4 Burning Questions: Does the 2026 Schedule Fix Anything?
Dover’s All-Star selection was chief among some puzzling choices for the 2026 NASCAR slate.
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Dover’s All-Star selection was chief among some puzzling choices for the 2026 NASCAR slate.
The discourse over the Next Gen car has drawn in two prominent former racers as it nears a crescendo.
Only Kyle Busch has accomplished the feat before.
The driver of the No. 5 now has two top fours in a row.
Perhaps this is where NASCAR should have been all along.
Have the various playoff formats used for more than two decades run their course? Or is a playoff system a necessity for present-day NASCAR?
What happens now with the 23XI/Front Row vs. NASCAR lawsuit?
Also, does the Cup Series have too many road courses?
Keselowski was one of a handful of contenders at Atlanta who needed a win to make the Cup Series playoffs but ultimately fell short to Chase Elliott.