The Big 6: Questions Answered After Chase Briscoe Wins in NASCAR’s Return to Chicagoland
The first race at the 1.5-mile track saw the continuation of Toyota’s dominance, with Briscoe leading a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Amy is an 20-year veteran NASCAR writer and a six-time National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) writing award winner, including first place awards for both columns and race coverage. As well as serving as Photo Editor, Amy writes The Big 6 (Mondays) after every NASCAR Cup Series race. She can also be found working on her bi-weekly columns Holding A Pretty Wheel (Tuesdays) and Only Yesterday (Wednesdays). A New Hampshire native whose heart is in North Carolina, Amy’s work credits have extended everywhere from driver Kenny Wallace’s website to Athlon Sports. She can also be heard weekly as a panelist on the Hard Left Turn podcast that can be found on AccessWDUN.com's Around the Track page.
The first race at the 1.5-mile track saw the continuation of Toyota’s dominance, with Briscoe leading a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Even the best of the best have a track or two they haven’t been able to master.
Sonoma Raceway marked the final road course for the Cup Series in 2026 as SVG held off Chase Briscoe for the win.
It’d be mutually beneficial for Johnson and the Truck Series field if he indeed ran more Truck races.
Corey Heim’s first career win put the cherry on top of the inaugural race at Naval Base Coronado that left nothing on the table.
The knowledge that you witnessed a first win is instant. The knowledge that you witnessed a last one is heavy, especially if it comes after a long successful career.
Hamlin’s continued heater is leaving the competition with plenty of questions as the veteran stormed to his third straight win.
Everyone wants to make the Chase, so cue the chaos for the rest of the regular season as the excitement level heats up over the next 11 weeks.
Hamlin was impressive again, but Michigan was less kind to the 2026 Cup Series win leader.
The points leader on June 1 historically didn’t win the championship most of the time in The Chase, but history is rewritten every day.