeld said.But once he graduated high school in 2005, the opportunities to continue play
  
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• "I'm So Blessed"- Female Broadcaster Details Emotional NASCAR Pit Road Return After Hiatus

  30-06-2026 08:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  February 3, 2023, Los Angeles, California, USA: NASCAR, Motorsport, USA host for Fox Sports, Shannon Spake during a press conference, PK, Pressekonferenz for NASCAR s Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California on Friday February 3, 2023. JAVIER ROJAS/PI Los Angeles USA - ZUMAp124 20230203_zaa_p124_042 Copyright: xJavierxRojasx ©IMAGO/ZUMA WireShannon Spake hadn’t worked the NASCAR pit road since May 2013. So when she walked b
  
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• West Coast Hall of Fame Officials Drop Surprising Circumstances Behind Late Kyle Busch Honor

  30-06-2026 06:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Long before his untimely demise in May, Kyle Busch had become a NASCAR legend. A Hall of Fame induction wouldn’t have been far off either. But before that could happen, the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame had already given him the most prestigious honor from their side. But while many would think it was because he left us all too soon, officials disclosed the circumstances under which his induction was made.“I feel compelled to tell the public that prior to our loss of
  
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• Video: Noah Gragson retaliates against Cody Ware; Todd Gilliland vs. 23XI at Sonoma

  30-06-2026 05:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNoah Gragson was in the headlines one week ago after feuding with ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen in the Dane's NASCAR Cup Series debut. They traded blows for several laps, with the full-contact back-and-forth lasting at least 13 laps before Magnussen eliminated Gragson from the race. A post-race confrontation followed, with Gragson planning to fight Magnussen before being warned not to by his team.At Sonoma, there were no confrontations (that we saw), but there was plenty of contac
  
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• Video: From Gragson to 23XI, watch as several drivers deliver payback at Sonoma

  30-06-2026 05:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoNoah Gragson was in the headlines one week ago after feuding with ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen in the Dane's NASCAR Cup Series debut. They traded blows for several laps, with the full-contact back-and-forth lasting at least 13 laps before Magnussen eliminated Gragson from the race. A post-race confrontation followed, with Gragson planning to fight Magnussen before being warned not to by his team.At Sonoma, there were no confrontations (that we saw), but there was plenty of contac
  
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• Trackhouse crew chief says they were 'lucky' to have Van Gisbergen against faster JGR car

  30-06-2026 05:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAt Sonoma Raceway, Chase Briscoe nearly reached the back bumper of Shane van Gisbergen in the final corner of the race. Van Gisbergen held on, winning by just 0.357s -- the closest margin of victory in any of his 14 NASCAR victories so far.Trackhouse Racing's Stephen Doran, who works with SVG as the No. 97 crew chief, asserted that they had the slower car in the closing laps, but SVG made up the difference."He (SVG) said when he went to go, he just didn't have anything," rec
  
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• NASCAR Cup Points Lead Changes Hands For The First Time in 2026

  30-06-2026 02:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series points lead changed hands for the first time in 2026. GettyThere is a new points leader in the NASCAR Cup Series points for the first time in the 2026 season. Through 17 races, Tyler Reddick was in command and led by as many as 129 points. However, after a last-place finish of 36th in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at the Sonoma Raceway, there is a new driver atop the standings. Denny Hamlin, who co-owns Reddick’s car at 23XI Racing, is the new points leader
  
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• The heartbreaking question Kyle Busch’s 4-year-old daughter asks every day since his death

  29-06-2026 22:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Samantha Busch explained that her and husband Kyle Busch's 4-year-old daughter, Lennix, talks to the star NASCAR star every morning since he died on May 21.Samantha Busch explained that her and husband Kyle Busch’s 4-year-old daughter, Lennix, talks to the star NASCAR star every morning since he died on May 21. Busch died at 41 after pneumonia progressed “into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications,” his family said in a statement.Samantha sha
  
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• As NASCAR Cup schedule shifts to ovals, Shane van Gisbergen wants to keep improving

  29-06-2026 21:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR might sometimes seem like an endless series of left turns, but Shane van Gisbergen can attest that oval racing is filled with variables.The 22 circular tracks on the Cup Series schedule feature different lengths, banking and shapes. For a New Zealand native who raced exclusively on road and street courses until three years ago, it’s been a slog to figure out.“Some weeks, I can run 10th to 15th pretty easily, and other weeks it’s a battle to ru
  
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• NASCAR’s $1 Million In-Season Challenge Is Already Wide Open After Stunning Round 1 Upset

  29-06-2026 21:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NASCAR’s new In-Season Challenge needed one thing to prove it could work.It got it in the very first race.Sunday’s trip to Sonoma Raceway wasn’t just another stop on the Cup Series schedule. It marked the opening round of NASCAR’s $1 million head-to-head tournament, and before the afternoon was over, the bracket had already been blown apart.Tyler Reddick entered Sonoma as the No. 1 seed after leading the regular-season standings, making him the favorite to survive the ope
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Standings After Sonoma: Denny Hamlin Takes Over the Points Lead

  29-06-2026 20:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The NASCAR Cup Series championship picture changed dramatically Sunday at Sonoma Raceway.A power steering failure dropped Tyler Reddick to a 36th-place finish, opening the door for Denny Hamlin to reclaim the regular-season points lead despite finishing just 26th himself. Hamlin now sits atop the standings with 719 points, one ahead of Reddick’s 718 entering next weekend’s race at Chicagoland Speedway.Elsewhere, Shane van Gisbergen’s dominant Sonoma victory vaulted him three sp
  
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• Winners and losers from a close NASCAR Cup race at Sonoma

  29-06-2026 19:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoJust three tenths separated Shane van Gisbergen and Chase Briscoe in the battle for the win at Sonoma Raceway. With his eighth career victory, SVG is now tied for second on the all-time road course wins list with Tony Stewart, and just one away from Jeff Gordon's record.Sonoma was also the final road course of the 2026 season, so it's all ovals from here to Homestead in November. While it was a great day for SVG, the same cannot be said for our now-former championship leader, Tyl
  
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• 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series entry list at Chicagoland Speedway

  29-06-2026 19:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After winding through Wine Country at Sonoma Raceway, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series heads to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time since 2019 on Saturday (5:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).The race will be the 20th points-paying event of the 2026 O’Reilly season.ENTRY LISTS: Cup Series | O’Reilly Auto Parts SeriesThis will be the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series’ first time back in Joliet, Illinois since 2019 and will be a bit of a homecomi
  
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• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series entry list for Chicagoland Speedway

  29-06-2026 18:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After wrapping up its California road-course run through Naval Base Coronado and Sonoma Raceway, the NASCAR Cup Series will head to the Midwest and Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).The visit to the 1.5-mile venue will be the first since 2019 and will act as the second leg of the 2026 In-Season Challenge.ENTRY LISTS: Cup Series | O’Reilly Auto Parts SeriesFresh off his first-round upset of No. 1 seed Tyler Reddick, 2019 Chicag
  
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