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Ryan Blaney won a four-wide race across the Daytona International Speedway finish line Saturday night in NASCAR's regular-season finale - a victory that denied a long-shot driver a spot in the playoffs and gave Alex Bowman postseason life.

Kaulig Racing will be Ram's anchor partner when the automaker makes its return to NASCAR in 2026, and team owner Matt Kaulig said the team will field five entries in the Truck Series.

Connor Zilisch, a 19-year-old driver who has seven victories in NASCAR's second-tier Xfinity Series this season, is getting promoted to a Cup ride in 2026.

A North Carolina judge on Friday granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction blocking Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team during a battle over one of his charters.

JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch has been cleared to race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, less than two weeks after breaking his collarbone during a post-race fall in victory lane.

Humpy Wheeler, a pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, has died, NASCAR said. He was 86.

NASCAR in 2026 will race on a new street course in San Diego, return Chicagoland Speedway to the schedule, move the All-Star race to Dover, Delaware, and end its 38-race season back at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

NASCAR argued that Michael Jordan is suing the stock car series to earn a permanent charter that no other teams possess, and that neither 23XI Racing nor Front Row Motorsports has suffered any harm by racing as "open" entries.