After his 21st attempt, Kyle Busch is on top, as he has won the pole for the 2026 Daytona 500. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion will start on pole for the first time ever in the Great American Race, beating out Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe to get the spot. In addition, 2025 Truck Series champion Corey Heim and 2024 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion Justin Allgaier have earned two of the four allotted open spots on speed during qualifying, leaving two more sp

After multiple delays following a historic snowstorm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that pushed the race to a Wednesday night, the unofficial start to the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium is finally in the books, with Ryan Preece holding off the likes of a late-race charging William Byron and Ryan Blaney to get his first-ever victory in a NASCAR Cup Series car, at the start of his seventh full-time season in the series. It was a truly