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• NASCAR Gateway winners, losers as Kyle Larson gets back in victory lane

  14-09-2026 12:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson is back in victory lane.Larson broke a 51-race winless streak by winning the Enjoy Illinois 300NASCAR Cup Series race on Sept. 13 at World Wide Technology Raceway.The race took nearly four hours to complete after 18 cautions and a pair of red-flag stoppages for clean up.Here are the winners and losers from the NASCAR Gateway race this week.NASCAR POINTS UPDATED:NASCAR points standings, Cup Series points update after Gateway race, Chase pictureNASCAR Gateway winners and losersWinner:&
  
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• Kyle Larson surges to second in NASCAR postseason Chase heading to Bristol track he's dominated

  14-09-2026 15:53 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Even as his winless drought stretched on for more than a year and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chevrolets lagged behind his competitors’ Toyotas, Kyle Larson never lost faith in his abilities or trust in his team.After a timely win in NASCAR’s Chase, Larson is only nine points behind postseason leader Denny Hamlin and within striking distance of a second straight Cup Series title.Larson vaulted from seventh in the Chase standings to second with his win Sunda
  
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• Brad Keselowski joins exclusive group with special career milestone

  14-09-2026 14:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoWhile Brad Keselowski decision to stay out on older tires didn't work out, he still managed to reach a special career milestone at WWT Raceway. In his 621st start, Keselowski led his 10,000th lap, becoming just the 24th driver in Cup Series history to reach that number.The most recent to do so before Keselowski was Joey Logano, doing so at Richmond Raceway one month ago.Keselowski made his Cup debut in 2008, and led his first lap in perhaps the most sensational way a driver
  
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Suggests Driver Competition for NASCAR's Successful Swear Jar Campaign

  14-09-2026 13:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants NASCAR to push its swear jar contest even further. Responding to news of the campaign’s early success, the NASCAR Hall of Famer suggested attaching a driver’s name to each tracked word, effectively creating a standings battle for who curses the most on track.“Feel like we need to take this [to] the next step and [track] a [driver’s] name to each word… driver who leads in most F bombs and so forth,” Earnhardt said on X in response to a
  
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• Analysis: Kyle Larson undeterred by winless drought, now eying third Cup title: 'The struggle's fun'

  14-09-2026 12:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. — “Is Kyle Larson back?” “Is he the championship frontrunner?”Surely, those are the first questions that come to mind when a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion caps a 51-race winless streak with a victory in the early portion of the 2026 Chase presented by Mobil 1.Larson parked the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet back in Victory Lane Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway for the first time since the 2025 spring race at Kansas Speedwa
  
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• Daytona to host NASCAR stars in Veterans Day exhibition race from Ford

  14-09-2026 12:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Back in June, the Ford Motor Company announced it was partnering with NASCAR on an exhibition race for Veterans Day that aims to honor all six branches of the U.S. military.Now, Ford is ready to unveil details about the first-of-its-kind event.The Proud To Honor Veterans Day Classic will be held at the iconic Daytona International Speedway on Nov. 11 featuring 12 drivers competing for six teams, each one representing branches of the military.Drivers set to race in the event include NASCAR Cup Se
  
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• NASCAR Chase Standings Are Tight Heading Into Bristol

  14-09-2026 10:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mar 14, 2026; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Spire Motorsports driver Daniel Suarez (7) during qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ImagesTwo races are down.Eight remain.And the NASCAR Cup Series Chase suddenly has Kyle Larson breathing down Denny Hamlin’s neck.Larson won Sunday at Gateway and jumped from seventh to second.He now trails Hamlin by only nine points.That is a massive swing after one race.Larson Just Changed EverythingKyle Larson entered Gat
  
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• Gateway Turns the Chase Upside Down After Larson Victory

  14-09-2026 10:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Photo by: Bob GoshertThe NASCAR Cup Series Chase just got a whole lot more interesting.Kyle Larson won a chaotic Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway on Sunday.The victory moved Larson to second in the championship standings.It also ended a 51-race winless streak.Larson beat teammate Alex Bowman in overtime by 0.333 seconds.That Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 finish was only part of the story.Gateway delivered chaos from beginning to end.Nobody Could Escape the ChaosThe race produced 18 cautions.Those cautio
  
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• The NASCAR Cup Series Chase comes into focus after chaotic Gateway

  14-09-2026 05:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoUltimately, the beauty of the new Chase for the Championship format is that is that with enough wins and stage points, no deficit is ultimately insurmountable and no points lead is safe.However.On Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, several mulligans were utilized and there very well could have been numerous eliminations even if that is not a thing the Cup Series literally does anymore.This race was hard on the playoff mid-pack and it was best summed up in a tweet afterwards
  
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• NASCAR swear jar fines double after 245 curses caught on the radio at Gateway

  14-09-2026 05:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photo245 swear words were picked up on NASCAR Cup radios during Sunday's wild race at WWT Raceway, and with the Sanctioning Body paying a self-imposed $5 fine for each one, that's a total of $1,225 added to the swear jar.As part of this new promotion, fans can win the money in that jar if they can correctly guess the number of swear words across radio channels every Sunday.At last week's Southern 500 at Darlington, there were 223 swear words caught on hot mics. The total is now at 468
  
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• NASCAR Cup Series Standings After Gateway: Full Chase Points Update

  14-09-2026 05:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 13: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 King's Hawaiian Cinnamon Bites Toyota, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on September 13, 2026 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Amy Kontras/Getty Images) GettyKyle Larson didn’t just leave World Wide Technology Raceway with a trophy. He left Gateway firmly in the middle of the NASCAR Cup Series championship fight.Larson’s victory in Su
  
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• Who Won the NASCAR Enjoy Illinois 300 Race? Full Gateway Results From Wild Finish

  14-09-2026 04:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 13: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Enjoy Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on September 13, 2026 in Madison, Illinois. (Photo by Amy Kontras/Getty Images) GettyKyle Larson survived a chaotic afternoon at World Wide Technology Raceway and emerged with the victory in Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300, winning the second race of NASCAR’s 2026 championship Chase.And “survived” is an appropriate w
  
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• Kyle Larson's winless drought was a bigger deal to you than him

  14-09-2026 04:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photo16 months
  51 races If it wasn’t for the fact that the punditry has made a big deal out of this, Kyle Larson wouldn’t know or wouldn’t care how long it’s been since he had won a NASCAR Cup Series race.May 11, 2025 at Kansas Speedway To him, the stat simply didn’t mean that much. Sure, there was a championship win in November but the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team has been hyper-competitive all season while having things just work against th
  
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• Sophie Cunningham pit road reporter? WNBA star embraces day at NASCAR race

  14-09-2026 04:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Even with the WNBA on a midseason break due to the FIBA Women’s World Cup, Sophie Cunningham still managed to find the spotlight.But on Sunday, Sept. 13, the cameras didn’t find the Indiana Fever star on a basketball court or in front of a podcast microphone. Rather, she was having fun at a NASCAR race, the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.Folks at the track near St. Louis caught Cunningham shaking hands with and meeting prominent figures in the sport, including tw
  
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• Sophie Cunningham meets Michael Jordan, Jeff Gordon at NASCAR race during WNBA break

  14-09-2026 04:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Even with the WNBA on a midseason break due to the FIBA Women’s World Cup, Sophie Cunningham still managed to find the spotlight.But on Sunday, Sept. 13, the cameras didn’t find the Indiana Fever star on a basketball court or in front of a podcast microphone. Rather, she was having fun at a NASCAR race, the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.Folks at the track near St. Louis caught Cunningham shaking hands with and meeting prominent figures in the sport, including tw
  
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• Carson Hocevar spent 20 minutes signing for fans after Gateway finish: 'Some of us are still fans at heart'

  14-09-2026 03:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt's safe to say that everyone had something to say about Carson Hocevar this week.After Hocevar made contact with Brad Keselowski at Darlington, and then seemed pretty nonplussed when asked about it after the race, people across NASCAR media offered their take on how the young driver handled the situation.Many of these call outs were negative, with the likes of Denny Hamlin and Freddie Kraft scorching Hocevar for what they saw as a lack of seriousness. But others liked the role
  
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• Complete NASCAR Cup points standings after 2026 Gateway

  14-09-2026 03:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoAfter a dizzying NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway with a track record 18 cautions, Denny Hamlin still holds onto the championship lead, but he's just nine points ahead.Kyle Larson was the biggest mover, jumping five positions after earning his first victory in 51 races, now right behind Hamlin in the battle for the lead. Southern 500 winner Christopher Bell is now 18 points back in thirdThe biggest loser in the points battle was Chase Briscoe and Daniel Suarez, both dropping t
  
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• Tyler Reddick goes airborne in Gateway wreck as Christopher Bell rues “missed opportunity”

  14-09-2026 03:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoSunday's NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway was one where the hits just kept coming for Tyler Reddick and the No. 45 team. On just the third lap of the race, he got squeezed into the wall by Daniel Suarez and needed to pit for repairs to a toelink.He battled back inside the top ten by the end of an exhausting day with nonstop incidents, reaching a track record of 18 cautions. With 18 laps to go, Reddick was involved in one of them.As Bubba Wallace, Josh Berry, and Christopher Bell co
  
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• Denny Hamlin’s Lead is Shrinking Fast — and The Chase Field is Catching Up

  14-09-2026 03:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. - Two races into the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, and the points picture already looks a lot different than it did just a couple of weeks ago.Denny Hamlin dominated the regular season. He closed it out with an 89-point lead over second-place Ryan Blaney and looked like the clear favorite heading into the postseason. Then the points reset, and that cushion immediately shrank to 25 points. After an 18th-place finish at Darlington and a win by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bel
  
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• Joey Logano Left Gateway Bitter After Dominant NASCAR Chase Performance

  14-09-2026 03:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joey Logano did almost everything he needed to do at World Wide Technology Raceway.Almost.Logano started Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 from the pole, led every lap of the opening stage and spent more time out front than anyone else in the field. By the time one of the wildest races of the NASCAR season finally ended in double overtime, the No. 22 Team Penske Ford had led a race-high 96 laps and scored 54 points.The only thing missing was the win.Kyle Larson took that instead, with Hendrick M
  
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• Larson ends 51-race winless streak, boosts NASCAR title hopes in Hendrick 1-2 finish at Gateway

  14-09-2026 02:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings.Larson, the defending series champion, took his No. 5 Chevrolet to Victory Lane for the first time since May 2025 at Kansas Speedway after defending the lead on three restarts in in the final two laps of regulation and seven laps of overtime.The secon
  
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• What Cup drivers said at Gateway after Kyle Larson ended 51-race winless streak

  14-09-2026 02:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kyle Larson — first: “Yeah, it feels great. And honestly, I mean, it doesn't feel like it's been 51 races. You know, I feel like we've been in contention and had shots to win. We’ve just had to work really hard at it; stay patient and trust in the process. I'm so proud of the team; proud of Cliff Daniels (crew chief), the pit crew, everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. What a day for Hendrick Motorsports. Three in the top-five at a track that doesn’t suit our style, that just
  
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• Joey Logano explains why Kyle Larson beat him in the end at Gateway

  14-09-2026 02:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoIt was a good day for Joey Logano and the No. 22 at Gateway on Sunday, but just not good enough.Logano ran up front all day, leading 96 laps at the Enjoy Illinois 300, more than any other driver on the track.But in a race that featured a season-high 18 cautions, sometimes, the timing isn't going to break your way, and that's the fate that the No. 22 suffered. While Logano was in position to win the race late, there were just a few too many restarts that allowed Kyle Larson to jum
  
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• Bubba Wallace reacts to 'embarrassing' Gateway Cup race: "Everybody hit everything"

  14-09-2026 02:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoFollowing a race that featured a Gateway record and season-high 18 cautions, Bubba Wallace voiced what many drivers were surely feeling after Sunday's grueling NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway (Gateway).Wallace finished 14th, despite spinning twice in a chaotic race. Of the nine drivers who failed to reach the checkered flag, five of them were Chase drivers. All three 23XI Racing drivers were involved in multiple incidents, and Wallace ended up as the highest-finisher for his organ
  
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• Bubba Wallace calls Gateway Cup race 'embarrassing' for drivers: "Everybody hit everything"

  14-09-2026 02:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Motorsport photoFollowing a race that featured a Gateway record and season-high 18 cautions, Bubba Wallace voiced what many drivers were surely feeling after Sunday's grueling NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway (Gateway).Wallace finished 14th, despite spinning twice in a chaotic race. Of the nine drivers who failed to reach the checkered flag, five of them were Chase drivers. All three 23XI Racing drivers were involved in multiple incidents, and Wallace ended up as the highest-finisher for his organ
  
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• Ryan Blaney’s NASCAR Chase Hopes Takes Hit After Gateway

  14-09-2026 02:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ryan Blaney's title hopes took a massive blow. GettyRyan Blaney’s chances at a second NASCAR Cup Series championship took a massive hit after Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway. The driver of the No. 12 suffered a brake failure in the final stage, causing him to smack the wall.The incident caused the 2023 Cup champion to pull out of the race. Entering Gateway, Blaney had a 16-point deficit to Chase points leader Denny Hamlin. Now, the North Carolina native f
  
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• Sophie Cunningham, Busta Rhymes and More Stars Take Over NASCAR Weekend at Gateway

  14-09-2026 02:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  There was a lot happening at World Wide Technology Raceway this weekend, and not all of it involved race cars.NASCAR rolled into Gateway for the second race of the Chase, but the racing quickly became only part of what was happening around the track. By the end of the weekend, a WNBA star had popped up in the garage, a Hall of Fame baseball manager had taken center stage and some of the biggest names in hip-hop had performed for NASCAR fans.Sophie Cunningham was there. So were Busta Rhymes, Rick
  
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• Kyle Larson Ends NASCAR Cup Winless Streak in Gateway Chaos

  14-09-2026 02:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. -- Kyle Larson moved into NASCAR Cup Series championship contention after snapping a 51-race winless streak at World Wide Technology Raceway Gateway.Larson led 80 of 247 laps and won the second stage before claiming the Rowdy Trophy for winning Sunday's Enjoy Illinois 300. Fitting for the week where Larson's team unveiled a scheme for Las Vegas that will throw back to the namesake of the trophy, "Tiny Kyle" scored a big win and gained double-digit points on Denny Hamlin in the
  
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• STREAK SNAPPED: Kyle Larson Returns to Victory Lane in St. Louis After 51-Race Drought

  14-09-2026 02:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  MADISON, Ill. - You can never count out Kyle Larson.The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion ended a long 51-race winless streak Sunday afternoon, winning the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway for his 33rd career victory.His previous win came all the way back on May 11, 2025, at Kansas. That’s a long time for a driver of Larson’s caliber to go without visiting Victory Lane.This one wasn’t handed to him either. Larson led 80 laps and won Stage 2, but he also ha
  
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• What Happened in NASCAR Race at WWT Raceway Today? Did Crash Cause Delay?

  14-09-2026 02:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What happened in the NASCAR race at WWT Raceway today? Here’s what caused the crash and whether it was responsible for the race delay. GettyZane Smith GettyZane Smith slammed driver’s side into the Turn 1 wall on lap 131 of the Enjoy Illinois 300, and NASCAR kept the field rolling under caution without him.Front Row Motorsports had not addressed its driver’s condition as of 5:08 p.m. ET, leaving fans of the No. 38 Ford staring at a scary, unresolved moment at World Wide Technol
  
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