I post a yearly reminder not to get too bent out of shape by the point standings early in the season. But NASCAR changed the points system for 2026. Now, they remind us, every point counts.
So does that make my long-standing advice incorrect?
It does not. […]
After 35 races and three knockout rounds, four drivers qualified to race for the championship: Chase Briscoe, William Byron, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson. The driver who posts the best finish at Phoenix becomes the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. […]
In the closest playoffs since this format started in 2017, even Ross Chastain’s go-for-broke last-lap attempt to advance to the Round of 8 was unsuccessful. […]
The 2024 top finishes by driver report emphasizes drivers who came close to winning, but didn’t. Let’s look at how many times drivers finished in the top 3, top 5 or top 10. […]
The 2024 stage points report summarizes who was the best at racking up stage points to insulate themselves from bad luck in the playoffs, and to keep moving on in the playoffs. But only one of the to four stage-point scorers made it to the Championship 4. […]
The NASCAR championship format doesn’t necessarily reward the driver who wins the most races in a season. It’s far more important WHEN a driver wins, as Joey Logano showed this year. […]
The 2023 fall Las Vegas lead change review has 9 green-flag passes and an epic battle between Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell. […]
We all had heard a lot about Kyle Larson’s plans for the “off-season”, so I was wondering how it all turned out. I actually got myself a little confused trying to track down all the […]
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