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Tyler Reddick dominated the first three races of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, winning the Daytona 500, at Atlanta and at Circuit of the Americas in Austin. But he wasn't able to make it four in a row when the series went to the desert on March 8. The Winner Is … Ryan Blaney wowed at Phoenix Raceway, getting into Victory Lane for his first win of the 2026 […]

One down and one to go for the Desert Double, the INDYCAR-NASCAR doubleheader weekend at Phoenix Raceway this weekend. INDYCAR got things going first on Saturday, when Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden took the checkered flag — and then put some pressure on his Penske NASCAR teammates to follow suit. Going into NASCAR's spring Phoenix race, here's what you need to know to tune in. How to watch NASCAR at […]

Garrett Mitchell, a.k.a. Cleetus McFarland, dropped some news that shocked FOX Sports' Kevin Harvick during the latest episode of "SPEED With Harvick And Buxton." "I just signed a two-year deal with RCR," Mitchell said, referring to Richard Childress Racing, the team for which Harvick made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 2001. "What?" Harvick replied, stunned. "Richard Childress Racing," Mitchell elaborated. "A two-year, part-time [deal]. I'm racing the superspeedways in […]

Phoenix International Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — Alex Bowman will miss the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway this weekend (Sunday, 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1) as he continues to suffer from vertigo following last week’s race at Circuit of the Americas. Anthony Alfredo, who does most of the Hendrick Motorsports simulator work and races full-time in the O’Reilly Series, will replace Bowman in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 car. […]

Tony Kanaan and Jimmie Johnson were INDYCAR teammates for two years at Chip Ganassi Racing, competing in the twilight of their storied racing careers. Just three years later, both were running race teams, the 51-year-old Kanaan as the team principal of Arrow McLaren in INDYCAR and the 50-year-old Johnson as the controlling owner of Legacy Motor Club in NASCAR. Both of them could have abandoned the sport and lived good […]

Pato O’Ward loves him some INDYCAR. So it is understandable that he's slightly frustrated ahead of the INDYCAR-NASCAR Cup weekend at Phoenix. "I'm sick and tired of INDYCAR being, like, the support race," O’Ward told me and other INDYCAR beat reporters during his media session last Friday morning in St. Petersburg. In the same conversation, O’Ward said, "It is a good thing" and "I’m neutral," on the opinion of whether […]

Michael Jordan's 23XI has been the belle of the ball this year, as the team has won the first three races of the NASCAR season. More specifically, Tyler Reddick — the driver of the No. 45 car — has won the first three races, getting into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500, at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta and at Circuit of the Americas. Not only has that winning streak made […]

After the next couple of weeks, the power rankings will have a more complete view of what the 2026 season will look like because on the horizon are races at a short track (1-mile Phoenix) and an intermediate track (1.5-mile Las Vegas). Here’s a look at where my rankings stand after Daytona, Atlanta and the most recent race, the road course at Circuit of the Americas. Of course, there wasn’t […]

What's the formula behind Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing's scorching hot start to the 2026 NASCAR season? How has Tyler Reddick emerged from the pack to win three consecutive races? "Is it the car? Is it the driver? First and foremost: What is it that Michael Jordan brings to that organization?" Will Buxton asked fellow co-host Kevin Harvick on Monday's episode of "SPEED With Harvick And Buxton." "I would answer that […]